Winter Moriarty

Winter's gender is currently a topic of contention, i.a. because certain wording and manga panels indicate that Winter "may be nonbinary or trans (coded afab)."As of November 29, 2023, the wiki will use neutral pronouns (they/them) for Winter, in adherence with FANDOM's Gender Identity Guidelines. For more information, click here.

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## Winter Moriarty

* Anime
* Manga

### **Alias**

* Marry Ito
* Third hacker
* Vice principal of BLUE
* Lila

## Professional status

### **Affiliation**

M. FamilyM. Family (seceded; blood-ties only)

## Personal status

### **Relatives**

* James Moriarty (ancestor)
* Mylo Moriarty (older brother)
* Unnamed older siblingEli Moriarty † (older brother)
* Teo Moriarty † (older brother)
* Alice Moriarty † (younger sister)

* Daniel Moriarty (uncle)
* Eliot Moriarty † (distant relative)
- Ron Kamonohashi (distant relative)

## Portrayal

### **Japanese voice**

Yumiri Hanamori

**Winter Moriarty** (ウィンター・モリアーティ, *Uintā Moriāti*) is the fourth child of the M. Family.

They are currently operating independently, having left the M. Family following the recent shift of power.

## Physical description

Winter has gray-blond hair with darker tips and light gray eyes. Their hair is parted to the side, with the left side being longer than the right one. A bit of their hair on the back is shaven.

They sometimes wear multiple piercings and studs in their ears.

## Biography

### History

Growing up, Winter was closest to their younger sister Alice. They would always look after her and cheer her up.

Once, when they were baking together, Winter praised Alice's cookies although they got burned. This encouraged Alice to take her cookies alongside Winter's to their older brother Mylo. To their horror, Mylo threw Alice's cookies to the ground and stamped on them before he told her that he does not need failures. She then succumbed to a coughing fit, and Winter consoled her.

### Island Observatory Murder Case

Disguised as a local police officer, Winter goes to Nandan Observatory where they help to load the bodies on a boat before driving away.

On the boat, Winter speaks to Takumi Jumonji whom they aided with faking his death. Jumonji expresses his gratitude that the M. Family helped him with getting rid of Kayoko Onodera and informs Winter that, as expected, Ron Kamonohashi's Kill on Sight ability was activated as soon as he confessed to murdering Onodera and John Grizzly. Having heard all they wanted, Winter shoots Jumonji before they call Mylo. They discuss Ron and how he, as a descendant of both James Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes, is not like them. Mylo says that Ron will eventually come to like his Moriarty blood.

### Yadagami-sama Murders Case

Winter is present when Mylo orders the deaths of their subordinate Chris and his child.

Hearing this, Winter asks why an organization as thorough as the M. Family allows a mix like Ron to keep living. Mylo replies that Ron is their brother as they share the same blood, but Winter reminds him that blood ties did not stop him from killing Alice. Mylo adds that he meant only the superior siblings shall remain and that he has not yet determined whether Ron is valuable or not.

To determine his value, Mylo wants to give Ron despair and sends Winter to Japan to give Ron a taste of the M. Family's terror.

### Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Case

In a café, Winter prepares their mission and then sets out to execute it. They later observe Ron investigating the death of the first hacker, Ryouji Katsunami.

At 10 a.m., Winter obscures the scramble crossing with a smoke screen and kills the second hacker, Hibino, right next to Ron and Totomaru Isshiki. Disguised as the third hacker, Winter then runs off, scared, and Totomaru follows them. However, while Toto loses Winter, Spitz Feier is able to catch them, and Winter begs Spitz and Toto to help them.

After Ron joins Toto and Spitz, Winter tells them that they and the others were hired by someone called "Marry Ito." That person masterminded the cryptocurrency theft and is now killing the hackers he employed. "Marry Ito" then calls Winter: If they want to live, they have to bring the cold wallet with the stolen cryptocurrency to the Delta Hotel at 11 a.m. If they call the police, their deal will end and they will die.

Hearing this, Ron persuades Toto to use Winter as bait to catch "Marry Ito," and Toto calls Amamiya to let her know about the plan. Afterward, Winter and the others head to the Delta Hotel where they meet Amamiya who has gathered and stationed officers around the hotel. At some point, Winter manages to call Mylo to update him about the mission.

Winter and Toto hide in a hotel room, whereas Ron stays in the lobby to keep a close eye on everything. At 11 a.m., Winter receives a call from "Marry Ito" who tells them that he noticed the officers, meaning the deal is off. Panicking and hoping that they can still hand over the cold wallet to "Marry Ito" and secure their survival, Winter runs into the lobby where they are nearly crushed by a falling chandelier. With Ron's help, Totomaru manages to tackle Winter on time. The chandelier, thus, falls without injuring anyone. Afterward, Amamiya takes Winter to the Metropolitan Police Department's headquarters. However, Winter manages to free himself and takes Amamiya and the real third hacker to the Shibuya City View Tower's first-floor storage room. There, Winter ties them up and wraps bombs around them.

Later, Winter meets Ron and Toto on the heliport. They tell them that the police car was attacked, and they were brought to the tower by someone wearing a helmet. That man ordered them to give Ron and Toto a phone. As soon as Winter hands it to them, "Marry Ito" calls: He says that Ron will taste "a detective's despair" at noon.

While Ron has no idea what "Marry Ito" could mean, he suddenly solves Hibino's murder: Hibino was not shot from afar; instead, he was stabbed at close-range with the arrow, and the culprit used e.g. a whip to make a "whooshing" sound. The culprit, therefore, must have been at the crossing. Ron then tears off the third hacker's face, exposing Winter. He reveals that he has been suspicious of the hacker since "Marry Ito's" first call as it was oddly one-sided and the only reason they knew to go to the Delta Hotel. Until he figured out the scramble-crossing mystery, Ron also considered that the third hacker might be the culprit's assistant, not necessarily the culprit in disguise.

Shortly afterward, Ron checks the phone Winter gave him and sees that it is already noon. The screen on the opposite building then explodes, and Ron can only watch the scene in horror while Winter tells him that he cannot save anyone, particularly the third hacker and Amamiya; the bombs they placed on them were set to go off at noon. Ron and Toto try to call Amamiya and realize that their phones are broken; they were destroyed by a magnet when they entered the tower.

Winter keeps taunting Ron that he could not save Amamiya, and Ron insults them and the M. Family's methods in return. Although Winter longs to kill Ron, they decide against it as they are a Moriarty and, thus, have to engage Ron in "a battle of wits" and give him "a detective's despair." Hearing this phrase yet again, Ron realizes that Amamiya and the hacker are still alive: "A detective's despair" means being unable to solve a problem you could have solved, or being unable to save someone's life. This means that the problem can be solved; the explosion was, therefore, only a dummy and did not kill Amamiya and the hacker.

Frantically, Ron tries to figure out how to solve the problem, but cannot think of something. Only when Toto points out there was already an explosion at twelve, does Ron realize that it is not twelve yet: The explosion destroyed the opposite building's clock screen, and they can only rely on the phone Winter gave them—and it shows the wrong time. Winter reveals that it is, in fact, 11:55:42.

Ron tells Toto to search for anything related to "96," and Toto immediately looks at Ron's scar: Ron is the only thing related to "96" around. Thus, Amamiya and the hacker must be in the tower. Winter discloses that they are in the first-floor storage room. With only two minutes left, Totomaru tries to call the elevators, but they are both on the first floor. Winter is certain of their victory; however, to Winter's horror, when it turns twelve there is no explosion: Spitz listened to their conversation and could get to the storage room on time.

Ron demands to know what the meaning of his "96"-scar is. Although Winter refuses to tell, their wording makes Ron work out that the "6" must stand for the "sixth Holmes generation." Irked, Winter deliberately triggers Ron's Kill on Sight ability by confessing to the Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Case. Ron attempts to persuade them to jump off the roof; surprisingly, Winter can resist him though. They then blow up the glass railing behind themselves and is about to flee when Mylo calls, telling them that they failed him. A moment later, an assassin shoots Winter down the roof.

Winter's body is recovered and replaced with another. Winter survives but is in critical condition.

### Invitation from Mylo Case

Winter finally wakes up from their coma. They promptly disguise themselves as their doctor and straps the real doctor to their bed. Winter then seeks out Tiger Dan to inform him that Winter has woken up; and because Winter is still in "critical condition," they ask Tiger to get Mylo. With Mylo and Tiger distracted, Winter sneaks into Mylo's room to retrieve Alice's last photograph before they escape from the M. Family headquarters and heads to Japan.

Three days later, Winter tracks down Ron and Toto at Pot Coffee. They observe them from outside and quickly retreats when Ron notices their presence. By the time, Ron and Toto rush outside, Winter has left, though they remain nearby until they see Toto and Ron take the uncut file about the Bloody Field Trip Case they left behind.

### Tragic Cruise Serial Murders Case

After the Tragic Cruise Serial Murders Case, Winter visits Toto at the hospital to thank him for taking down Mylo. In return, Toto asks them why Mylo was fixated on making Ron kill him and forcing people to kill their loved ones. He thinks Mylo might have experienced something similar. Winter can only think of Mylo killing Alice, though they doubt that is the reason behind his actions; after all, Mylo disliked Alice, as far as Winter knows.

Winter also informs Toto that Fin Fennec woke up too.

### Cryptid Serial Murders Case

Winter approaches Spitz in a café in London to inquire about Ron's and Toto's whereabouts. They want to ask if they know anything about a strange video that was sent to the World Detective Alliance, as Winter thinks it is linked to the murder of his brother. However, Ron and Toto are unavailable.

Later that day, Winter—disguised as BLUE's vice principal—and Spitz head to where the latest victim was found; Winter identifies him as Kenneth See, a BLUE instructor. Spitz is relieved that Winter does not seem to be the culprit as Kenneth died about three hours ago, and Winter was with Spitz then. Hearing his suspicions, Winter swears that the M. Family is not behind the murders and confirms that Mylo is indeed dead and not pulling strings from the shadows because he would have never have acted like the person in the video. Further, because Winter is the only one still alive out of Mylo's siblings, the culprit might target them next.

Spitz then tells Winter that he still cannot reach Ron as he wanted to go to the theater and likely turned his phone off. Winter, however, informs Spitz that all theaters are closed today due to a strike. Alarmed, Winter and Spitz head to BLUE and find the drawbridge raised, an indicator that the emergency isolation system is running. Winter wants to swim to the school, but Spitz stops them as there are sensors in the water that activate electric currents.

Spitz tries to contact Aimee Emmerich; when he cannot reach her, he checks in with the World Detective Alliance next. Not long afterward, the police arrive and arrest the culprit, Billie Za Gozzila. Winter—now disguised as a woman named Lila—becomes interested in Billie and the Cryptid Serial Murders Case when they hear her sing "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall... and then his hair was silky and smooth."

Winter asks Ron about Billie and the case, and Ron and Toto take them and Spitz to the secret passageway beneath the school. There, they discover the room from where the person in the pajamas filmed their video to the Alliance and a copy of the *Guardian of the Citadel*. When Winter notices the flour handprint on the book, they recall that Alice used to read that book and get handprints on it too. Though in disbelief at how this is possible, Winter is certain that Billie is Alice.

After they regroup elsewhere, Winter tells Ron, Spitz, and Toto about their sister. Two days later, Winter leaves to see for themselves whether Alice has truly taken over the M. Family.

## Skills and abilities

* **Master of Disguise:** Winter is a master of disguise, being able to perfectly pass off as other people. They can create excellent masks, even on short notice. They can also emulate different voices, though Winter does not disguise their voice in certain cases.
* **Fighting:** They are a good combatant.

## Relationships

### Mylo Moriarty

Winter has a strained relationship with their older brother because he killed their sister Alice. Mylo does not seem to have any qualms to dispose of Winter as well.

### Ron Kamonohashi

Winter dislikes Ron because of his Holmes ancestry. For that reason, they do not accept Ron as their "brother" and is displeased by Mylo's decision to letting Ron live for now. Winter also thinks that Ron is irritating.

## Quotes

* (To Ron Kamonohashi) *"You have no idea how much I'd enjoy killing you now if I could... But we descendants of Moriarty, with our lofty intellect, must engage you in a battle of wits. We will give you a detective's true despair."*

## Gender presentation and identity

Winter was assigned female at birth.

In an old family photograph and several flashbacks, Winter is shown wearing blouses and dresses. Furthermore, feminine bust curves can be made out underneath Winter's clothing. For example, after Winter removes the policeman disguise and reveals the plain shirt beneath in the Island Observatory Murder Case, while conversing with Mylo at the end of the Yadagami-sama Murders Case, in various instances throughout the Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Case as well as in the Cryptid Serial Murders Case.

However, unlike in the past, Winter does not present as "feminine" anymore, from clothes to hairstyle. This is also reflected in the character's speech: Winter uses the personal pronoun "ore" (オレ, informal masculine I), even when not disguised as another man.

In the Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Case, Toto uses "aitsu" (generic "that person") to refer to Winter, though he and Ron switch to using "kanojo" (formal/neutral she/her) for Winter from the Invitation From Mylo Case onward.

This ambiguity and Winter's generally gender-nonconforming appearance has led to surprise and confusion among the audience, from both the West and Japan alike, as many thought the character to be male until the initial childhood flashback in Chapter 72. The official Twitter account for the anime adaptation was also confused, labelling Winter first as "Mylo's younger brother" before changing it to "Mylo's younger sister" in the character visual. Moreover, the MangaPlus translation used male pronouns for Winter before shifting to female pronouns from Chapter 73 onward.

FANDOM's Gender Identity Guidelines state that a character's identity *within* the work/setting should be considered first and foremost when it comes to their gender and pronouns. As Winter's gender identity has not been clarified *within* the manga yet, the wiki will use neutral pronouns (they/them) to refer to the character until then.

## Trivia

* General
* Anime

* Winter drives a motorcycle.

* The alias Winter uses during the Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Case, "Marry Ito," is an anagram of "Moriarty."

- In the anime, Winter has brown eyes.

## References and notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 24, page 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 25, pages 13-15
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 108, pages 2-4
4. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 114, page 15
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 103, page 4
6. ↑ "Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Yumiri Hanamori Join Cast of Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions Anime" — Anime News Network
7. ↑ Character Visual Release: Mylo and Winter — Official Ron Kamonohashi TV on Twitter
8. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 21, page 18
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 21, pages 15-16
10. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 21, pages 15-18
11. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 22, pages 1-2
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 114, pages 12-14
13. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 72, pages 2-4
14. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 13, pages 22-24
15. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 13, pages 30-36
16. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 21, pages 14-18
17. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 22, pages 1-2
18. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 22, page 18
19. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 23, pages 6-7
20. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 23, pages 15-19
21. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 24, pages 3-10
22. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 24, pages 12-17
23. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 25, page 4
24. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 26, page 14
25. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 26, pages 3-5
26. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 25, pages 9-19
27. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 26, pages 2-19
28. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 27, pages 2-11
29. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 27, page 14
30. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 27, page 17
31. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 72, pages 4-5
32. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 73, pages 10-11
33. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 73, pages 8-10
34. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 73, pages 13-14
35. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 95, pages 9-14
36. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 103, pages 2-6
37. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 108, pages 2-6
38. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 112, pages 2-5
39. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 114, pages 2-15
40. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 115, pages 2-4
41. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 116, page 8
42. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 116, page 5
43. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 13, pages 30-34
44. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* anime; Episode 9
45. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 114, page 7
46. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 26, page 6
47. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 27, page 8-10
48. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 26, page 7
49. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 26, pages 7-8
50. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 24, pages 10-11
51. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 72, page 2
52. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 13, page 34
53. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 21, pages 15-18
54. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 22, page 2
55. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 22, page 18
56. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 23, page 7
57. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 112, page 4
58. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 103, page 4
59. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 73, page 10
60. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 73, page 15
61. ↑ Amendment of Winter's character visual — Official Ron Kamonohashi TV on Twitter
62. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 73, page 12
63. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 112, page 2

1. ↑ The birth order of Teo and Eli is unknown so far.