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**Detective Training Academy BLUE** (探偵養成学校 BLUE, *Tantei yōsei gakkō BLUE*), or simply **BLUE**, is the world's most prestigious detective training academy. Every top-level detective was once a student at BLUE. The academy is located in London, England.

## Overview

### Emblem

Blue's emblem shows a golden key with a blue "B" on its bow. On top of the bow is a crown and on the bow's sides are images of a brain and an eye.

### Uniforms

All students wear navy blue jackets with the academy's emblem on the left side, white dress shirts, blue-and-gray striped ties, and gray bottoms—boys wear gray pants, and girls gray pleated skirts. Boys also wear navy blue vests underneath their jackets.

## Structure

The academy is situated inside an old, isolated stone castle. It is surrounded by water and can only be reached via a drawbridge. A small gatehouse stands at the end of the bridge. The building's interior is mostly made of wood, and various lecture halls are arranged like amphitheaters.

A black obelisk bears a quote from BLUE's founder—"Young detectives, bloom in this schoolhouse and paint the world with the colours of truth"—as well as the names of outstanding graduates.

### Underground

Beneath BLUE lies a large underground area. It can, i.a., be reached via a secret path hidden in the courtyard. The underground area consists of multiple long tunnels and several rooms, some of which are furnished or decorated with old tapestries.

### Security

BLUE often collaborates with Scotland Yard for cases. To ensure that no classified information gets leaked, an emergency isolation system was implemented. Upon activation, the system isolates the school from the outside world, cutting off phone and internet signals and pulling up the drawbridge. Only the principal is privy to the deactivation code.

Furthermore, there are sensors throughout the school that run at all times, and devices that release electric current are in the water surrounding the school to prevent anyone from swimming through it.

### Known rooms

* **Anatomy classroom:** Realistic model corpses used for recreating crime scenes are kept there.
* **Classified document storage room:** Among others, the file for the Bloody Field Trip Case is kept there.
* **Dining hall**
* **Exercise room:** A large hall with red flooring, a chandelier, and a balcony.
* **Hidden underground room:** Located under the north building; a long staircase leads there. Ron Kamonohashi famously used to do his homework there.
* **Home economics room**
* **Locked room classroom:** Models of famous locked rooms are exhibited there.
* **Locker room:** A place where students can store their items. Each locker has a different lock; none of them can be opened with a key, making the students learn how to open a wide variety of locks.
* **Meeting room for BLUE staff:** Located behind a dark ornate door. Inside the room is one large table surrounded by eleven chairs—one for the principal and ten for instructors. The chair reserved for the principal is slightly larger than the others.
* **Timetable classroom:** The wall is covered in train maps and timetables, and a model train runs through the floor the room is on.

## Detective work

### Detective license

*Main article: Detective license*

Students receive a **detective license** which gives them implicit authorization from police all over the world and permits them to solve cases. Without a license, one cannot participate in any investigations. If one is caught solving cases without having a detective license, BLUE will order their death. Expulsion from BLUE results in the revocation of one's detective license.

There are different ranks of detective licenses with S-rank being the highest; less than ten people in the world hold this rank. One of them is Fin Fennec.

### Operating regulations

* **Article 3:** "Detective work [comprises] any activity intended to clarify the truth."

## History

A long time ago, when the school was still only a castle, the king lost a war and tried to flee. Until three years ago, many believed the king managed to escape through a secret tunnel to France. However, his remains were found and identified underneath the school during construction work. This discovery let many think the secret tunnels did not exist and were only bogus; in reality, there is indeed a large underground area beneath BLUE.

At some point, the castle was turned into a detective academy. Night Bran Jr.'s ancestor was the first principal.

## Known offered classes

* Anatomy
* "Closed circle"
* Criminology
* Cryptology
* Disguise
* Fencing
* Home economics
* Horse riding
* Locked room
* Lockpicking
* Martial arts
* Poisons
* Shooting
* Timetable/ Chronology
* Tracking

## Known teachers and staff

* Aimee Emmerich (headmistress)
* Unnamed deputy headmaster
* Fin Fennec (locked room instructor)
* Hirsch (anatomy instructor)
* Spitz Feier (tracking instructor)
* John Grizzly ("closed circle" instructor)
* Unnamed criminology instructor
* Unnamed cryptology instructor
* Unnamed disguise instructor
* Unnamed timetable/ chronology instructor

**Current (Spoilers!)**

* Unnamed deputy headmaster
* Fin Fennec (locked room instructor)
* Hirsch (anatomy instructor)
* Spitz Feier (tracking instructor)
* Unnamed criminology instructor
* Unnamed cryptology instructor
* Unnamed disguise instructor
* Unnamed timetable/ chronology instructor
* Unnamed guard

**Former:**

* Aimee Emmerich (headmistress)
* John Grizzly ("closed circle" instructor)
* Ripley (poisons instructor)
* Kenneth See
* Totomaru Isshiki (substitute instructor, international crime)
* Unnamed elderly man (tracking instructor)

## Known attendees

* Abby Rose
* Aimee Emmerich
* Diego Fremont
* Henri Leberge
* H. Gray
* I-Thor
* Juliette Loran
* Ken Suzunami
* Kiku
* Laura Britten
* Lupita
* Madison Perez
* Penelope A.
* R. Gimlet
* Richard Mortimer
* Romi Holmes
* Sabrina Dubois
* Simon Griffiths

### 87th training term

* Elmer Stingray
* Ron Kamonohashi (expelled after the Bloody Field Trip Case)
* Shachi

### Current training term

* Alissa Beaumont
* Hutter Horn
* Marsh Leipley
* Night Bran Jr.

**Former:**

* Billie Za Gozzila
* Chelsea Gadd
* Udy Dietner

## Trivia

* General
* Out of Universe

* Multiple BLUE graduates tried to get close to unsolved cases involving the M. Family. They all died under mysterious circumstances.
* BLUE has connections to an organization that specializes in protecting witnesses from the M. Family.
* Unlike regular British schools, BLUE begins its academic year in April.

- So far, all BLUE instructors are named after an animal:
	* Spitz is a type of domestic dog; some Spitz breeds are used as hunting dogs. Spitz Feier is the tracking instructor and is adept at "hunting" people down.
	* Grizzly bears are mostly solitary animals. Only in coastal areas, grizzlies gather around water masses during the salmon spawn. John Grizzly is the "closed circle" instructor, an expert in handling cases with a limited number of suspects.
	* Fennec foxes are the smallest canids. Fennec families dig burrows and live in small sand dunes and treeless sand areas. They, thus, inhabit "locked spaces." Fin Fennec is the locked room instructor.
	* "Hirsch" means "deer" in German.

- Many students are also named after animals:
	* Ron: "Kamonohashi" (鴨乃橋) means platypus (鴨嘴 / かものはし), but is written in a different kanji.
	* Shachi: "Shachi" (シャチ) means "orca."
	* Elmer: His surname is stingray.
	* Billie Za Gozzila: Her surname means "the godzilla."

## References and notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 1, page 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 2, page 5
3. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 75, page 3
4. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 20, page 22
5. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, page 5
6. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 1, pages 1-3
7. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, pages 10-12
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 1, pages 1-3
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, page 2
10. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, pages 13-15
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 111, pages 11-12
12. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 111, pages 20-21
13. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 114, pages 9-10
14. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 112, page 23
15. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 101, pages 15-18
16. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 102, page 2
17. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 102, pages 14-15
18. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, pages 10-11
19. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 20, pages 22-23
20. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 109, page 14
21. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 103, pages 16-17
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 105, page 13
23. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, page 10
24. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, page 9
25. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, pages 8-9
26. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 2, page 6
27. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 51, pages 18-19
28. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 54, page 7
29. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 102, page 15
30. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, page 3
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 31.6 31.7 31.8 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 52, page 4
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.7 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, page 3
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, page 13
34. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 1, page 52
35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, page 22
36. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 10, page 20
37. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, pages 18-21
38. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, pages 18-21
39. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, page 12
40. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 108, page 3
41. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, page 27
42. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 74, page 14
43. ↑ 43.00 43.01 43.02 43.03 43.04 43.05 43.06 43.07 43.08 43.09 43.10 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, page 14
44. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, page 2
45. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 68, page 4
46. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 52, page 5
47. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 21, page 11
48. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 45, page 20
49. ↑ Wikipedia:Spitz
50. ↑ Wikipedia:Grizzly bear
51. ↑ Wikipedia:Fennec fox

1. ↑ The Bloody Field Trip Case happened on October 1. (Chapter 74, page 2) Because Ron states that he was expelled halfway through the school year (Chapter 68, page 5), the school year must, thus, start in April.