Ranpoe

Ranpoe is the slash ship between Edogawa Ranpo and Edgar Allan Poe from the Bungou Stray Dogs fandom.

Canon
Poe and Ranpo first met six years before the actual story takes place. The two of them were in an investigation competition against each other, and Ranpo “beat” Poe, making the latter vow to have revenge on Ranpo and surpass him. Because of that, Poe soon joined the Guild in order to challenge Ranpo with his new writing capabilities and spent years creating a mystery Ranpo would be unable to solve.

Poe sends Ranpo a letter inviting him to a challenge during the three-way struggle between the Armed Detective Agency, the Port Mafia, and the Guild. When Ranpo and Akiko Yosano arrived, Ranpo asked who Poe was, which saddened him because Ranpo had forgotten who he was. Poe then showed Ranpo a new novel he had written, and if he and Yosano could solve the mystery behind the story, he would reveal the Guild's weaknesses. Ranpo was confused as to why he would let a smart detective like him to solve such a simple problem to get some intel about the Guild, but suddenly, Poe used his ability to trap him and Yosano inside the book, confident that Ranpo won’t be able to solve it. However, when Ranpo does escape the book in ease with Yosano, Poe is shocked. Ranpo explains how he figured it out, and tells Poe that he was the first detective that he really thought was almost on par with him, which makes Poe excited.

Later on, during the Decay of Angels arc, Edgar has recently bought a manuscript from an auction and is going to pick it up, and ends up meeting Ranpo in the building, who is currently in a bear costume and doing volunteer work to make up for disobeying the President during the Cannibalism. Poe tells him that he's looking for an envelope to find, and they look towards the window and see it along with a body falling outside. They go down to investigate, throwing ideas back at each other as they progressively solve the murder. Ranpo is about to use his Ultra Deduction to figure out the culprit, exciting Poe greatly (to the point the officer calls Poe a fanboy), but before he can, all evidence of the scene is wiped, and Ranpo finds nothing.

Ranpo sits on some nearby steps, upset, and Poe goes to console him, only to find that Ranpo is still chipper as ever about finding the culprit. He then calls Poe on his phone as he's in the car with the culprit so that he can listen in on their conversation, exposing the culprit’s plan immediately. Poe helps Ranpo with temporarily apprehending the culprit by using his ability to trap the culprit and Ranpo in a phone from a text message that Poe wrote to negotiate with the culprit. It was later discovered that the culprit was Mushitaro Oguri.

Later in the Kamui Revelation Arc, Ranpo seeks Poe’s assistance in rescuing Agency members who were set up for assassination. As a result, Poe disguises himself to follow the jailed Yukichi Fukuzawa to a rooftop, where they eventually abandon their disguises and reveal how they coordinated to get the targeted Agency members to safety. Poe admits to taking an active role in sniping Ranpo's rescue of Doppo Kunikida, preparing the car that led to Ranpo's rescue of Yosano from execution, and arranging for Katai Tayama to be evacuated to a safe location after being thrown at with a phone. Though Ranpo cuts him off, Poe affirms his desire to assist in the case, as do the others whom Ranpo promises are awaiting the President's orders.

Fanon
Ranpoe is one of the most popular ships in the Bungou Stray Dogs fandom, and the most popular ship for both Ranpo and Poe. The pairing sailed mostly, because of Poe's strong admiration for Ranpo, and Ranpo treating Poe as one of his few close friends and an almost equally worthy detective as him. Fans also ship them because of the classic "rivals to lovers" trope, which shows Poe viewing Ranpo as a rival following their last encounter six years ago in a certain murder case. That's why most fans would make jokes that Poe has a "crush" on Ranpo, especially after it was revealed that he had been writing a novel for the previous six years in order for Ranpo to get close to him through revenge.

This ship is mostly accompanied along Soukoku, Shin Soukoku, and Fyolai, with its main rival ship that is Ranposano. On AO3, it is the 3rd most written ship in the Bungou Stray Dogs tag and the 1st most written for both characters.

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Trivia

 * In real life, Ranpo's real name was Hirai Tarou, and he chose his pen name because it sounded similar to "Edgar Allan Poe." Ellery Queen wrote, "If you say the name Edogawa Ranpo aloud, and keep repeating it, the name will seem to grow more and more familiar; and it should, because it is a verbal translation of the Japanese pronunciation of Edgar Allan Poe."
 * On some levels, Ranpo's first story, "The Two-Sen Copper Coin," is a literal reinterpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Gold Bug."
 * Ranpo often spends his leisure time these days by going to Poe's house, eating some candy, and going home.
 * Edgar is 182cm (6'0") tall, while Ranpo is 168cm (5'6"), giving them a height difference of 14cm (6").
 * Edgar has referred to Ranpo as "Dear" or "Dear Ranpo".