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Description
Phileas Fogg, sometimes called Phil Fogg, is a British gentleman of wealth and renown who appears as a supporting character in the anime Undead Murder Farce. Within the series' alternate late-nineteenth-century Europe, he is known for a celebrated feat of travel: in 1872, at the age of forty, he completed a journey around the world in eighty days, an accomplishment that earned him the nickname "The Iron Man." The title reflects his public reputation as a composed, disciplined figure who meets threats not with impulsive action but with careful planning and reliance on capable professionals.
Fogg's place in the story centers on his prized possession, an eighty-carat synthetic black diamond called "The Penultimate Night," which he treasures deeply. When the master thief Arsène Lupin issues an advance notice declaring that he will steal the diamond, Fogg responds by placing its security in the hands of the era's most celebrated detectives. He hires Sherlock Holmes to protect the gem and also entrusts its safety to the detective Aya Rindo and her companions. As the announced hour of the theft approaches, Fogg's London mansion becomes the stage where the thief, the detectives, and the guards all gather in anticipation of Lupin's attack.
Fogg's role in the narrative is that of a client and a target. He is the wealthy owner whose precious diamond sets the heist in motion, and the story follows how the various parties positioned around him respond to Lupin's challenge. His key relationships grow out of this event: he is the employer of Sherlock Holmes and Aya Rindo, the declared quarry of Arsène Lupin, and a figure whose fame connects him to Passepartout, the companion tied to his famous journey, who also appears among the anime's supporting cast.
His notable abilities are not supernatural. He wields no combat power of his own within the story; instead, his strengths lie in his considerable fortune, his influence, and his connections, which allow him to summon some of the best protectors in Europe to his side. In terms of development, Fogg remains a background figure throughout his appearance. The anime focuses on the contest between the gentleman thief and the detectives who defend the diamond, rather than on any personal change or arc for Fogg himself, and he serves primarily as the respectable, established figure whose treasure becomes the object of a theatrical heist.
Fogg's place in the story centers on his prized possession, an eighty-carat synthetic black diamond called "The Penultimate Night," which he treasures deeply. When the master thief Arsène Lupin issues an advance notice declaring that he will steal the diamond, Fogg responds by placing its security in the hands of the era's most celebrated detectives. He hires Sherlock Holmes to protect the gem and also entrusts its safety to the detective Aya Rindo and her companions. As the announced hour of the theft approaches, Fogg's London mansion becomes the stage where the thief, the detectives, and the guards all gather in anticipation of Lupin's attack.
Fogg's role in the narrative is that of a client and a target. He is the wealthy owner whose precious diamond sets the heist in motion, and the story follows how the various parties positioned around him respond to Lupin's challenge. His key relationships grow out of this event: he is the employer of Sherlock Holmes and Aya Rindo, the declared quarry of Arsène Lupin, and a figure whose fame connects him to Passepartout, the companion tied to his famous journey, who also appears among the anime's supporting cast.
His notable abilities are not supernatural. He wields no combat power of his own within the story; instead, his strengths lie in his considerable fortune, his influence, and his connections, which allow him to summon some of the best protectors in Europe to his side. In terms of development, Fogg remains a background figure throughout his appearance. The anime focuses on the contest between the gentleman thief and the detectives who defend the diamond, rather than on any personal change or arc for Fogg himself, and he serves primarily as the respectable, established figure whose treasure becomes the object of a theatrical heist.