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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Any lesser thief would have been caught by now.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Anime episode 38, in which their criticism prompts Asuka to dare them to catch Saint Tail... And they accept. Hilarity Ensues.
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Meimi and Seira's friends from the class.
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* HotBlooded: Ryoko.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Ryoko has very dark blue hair, verging on black.
Meimi and Seira's friends from the class.
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* HotBlooded: Ryoko.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Ryoko has very dark blue hair, verging on black.
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* ClarkKenting: {{Subverted}}: while the only physical difference between Meimi and Saint Tail is that the latter wears her hair in a tail, Saint Tail takes extreme care into not showing her face and [[SecretIdentityIdentity acts completely different]], to the point that most people who ''do'' notice the difference ends up believing it's just a coincidence (to the point that Asuka jr. once told [[ShapedLikeItself Saint Tail she looked like Meimi]]).
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* ClarkKenting: {{Subverted}}: while the only physical difference between Meimi and Saint Tail is that the latter wears her hair in a tail, Saint Tail takes extreme care into not showing her face and [[SecretIdentityIdentity acts completely different]], to the point that most people who ''do'' notice the difference resemblance ends up believing it's just a coincidence (to (Asuka jr. went to the point that Asuka jr. once told [[ShapedLikeItself of actually ''telling'' Saint Tail she looked like Meimi]]).Meimi).
* RefugeInAudacity: How she gets away with so many things: her tricks are so over the top that most people are reduced to stunned stupor until someone shouts to try and arrest her.
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A classmate of Meimi, [[BelligerentSexualTension with whom has a formidable love-hate relationship]]. He was assigned by the mayor to try and arrest Saint Tail.
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* AmateurSleuth: Debuted like this, but ended up with formal recognition by the end of the first chapter of the manga and episode of the anime.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: After a while he started being able to partially anticipate her and ''deduce his way out of her tricks''.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The one reason he comes so close to actually capturing Saint Tail: being relatively unconventional himself, he recovers pretty fast from her over the top acts, and has actually anticipated her a few times.
* HotBlooded: And ''how''!
* IdiotHero
* ObliviousToLove: To an unbelievable degree. Being oblivious to [[CannotSpitItOut Meimi's unexpressed feelings]]? Understandable. Not realizing that Rina is in love with him when she could be the trope picture of ClingyJealousGirl? Not so much. Being unable to realize that Saint Tail's warning notes double as [[LoveLetterLunacy unconventional love letters]] ''until pointed out by TheDragon''? Oh boy... ''Taking almost two years, shouting them to Saint Tail, and brooding about it for another couple days before realizing he's in love with Meimi?'' He's threatening [[Manga/DragonBall Son Goku]] for the trope picture, guys!
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* AmateurSleuth: Debuted like this, but ended up with formal recognition by the end of the first chapter of the manga and episode of the anime.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: After a while he started being able to partially anticipate her and ''deduce his way out of her tricks''.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The one reason he comes so close to actually capturing Saint Tail: being relatively unconventional himself, he recovers pretty fast from her over the top acts, and has actually anticipated her a few times.
* HotBlooded: And ''how''!
* IdiotHero
* ObliviousToLove: To an unbelievable degree. Being oblivious to [[CannotSpitItOut Meimi's unexpressed feelings]]? Understandable. Not realizing that Rina is in love with him when she could be the trope picture of ClingyJealousGirl? Not so much. Being unable to realize that Saint Tail's warning notes double as [[LoveLetterLunacy unconventional love letters]] ''until pointed out by TheDragon''? Oh boy... ''Taking almost two years, shouting them to Saint Tail, and brooding about it for another couple days before realizing he's in love with Meimi?'' He's threatening [[Manga/DragonBall Son Goku]] for the trope picture, guys!
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* ClarkKenting: {{Subverted}}: while the only physical difference between Meimi and Saint Tail is that the latter wears her hair in a tail, Saint Tail takes extreme care into not showing her face and [[SecretIdentityIdentity acts completely different]], to the point that most people who ''do'' notice the difference ends up believing it's just a coincidence (to the point that Asuka jr. once told [[ShapedLikeItself Saint Tail she looked like Meimi]]).
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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Lizards?]]: Meimi is absolutely ''terrified'' by lizards. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued]] when she found out the target of one of her capers was a very large one (by the description she was expecting a kitty).
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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Bagworms?]]
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Seira.
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* NunTooHoly: For starters, Saint Tail was ''her'' idea.
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* NunTooHoly: For starters, Saint Tail was ''her'' idea.
idea. Then there's her knowingly aiding and abetting a thief, violating confessional secret, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mooching off Meimi for food because a nun can't buy snacks just like that but having a friend sharing with them is OK]]...
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Meimi.
* TheyFightCrime: With Meimi.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Meimi.
* TheyFightCrime: With Meimi.
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* MeaningfulHaircut: The last part of the last manga chapter and the final episode of the anime show that, eight year after [[spoiler: being finally captured by Asuka jr.]], Meimi has cut her hair short as a symbol that [[spoiler: she's not Saint Tail anymore]].
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* MeaningfulHaircut: ImportantHaircut: The last part of the last manga chapter and the final episode of the anime show that, eight year after [[spoiler: being finally captured by Asuka jr.]], Meimi has cut her hair short as a symbol that [[spoiler: she's not Saint Tail anymore]].
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* HugeSchoolgirl: She has the height (she's the second or third-tallest of the class, beaten only by Sawatari and, after his growth spurt, Asuka jr.), and enough self-esteem to become the class' idol upon enrolling and actually transform her height in a ''charm point''.
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* LoveLetterLunacy: Saint Tail 'warning notes' double as love letters, but Saint Tail can't bring herself to deliver it in a normal way, to the point that, excluding two fakes, the ''tamest'' two are a note attached to the spare tire of a passing car and a note brought to him by Ruby (the note hidden in Asuka jr.'s English textbook ''should'' have been the tamest one, but Asuka jr. accidentally ''read it out loud to the class'' before noticing...).
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*** MagiciansAreWizards: That said, many of Saint Tail's performances are well beyond most magicians' abilities, and her prayer of forgiveness before all {{Transformation Sequence}}s because she's "''not'' using gimmick or trick" [[FridgeLogic opens interesting speculation chances]].
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* FairCop: The final part of the last episode, set a few years after the end of the chase, shows she'll become one.
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** ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Has a tendency to [[MegatonPunch punch her way]] in any situation where there's a crime. Her ''original'' motivation
In fact her original motivation to chase Saint Tail, ''before'' falling for Asuka jr. (and promptly forgotten after seeing him in action and falling for him), was that a thief sending warnings before her capers just made her furious, and Asuka jr. seemed too incompetent to actually deal with her.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnection: [[{{Nepotism}} As the niece of the mayor]], Rina got permission to intrude in the Saint Tail investigation. She also used her influence on her uncle to almost get Asuka off the case, and in another occasion tried to get Asuka jr. ''back'' on the case (Saint Tail humiliating his replacement and getting her in a fight with Rina was more efficient).
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnection: ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[{{Nepotism}} As the niece of the mayor]], Rina got permission to intrude in the Saint Tail investigation. She also used her influence on her uncle to almost get Asuka off the case, and in another occasion tried to get Asuka jr. ''back'' on the case (Saint Tail humiliating his replacement and getting her in a fight with Rina was more efficient).
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A transfer student who immediately falls in love for Asuka jr., and tries to tackle Saint Tail both out of a sense of justice and [[ClingyJealousGirl because she doesn't want her to get with Asuka jr.]].
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*ClingyJealousGirlBreakTheHaughty: Twice. First she nearly die of fear and disgust and gets in an HeroicBSOD when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Saint Tail makes her believe she's actually a man in a drag]], and later, after realizing that Saint Tail is a girl after all, her attempt at separating them ends up with a failure that ''really'' scared her of losing Asuka jr.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Her main reason to help chasing Saint Tail is because she pegged her as a romantic rival.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Her main reason to help chasing Saint Tail is because she pegged her as a romantic rival.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Her reaction to Meimi and Asuka jr. getting together is to complain it took them so long, and when Asuka disappears she's the one who encourages Meimi.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's arrogant, violent, and has a genuine sense of justice and a well hidden niceness.
* MegatonPunch: Are you in her way? Are you [[ButtMonkey Sawatari]] doing something that irks her sense of justice? She'll send you flying, no matter who you are. In fact her first victims were two ''cops''.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: As a student she's already more competent than most cops and [[ItMakesSenseInContext has fought a super detective on even terms]], but Saint Tail is way out of her league.
** She's the first to realize that Meimi may be Saint Tail, but is unable to prove it, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext ends up believing Saint Tail is a man in a drag]] (at least until she gets another close look).
* TheRival: Romantic rival for Meimi.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's arrogant, violent, and has a genuine sense of justice and a well hidden niceness.
* MegatonPunch: Are you in her way? Are you [[ButtMonkey Sawatari]] doing something that irks her sense of justice? She'll send you flying, no matter who you are. In fact her first victims were two ''cops''.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: As a student she's already more competent than most cops and [[ItMakesSenseInContext has fought a super detective on even terms]], but Saint Tail is way out of her league.
** She's the first to realize that Meimi may be Saint Tail, but is unable to prove it, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext ends up believing Saint Tail is a man in a drag]] (at least until she gets another close look).
* TheRival: Romantic rival for Meimi.
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chapters have her show genuine niceness to Meimi.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnection: [[{{Nepotism}} As the niece of the mayor]], Rina got permission to intrude in the Saint Tail investigation. She also used her influence on her uncle to almost get Asuka off the case, and in another occasion tried to get Asuka jr. ''back'' on the case (Saint Tail humiliating his replacement and getting her in a fight with Rina was more efficient).
** ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatIsRight: Has a tendency to [[MegatonPunch punch her way]] in any situation where there's a crime. Her ''original'' motivation
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnection: [[{{Nepotism}} As the niece of the mayor]], Rina got permission to intrude in the Saint Tail investigation. She also used her influence on her uncle to almost get Asuka off the case, and in another occasion tried to get Asuka jr. ''back'' on the case (Saint Tail humiliating his replacement and getting her in a fight with Rina was more efficient).
** ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatIsRight: Has a tendency to [[MegatonPunch punch her way]] in any situation where there's a crime. Her ''original'' motivation
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* PhonyPsychic: She and Pandora pose as fortune tellers to commit their capers, supporting the normal tricks with hypnosis.
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* PhonyPsychic: She and Rosemary pose as fortune tellers to commit their capers, supporting the normal tricks with hypnosis.
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The series' protagonist, [[CannotSpitItOut shy]] middle school student by day, [[JustLikeRobinHood the people-helping thief]] Saint Tail by night.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Asuka jr., to the point of giving a desperate run for their money to ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma and Akane]]''.
** AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Their relationship will change very little, even after they ''do'' get together.
** TheNotSecret: Everyone knows this.
* CannotSpitItOut
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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Asuka jr., to the point of giving a desperate run for their money to ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma and Akane]]''.
** AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Their relationship will change very little, even after they ''do'' get together.
** TheNotSecret: Everyone knows this.
* CannotSpitItOut
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* JustLikeRobinHood: She stole for herself exactly twice (Ruby and [[ItMakesSenseInContext Asuka jr.]]), and even then she was helping someone (Ruby's owner had just been jailed, and Asuka jr. had been kidnapped).
* MagicalGirl: Sort of, as her magic is explicitly stated to be stage magic. [[MagiciansAreWizards Not that you'd notice...]]
** StageMagician: What she really is. Saint Tail's outfit started out as Meimi's outfit for when she would go professional.
* PhantomThief
* SecretIdentityIdentity: One of the reasons Asuka jr. concluded that Meimi and Saint Tail just look alike: as Saint Tail, Meimi completely loses her shyness and is much more direct and flirty.
* TheyFightCrime: With Seira.
* MagicalGirl: Sort of, as her magic is explicitly stated to be stage magic. [[MagiciansAreWizards Not that you'd notice...]]
** StageMagician: What she really is. Saint Tail's outfit started out as Meimi's outfit for when she would go professional.
* PhantomThief
* SecretIdentityIdentity: One of the reasons Asuka jr. concluded that Meimi and Saint Tail just look alike: as Saint Tail, Meimi completely loses her shyness and is much more direct and flirty.
* TheyFightCrime: With Seira.
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* NunTooHoly: For starters, Saint Tail was ''her'' idea.
* ClingyJealousGirl
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* TheScrappy: At least to the original fanbase.
** TakeThatScrappy: She nearly got an heart attack due a prank from Saint Tail.
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** TakeThatScrappy: She nearly got an heart attack due a prank from Saint Tail.
** RescuedFromTheScrappyHead: At the end of the Crystal Swan two-parter and the final chapters.
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* ButtMonkey: Whenever he starts rambling about something, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere people take and leave mid-speech as soon as he told them what they asked him]]. Rina takes the habit of giving him a MegatonPunch whenever he does something irritating or he's in the way, and at one point Seira ceased stopping Rina from beating him up whenever he pulls one of his tricks. [[LampshadeHanging Asuka jr. calls him a monkey whenever he pisses him off, and even starts doing it when Sawatari did nothing bad]]. Poor guy...
** IronButtMonkey: He takes Rina's MegatonPunch and rises up pretty easily.
* CasanovaWannabe: His looks make him rather successful with girls, but his original love interest, Meimi, just isn't interested in him, and the other one, being Seira, is just not interested in boys.
** IronButtMonkey: He takes Rina's MegatonPunch and rises up pretty easily.
* CasanovaWannabe: His looks make him rather successful with girls, but his original love interest, Meimi, just isn't interested in him, and the other one, being Seira, is just not interested in boys.
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* CryCute: Surprisingly enough, she's capable of this too.
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* EvilLaugh: Yabe.
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* PhantomThief: Yabe.
Yabe is one for hire.
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* PhantomThief: Yabe.
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* EvilKnockoff: Sort of: Yabe impersonates Saint Tail to commit his theft.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Kabako can be translated as ''Miss Hippopotamus''.
** BerserkButton: Tell it in front of her, and she'll shout at you. Make it public, and she'll make you ''suffer''.
** BerserkButton: Tell it in front of her, and she'll shout at you. Make it public, and she'll make you ''suffer''.
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* TheFagin: Why she took in Maju: to steal together. She still loves her as a daughter.
** She also tries to recruit Saint Tail, and is rebuffed.
** She also tries to recruit Saint Tail, and is rebuffed.
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* ClassyCatBurglar
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* ClassyCatBurglar: Formerly.
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* MayorPain: Okajima is the corrupt variant.
variant, having the sculpture stolen in Seika so they'll have pay his town a lot of money and he won't have to resign while selling it to make money.
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Okajima is the mayor of the city of Sakuraoka, who lent Seika's town a crystal sculpture and then had it stolen by Yabe to sell it. Due Rina's attempt at getting Asuka jr. off Saint Tail's case at the same time, they nearly succeeded in interrupting the chase.
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* MayorPain: Okajima is the corrupt variant.
Okajima is the mayor of the city of Sakuraoka, who lent Seika's town a crystal sculpture and then had it stolen by Yabe to sell it. Due Rina's attempt at getting Asuka jr. off Saint Tail's case at the same time, they nearly succeeded in interrupting the chase.
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[[folder: Recurring Characters]]
[[WMG: Asuka sr.]]
[[WMG: Eimi Haneoka]]
[[WMG: Genichiro Haneoka]]
[[WMG: Hideo Morinaka]]
[[WMG: Rina Takamiya]]
[[WMG: Nanato Sawatari]]
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[[folder: Important Villains]]
[[WMG: Kabako Sendo/Rosemary]]
[[WMG: Maju Sendo/Pandora
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[[folder: Main Characters]]
[[WMG: Meimi Haneoka/Saint Tail]]
[[WMG: Daiki Asuka jr.]]
[[WMG: Seira Mimori]]
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[[folder: Recurring Characters]]
[[WMG: Asuka sr.]]
[[WMG: Eimi Haneoka]]
[[WMG: Genichiro Haneoka]]
[[WMG: Hideo Morinaka]]
[[WMG: Rina Takamiya]]
[[WMG: Nanato Sawatari]]
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[[folder: Important Villains]]
[[WMG: Kabako Sendo/Rosemary]]
[[WMG: Maju Sendo/Pandora
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