History Manga / TheDaughterOFTwentyFaces

* IllGirl: Subverted somewhat in that Chiko ''gets better'' once [[spoiler: Twenty takes her away from her relatives who are poisoning her to death with Aconite]] and goes on to be the main character.

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Subverted first in that Twenty applies this philosophy to '''everyone''', not just "big villains", who oppose himself and his gang, as his objective is "taking treasures from pigs" and he has no reason to want to cause actual harm (plus [[spoiler: he has some kind of war-related past that has made him hate killing and suffering]]); he even dissuades KnifeNut Ken from killing people. Later on, [[spoiler: the whole thing is subverted ''again'' in episode 6 when everyone, even Twenty, must kill or they absolutely will be killed themselves.]]

* KnifeNut: Ken, although he's more a knife ''enthusiast'', really.

''The Daughter of Twenty Faces'' (''Nijū Mensō no Musume''), an action/mystery {{manga}} in the vein of ''Franchise/LupinIII'' and ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', was made by Shinji Ohara and was serialized from 2003 to 2007 in ''Comic Flapper'' magazine. An anime adaptation aired in Japan from April 12 to September 27 in 2008, produced by Creator/StudioBones and Creator/TMSEntertainment's Telecom Animation Film and promoted internationally as ''Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief'' (though to this day, it ''still'' hasn't been formally picked up for English release).

''The Daughter of Twenty Faces'' (''Nijū Mensō no Musume''), an action/mystery {{manga}} in the vein of ''Franchise/LupinIII'' and ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', was made by Shinji Ohara and began serialized print in 2002 in ''Comic Flapper'' magazine. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan on April 12, 2008, produced by Creator/StudioBones and Creator/TMSEntertainment's Telecom Animation Film and promoted internationally as ''Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief'' (though to this day, it ''still'' hasn't been formally picked up for English release).

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Tome insinuates this about Chiko and Shunka; it's not [[LesYay completely inaccurate]], but she was taking something she saw out of context.

* ActionGirl: Chiko.

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The Anastasia Ruby]]

* CoolOldGuy: Kanchou/Skipper

* EvilCounterpart: Arguably [[spoiler: Angie]] to Chiko.

* HeroicBSOD: Predictably, [[spoiler: the first half of episode 7]].

* KnifeNut: Ken, although he's more an enthusiast, really.

* {{Meido}}: Tome

* MindControlEyes

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Twenty Faces]]

* TheStoic: Muta

* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:Three years]].

* WhamEpisode: Episode Six, Jesus Christ.
* WorthyOpponent: Twenty Faces and Akechi Kogorō.

* MistakenForGay: In the early part of episode 15, [[spoiler:when Tome walked in on Chiko and Shunka... talking with each other, then remarked that she used to do the same]]. So this may not be the case for [[spoiler:Tome]].

** It's a bit weird of her to think of that every time two girls start frolicking around, so it may indeed say quite a bit about [[spoiler: Tome]]'s mindset.

* AmbiguouslyBi: The final episode hints that there may be something between Tome and Akine, while in another episode, Shunka and Chiko imply that Tome might like women after she mentions flirting with other girls when she was their age.

* SuperSoldier: Several, the Human Tank formula being the most prominent, with wooden psudo-cyborg replacement being the other. [[spoiler:Both are the result of Twenty Faces' war research]].

* TightropeWalking: Chiko walks the tighrope when Twenty's gang poses as a travelling circus.

* VillainTakesAnInterest: [[spoiler: Kohei Kakihara]] is genuinly impressed by Chiko's fighting spirit and asks her if she wants to become a daughter of [[spoiler:real Twenty Faces.]]

* {{Expy}}: The "white-haired demon" is a dead-ringer for Suigintou from RozenMaiden and seems to share her cruelly jealous personality. [[spoiler: She's even got the doll-joints down.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: Sorta. Twenty Faces is certainly not heroic by any measure, but is at least given a somewhat understandable back story. [[spoiler: Turns out he was a scientist for Imperial Japan who vowed to destroy the super-weapons he helped create after WorldWar2 devastated the planet]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''"He has many different faces...'' '''''and I'm one of them!''''' ''"'']]

* WhamEpisode: Episode Six, Jesus Christ. Whether or not the show [[JumpTheShark jumped the shark]] at this stage remains to be seen.
** It didn't, but it did take a major change in direction.

''The Daughter of Twenty Faces'' (''Nijū Mensō no Musume''), an action/mystery {{manga}} in the vein of ''Franchise/LupinIII'' and ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', was made by Shinji Ohara and began serialized print in 2002 in ''Comic Flapper'' magazine. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan on April 12, 2008, produced by StudioBones and TMSEntertainment's Telecom Animation Film and promoted internationally as ''Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief'' (though to this day, it ''still'' hasn't been formally picked up for English release).

The focus of the story is Chizuko "Chiko" Mikamo, a young girl who desires to get away from her home [[spoiler:because her uncle and aunt have been slowly poisoning her]] and leaps at the chance when international GentlemanThief "Twenty Faces" comes to "steal" her. Abandoning her old life, she learns the way of proper cat burglary from Twenty and his merry band of men, and eventually must come to terms with Twenty's legacy and her position as The Daughter Of Twenty Faces. This manga is a derivative of classic detective fiction. Twenty Faces first appeared in the late 1920's as the WorthyOpponent of Endogawa Rampo's detective Akechi Kogorō, who is also featured later on.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Chiko is played by the famous Creator/AyaHirano, although Chiko sounds nothing like [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Haruhi Suzumiya.]]
** Shunka, who does not appear until fairly later in the series but is a major character, is voiced by Creator/RinaSato, who is Negi in all adaptations of {{Negima}}.
** Tome, voiced by Creator/SatomiArai.

* NoExportForYou: Which actually confuses a fair number of people, as the low fanservice quotient and [[ActionGirl competent-heroine-with-no-strings-attached]] lead should make the show a good fit for American and European television, particularly action blocks like {{Toonami}}.

* OutOfTheInferno

* PillarOfLight

* ProperlyParanoid: Chiko.

* SequelHook

** Shunka, on the other hand. Hoo boy.

* NoExportForYou

''The Daughter of Twenty Faces'' (''Nijū Mensō no Musume''), an action/mystery {{manga}} in the vein of ''Franchise/LupinIII'' and ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', was made by Shinji Ohara and began serialized print in 2002 in ''Comic Flapper'' magazine. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan on April 12, 2008, produced by StudioBones and TMSEntertainment's Telecom Animation Film and promoted internationally as ''Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Chiko is played by the famous Aya Hirano, although Chiko sounds nothing like [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Haruhi Suzumiya.]] Shunka, who does not appear until fairly later in the series but is a major character, is voiced by Rina Satou, who is Negi in all adaptations of {{Negima}}.
** Tome, voiced by Satomi Arai, sounds very much like Shiroyasha from ''LightNovel/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey''.