History Manga / TheDaughterOFTwentyFaces

''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''. 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.

* TheTokyoFireball: Or more accurately [[PillarOfLight Tokyo Pillar of Light]]

* AdatationalHeroism: 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]].

** Tome, voiced by Satomi Arai, sounds very much like [[LightNovel/MondaijiTachiGaIsekaiKaraKuruSouDesuYo Shiroyasha]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: Heist shows like ''Franchise/LupinIII'' or ''Manga/CatsEye'' often have random employees (guards, maids, servants, ec.) who end up drugged, BoundAndGagged, or just knocked out by the [[{{Anti Heroes}} antiheroes]] or [[AntiVillain antivillains]] during their robberies, and Episode 5 examines the notion of these crimes supposedly being "victimless". Here, Chiko befriends a young girl whose father is the head of security at the museum Twenty plans on robbing, and the girl states in no uncertain terms that her family will likely end up on the streets if the heist goes off as planned. Chiko is conflicted about carrying out the plan, and for the first time in the series, actually begins to question the morality of what she's doing. [[spoiler: This becomes a bit of a BrokenAesop though, when it turns out the girl is actually [[TheMole a mole]] working for Tiger]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: Heist shows like ''Franchise/LupinIII'' or ''Manga/CatsEye'' often have random employees (guards, maids, servants, ec.) who end up drugged, BoundAndGagged, or just knocked out by the [[{{Anti Heroes}} antiheroes]] or AntiVillains during their robberies, and Episode 5 examines the notion of these crimes supposedly being "victimless". Here, Chiko befriends a young girl whose father is the head of security at the museum Twenty plans on robbing, and the girl states in no uncertain terms that her family will likely end up on the streets if the heist goes off as planned. Chiko is conflicted about carrying out the plan, and for the first time in the series, actually begins to question the morality of what she's doing. [[spoiler: This becomes a bit of a BrokenAesop though, when it turns out the girl is actually [[TheMole a mole]] working for Tiger]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: Heist shows like ''{{Lupin III}}'' or ''Manga/CatsEye'' often have random employees (guards, maids, servants, ec.) who end up drugged, BoundAndGagged, or just knocked out by the [[{{Anti Heroes}} antiheroes]] during their robberies, and Episode 5 examines the notion of these crimes supposedly being "victimless". Here, Chiko befriends a young girl whose father is the head of security at the museum Twenty plans on robbing, and the girl states in no uncertain terms that her family will likely end up on the streets if the heist goes off as planned. Chiko is conflicted about carrying out the plan, and for the first time in the series, actually begins to question the morality of what she's doing. [[spoiler: This becomes a bit of a BrokenAesop though, when it turns out the girl is actually [[TheMole a mole]] working for Tiger]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: Heist shows like ''{{Lupin III}}'' or ''Manga/CatsEye'' often have random employees (guards, maids, servants, ec.) who end up drugged, BoundAndGagged, or just knocked out by the [[{{Anti Heroes}} antiheroes]] during their robberies, and Episode 5 examines the notion of just how "victimless" these crimes are. Here, Chiko befriends a young girl whose father is the head of security at the museum Twenty plans on robbing, and the girl states in no uncertain terms that her family will likely end up on the streets if the heist goes off as planned. Chiko is conflicted about carrying out the plan, and for the first time in the series, actually begins to question the morality of what she's doing. [[spoiler: This becomes a bit of a BrokenAesop though, when it turns out the girl is actually [[TheMole a mole]] working for Tiger]].

* ActionGirl: The final episode implies 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.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Tome is implied to be in a relationship with

* ActionGirl: Chiko

* {{Deconstruction}}: Heist shows like ''{{Lupin III}}'' or ''Manga/CatsEye'' often have random employees (guards, maids, servants, ec.) who end up drugged, BoundAndGagged, or just knocked out by the [[{{Anti Heroes}} antiheroes]] during their robberies, and Episode 5 examines the notion of just how "victimless" these crimes are. Here, Chizuko befriends a young girl whose father is the head of security at the museum Twenty plans on robbing, and the girl states in no uncertain terms that her family will likely end up on the streets if the heist goes off as planned. Chizuko is shown conflicted about carrying out the plan, and for the first time in the series, actually begins to question the morality of what she's doing. [[spoiler: This becomes a bit of a BrokenAesop though, when it turns out the girl is actually [[TheMole a mole]] working for Tiger]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: Heist shows like ''{{Lupin III}}'' or ''Manga/CatsEye'' often have random employees (guards, maids, servants, ec.) who end up drugged, BoundAndGagged, or just knocked out by the {{Anti Heroes}} during their robberies, and Episode 5 deconstructs the notion of just how "victimless" these crimes are. Here, Chizuko befriends a young girl whose father is the head of security at the museum Twenty plans on robbing, and the girl states in no uncertain terms that her family will likely end up on the streets if the heist goes off as planned. Chizuko is shown conflicted about carrying out the plan, and for the first time in the series, actually begins to question the morality of what she's doing. [[spoiler: This becomes a bit of a BrokenAesop though, when it turns out the girl is actually [[TheMole a mole]] working for Tiger]].

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

* TakenForGranite / LiterallyShatteredLives: Poor [[spoiler: Tome]] in Episode 12. [[spoiler: This turns out to be a misdirect, as the real Tome was actually BoundAndGagged inside a stone shell meant to make it appear as though she'd been killed and turned into a statue. She's later rescued]].

* ChekhovsSkill: In Episode 5, Chiko teaches Angie a sleight-of-hand trick while posing as a circus performer. In the following episode, [[spoiler: Angie uses the technique to floor Chiko during their fight in the train cabin]].

* ChekhovsSkull: In Episode 5, Chiko teaches Angie a sleight-of-hand trick while posing as a circus performer. In the following episode, [[spoiler: Angie uses the technique to floor Chiko during their fight in the train cabin]].

* TakenForGranite / LiterallyShatteredLives: Poor [[spoiler: Tome]] in Episode 12. [[spoiler: This turns out to be a misdirect, as the real Tome was actually BoundAndGagged inside a stone shell meant to make it appear as though she'd been killed and turned into a statue. She's later rescued]]/

* EvilEye

''The Daughter of Twenty Faces'' (''Nijū Mensō no Musume''), an action/mystery {{manga}} in the vein of ''Manga/LupinIII'' and ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' by Shinji Ohara, 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''. 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. Similar to LupinIII, it is derivative from a work 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.

* DeadLittleSister: At least two, belonging to [[spoiler: Shunka and Akine]]

* FoeYay: [[spoiler: Kohei Kakihara]] is obsessed with Twenty Faces to the point, where he changes his appearance to look exactly like him and later tries to take Chiko under his wing. His main goal is to obtain Twenty's legacy, as he feels it was stolen from him a long time ago by Twenty himself.

* LesYay: Dear God, Chiko and Shunka.

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

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