History Manga / KamikazeKaitouJeanne

Published in the shoujo magazine ''Ribon'' from 1998 to 2000, KamikazeKaitouJeanne is the first major work by ArinaTanemura. It was adapted into a 44 episode {{Anime}} by Toei in 1999. It stands apart from most MagicalGirl series by having a BrokenBird heroine, and can be quite a TearJerker at times.

* MustNotDieAVirgin: In the manga before the final battle between [[spoiler:[[MirrorMatch Maron and herself]], Maron finally [[LoveConfession breaks down in front of Chiaki]], who [[CoitusEnsues responds in kind]].

* MustNotDieAVirgin: In the manga before the final battle between [[spoiler:[[MirrorMatch Maron and herself]], Maron finally [[LoveConfession breaks down in front of Chiaki]], who [[CoitusEnsues responds in kind]]. [[AdaptationDecay They definitely do not get near that base in the anime]]]].

* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist]]: Jeanne [[spoiler:when it's revealed that she ''unknowingly'' helped the Devil all along.]]

* PreClimaxClimax: In the manga before the final battle between [[spoiler:[[MirrorMatch Maron and herself]], Maron finally [[LoveConfession breaks down in front of Chiaki]], who [[CoitusEnsues responds in kind]]. [[AdaptationDecay They definitely do not get near that base in the anime]]]].

* YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou: See PreClimaxClimax above.

* AdultChild: Chiaki's dad.

* MythologyGag: Two characters from [[Manga:ION ION]] make a cameo appearance, both possessed by demons: Miyako's older brother is the same Toudaiji who was a member of Mikado's research club, while Tagosaku appears briefly in a side story.

* MythologyGag: Two characters from {{ION}} make a cameo appearance, both possessed by demons: Miyako's older brother is the same Toudaiji who was a member of Mikado's research club, while Tagosaku appears briefly in a side story.

!!This anime provides examples of:

* {{Reincarnation}}: Not only is Maron the reincarnation of Jean D'arc,[[spoiler: but she (and Jean) are also the reincarnation of Eve (Yeah, [[Literature/TheBible that Eve]]) in the manga and Chiaki is heavily implied to be Adam's reincarnation. Also Finn Fish is the angel-incarnation of Natsuki, a young {{Miko}}, who was murdered by her ow, possessed brother for profit (almost twice). Also, she and Access Time are both reborn in the end of the manga as Maron's and Chiaki's daughter Natsuki (yeah, creative) and Yamato's and Miyako's son Shinji.]]

* [[spoiler: CooldownHug: This is how Maron defeats her evil twin in the final battle.]]

* [[spoiler:FishOutOfTemporalWater: Maron and Noin ended up in fifteenth-century Europe.]]

* {{Filler}}

* PaperThinDisguise: Averted: Maron and Jeanne look completely differently, instead of just wearing different clothes.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Not only is Maron the reincarnation of Jean D'arc,[[spoiler: But she (and Jean) is also the reincarnation of Eve (Yeah, [[Literature/TheBible that Eve]]) in the Manga and Chiaki is heavily implied to be Adam's reincarnation. Also Fynn Fish is the angel-incarnation of Natsuki, a young {{Miko}}, who was murdered by her own, posessed brother for profit (almost twice). Also, she and Access Time are both reborn in the end of the Manga as Maron's and Chiaki's daughter Natsuki (yeah, creative) and Yamato's and Miyako's son Shinji (No, not [[NeonGenesisEvangelion that]] Shinji!).]]

* {{Tsundere}} : Maron towards Chiaki, Miyako towards Maron and Minazuki, Fin towards Access
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Jeanne herself and later [[FallenAngel Finn]].]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: Access Time

* [[spoiler:FishOutOfTemporalWater: Maron and Noin ended up in Fifthteenth Century Europe.]]

* AttemptedRape: [[spoiled: Noin tries to rape Maron in order to get rid of her VirginPower.]]

* MissingMom: Chiaki.

* ParentalAbandonment: Maron.

* ClearTheirName: In the anime, Miyako's secret motivation for catching Kaitou Jeanne is to pre-emptively protect her childhood friend Maron by revealing Jeanne's secret identity, since the two bear an uncanny resemblance. Unfortunately, Maron really is Kaitou Jeanne...

* ChivalrousPervert: Chiaki, despite [[spoiler: being opposed to Jeanne in his role as Kaitou Sinbad]], tends to act this way towards girls, but Maron in particular. [[spoiler: He did originally approach her with an ulterior motive, but developed feelings for her instead]]. Apparently, it also runs in the family.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The owner of one possessed object gives it to her pet monkey to confuse Jeanne and Sinbad.

* ParentalAbandonment: Maron.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Not only is Maron the reincarnation of Jean D'arc,[[spoiler: But she (and Jean) is also the reincarnation of Eve (Yeah, [[TheBible that Eve]]) in the Manga and Chiaki is heavily implied to be Adam's reincarnation. Also Fynn Fish is the angel-incarnation of Natsuki, a young {{Miko}}, who was murdered by her own, posessed brother for profit (almost twice). Also, she and Access Time are both reborn in the end of the Manga as Maron's and Chiaki's daughter Natsuki (yeah, creative) and Yamato's and Miyako's son Shinji (No, not [[NeonGenesisEvangelion that]] Shinji!).]]

* ShootTheDog: Sinbad burning the photographer's house. This generally seems to be Sinbad's raison d'etre.

** Subverted at the end. Chiaki no longer needs to transform to use his power (since Maron knows it's him), and Maron no longer needs it ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome period]]'' since she is no longer using the power of her trinket, but the power of her self-belief.

* MeetCute: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] in the case of Maron's parents. They met twice in front of the same carousel, years apart and by various coincidences, and fell in love. By the time of the story, they're working in different countries from each other and their daughter, and they unknowingly cause a HeroicBSOD in Maron by [[spoiler: telling her they're planning a divorce]]. As it turns out, [[spoiler: the Devil appears to have intervened to destroy their feelings of love for each other as part of a XanatosGambit to end Jeanne's cycle of reincarnation by breaking Maron's spirit]]. Only, that's not really the case: [[spoiler: it's revealed that they would have broken up anyways, and no intervention was required]]. At the end of the series, [[spoiler: her parents are shown meeting each other again in a third iteration of the same MeetCute, implying that it really was the Devil's intervention that caused it]].

* YouCantPleaseEveryone

* HoYay: Noin and Silk

** "[[ObfuscatingStupidity The fact that you were Jeanne is obvious to me from the very beginning!]]" [[spoiler:Miyako in chapter 27]]

* HeroicBSOD: Maron, Miyako, and Chiaki all fall into despair at different points in the series.