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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The entirety of Tatsuro's route in the "A Chocolate Kiss" side story could be prevented if either the protagonist would admit to Tatsuro that she misplaced his Valentine's Day chocolates, or if Tatsuro would admit to her that he found them. When they figure out the truth near the end of the side story, they're both extremely embarrassed.
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* ChocolateOfRomance: In the "A Chocolate Kiss" side story, the protagonist makes handmade chocolate for her guy for Valentine's Day. The chocolates go missing before she has the chance to present them to him, leading both of them to go to rather extreme measures to retrieve them intact.
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* AttractiveBentGender: Hiro is stunning when posing as a woman, and is not at all shy about using his feminine wiles to his advantage.
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...I am not sure how I managed to fail that badly. Moved addendum to correct trope example.
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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: In the "Tatsuro Vs. the Retriever" side story, Tatsuro and the protagonist end up dogsitting a golden retriever who is also named Tatsuro. Sure enough, he's forced to confront his fear on several occasions, such as the scene in his route in which a dog runs off with the protagonist's purse.
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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: In the "Tatsuro Vs. the Retriever" side story, Tatsuro and the protagonist end up dogsitting a golden retriever who is also named Tatsuro. Sure enough, he's forced to confront his fear on several occasions, such as the scene in his route in which a dog runs off with the protagonist's purse.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Tatsuro is afraid of dogs, and they generally dislike him right back.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Tatsuro is afraid of dogs, and they generally dislike him right back. Sure enough, he's forced to confront his fear on several occasions, such as the scene in his route in which a dog runs off with the protagonist's purse.
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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: In the "Tatsuro Vs. the Retriever" side story, Tatsuro and the protagonist end up dogsitting a golden retriever who is also named Tatsuro.
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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: In the "Tatsuro Vs. the Retriever" side story, Tatsuro and the protagonist end up dogsitting a golden retriever who is also named Tatsuro. Sure enough, he's forced to confront his fear on several occasions, such as the scene in his route in which a dog runs off with the protagonist's purse.
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* ValentinesDayEpisodes: The "A Chocolate Kiss" side story.
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: In the "What If... We Were Co-Workers" side story, courtesy of Takuto and his technological mojo. Once the guys have retrieved the ad project that the villains stole from the protagonist's father, Takuto puts together a mock-up including proof of the theft and recordings of the villains mocking the client's product, and swaps it in for the completed ad... right before the villains screen their ad at an industry competition.
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Possibly the most redundant spoiler tag ever, but that she even existed at all is kind of a Big Deal in the route.
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* IllGirl: Riki's younger sister Ibuki has a serious heart condition which often keeps her bedridden.
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** Riki's younger sister Ibuki has a serious heart condition which often keeps herbedridden.bedridden.
** [[spoiler:Atsumu's]] late wife. She was always frail, but downplayed the severity of her illness right until the end, and died while her husband was off on a mission.
** Riki's younger sister Ibuki has a serious heart condition which often keeps her
** [[spoiler:Atsumu's]] late wife. She was always frail, but downplayed the severity of her illness right until the end, and died while her husband was off on a mission.
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* OrphanageOfLove: The Lily Center, run by Kenshi's school friend Ikuo Endo. Endo's father was killed in a fire when Endo was still in school; Kenshi's father was one of the firemen who responded, and his guilt over not being able to save Endo's father led him to make regular anonymous donations to the Center. Kenshi has continued the practice since his father's death, using his share of the profits from the Black Foxes' capers.
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* OrphanageOfLove: The Lily Center, run by Kenshi's school friend Ikuo Endo. Endo's father was killed in a fire when Endo was still in school; Kenshi's father was one of the firemen who responded, and his guilt over not being able to save Endo's father led him to make regular anonymous donations to the Center. Kenshi has continued the practice since his father's death, using his share of the profits from the Black Foxes' capers. capers.
* ParentalSubstitute: Atsumu has always attempted to be this for the younger Foxes, in lieu of busy or outright absent parents. [[HeartwarmingMoments Riki's part of the "Ginza Scavenger Hunt" side story shows that this has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Atsumu has always attempted to be this for the younger Foxes, in lieu of busy or outright absent parents. [[HeartwarmingMoments Riki's part of the "Ginza Scavenger Hunt" side story shows that this has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated.]]
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* ShoutOut: In the English localization, Hiro breaks out the infamous "I'm so excited! I'm so... scared!" line from ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
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* CarryingACake: In Kenshi's route of the "Thief Christmas" side story, Kenshi and Kikufuji's chef proudly display the restaurant's special Christmas cake to the protagonist. The moment they ask her to deliver it to the customer who ordered it, you know that it's doomed.
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* ChristmasEpisode: The "A Thief Christmas" side story.
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Finally thought of a better way to word that.
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* DubNameChange: ''My Lover's a Thief'' changes the characters' names as part of its shift of the setting from Japan to the USA. Riki becomes Bryan, Takuto becomes Ansell, Hiro becomes Hugo, Atsumu becomes Antonio, and Tatsuro becomes Joey. Kenshi's given name is not changed, but his family name is changed from Inagaki to Ono.
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* DubNameChange: ''My Lover's a Thief'' changes the characters' names as part of its shift of the setting from Japan to the USA. Riki becomes Riki, Takuto, Hiro, Atsumu, and Tatsuro become Bryan, Takuto becomes Ansell, Hiro becomes Hugo, Atsumu becomes Antonio, and Tatsuro becomes Joey.Joey respectively. Kenshi's given name is not changed, but his family name is changed from Inagaki to Ono.
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* DubNameChange: ''My Lover's a Thief'' changes the characters' names as part of its shift of the setting from Japan to the USA. Riki becomes Bryan, Takuto becomes Ansell, Hiro becomes Hugo, Atsumu becomes Antonio, and Tatsuro becomes Joey. Kenshi's given name is not changed, but his family name is changed from Inagaki to Ono.
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* DubNameChange: ''My Lover's a Thief'' changes the characters' names as part of its shift of the setting from Japan to the USA. Riki becomes Bryan, Takuto becomes Ansell, Hiro becomes Hugo, Atsumu becomes Antonio, and Tatsuro becomes Joey. Kenshi's given name is not changed, but his family name is changed from Inagaki to Ono. Ono.
* EnemyMine: In his "What If..." story, Tatsuro asks the Black Foxes for help [[spoiler:dealing with a corrupt prosecutor, and ends up joining them on a mission as a temporary Black Fox.]]
* EnemyMine: In his "What If..." story, Tatsuro asks the Black Foxes for help [[spoiler:dealing with a corrupt prosecutor, and ends up joining them on a mission as a temporary Black Fox.]]
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In Kenshi's route, after he gets the protagonist a job as a waitress at his family's restaurant, the other waitresses snub and bully her out of jealousy because they think that Kenshi is sweet on her, doing things like leaving her to figure out how to put on her kimono by herself, and causing her to miss meals by "neglecting" to tell her when breakfast hours have changed. This lasts for about two chapters, until the protagonist gets fed up and verbally lays into them for it.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In Kenshi's route, after when he gets the protagonist a job as a waitress at his family's restaurant, restaurant the other waitresses snub and bully her out of jealousy because they think assume that Kenshi is sweet on her, and snub and bully her out of jealousy, doing things like leaving her to figure out how to put on her kimono by herself, and herself or causing her to miss meals by "neglecting" to tell her when breakfast hours have changed. This lasts for about two chapters, until the protagonist gets fed up and verbally lays into them for it.
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* SavingTheOrphanage: Played with in a brief subplot in Kenshi's route which deals with the Lily Center falling into financial straits after a freak accident in which a truck goes out of control and crashes into the Center, injuring one of the children in the process. The truck driver is uninsured and the Center doesn't have the funds to cover the resulting medical and repair bills. The protagonist assumes that Kenshi, who's already been donating to the Center from the money he makes as a Black Fox, will ask Atsumu to set up a heist to earn the money the Center needs. She's surprised when he refuses on the grounds that the Black Foxes only steal to save works of art from being misused, not for money; [[ThereAreNoCoincidences conveniently enough]], however, a mission comes up anyhow and the Center gets the money it needs.
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* SavingTheOrphanage: Played with in a brief subplot in Kenshi's route which deals with the Lily Center falling into financial straits after a freak an accident in which a truck goes out of control and crashes into the Center, injuring one of the children in the process. The truck driver is uninsured and leaves the Center doesn't have the funds to cover the resulting medical and repair bills.with more bills than funds. The protagonist assumes that Kenshi, who's already been donating to the Center from the money he makes as a Black Fox, will ask Atsumu to set up a heist to earn the money the Center needs. She's surprised when he refuses on the grounds that the Black Foxes only steal to save works of art from being misused, not for money; [[ThereAreNoCoincidences conveniently enough]], however, a mission comes up anyhow and the Center gets the money it needs.
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* PocketProtector: As of the "Thief Olympics" side story, [[spoiler:Atsumu]] owes his life to Takuto's habit of building everything as durable as possible. In this case, a bulletproof handheld game console saves the day.
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* DatingCatwoman: Inverted on Tatsuro's route, particularly on his epilogue and in other content that takes place after he and the protagonist officially become a couple, since she remains an active member of the Black Foxes and he's well aware of it and the other guys' involvement but reluctantly turns a blind eye for her sake.
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* RedStringOfFate: Referenced on Tatsuro's route, and credited with bringing him and the protagonist together after all these years.
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* WireDilemma: On Tatsuro's route, the protagonist is faced with a bomb. Should she cut the red wire, or the green? [[spoiler:She chooses green, because the red wire brings to mind the RedStringOfFate, and she can't bring herself to cut it.]]
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* NonSequiturThud: PlayedForLaughs in the ''Beach Cafe LRN'' side story, where ntorious lightweight Riki learns the hard way that alcohol and heat exhaustion is not a happy combination.
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* NonSequiturThud: PlayedForLaughs in the ''Beach Cafe LRN'' side story, where ntorious notorious lightweight Riki learns the hard way that alcohol and heat exhaustion is not a happy combination.
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* HopelessSuitor: The protagonist's permanently friendzoned (if that) co-worker Mitsuru.
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* HopelessSuitor: The protagonist's permanently friendzoned (if that) co-worker Mitsuru. Unlike Tatsuro, who is the enemy by virtue of his unassailable position in the protagonist's life (close friend, first love, potential love interest), the Black Foxes rarely see Mitsuru as more than a petty annoyance.
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* NonSequiturThud: PlayedForLaughs in the ''Beach Cafe LRN'' side story, where ntorious lightweight Riki learns the hard way that alcohol and heat exhaustion is not a happy combination.
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* LethalChef: Tatsuro is hopelessly incompetent in the kitchen, and it's remarked that if it wasn't for his sister, he'd starve to death.
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* HalfIdenticalTwins: Hiro and his sister Seiko.
* HopelessSuitor: The protagonist's permanently friendzoned (if that) co-worker Mitsuru.
* HopelessSuitor: The protagonist's permanently friendzoned (if that) co-worker Mitsuru.
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* AffectionateNickname: Hiro starts calling the protagonist "Princess" early in his route. This sticks through all his stories.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: The protagonist gets Tatsuro vs. the Black Foxes, and Tatsuro himself is stuck between the protagonist and the law (because like it or not, the Black Foxes ''are'' criminals).
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* ConflictingLoyalty: The protagonist gets is torn between her childhood friend and first love Tatsuro vs. and her growing sympathy for and camaraderie with the Black Foxes, and Foxes. Tatsuro himself is likewise stuck between the protagonist protagonist, who he's still in love with, and the law (because like it or not, the Black Foxes ''are'' criminals).
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* ConflictingLoyalty: The protagonist gets Tatsuro vs. the Black Foxes, and Tatsuro himself is stuck between the protagonist and the law (because like it or not, the Black Foxes ''are'' criminals).
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* NiceCharacterMeanActor: In-universe example: Kenshi and the protagonist are fans of actress Nahomi Sahara, and they're both equally shocked to find out that she's actually a horrible person who used underhanded means to acquire a famous jeweled ring when its elderly owner died.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Takuto.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Takuto.Takuto is explicitly referred to as such on several occasions, even in the English translation. The protagonist ruefully notes that he's kind of light on the ''dere'', though.
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* SavingTheOrphanage: Played with in a brief subplot in Kenshi's route which deals with the Lily Center falling into financial straits after a freak accident in which a truck goes out of control and crashes into the Center, injuring one of the children in the process. The truck driver is uninsured and the Center doesn't have the funds to cover the resulting medical and repair bills. The protagonist assumes that Kenshi, who's already been donating to the Center from the money he makes as a Black Fox, will ask Atsumu to set up a heist to earn the money the Center needs. She's surprised when he refuses on the grounds that the Black Foxes only steal to save works of art from being misused, not for money; [[ThereAreNoCoincidences conveniently enough]], however, a mission comes up anyhow and the Center gets the money it needs.
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* OrphanageOfLove: The Lily Center, run by Kenshi's school friend Ikuo Endo. Endo's father was killed in a fire when Endo was still in school; Kenshi's father was one of the firemen who responded, and his guilt over not being able to save Endo's father led him to make regular anonymous donations to the Center, a practice Kenshi has continued since his father's death, using his share of the profits from the Black Foxes' capers.
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* OrphanageOfLove: The Lily Center, run by Kenshi's school friend Ikuo Endo. Endo's father was killed in a fire when Endo was still in school; Kenshi's father was one of the firemen who responded, and his guilt over not being able to save Endo's father led him to make regular anonymous donations to the Center, a practice Center. Kenshi has continued the practice since his father's death, using his share of the profits from the Black Foxes' capers.
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* OrphanageOfLove: The Lily Center, run by Kenshi's school friend Ikuo Endo. Endo's father was killed in a fire when Endo was still in school; Kenshi's father was one of the firemen who responded, and his guilt over not being able to save Endo's father led him to make regular anonymous donations to the Center, a practice Kenshi has continued since his father's death, using his share of the profits from the Black Foxes' capers.
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* {{Crossover}}: The "Thieves vs. Celebrities" side story crosses ''Thief X'' over with ''VisualNovel/SeducedInTheSleeplessCity''.
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* {{Crossover}}: The "Thieves vs. Celebrities" and "Celebrities vs. Thieves" side story crosses stories cross ''Thief X'' over with ''VisualNovel/SeducedInTheSleeplessCity''.''VisualNovel/SeducedInTheSleeplessCity'', telling the same story from the point of view of the protagonist of either game.
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* InsistentTerminology: The Black Foxes are not criminals, they're ''thieves''. As distinctions go, this one does not hold much water with Tatsuro -- or the protagonist for that matter.
