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1	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mugenshinshi.jpg]]
2	'''''Mugen Shinshi''''' (''Dream Gentleman'') is a mystery manga universe from TheEighties, the main work of cult mangaka Yosuke Takahashi. It is composed of several, long-running alternate continuities, the second of them being by far the most popular and representative.
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4	Mamiya Mugen is not your typical young heir to a wealthy family of UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan. He's effectively a child genius who lends his help to the Japanese police to solve bizarre and seemingly impenetrable cases. His family has its own connection to crime, though, and quite of a convoluted history. But when Mamiya teams up with his faithful and vaguely vampiresque butler Alucard and his beautiful client-turned-assistant Atsuko Fukune, he's able to deal with all of it like a true dream gentleman.
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6	Although the work never received a true anime adaptation, an {{OVA}} that combined the plots of several chapters was produced by Gallop in 1987.
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8	!!This work provides examples of:
9	* AdaptationalWimp: In the very first continuity, Mamiya had PsychicPowers. He lost them after the series was revamped for the second continuity, where he trusts his brain and training instead.
10	* {{Alucard}}: Possibly the trope codifier in anime and manga. Mamiya's butler is named Alucard, an unsubtle nod to his Transylvanian heritage and powers.
11	* AmbiguouslyHuman:
12	** It's left unclear ''what'' Alucard is exactly. A vampire? A {{Dhampyr}}? Something else entirely?
13	** Mamiya in the ''Gensou/Ouma/Meikyu'' trilogy from 2004 is presented as a supernatural entity that no one else but the main character can see.
14	* BarefootCaptives: Atsuko and the kidnapped girls are barefoot in their enslavement, although this is more because they have been forced to wear Egyptian dancer attires.
15	* DamselInDistress: Atsuko, along with five other captured girls, become this. Of them, [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding only Atsuko seems to be saved and brought back to the plane]].
16	* DarkerAndEdgier: The series starts off as a comedic homage to the boy detective genre. After the second installment, the series starts to take itself more seriously and venture more into horror.
17	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In ''Gensou-hen'', an uncle locks his nephew up in a psych ward in order to steal his fortune. This is in reference to a now-outdated law from the Showa era stating that anyone who is considered to be "legally insane" has zero autonomy and must have their decisions made by a guardian/caretaker.
18	* GoGoEnslavement: As seen in the page image above, Atsuko is forced to wear this along with five other girls whom were captured by the villains. As part of a ritual aiming to bring back Egyptian magic while at a pyramid, the girls are strapped in while wearing revealing Egyptian attire.

Context Manga / MugenShinshi