Chikage Kuroba

2011-09-07T11:05:17Z

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| name = Chikage Kuroba
| japanese-name = 黒羽千影 (Kuroba Chikage)
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| image = Chikage Kuroba Profile.jpg
| age = Unknown
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Toichi Kuroba]] (husband, deceased) [[Kaito Kuroba]] (son)
| aliases = Phantom Lady
| first-appearance = [[Magic Kaito]] Chapter 1 [[Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief]]
| appearances = {{:Chikage Kuroba Appearances}}Magic Kaito: [[Chikage Kuroba Appearances|3]]
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'''{{nihongo|Chikage Kuroba|黒羽千影|Kuroba Chikage}}''' is a character in the manga franchise ''[[Magic Kaito]]''.

== Background ==

Not much is known about Chikage yet as her appearances in ''Magic Kaito'' have been limited. In the manga she is aware of [[Toichi Kuroba|Toichi's]] secret life as [[Kaitou Kid]] and that her son, [[Kaito Kuroba|Kaito]], discovered Toichi's secret for himself.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=20 }}</ref> In the TV special she was away in Las Vegas at the time and in a video message to her son said that she knew he'd probably "be very busy very soon", implying she knew about Toichi's secret room, his identity, and that Kaito would likely become Kid.

In a Detective Conan chapter, it was revealed that Chikage was once a phantom thief herself known as Phantom Lady. A background story of this is revealed in two new Magic Kaito chapters, which included Toichi's first heist. In it, Chikage met Kid there who then saved her and fell in love with each other. She mentions about this later, which sets the stage for the chapter.

== Plot overview ==
Chikage first appeared in a minor supporting role in Magic Kaito. In the manga, she lives with Kaito and seems to be a stay-at-home mom.

In the anime adaptation of the first chapter of ''Magic Kaito'', however, Chikage is abroad. From a video message to her son, it seems that she has been traveling extensively, as Kaito grouses "Geez, spending Dad's savings..." At the time of the episode, she was in Vegas with another unnamed woman, and claimed to have already seen three magic shows that day.

Before Toichi's first appearance as Kid, Chikage was a thief known as Phantom Lady. During one of her heists in Paris, Toichi dressed in the Kid outfit appears and rescues her from being captured. As they escape, Toichi kisses Chikage, comparing her to a jewel. In order to protect Chikage he decides to become a famous phantom thief to take attention away from Chikage's previous heists as the Phantom Lady. He then asks if she would "take up residence in his jewelry box" to which she agrees. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume= |publisher=Shogakukan |date= |isbn= |chapter=30: The Phantom Lady (Part 2) |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= }}</ref> Kaito as Kid alludes to his mother being the Phantom Lady to Conan during the Ryoma Gunbelt heist which he completed as a favor for Chikage. <ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Detective Conan |volume= |publisher=Shogakukan |date= |isbn= |chapter=733: The Cleaning |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page= }}</ref>.

== Personality ==
Although not much is known about Chikage, it can be implied she has a mischievous side to her character because she tells [[Aoko Nakamori|Aoko]] about Kaito's one weakness: fish.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=1 |publisher=Shogakukan |date=1988-05-15 |isbn=4-09-122081-9 |chapter=The Revived Phantom Thief |language=Japanese |location=Tokyo |page=21 }}</ref>

== Name origin ==
* The name "Chikage" means "one thousand shadows" in Japanese.

== Trivia ==
* Chikage name was first revealed in the credits of the first ''Magic Kaito'' special. Her name was later confirmed as canon during The Phantom Lady storyline in the manga.
== Fan Theories ==
* Chikage is the Phantom Lady.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Kuroba Family]]

== References ==
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Midori Megure

2011-04-02T08:10:50Z

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| name = Midori Megure
| english-name =
| image = Midori Megure Profile.jpg
| age = 37-38
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Juzo Megure]] (husband)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 284 Anime: Episode 217
| appearances = TV: ? Movies: ? Specials: ?
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 29]]
| japanese-voice = [[Ai Orikasa]]
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'''{{nihongo|Midori Megure|目暮みどり|Megure Midori}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==

When Midori was about 18 years old, a serial hit-and-runner was stalking the streets, randomly targeting high school girls wearing long skirts, due to the harassment by a girl gang he had suffered under (the girls had been wearing long skirts as well, as a part of their rebellious looks). Midori was also a member of a girl gang, and her best friend ended up the first fatality, so since the culprit had not been caught after a while she decided to help apprehend the killer and volunteered to act as a decoy. There was an apparent shortage of police able to help her, and Midori was extremely stubborn and insisted to be alone; under orders of Commisioner Matsumoto, she was teamed up with [[Juzo Megure]], then still a junior police officer.

Unfortunately, the car runner surprised and hit them both. Megure tried to pull Midori out of danger, but they were still harmed; fortunately, Megure was able to remember the car's license number, and the perpetrator was soon arrested. Midori was gravely injured in the accident, but recovered with only a scar on her forehead to show for her ordeal, and some time afterwards she married Megure out of gratitude. In a strange switch of role, she is perhaps the only person who has managed to temper his impulsive surges, a role her husband feels a bit bashful about.<ref>Manga Chapter 286: An Unexpected Motive</ref>

Midori has also appeared, in an unseen role, as a witness to a crime and had to be taken to the station for questioning, as well as making a cameo appearance during the White Day Murder Case.<ref>Manga Chapter 725~727: White Day Murder Case</ref>

She is also mentioned by Takagi in episode 146. She was inside the bank where the robbery happened and was wounded by the criminals who pushed her around. Because of that, Takagi says, Inspector Megure is taking that case very seriously.

== Personality ==
In her youth, Midori was quite headstrong and vindictive, even wild in behavior. Megure's memories about the case where they met have her calling the police useless for not catching her friend's murderer, then cockily saying she's a good decoy, and then only admitting she chewed on more than she could swallow after being almost killed by the same culprit. It's hinted but not directly stated that Midori was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukeban sukeban] or girl delinquent in these times, hence why she was so determined to catch the man who killed her friend and other girls of the same subculture.

Since her near-death accident and her marriage to Megure, Midori has mellowed considerably and has evolved into a loving wife - perhaps this is the main reason why Megure keeps his head and the scar he shares with Midori always covered up, so no one will learn about her past. However, she still retains a younger girl's personality, as evidenced when she was upset enough to get drunk when she thought Megure didn't get her anything for White Day and how happy she was when she found her present.<ref>Manga Chapter 727: Happy White Day</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Characters]]

== References ==

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