The cover of the first volume of Magic Kaito released on May 15, 1988.
Magic Kaito (まじっく快斗 ,Majikku Kaito?) is a shōnen manga series by Gosho Aoyama, about a thief named Kaitou Kid. Aoyama stopped work on the manga after three volumes due to the fact that he started Detective Conan, which was an instant hit. Chapters of the Magic Kaito manga have been released in Shōnen Sunday since then, and have only recently been collected into a fourth volume in February 2007.
Plot
Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage high school student, stumbles across the secret of his father's death: his father was not only a magician, but the famous phantom thief Kaitou Kid, and was killed by an organization for reasons unknown. Taking up his father's mantle in an attempt to bait the killers, Kaito performs a number of thefts and eventually learns that his father died for interfering in the organization's quest to find the Pandora Gem. Pandora is said to glow in the light of the moon, and beneath the moon and a certain comet, will shed a tear granting immortality to whomever drinks it. Kaito then decides to search for Pandora as Kaitou Kid and destroy it, in order to prevent the organization from obtaining their goals.
Characters
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Role
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Kaito Kuroba |
Main character of the story. A high school student with a mischievous attitude and a knack for performing magic tricks.
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Kaitou Kid |
Kaito Kuroba's secret identity. A master thief known to use magic tricks and send warning notes to the police before a heist.
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Konosuke Jii |
Toichi and Kid's loyal assistant.
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Toichi Kuroba |
The original Kaitou Kid and Kaito's late father. Was a world-renowned stage magician.
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Chikage Kuroba |
Kaito's mother. Was once a thief known as Phantom Lady.
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Aoko Nakamori |
Kaito's childhood friend and love interest.
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Ginzo Nakamori |
Aoko's father who's in charge of the Kaitou Kid taskforce.
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Akako Koizumi |
A witch currently at the same school with Kaito who wishes to win the heart of Kaitou Kid.
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Saguru Hakuba |
A high school detective from England determined to catch Kaitou Kid.
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Keiko Momoi |
Aoko's friend and classmate.
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Snake |
A mysterious man in black responsible for the death of Toichi Kuroba.
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Chapters
Volume 1-4
Magic Kaito Volume 1-4
Chapters not yet included in a Volume
- Chapter 29: The Phantom Lady (Part 1)
- Chapter 30: The Phantom Lady (Part 2)
Anime
See also
References
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