#it is now mandatory to hear me rant about funny thieves

[missmako-chan]

Alright, time to convince y'all to watch the funny phantom thief anime

Kaitou Joker (also known as Mysterious Joker) revolves around the titular Joker, a professional phantom thief and self-proclaimed "Miracle Maker," as he steals treasures with the help of his ninja assistant, Hachi. Shenanigans ensue such as singing about curry really badly, stealing an entire train car for a frying pan, and getting taken to hell by an elementary school student (albeit that happens in the manga)

The fun thing about KJ is that literally 90% of the cast are orphans and also a lot of them are still kids :) In the first episode Joker literally gets shot and visible blood is shown, and it only gets worse from there! :) This kid is not okay and can fit so much trauma into him.

But despite it all, you can count on Joker to pull off a miracle in the end that'll make sure everything turns out okay! The show has such a great story, and so many memorable quotes, too (a personal favorite of mine being "A lie you stick to so hard that you’ll die for it.... that’s no different from the truth, right?” which, as a resident Kiriya Kujo enjoyer, yeah-)

The series has 4 seasons, each with 13 episodes (get it? Like. Like cards-). Crunchyroll officially subbed the whole thing but I'm like 99% it's not on there anymore, plus Disney had this one really terrible obscure dub of the first 2 seasons (but I will admit it did give us Joker cursing). While the manga it's based off of isn't officially translated, @kaitoujokerscans has translated the manga up to chapter 77, as well as a few of the light novels, choose your own adventure books, and 2 drama cds.

This show holds a very special place in my heart, so I really want more people to know about it. If this infodump gives you encouragement to check the show out, then I'd be more than happy to give you a warm welcome to the shining night :)

see now im thinking about kaitou joker again