Lupin the Third is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under his pen name, Monkey Punch. It follows the escapades of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of novels.
Lupine III is the grandson of the famous phantom thief Arséne Lupin. He is an elusive master thief who always steals his target prey. His brain is a genius, and his gun skills are top-notch, but his only flaw is that he has a weakness for cute girls. His companions are Daisuke Jigen, a gunfighter with a rapid fire rate of 0.3 seconds, Goemon Ishikawa, the 13th Samurai of the Showa era, and Fujiko Mine, a mysterious beauty. Together with these guys, who have their own quirks and quirks, they will once again receive a treasure in a spectacular manner, while trumpeting the seventh generation of Inspector Zenigata Heiji and his formidable enemies in the underworld.
Tall characters drawn with lanky lines, strongly influenced by Mort Drucker. The story develops to outwit the reader until the very end. The combination of the two creates a unique style. This work is different from the thief-like image of anime (especially after the second half of the first series), and Lupin is depicted as a villain who is faithful to his own aesthetics but does not mind killing and raping. While hard-boiled depictions and sexual depictions frequently appear, there are few jokes and humanity seen in anime works. It is an erotic crime suspense with a dark image as a whole, even though Lupin's facial expressions are occasionally silly and humorous.
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