Man of Many Faces
| Man of Many Faces | |
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20面相におねがい!! (Nijū Mensō ni Onegai!!) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Crime, Romance, Kaitō |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Clamp |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Newtype |
| Original run | 1990 – 1991 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Man of Many Faces (20面相におねがい!! Nijū Mensō ni Onegai!!, lit. 20 Faces, Please!!) is a manga by Clamp about a nine-year-old boy named Akira Ijyuin who steals beautiful and valuable objects to please his two mothers and is known to the public as the dashing, clever thief named the Man of 20 Faces. The manga took inspiration from the works of Edogawa Ranpo, most notably from The Fiend with Twenty Faces.
The storyline of Man of Many Faces occurs simultaneously with both Clamp School Detectives and Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders, as demonstrated by a conversation between Nokoru and Suō which also takes place in Clamp School Detectives, while in Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders Akira and Utako appear at their age as they do in Man of Many Faces.
The manga was published in English by Tokyopop, retaining its right to left format, but is now out of print.
By day nine-year-old Akira Ijuyin is a normal student at Clamp School, but at night he becomes the mysterious thief 20 Masks. His thefts are usually subject to the whims of his two mothers, which Akira pulls off without any true objections or interactions. One night Akira ducks into the room of five-year-old Utako Ōkawa in an attempt to hide from the police.
Although the pair shares a four-year age difference, they find themselves quickly falling for each other even as Akira finds himself being increasingly more involved with thefts, some of which include Utako's family. This as well as several other obstacles give the young couple's budding relationship a fair amount of difficulty.
Ijūin Akira (伊集院 玲)
He is an elementary-school boy with a double life. During the day, he is a fourth-grader of the elementary division of the CLAMP school campus, and also the Treasurer of the Elementary Division Student Council. At night, he becomes a mysterious thief who steals things in order to please his two mothers.
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