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Kaitou Kuroba is anything but a regular teenage boy; he’s highly intelligent and obsessed with magic tricks. One night after returning home from school he discovers that his late father, magician Touichi Kuroba, was actually the notorious thief, Kaitou Kid! With the sudden re-appearance of the phantom robber, Kaitou decides to don his father’s hat and cape to confront the impostor, but soon gets a taste for it himself. Now leading a double life, Kaitou attends school by day and steals precious jewels by night, but only if he can outwit the persistent Inspector Nakamori…
Meet Arsene Lupin the Third, the world’s greatest thief, a master of disguise and colossal womanizer! Lupin will tackle any job that takes his fancy and he always manages to remain one step ahead of whatever poor sap he plans to rob, as well as the hapless Inspector Zenigata. Alongside his partners in crime, Jigen, Goemon and the devious Fujiko, Lupin uses his cunning, wit and downright shameless confidence to snag his intended loot. From stealing top-secret microfilms and eluding those who want him dead, to rescuing captured spies and nabbing diamonds from a corpse, Lupin the Third only aims to make money, outwit his foes and of course, bed a bevy of beautiful babes along the way!
Magic Kaitou and Lupin III share many similarities. Though Lupin is far more grown up, with mature themes, both manga are essentially about intelligent and tricky thieves using outrageous methods to snag their chosen loot. Also, both feature a heavily competitive aspect between the charismatic thief and their hapless pursuer - in the forms of Zenigata from Lupin and Nakamori from Magic Kaitou. Certainly, while the art in Lupin is rougher, if you enjoy the basic premise of one, you'll likely find the other to your tastes.
