Man of Many Faces
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| 20面相におねがい!! (20 Mensou ni Onegai!) |
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| Genre | comedy, romance, shoujo |
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| Authored by | CLAMP |
| Publisher |  Kadokawa Shoten Tokyopop Pika Édition Norma Editorial Editions Star Comics EMA |
| Serialized in | Newtype Magazine |
| Original run | 1990 – |
| No. of volumes | 2 |
The Man of Many Faces (20面相におねがい!! 20 Mensō ni Onegai!!?) is a manga by CLAMP about a nine year old boy named Akira Ijyuin (Ijuin Akira) who steals beautiful and valuable objects to please his twin mothers and known to the public as the dashing, clever thief named Man of 20 Faces.
While he is a master of disguise and an expert thief, nothing prepares him for his first meeting with the heartbroken Utako Ohkawa. The two fall in love, but what is Akira to do about his secret job?
This is one of CLAMP's earliest original works and is a prequel to CLAMP School Detectives. Akira, one of the protagonists, also makes a cameo in Duklyon: CLAMP School Defenders, X/1999 (X, and the video, CLAMP in Wonderland. Though never animated, it did spawn a drama cd with both music and radio play. Akira also appears as Man of Many Faces in an episode of the CLAMP School Detectives anime.It has also spawned an incredibly rare drama tape as well as a can badge. The manga is published in English by TOKYOPOP, though it is now out of print and retains its right to left format.
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