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D.N.Angel (ディー・エヌ・エンジェル) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten shōjo magazine Monthly Asuka in November 1997. The series went on an extended hiatus after the August 2005 issue, returning in the April 2008 issue. Dentsu and Xebec adapted the manga into a 26-episode anime series which aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 3, 2003.

D.N. Angel Plot

D.N.Angel follows the adventures of Daisuke Niwa, an average teenage boy. At the story's opening, Daisuke declares love for his crush, a girl named Risa Harada, on his fourteenth birthday. She rejects him, and later that day, the heart-broken Daisuke undergoes a strange mutation that changes him into another person. He is told calmly by his mother Emiko that, because of a strange genetic condition, all the males in Daisuke's family gain the countenance of Dark Mousy, a famous phantom thief. The transformation occurs every time Daisuke has romantic feelings for his crush or whenever he thinks too long about her. Dark changes back into Daisuke the same way. Daisuke is forced to keep his family's secret and control his alter ego, Dark (who Risa, Daisuke's crush, has fallen for), while dashing his way out of being caught by the commander of the police. Daisuke learns that in order to return to normality, he must have his unrequited love returned.

The aforementioned commander of the police is a classmate of Daisuke's named Satoshi Hiwatari. Hiwatari suffers from his own version of the phantom-thief curse, and a bond forms between Hiwatari and Daisuke because of their similar afflictions. Hiwatari carries the alter-ego named Krad. However, though Dark and Krad hate one another, Hiwatari and Daisuke maintain a strained but genuine friendship, despite Dark's constant moaning. Dark steals certain artistic objects of value, works made by Satoshi's ancestors, because they contain dangerous magical properties. Some of them, such as "The Second Hand of Time" and "Argentine" also have personalities of their own. Some of the objects that he steals are quite dangerous. Dark's method of stealing is based on garnering attention; before stealing, Emiko will send out a warning of what will be stolen.

D.N.Angel Characters:

Niwa Daisuke – Daisuke is a regular boy who just turned 14. After he turned 14, he confesses his love to Risa Harada but ends up being rejected. He then discovers that a boy named “Dark” lives inside him and that he turns into Dark whenever he feels intimacy or love towards the girl he loves but Dark may also choose whether or not to come out.

Dark Mousy – Dark Mousy is half of an artwork created by the Hikari family called the Koku Yoku. He appeared in one of the Niwa family’s male members 300 years ago. Once Dark starts to live in his host, his host turns into Dark whenever that person is near or is thinking about the person they love. He previously stayed dormant in Daiki Niwa for 40 years because Daiki only had daughters. When Daiki’s daughter, Emiko, gave birth to Daisuke, Dark moved to Daisuke’s body. Dark sends out messages to the police that he is going to steal the Hikari family’s cursed art pieces and the Niwa family seals it away to prevent the trouble they cause.

Hiwatari Satoshi – Hiwatori Satoshi commands the police and is in charge of stopping and possibly capturing Dark. At the age of 8, he graduated from high school and received his college degree at 13. Knowing Dark is Daisuke’s alter ego, Satoshi enrolls in middle school to keep his eye on him. Like Daisuke, he hosts an entity, Krad. Satoshi wears his glasses to keep Krad in check and once he takes them off, Krad emerges.

Krad – Krad is an entity just like Dark. He lives inside Hiwatari Satoshi. He is Dark’s opposite in both appearance and behavior. Krad is Dark and Daisuke’s worst enemy since as he repeatedly tries to have them both killed.

D.N.Angel Similar Series:

1. Nurarihyon no Mago
2. Magic Kaito
3. Tsubasa Chronicle

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