Kaitou Saint Tail
It is indeed time for another shoujo review~! Actually I read very little of the genre, you’re more likely to find me buying CoroCoro Comics than Ribon, but oh well.
Saint Tail is somewhat your typical kaitou/tantei manga, except that the thief is a junior high Catholic schoolgirl whose parents are, respectively, a magician and a former cat burglar. (What a combo.) The mysterious thief Saint Tail steals back previously-stolen items, most of the time, or otherwise exposes those who try to hurt others. Directed by her best friend Seira, a nun-in-training, Saint Tail regularly eludes the pursuit of a prodigy junior-high dectective (this sound like the Kaitou Kid from Meitantei Konan to anyone else?), a defensive classmate who she secretly likes.
The manga, dated 1995 in Nakayoshi magazine by Tachikawa Megumi, has a very airy feeling to the art and though the English-translated dialogue is a bit awkward, it does not lose much of the storyline. All seven volumes have been released in North American by Tokyopop as Saint Tail and, unsurprisingly, there was also an anime produced which has been released here as well.
Links:
Tokyopop - Saint Tail
In-depth Saint Tail manga review
Saint Tail manga books
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