Marron seems to be a normal, ditsy kinda of school girl when in actuality she is the reincarnation of Joan of Arc. With her angel sidekick Fin, she attempts to seal demons which are hiding in pieces of art and possess weak-hearted people. However with sealing the demons the art disappears leaving the police and her best friend Miyako, the police chief's daughter, to suspect her to be nothing but a common art thief. More strange twists occur when a smooth talking new boy in school moves in next door along with the presence of a new "art thief" Sinbad, who races against Joan to seal demons. Now Marron must race against the police and Sinbad to seal the demons and manage just to make it through school and a strange homelife.
General Info:
Episodes; 44.
Language; Japanese with English subs.
Review:
I actually was quite fond of this series, though I have a couple complaints, but their fairly minor compared to the big picture. You really do have to like magic girl animes to enjoy ones like this. They are all fairly similar in context, so you can't really just look at the big picture.
My first complaint would have to be how Jeanne became so much more girly and vulnerable after Sinbad started protecting. It seemed like now that she has someone there for her, she no longer needs to be a super strong women. Also, because they actually need to put Jeanne in situations where Sinbad needed to save her, she fell for a bunch of stupid traps.
Another thing that annoyed me was the second version of her transformation - not the actual over-all thing, but the little clip that they put in while they transfer. The thing was a freaking minute long! I always skipped it because it was the same thing over and over again, I was just annoyed. The first transformation this was quick and interesting enough because they background would change to fit her surroundings. Also, it was just her enveloped in pink fiery stuff, in which she leaped out of, transformed. Luckily, the long transformation was only for the last 14 episodes or so.
That was pretty much it for what annoyed me aside from a couple of the developments that I won't discuss to save the story for everyone; though it's not exactly un-guessable.
I quite liked the overall story - the hero's actually being theives. I actually quite liked how they made the police seem antagonistic, but also important to the protagonist. Of course the real antagonists were the deamons and the 'Queen', and of course Satan.
I also liked how Jeanne (I don't call her Maron, but they are one in the same) and Chiaki developed, but also how Miyako and Iinchou (I can't remember his real name, bad me) developed along with them. I wasn't a big fan of Noin or Himiji (not to sure about his name, either, but I think this is close), but I quite liked Myst. She was f***ing fantastical. I always loved the evil-ish people, but for some reason I toke a special liking to her. Perhaps because she contradicted child-like innocence with evil; how her candy was deamons, and she killed them by crushing the candy.
This goes under the 'Romantic Maigc' tab by default, but I would probably stick it under the 'Drama' one otherwise. Yes, it centers quite a bit on the comedic aspect and does a good job of it, but the drama with Jeanne's parents, Chiaki, Miyako, Fin, and even Iinchou out-weighed the comedic bits. Both were still prominent, though. The ending was also quite good!
Must Watch Episodes:
I had a list on my computer, but I didn't save it, and then I stupidly deleted it. I went through the episode on Wikipedia, and picked out the ones I could remember.
- Episodes 9, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 25, 29, 33, 38, and 44.
Rating:
I would give Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne 4 out of 5 stars.
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