The Phantom Thieves of Hearts. Do they really exist?
My station has conducted a poll on that subject.
What the hell's up with this cat?
Where'd it come from?
Oh crap, it's got a loud voice!
Hey, I don't like this. Open it up already, Makki.
Hey! Makki!
Uh...
"Escaping into violence, committing crime after crime - a thief" MR. KAZUYA MAKIGAMI
Phantom Thieves of Hearts?
Are you kidding me?
"THE DARK SIDE OF THE JAPANESE ART WORLD"
I'm telling you, it's a crappy world we live in.
Not a decent case to be found!
Yeah, this city is crawling with criminals still at large.
But together, we can...
Let's go, everyone!
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All right, time for our next segment!
Look who's joining us on the show today!
A detective who's also a high school student, Mr. Goro Akechi!
Hello.
I'm just going to come right out and ask you...
What do you think of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts?
Well, if there really are thieves like them out there,
I believe they should be brought to justice in a court of law.
Twisting other people's hearts by force... that's the worst thing any human could do.
Hey, what's the hold-up, kid?
Uh, sorry, just one second, please...
Sorry! Silly me, losing my key...
What are you looking at? Open it up already!
Y-Yes, sir!
There you go. You can keep the change.
Thank you very much.
Totally dissing me!
I found something good!
For real?!
Which shop?
Yo, Boss!
How's it going? Huh?
Let's go have some fun!
Are you gonna be much longer, Makki?
Hold on. Just one second...
Now!
Hey, that's our company's business card.
"Shibukaku Security Company"
Oh, man...
If only they weren't too stingy to install our security system...
...then this never would've happened to them.
Uh... I think you guys should hurry it up...
All right! Get going! Hurry up!
Good job!
Mission accomplished!
Man, we make such an awesome team.
Me and Hashi-yan find shops with lax security on our computers at work...
...and this guy picks the locks! That's what you call perfection!
Y-You're talking kind of loud, you know...
We're BFF's forever! Yeah, sharing the same fate and all!
And if you ever turn on us...
No way, rat us out? This guy?
Well, it's guys like him that you gotta worry about.
MAKIGAMI
The "Ask-a-Thief" Channel?
If...
If only the others...
...would just disappear...
"POST"
Hey, you over there! Are you even listening?
In my own way.
"After school, let's meet up at our hideout!"
Hey, I saw it online. Pretty dangerous, huh?
Shibuya these days.
There's extortion, beatdowns...
A gang of crooks that rips off restaurants, even!
Gang of crooks? Sounds like bad news...
Yo!
Good work.
Got a second? There's something I want you to see.
It's this post on the Ask-a-Thief Channel...
I did look into it myself...
Seriously? "I'm gonna end up dead..."
Why doesn't this kid speak up?
Like there aren't tons of options, like going to the police?
Hey, come on. Lower your voice!
Hey, my bad.
We need to take care of this before it's too late.
Morgana.
Gotcha. Time for me to step up, right?
Huh? Axed?
You serious? Both of you?
Totally serious.
The thing is, our security firm, see...
Well, you know. Thanks to that geezer of a painter everybody's raving about now...
Thanks to him, our company's toast.
If you're fired, we won't get any more leads for these easy gigs!
Seriously... Dammit!
This is so messed up! Why should I have to suffer collateral damage?
Well, but don't you worry.
I'm gonna find our next part-time gig, all right?
Hey, no need to go overboard or anything...
Hey, don't be shy! Just sit back and enjoy, Boss!
Part-time gig?
Hey!
Friends of yours?
Yeah.
Then I'll be on my way.
Right. See you later.
So? What now?
Let's do it.
Hey, you sure about this? Shouldn't we leave it to the cops?
We can just call in a tip and get them arrested...
True, that just might be the solution.
Only a temporary one, though.
Huh?
After they get out of prison, what if they just pick up where they left off?
If we're really going to save any victims...
...we'll have to straighten out our targets' hearts 100%.
Right. And that's something that....
...only the Phantom Thieves of Hearts can do.
That's our lead–
That's our leader! You're just the man I made you out to be!
Huh? Morgana...
It's unanimous. That settles it.
Right! We're phantom thieves on the side of justice.
Why don't we show this gang of low-level crooks how overmatched they are?
Shh! I told you, you're talking too loud!
Oh, hey, my bad, my bad!
Well, I think we should get some evidence first, just in case...
I've already thought of that.
The notorious Phantom Thieves of Hearts, the talk of the town nowadays.
Do they really exist?
My station has conducted a poll on that subject.
Oh, for God's sake!
I'm ready to throw in the towel!
They're actually harder to find than you'd think. Restaurants with lax security.
And by the way, you're not allowed to smoke here!
That's why I didn't light up, all right?
Still... That manager there's pretty careless.
I mean, that's like having a "Please rob us" sign up.
They say he's got a whole stash saved up.
Not only that, but he hates banks,
and I hear he leaves all his earnings in the shop!
Huh? Our gig's not in Shibuya?
Nobody said anything to me about that!
Maybe we got lucky, actually? You know, Shibuya's so...
You know, that dude Kaneshiro's group has been acting scary lately, so...
The timing was right.
Don't give me that!
Well, from now on, no more Shibuya for us!
It's Yoncha Time all the way!
Yay!
All right! Pardon me!
Leblanc? But it's such a shabby shop, any way you look at it!
What good would it do to target this place?
Hey! It's unlocked, guys!
See? Didn't we tell you?
Let's get this one over with!
It's too dark to see anything.
Looks like there's a second floor, too.
What the hell's up with this cat?
Where'd it come from?
Oh crap, it's got a loud voice!
Hey!
Open it up already!
"Escaping into violence, committing crime after crime - a thief" MR. KAZUYA MAKIGAMI
Phantom thieves? Are you kidding me?
That's the signal.
Just as we thought, they're the crooks we've been hearing about.
Hey, but you've really got some balls, you know?
Using the shop that's taken you in as bait...
If they destroyed the place, how were you planning to explain it to your boss?
By crossing that bridge... when I come to it.
Hey, this shop has a security system!
That's not what we heard!
All right, we're getting the hell out of here! Hey!
What's that slip of paper?
N-Nothing, it's nothing!
Hey. I always wonder...
How do you get your hands on stuff like that?
Is it from that Iwai guy, maybe?
Well, yeah.
That guy, he's got everything, huh?
Miss Anne, what did you think of my lovely voice?
Mmm? Well done!
What the hell is going on, anyway?
Phantom thieves?
Give me a break. No way do they really exist...
"POST"
And besides... In the end, I...
I never posted anything onto that site...
So who in the world... ratted these guys out?
Let's go, everyone!
This is the perceived world.
The other reality given shape by human souls.
We're the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
We've come to answer the cries of the oppressed.
Cries? What are you talking...
Target: Kazuya Makigami.
Nature of charges: "Help me! My older brother's going to kill me!"
Huh?
Name of complainant: target's younger brother, Naoya Makigami.
The following has been excerpted from the Phantom Thief Channel.
Dear Phantom Thieves. I live with my older brother,
who physically abuses me everyday.
He's threatened to kill me if I ever tell, so I can't ask anybody for help...
It's like I'm my brother's slave.
Naoya... That little bastard!
It seems my brother has been committing some kind of crime with his no-good friends.
And I think he's been beating me up to vent his stress over that.
I'm begging you, please help me, Phantom Thieves!
At this rate, I'm gonna end up dead!
That's it.
You bastards...
First of all, I investigated any signs of domestic violence.
I was able to confirm the domestic violence.
But although I made some casual inquiries,
I was unable to uncover this crime he'd spoken of.
And so we set a trap to confirm it!
You guys are the gang of crooks we've been hearing about, right?
Do you have anything to say for yourselves?
"You guys," did you say? You're wrong!
It's MY gang of crooks! Don't ever underestimate me!
Hey. Don't tell me this guy is...
I thought he was just an underling who got forced into this.
Yeah, that's right! I'm the leader of this gang of crooks.
Who prodded those idiots into taking on part-time jobs?
It was me!
I only meant it to be like a minor prank, but those guys got too cocky!
Every one of them is a total moron!
All they had to do was shut up and do as I say!
Dammit, they piss me off!
Everyone who isn't you shouldn't be treated as humans...
Is that why you treated your kid brother like that, too?
That little punk was alway following my ass, the tagalong!
When he was a little kid, he'd shit his pants and go, "Brother! Brother!"
Sniveling and wailing... but look at him now!
Who do you think you are, asking for help? Naoya!
You're just a toy to me, you're my slave!
Just do whatever I tell you to till the day you die!
Oh, no you don't!
Ugh! These guys!
Oh, crap!
Whoa!
Joker!
I am thou.
Thou art I.
You frauds who are in over your heads... Allow me to show you.
How you pale in comparison to us as thieves!
Go!
Arsene!
Damn you!
Don't get arrogant with me!
Fox!
Come out, Goemon!
What's your problem? I managed to acquire the Unlocking Skill...
So how stupid would it be not to use it?
Skull!
Right!
Captain Kidd!
Whoa!
I just provoked him a little and now he won't let me go!
I can't get enough of this! Now I'm de-stressed! I'm free!
It feels so good to steal!
Huh?
Panther!
Come here, Carmen!
You're my sacrificial pawns!
Obey me! Serve me!
Mona!
Roger that! Time for me to shine! Zorro!
Damn! You're utterly useless!
How dare you hinder me! You scumbags!
Well, that's a selfish way of looking at it!
Straighten him out once and for all, Joker!
I stole it!
The arrogance in your heart.
What the hell? Phantom Thieves...
No way!
What's this? A treasure?
It's the key to the drawer in my room.
Give it to my kid brother. You're Robin Hood figures, aren't you?
Huh? Why should we do anything YOU...
Do you have a message for him?
"Burn what's inside, and toss it."
I'm sorry... I'm so sorry, Naoya!
It was me! I'm the one who did it all!
The domestic violence, and the robberies!
Please arrest me!
We're that gang of crooks!
The evidence...
It's all in there!
Huh?
Let us go, you guys!
Makigami Makigami Tanaka
I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
Shut up! Keep your mouth shut!
What's wrong? Was that someone you know?
Oh, no, I've never seen him before... But...
Who is he?
That guy...
Mission complete! So are we done with this job?
It's too early to get so giddy.
Right. Our next prey is huge.
Treasure! Treasure! Oh, wow, I can hardly wait!
Let's go.
This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter.
For just a fleeting moment, I gave you a glimpse of the future.
But that was just one possibility...
What kind of story you will weave from here on in...
That is up to you.
Let me ask you again... Prisoner.
What is your name?