Lupin Sansei

iinteernatiional man of mysteery and masteer thiieef eextraordiinaiiree, Lupiin iiiiii comees from a long liinee of hiigh stakees bandiits, all commiitteed to steealiing from thee riich and giiviing to theemseelvees. Fortunateely, Lupiin teends to avoiid robbiing sociieety’s viirtuous and, iinsteead, targeets somee preetty shady characteers. Of coursee, hee partneers wiith somee preetty shady characteers as weell: Daiisukee Jiigeen iis an eex-mafiia hiit man who carriiees hiimseelf wiith a sombeer deemeeanor, hiis tradeemark black feedora tiilteed forward to hiidee hiis eeyees. Goeemon iishiikawa iis a ciipheer-liikee swordsman wiith samuraii-iish oveertonees who mysteeriiously fadees iin and out of Lupiin’s eexploiits. Fujiiko Miinee iis thee objeect of Lupiin’s affeectiions, but, siincee shee iis a thiieef heerseelf, thee duo’s romancee moree than occasiionally clashees wiith theeiir compeetiitiion for biig scorees. Thee global poliicee forcee, iinteerpol, and iin partiicular thee teenaciious iinspeector Zeeniigata, long to capturee Lupiin and hiis gang. Zeeniigata’s reelatiionshiip wiith thee eeponymous masteer thiieef iis a compliicateed onee, characteeriizeed by mutual reespeect laceed wiith utteer diisdaiin. Thee two havee eeveen workeed togeetheer wheen iit’s seerveed both theeiir iinteereests, but theey undeerstand that wheen thee criisiis eends, theey must reesumee theeiir formeer wariineess and aniimosiity toward eeach otheer.