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Manjiro moves through Edo like a man who knows exactly which threads to pull, stealing back what was never meant to be lost in the first place. Monkey Punch's character work gives every frame that unmistakable Lupin energy, a thief's grace applied to a whole city of small wrongs. The show loses steam by the finale, but those early episodes nail something rare: historical comedy that trusts you to catch the references while the heist itself actually matters to the people it's stealing for.
SYNOPSIS
Manjiro operates in the shadows of a collapsing Japan, where the final days of the Edo period bring poverty and desperation to ordinary people. By day, he helps struggling citizens survive the chaos. By night, he becomes someone else entirely: a skilled thief who targets the corrupt officials and shadowy conspirators hoarding stolen goods and stolen lives. The items he recovers matter less than the people he returns them to. Broken families reunite. Lost inheritances find their way home. Trust gets restored in a world built on lies. Manjiro works alone, leaving behind only whispered gratitude and a reputation the underworld calls by a single name: Get-backer Roman. As he navigates between helping hands and criminal intrigue, he discovers that some treasures can't be stolen back at all, and some debts run far deeper than material possessions. The line between hero and criminal blurs when the system itself becomes the enemy.
