Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel

Haruka Minazuki and Aoi Kannazuki, lifelong friends and classmates at St. Cherine Academy, are their school's most admired students, but they also work as Magical Girls, thwarting the nefarious organization Black Auction in their every move, as Red Angel and Blue Angel, respectively. When things go tough, the masked gentleman Misty Knight — resident Chick Magnet Yuito Kisaragi — appears to their aid.

Originally pachinko machine characters, the Twin Angels got a two-episode OVA in 2008. In summer 2011, they got a full Twelve-Episode Anime series, Kyunkyun Tokimeki Paradise!!, in which Haruka and Aoi earn a new ally in the form of the diminutive Kurumi Hazuki, the White Angel, and clashing head-on with the Twin Phantom — transferees Tesla and Nine Violet.

The series has also spawned a set of four Web Comics, a Freeware Visual Novel (Maboroshi no Shoujo), an internet radio show, and a PSP game, Toki to Sekai no Meikyuu, which adds two new Angels — Tsukasa Hazuki (White Angel) and Aprille Mattia (Platinum Angel).

A series that loves its tropes and indulges in them shamelessly. Usually runs on the Rule of Fun, Rule of Cool and Rule of Cute.

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Tropes in Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel include:

• Artifact Title: Originally the "Twin Angel" team had only two people (hence the name), but the TV version adds Kurumi.
• Attack Its Weak Point: How Aoi takes down the mecha in episode 6.
• The Archer: Aoi, and her finisher, Angel Arrow.
• Badass Adorable: The Angels, of course.
• Batman Can Breathe in Space: In addition to getting there in the first place and then surviving reentry, all without any equipment other then their usual transformed forms. It lets them blow up the Kill Sat in the last episode.
• Battle Butler: Heinojou Nagatsuki, butler of the Kannazuki household who provides help to the girls both in their civilian and Twin Angel personae.
• Bob Haircut: Aoi and her grandmother.
• By the Power of Greyskull: "Let's go Fever Time! Lovely Angel!"
• Bruce Wayne Held Hostage: In episode 4.
• Calling Your Attacks
• Cameo: Culture Japan's mascot, Mirai Suenaga, appears at the start of episode four, and is also one of the hostages.
• Camera Fiend: Yayoi, and the group of "villains" in episode four.
• Catgirl: Nyan Tomochi, and Kurumi. Kurumi's is an Animal-Eared Headband in her normal form; in her transformed form, she has different cat-ears that appear to be mechanical and it's not obvious how they're attached.
  • In the first episode, Salome has a gas that turns the Angels into catgirls as a distraction. It's surprisingly effective.
• Child Prodigy: Kurumi is only a grade-school kid, but her high IQ sent her to Saint Cherine, a high school. Her talents include tennis, math, and welding.
• Christmas Cake: Saijou-sensei, and she has quite the complex about it. This factors into her dating the Black Trader and becoming the Black Carrier.
• Clark Kenting: Yayoi sees the Twin Angels in Episode 4... up close and personal. And they don't wear masks, hats... anything to conceal their identities. And she still doesn't figure out who they are. Neither are the trio aware that Black Carrier is Saijou-sensei in an Absolute Cleavage-baring bodysuit.
• Cute Bruiser: Haruka
• Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Black Carrier unintentionally reveals that one of the Seven Amulets is hidden in the belly of Pitan, Nyan's giant salamander friend.
• Digital Piracy Is Evil: A man uploading videos on the internet is presented as a fat Otaku. His crime isn't presented as too heinous, but still...
• Dojikko: Nyan... and she's always carrying a plate of crayfish.
• Elegant Gothic Lolita: Salome.
• Enemy Mine: Salome and Alexander are willing to ally themselves with Twin Angel against Black Fund. It doesn't help that Black Trader forcibly booted them out.
• Even Evil Has Standards: The photographers deliberately ignore Kurumi when she tries to get photographed, citing city ordinances. Kurumi is actually annoyed by this.
• Expy: Misty Knight, of Tuxedo Mask.
• Gainaxing: Aoi. Not on the OVA though, blame J.C.Staff doing the TV anime.
• Girlish Pigtails: Haruka and Yayoi .
• Gotta Catch Em All: The Seven Amulets, a series of magical items that both groups are after.
• Heel Face Turn: The Twin Phantoms near the end of the anime.
• Hot Chick with a Sword: Nine.
• Humongous Mecha: Controlled by Salome.
• Identical Stranger: Salome managed to find a clothing thief who looked exactly like Yuito, save for the giant buckteeth.
• Idiot Hair: Aoi and Saijou
• In the Name of the Moon:

"We won't let you get away with your evil deeds!" "Love and justice always hit the mark!" "We'll bring back everyone's smiles!" "Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel!"

• Kabuki Sounds: These are heard in the last episode during a post-transformation sequence done in the style of kabuki theatre.
• Kick Chick: Haruka prefers her kicks, including her a la Rider Kick finisher, Angel Tornado.
• Kuudere: Nine.
• Lady of War: Aoi.
• Legacy Character: Misae and Sakie, Aoi's grandmother and her sister, were Twin Angels themselves once.
• Leotard of Power: Aoi.
• Les Yay
• Lighter and Fluffier: So... How 'bout them original OVAs?
• Living with the Villain: Twin Angel's greatest ally and most prominent enemies are all in the same classroom, and except for Misty Knight, none of them seem aware of the other.
• Lovely Angels: "Lovely angel" is even part of the Activation Phrase for their transformation.
• Loves My Alter Ego: Haruka isn't that fond of Yuito, but she loves Misty Knight.
• Magical Girl
• Mundane Utility: In episode 5, Haruka uses Angel Tornado to dig a hot spring.
• Mysterious Protector: Misty Knight.
• Names to Know In Anime
  • Yukari Tamura: Haruka Minazuki/Red Angel
  • Mamiko Noto: Aoi Kannazuki/Blue Angel
  • Rie Kugimiya: Kurumi Hazuki/White Angel
  • Yui Horie: Tesla Violet/Twin Phantom
  • Ryoka Yuzuki: Nine Violet/Twin Phantom
  • Ayako Kawasumi: Tsukasa Hazuki/White Angel (PSP)
  • Miyuki Sawashiro: Mattia Aprille/Platinum Angel (PSP)
  • Nobuyuki Hiyama: Yuito Kisaragi/Misty Knight
  • Saori Goto: Nyan Tomochi (TV, PSP)
  • Masumi Asano: Satsuki Kondou, Nyan Tomochi (OVA)
  • Rikiya Koyama: Black Trader
  • Natsuko Kuwatani: Mati
  • Yuu Asakawa: Joshi Saijou/Black Carrier
  • Masaya Onosaka: Alexander
  • Ryoko Shintani: Salome
• Noblewoman's Laugh: Saijou as Black Carrier.
• Non-Indicative Name: Everyone is confused as to why, even though they're called Twin Angel, there are three of them.
• Onee-Sama: How Kurumi addresses Aoi.
• Ojou: Aoi polite girl from a wealthy and respected family, with a Battle Butler.
• The Other Darrin: Nyan is voiced by Masumi Asano (Satsuki's seiyuu) in the OVA series and by Saori Goto in the TV series.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: The only thing that changes in the Twin Angels' appearance are their costumes, and nobody seems aware of their identities behind the costumes. This goes for Black Carrier as well, constant remarks about being Saijou-sensei notwithstanding. At least Misty Knight bothers to put on a mask.
• Proper Lady: Despite her Tsundere streak, Kurumi does her best to be polite.
• Pettanko: Haruka and Kurumi.
• Power Trio: Once Kurumi joins up.
• Quirky Miniboss Squad: Salome and Alexander
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The colors (of their costumes and hair) even match up. Also, Aoi's name is written as 葵, which means "hollyhock", but it sounds the same as 青い, which means "blue".
• Roof Hopping
• School Newspaper Newshound: Yayoi.
• Shock and Awe: Tesla.
• Spoiler Opening: It's glaringly obvious in the opening that Kurumi was going to join the team.
• Student Council President: Yuito
• Temporal Theme Naming: Minazuki and Kannazuki are the names of the sixth and tenth months in the old Japanese lunisolar calendar.
• Third Ranger: Kurumi.
• Token Mini-Moe: Kurumi, yea.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Haruka is the tomboy to Aoi's girly girl.
• Transformation Trinket: The Pocketen, a digital compact.
• Trap Door: How Salome and Alexander are disposed of by Black Trader. Twice. And the second time is them doing it to themselves (and their robot!).
• Trouser Space: During the hot springs fight with Misty Knight, Alexander pulls out a bar of soap from his swim shorts.
• Truck Driver's Gear Change: Several times in the opening theme.
• Tsundere: Kurumi, natch.
• Underboobs: Nine, in Phantom form.
• Unexplained Recovery: Misty Knight survived his deadly explosion by "withstanding the blast". All it got him was bandages over his body. Twin Angel is so dumbfounded that they can only give a Flat What when the first Eyecatch hits.
• Victoria's Secret Compartment: Aoi stores her Pocketen between her breasts, both in civilian and Angel form. Haruka tries it, only to hilariously fail.
  • As of episode 5, Black Carrier has this as well.
• Villain Exit Stage Left
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: A lot of the cast has funny hair colors.
• Zettai Ryouiki: Haruka/Red Angel, Aoi as Blue Angel only