Shin Akigi – författare

Asuka Kouzuki is just a normal twelve-year-old girl on spring break—until she learns she’s from a long line of phantom thieves! For generations, her family has been stealing from bad guys and helping others, and her dad has been secretly teaching her the skills for the job her whole life. Now that she’s about to turn thirteen, it’s time for her to take on the role alongside her cousin Kei, a genius with an IQ of 200. Thanks to her superhuman athletic abilities and his smarts, no ill-gotten treasure is safe—at least, if they can get along!

Every hero doing good in the shadows has a rival who works in the light—and Phantom Thief Red is no exception! Asuka and Kei have just started middle school and their career as Red, but their double life gets even harder when the genius kid detective Hibiki Shirasato calls them out on live TV! Can they keep helping people with the law hot on their trail?

The annual school festival is coming up, and Asuka couldn’t be more excited! Her class is putting together a café, and yes, even Kei is helping out with the preparations. Everything is going great— until student council president Shiori suddenly goes missing. But Phantom Thief Red isn’t about to let anything bad happen on their home turf, especially when the school festival is at stake!

What will Red do when a beautiful thief appears and declares a rivalry with them?! In a raffle at the mall, Asuka wins tickets to a New Year's Eve countdown party aboard a luxury cruise liner. Red's nemesis, Fantasista, soon announces their next target—but Asuka, Kei, and Misaki are on the ship!

Phantom Thief Red is one of the launch titles of a new initiative from JY—one that publishes prose middle grade books that appeal to a young audience that grew up with anime and manga.