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 treas...
Very Entertaining
This is the fourth book in this phantom thief series. Here’s a bit of a synopsis on the main plot.
Two fathers pass the thieving business down to their children, Asuka, a cheerful athletic girl and Kei, a unsociable child prodigy. With Asuka’s athleticism and Kei’s intelligence, together they make up the phantom thief that is simply named Red.
So, is this book entertaining? If you like heists, action, and learning a few facts here and there, this is for you. You can really see how series like Detective Conan, Magic Kaito, and Lupin III have influenced this series.
From what I saw on Bookwalker, this series is for elementary or an intermediate level of Japanese proficiency （小学中級から）. Even though I passed a couple of N3 practice tests (these kinds of books helped so much with my reading speed.), I still had to look up 128 words.
For a more in depth review you can find that in the link below: http://nihongonorenshuu.home.blog/2022/12/31/book-review-kaito-red-volume-4/