Anyone who has read or seen Conan knows this characters but few knows that this guy actually came first. Aoyama wrote a short manga about this guy before Conan which means his entire origin as presented in this story is entirely canon for his appearances on Conan. Speaking of Conan, he even makes cameos once per episode during the later half of the series, smiling briefly before he goes out of frame again. I´m guessing that means this series takes place before Kaitos first appearance on Conan(also so Conan wont steal Kaitos thunder in his own show :) ) Now some of you might wonder why I compare it so much to Conan? That´s because it is impossible not to, since they are so closely linked. But since I need to say at least something about THIS show I´ll say that I enjoyed it quite, but a lot of the individual stories followed a very similar pattern which made it feel a tiny bit repetitive. Also I did not like that witch character since she brought supernatural elements to what otherwise was a very realistic show(they always explained the tricks and illusions used by Kaito and other illusionists but they acted like her magic was real). But the overall storyline progressed in a timely fashion, and it was a good one, so I still liked it. (show less)