The Biggest Anime and Manga Differences In Phantom Thief Jeanne!

Hello, Anime Fans! I'm Ferus!

And sometimes the Anime and the Manga
happen to be different.

Every now and then these differences
can be more apparent.

And that's the case with
Phantom Thief Jeanne!

Now which are the biggest differences
between the Manga and the Anime

That's what we'll see right now.

The Phantom Thief Jeanne
Anime series is altogether

comprised of 44 episodes.

Now for some reason, and although
I rewatched the Anime two years ago,

I always think that it has
more than 70 episodes.

Now, of course RTL 2 aired the Anime
between August 27th

and October 26th 2001.

The Anime had come to an end in Japan
just a year and a half before that.

Specifically on January 29th, 2000.

But there was a problem: Arina Tanemura,
the artist behind Phantom Thief Jeanne,

still wasn't finished
with the Manga at the time.

And we all know what it means
when a Manga surpasses the Anime.

There are some changes.

And that hits Phantom Thief Jeanne
pretty hard on some aspects.

The main plot of the Anime stays
relatively true to the Manga.

It isn't as if Jeanne suddenly
began to throw Pokéballs at the demons.

Nevertheless, some minor and
even a few major storylines

were either changed or left out.

So let us dive in and see the
most noticeable of changes,

and the ones that will be
more interesting to those

who simply haven't read the Manga.

Let's begin with the characters!

Miyako, Maron's best friend,
often comes off as

pretty hateful and cruel in the Anime.

She did show a sweeter side
to Maron, no doubt about that,

But every now and then I
cannot fathom idea of

why Maron is even friends with her!

In contrast, Manga Miyako is absolutely
assertive and full of will.

Which she shows in the Anime
when she puposefully goes after Jeanne.

But in the Manga we see it
more frequently

just how much Miyako relies on Maron.

These neat moments show precisely why
these two share a friendship.

Additionally, while in the Anime
she just helps the Police and her father

on their quest to bring
Jeanne to justice,

in the Manga she officially
plays the part of the Police.

Her father does not play any
important roles on the Manga.

In the Manga, the Police appears
more as a comic relief, really.

And it turns out that she've always
known that Maron is Jeanne.

Which she must painfully realise
in the Anime,

putting their whole friendship at stake.

Now let's talk about Chiaki.

His Anime personality doesn't differ much
from his Manga counterpart.

In his Anime version, he comes across
as flirtatious, almost obnoxious.

Undoubtedly, he also
flirts a lotin the Manga ,

but that comes across as nicer
and more romantic for the most part.

Especially when we follow the love story
between him and Maron.

In a direct comparison, the Anime version
is in hindisght quite lackluster.

Many of the sidecharacters also differ
more or less in details

that are not really relevant.

But in the Manga they noticeably receive
more and deeper development.

But the character that was downgraded
the most in the Anime version is Finn.

Her personality doesn't differ greatly,

but her backstory does change
quite clearly.

You guys surely remember the biggest
plot twist in the series:

that Finn betrayed Maron.

For the very simple reason
she was brainwashed by the Evil King.

At this point, it should be mentioned that
the Evil King is only called so in the Anime.

In the Manga he was Satan himself.

But why this was change was made?
We'll discuss it now.

Because in the Manga, Finn's story was
much more detailed and touching.

We find out that Finn was once
a human named Natsuki.

She lived with her brother on Earth,
who killed her out of greed.

Following that, she is reborn as an angel
and has no recollection of her human life.

When she, now as Finn, became an angel
of a certain level,

she was allowed on Earth with
a few other angels.

And who could've guessed that
she would land by the man

who was once her brother.

Without any memories
of those previous times,

she first fells some sort
of attraction for the man,

but the more the man
showed his evil intentions,

the more Finn remembered.

Which culminated in her rememebring
her whole life as Nastuki.

Her former brother attacks her,
and Finn kills him.

It's clear that in Phantom Thief Jeanne
God's angels aren't really supposed

to be sent to Earth in order
to kill people,

which is why she's ultimately
banished and wiped out,

which she uses as an argument
to join Satan.

You've may started noticing that
Finn's motivations differ from the Manga.

Alongside Finn Fish's downgraded plot,
religion was also clearly diminished.

I've already mentioned that
Satan couldn't be Satan anymore,

but rather the Evil King.

But that's just the tip of the Iceberg.

Because God clearly plays
a more important role in the Manga

In the Anime, Finn and Maron sometimes
speak of the Lord,

but He has almost no real relevance
in the story.

As expected, that changes when we
look at the Manga.

He personally appears in the seventh
volume to take Maron to heaven

so she can defeat Satan.

God even tells a story,
that of the Original Sin.

Because He even had his own body
and was in love with Eve.

And created Adam just so he
could protect her.

But when He united Adam and Eve
He was once again alone,

and the loneliness became stronger
and stronger through the years,

and at some point Satan was created.

In the meantime, Eve dies at some point
and is reborn as Joan of Arc.

Which means that Maron,
as the reincarnation of Joan of Arc,

is also the reincarnation of Eve,
God's beloved.

You may have noticed just how
complex the whole thing is,

and you might now understand
why the Anime chose to keep things simple.

Or they simply didn't know any better
because the 7th volume still wasn't out.

Beside, they managed to remove these
big chunks of religion from the Anime.

Which brings us to our next point,
Jeanne's raid.