Aha -- it sounds like they skipped over most of the Satoshi and Daisuke stuff, which actually I can understand in the interest of making it a more coherent story for a television show. There aren't any arcs in the manga that don't involve Satoshi somehow, and while Satoshi nurses a seething hatred for Dark, he will go out of his way to make sure nothing happens to Daisuke. A couple of times he actually pits himself against Krad to keep Daisuke safe, which is not terribly good for his mental health.
Emiko is *very* aware that Daisuke keeps talking to the Hiwatari boy at school and periodically harangues him over it. Daisuke ignores her with the serenity that only Daisuke can muster. One thing I suspect they did differently in the anime is that in the manga, both boys learn about each other very early on and there's an unspoken agreement to keep it out of their non-phantom-robbery lives. Daisuke drags Satoshi home with him, once, and I think even shows him the vault of artwork. (Emiko, needless to say, flips out and only the efforts of Daisuke's father keep her from personally rampaging down there and tossing Satoshi out on his ear.) While I do agree with you that it's technically a 'magical boy' series, almost all of the 'secret identity' angst comes from Daisuke and Dark trying to keep things straight with the girls, and not avoiding his best enemy, which is sort of an unexpected touch.
Besides which, the interplay between Daisuke and Satoshi keeps me entertained with trying to figure out what exactly would happen if Satoshi were in love with him. The kaitou curse has something to do with the Niwa falling in love and the object of his affections knowing about Dark, but so far as I know, it's always been a girl before, and never a Hikari. Daisuke wouldn't dare ask his mother either; she'd explode. ^_^;;
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Date: 2006-05-28 12:33 pm (UTC)Emiko is *very* aware that Daisuke keeps talking to the Hiwatari boy at school and periodically harangues him over it. Daisuke ignores her with the serenity that only Daisuke can muster. One thing I suspect they did differently in the anime is that in the manga, both boys learn about each other very early on and there's an unspoken agreement to keep it out of their non-phantom-robbery lives. Daisuke drags Satoshi home with him, once, and I think even shows him the vault of artwork. (Emiko, needless to say, flips out and only the efforts of Daisuke's father keep her from personally rampaging down there and tossing Satoshi out on his ear.) While I do agree with you that it's technically a 'magical boy' series, almost all of the 'secret identity' angst comes from Daisuke and Dark trying to keep things straight with the girls, and not avoiding his best enemy, which is sort of an unexpected touch.
Besides which, the interplay between Daisuke and Satoshi keeps me entertained with trying to figure out what exactly would happen if Satoshi were in love with him. The kaitou curse has something to do with the Niwa falling in love and the object of his affections knowing about Dark, but so far as I know, it's always been a girl before, and never a Hikari. Daisuke wouldn't dare ask his mother either; she'd explode. ^_^;;