Kaito Kuroba is an ordinary teenage student whose father is often absent for vague reasons. After his father dies under mysterious circumstances, Kaito learns of his father’s secret identity: the famed international criminal known as International Criminal 1412, the Phantom Thief. He also discovers that his father was murdered by a clandestine organization for refusing to help them recover the Pandora Gem, a mystical stone that is said to shed a “tear” during the passage of a particular comet, the consumption of which grants immortality. Vowing to stop the organization from gaining immortality, Kaito adopts his father’s persona and embarks on a quest for the gem. His only clues to the gem’s location are that it glows red under…