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The manga was started late in 1997 by [[Yukiru Sugisaki]], and went on for 11 volumes before being put on a two-year long hiatus. Sugisaki wrote new chapters for the series again in 2008 to the delight of fans, particularly since the stopping point was a cliffhanger. Then, after a one year hiatus, Sugisaki picked up the series ''again'' for the January 2010 issue of Asuka. As of Stage 4 Volume 14, Part 1 of the manga has ended and it appears that Sugisaki is once again going on hiatus to do a 6 month serialization of a new series titled "School Girls Pin-Up". Hopes are that it will once again resume after these 6 months, as the ending to Part 1 was quite the cliffhanger.
Most of the manga has been brought over by Tokyopop, though nothing yet has been announced about bringing over the already released Volume 14 and the recently announced Volume 15. The anime aired in Japan in 2003, and was released in the US by [[ADV Films]]. The anime and manga differ on some details, particularly which Harada twin Dark happens to have a thing for in the beginning. The anime also ended with a [[Gecko Ending]] (although with the way Sugisaki has been going on and off hiatus with the series for a while now, it seems like the anime ending might be the ''only'' resolution available).
If you're a fan of fantasy shojo (or [[Bishounen]]!), both are worth a look--if only to spot the many tropes the series makes use of.
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=== ''D.N.Angel'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Action-Hogging Opening]]: The opening shows far more action than most episodes, due to the romantic nature of the show rather than its focus on action all the time.
* [[Action Prologue]]: The first episode of the anime opens on a fight between Krad and Dark, {{spoiler|that is actually the final climactic action sequence of the last episode}}.
* [[Allergic to Love]]: All right, so Daisuke doesn't get ''ill'', per se, but he certainly has a genetic condition that makes loving someone a pain in the neck.
* [[All Up to You]]: One plot involves Daisuke having to save Dark after Satoshi traps him inside of a dream world.
** Flipped with Dark having to save Daisuke in the Ice and Snow arc.
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* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Book Ends]]: The series opens with a scene that's later repeated in the last episode.
* [[Girl
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: In a jibe at the series' own eyecatch, one episode uses the feather and logo eyecatch not only before and after commercials but also between every major scene change. This results in at least half a dozen appearances of the eyecatch in one episode alone, prompting Risa and Riku to yell, [[Lampshade|"Enough already!"]]
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Daisuke can't seem to tell {{spoiler|Riku}} that he turns into Dark -- but unless she knows and loves every part of him, he'll continue to transform into Dark.
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The "pendants of eternal friendship" that Mio gave Riku to use with Daisuke.
* [[Dragged Into Drag]]: Daisuke arrived to school late because he had a cold, and learned that he was voted to play the ''female'' lead in the school play. Not only that, but Satoshi plays his love interest, also leading to much [[Ho Yay]]. And it didn't help that even his ''own girlfriend'' thought that he was cuter than her.
* [[Dramatic Irony]] - This is responsible for an enormous chunk of the suspense in the story, as the two-person [[Loves My Alter Ego|love triangle]] causes a great deal of problems for Daisuke.
* [[Dojikko]]: Daisuke is the rare male example. Especially odd, seeing as he's had his reflexes conditioned since birth to be a successful thief. The end result is that he often trips, immediately performs an complex, acrobatic save...and then flubs the landing.
** Subverted in that this is deliberate. Daisuke has to at least pretend to be clumsy in order to avoid giving away the fact that he is training to be a thief.
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* [[Inspector Javert]]: Inspector Saehara. Although Dark IS a thief, he just has a good reason to steal.
* [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]]: Satoshi has other reasons for being distant from others, but his intelligence certainly doesn't help matters.
* [[Just Friends]]: What Risa asserts they are to Daisuke's face, just moments before he decided on confessing to her.
* [[ISO Standard Urban Groceries]]
* [[Kiss of Life]]: Daisuke (or, if you're reading the manga, Wiz/With ''disguised'' as Daisuke) nearly drowns in the school pool...which means Satoshi has to step up to the plate and give Daisuke mouth-to-mouth. The [[Yaoi Fangirl|yaoi fangirls]] were pleased.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Krad, Dark's alter-ego and the villain, looks like a blond-haired angel, complete with [[Creepy Cool Crosses]].
* [[Living Crashpad]]: In the anime and the manga, Riku falls of a cliff with Daisuke Niwa, and Daisuke is on the bottom when they hit the ground, cushioning the fall.
* [[Locked in a Freezer]]: At one point in the anime, Daisuke and Satoshi get trapped in the school's freezer when Satoshi deliberately sabotages it, in an attempt to force Daisuke to reveal himself as Dark. {{spoiler|He does, but this also sets off ''Satoshi's'' transformation into ''his'' alter-ego, Krad.}}
** This also provides an excuse to have Daisuke and Satoshi huddling together for warmth to up the [[Ho Yay]] quotient even more.
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* [[Say My Name]]: The very first line in the anime is '''DAAAAAAAAAAARK!!!''', just to give you an idea of how much this trope is used.
** Also a bit between {{spoiler|Argentine and Quolia.}}
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Satoshi, as well as his father.
* [[School Newspaper Newshound]]: Daisuke's best friend, Saehara. He often looks for scoops on Dark, which just makes Daisuke's life even ''more'' complicated.
* [[School Play]]: Daisuke's class puts on a play of a fairytale unique to the series' world (which just happens to be integral to a story arc). The class decides to put on an all-male version of the story...and just happens to cast Satoshi and Daisuke as the romantic leads. Did we mention this series has a lot of [[Ho Yay]]?
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** {{spoiler|[[Snow Means Death]]: When you find out the ''original'' name of "Ice and Snow."}}
* [[Speech Bubbles]]: In Tokyopop's release of the manga, Dark's speech is printed in a fancy, curly font, while Daisuke's speech bubbles are black when Dark is the one in control.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Daisuke's cute familiar is called Wiz in Tokyopop's manga translation, and With in ADV's dub of the anime.
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Satoshi.
* [[Super-Powered Alter Ego]] - Dark and Krad
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* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Riku and Risa, respectively.
* [[Tsundere]]: Riku. Emiko also appears to have been somewhat like this when she was younger, as well.
* [[Twin Switch]]: Used in an episode of the anime.
* [[Two-Timer Date]]:
** At one point in the manga, Daisuke has a date with one of the Harada twins, while Dark has a date with the other... ''at the same time''. The interesting part is that {{spoiler|Riku, the Harada twin meeting up with Daisuke, ''deliberately'' set it up this way to see if he was connected to Dark in any way}}.
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