Shadow (character)

**Shadow Joker**, real name **Cyan**, is a phantom thief who seems to have an dislike against Joker, and a similar appearance (difference colors and two "scars"). He has a twin sister named Rose.

## Appearance

### Manga

Shadow is a teenager who shares a lot of physical features with Joker; they're about the same age, size and build. He has big almond-shaped golden eyes, sharp teeth that show his bestial behavior and spiky jet-black hair. His whole cape is cyan, contrasting with the rest of his suit that is almost black, with shades of dark purple (although it may vary depending on the illustration). His shirt changes according to the manga covers, being sometimes purple, sometimes blue. On the contrary, his tie has always been black. He wears white gloves like the rest of the main cast. His mask is pinker and brighter than Joker's, and he's got two long black scars on his left eye, like Professor Clover and his other minions.

### Anime

His original color scheme not being quite fitting to the anime's graphic style, Shadow was given cyan hair (also as a reference to his real name) in the animated series. His suit, which cut has also been altered a bit, becomes more purple than black/dark purple and his shirt is pink. The outward part of his cape is black while the inward part remains cyan blue.

## Personality

   Shadow is one of the most brutal Kaitou Joker characters. Blinded by hate, he wouldn't think twice before killing off anyone that stands in his way. His spontaneous as well as his unpredictability is what make him dangerous, and he'd rather blow everything up than using of actual strategy, which is his main difference with Joker. Although his hate and training to kill makes it worse, he had always had a short temper, even as a kid.

On the other hand, he's very affectionate towards his little sister and would do anything to protect her. His devotion, whether it be for the good or evil, reverberates on his actions a lot.

After Rose was freed from Professor Clover by Joker's gang, he and Rose serves as allies of Joker and his gang during situations, even helping them to outwit Devil Fang.

## History

### Before series

   Cyan was a countryside kid who lived in a somewhat retrograde-looking village called the Witch Village\* with his sister, Rose. As Rose says, Cyan was very studious and knew a lot of things, and his dream was to travel around the world.

## Relationships

### Rose

Rose is Shadow‘s fraternal twin. They did everything together as children such as sleep in on holidays and run errands for their village Elder. Shadow shows that he deeply cares for Rose before and after their splitting of the two by the Clover Faction. The twins likes and dislikes are very similar if not the same.

### Joker

Shadow has known Joker since childhood when Joker got in front of his horse wagon. In the present of the anime and manga, Shadow now rivals Joker since he blames him for the kidnapping of Rose. After Shadow saves Rose, he is seen to be far less murderous towards Joker. In episode 8, season 4, there is a scene where Shadow subtly admits to admiring Jokers tricks, saying that he could use them in his *”Dark of Darkness.”*

### Professor Clover

After the Clover Faction‘s destruction of his childhood village, Professor Clover takes in both him and Rose (keeping Rose asleep in a pod). The Professor raised Shadow and put him under his rule.

## Synopsis

### Season 1

Shadow travels around the world to destroy Joker's reputation and make him show up in order to kill him. He follows Clover's orders and goes to retrieve the magic crystals. He gets the first one from Medusa, in Greece (episode 13).

### Season 2

In episode 12 of season 2, Shadow reveals that he doesn‘t care for the professor, but only about saving Rose. In the finale of season 2, Shadow teams up with Joker to take down Professor Clover.

### Season 3

It is not known the exact location where the castle that Shadow and Rose relocate to, but that is assumed new living area. In episode 6, Joker arrives and accuses him for being the one who stole the treasure that they did not steal. Rose reveals that Shadow was at home training all week during the time of the robbery and did not send an advance notice when the news was revealed, meaning that they were innocent. He was called to help Joker and the gang to outwit the fake Jokers who were agents of Devil Fang and steal the real treasure. After assisting them and an angry Rose takes out the fake Jokers with her powers, the news reveals the fake Shadow, much to his annoyance. In episode 12, Shadow is an attendee for the 153rd Phantom Thief Survival Game.

### Season 4

In episode 8, Shadow sends a challenge to Joker only to find out when they get to Kaneari‘s mansion that Joker is sick in bed. Instead, Hachi and a toy mini Joker controlled by Joker, show up in a race to steal the Jeweled Crocodile. In the season 4 finale / anime finale, both Shadow and Rose can be seen together in a shot after the Earth threatening comet is destroyed.

## Shadow (character)

Not too fond of discretion, Shadow fights with a black umbrella called Bloody Rain that shoots laser beams. Its flying function also allows him to escape from his enemies by flying away from the scene.

* **Black Speeder**: Black Speeder is Shadow's bike. It is shown as black in the manga and purple in the anime. Shadow is a very good rider and can pretty much go anywhere riding his bike, including going down subway stairs on one wheel or breaking through the subway windows as shown in the story *Travelling Joker part.1* (vol.6).

## Quotes

1. *“I am the shadow that will paint over your light!” or “I will paint over your light!*
2. *“My Dark of Darkness.”*

## Trivia

* In episode 6, he seems to know Joker's real name as Jack. Joker seems to know him beforehand.
* His favorite drink is black coffee
* He used to be fond of cartoon villains as a kid
* His village was located near Silverheart's house. Since Jack & his friends are able to go to London by car in vol.13, chances are that Cyan may be British.
* The author has said in the first collection of best stories volume that Shadow was originally supposed to be either a clone, or Joker's hidden twin brother.
* Although he remains Joker's strongest rival, he gets more and more portrayed as a comical character throughout the chapters.
* His story arc starts in vol.5 and ends in vol.12. He makes his first appearance before Clover (vol.8).
* In Episode 25 of the anime, Rose and Shadow Joker (or Cyan) are revealed to be twins.
* He shares the same code name as another character from Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers.
* He has black hair in the manga instead of cyan in the anime counterpart. Possibly to contrast him and Joker‘s appearance more.