Shadow Lady (stylized as SHADOW LADY) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. A first full-colored version was published in Shueisha‘s V Jump from 1992 to 1993. A one-shot chapter was published in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1995. Shadow Lady was then serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 1995 to January 1996, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga was licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics, who published it in twenty-four issues and later released its three original bound tankōbon volumes.

Plot

Set in the fictional city of Gray City, a girl named Aimi Komori leads an ordinary, unassuming life as a waitress in a cafe until a small oni named De-Mo attacks her in an alley. Oddly, it brushes eyeshadow on her, transforming her into the daring, flirtatious cat burglar “Shadow Lady”. To remain on Earth undetected, De-Mo takes a human form and they pass him off as her little brother. Shadow Lady’s crimes befuddle the Gray City police, and a detective named Bright Honda takes it upon himself to discover Shadow Lady’s true identity. Bright is also an inventor, and uses his inventions to try to apprehend Shadow Lady, but like the regular police’s efforts, he too fails continuously. A Demon Police comes to take De-Mo back to the Demon World and execute him, for the crime of giving the magic eyeshadow to a human. In an effort to spare De-Mo’s life, Aimi agrees to use her powers as Shadow Lady to retrieve three Demon Stones hidden in the Human World..

Shadow Lady
First volume cover
Genre	Superhero
Manga
Written by	Masakazu Katsura
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	V Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1992 – 1993
Manga
one-shot
Written by	Masakazu Katsura
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Dark Horse Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Published	January 10, 1995
Manga
Written by	Masakazu Katsura
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Dark Horse Comics
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 17, 1995 – January 8, 1996
Volumes	3