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I've watched _Lupin III: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna_ ("A Woman Named Mine Fujiko")
and some scattered episodes of the original _Lupin III_ TV series. One thing
that isn't clear to me is how the two series are related.

Depending on who I ask, some say that the new series is a prequel which
describes how Lupin's gang got together, while others say that it is a reboot
with a different continuity. I haven't seen enough of the original series to
judge this either way.

Is there any authoritative source which confirms the relationship between the
two series, one way or the other?


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Is Lupin III: A Woman Named Mine Fujiko a prequel or a reboot of the Lupin series?


I think as far as the timeline goes, it's obviously _before_ the events of all
3 Lupin III TV series. Because of the lack of overall plot, it's hard to say
whether or not events from "A woman named Fujiko Mine" match up with all the
events in the TV series without any ret-conning, maybe with the exception that
Fujiko has memory loss.

There's never been any official announcement as it being a prequel and it's
not consistent with the source material where the first meeting(s) between
Lupin and Fujiko in the manga differ from this series (not that there's much
consistency between the manga and any of the TV series to begin with).

Likewise, because of inconsistencies within the TV series itself (different
characterizations of Lupin between the red and green jackets, different
characterizations of his sidekicks and Fujiko) you could say the Fujiko series
was a reboot just as likely as Lupin III, part 2 and part 3, the manga, were
all reboots. But if you want to consider them all within the same continuity,
I don't see any reason not to include Fujiko's series as a prequel, even if
there would need to be some ret-conning (can easily just say Fujiko lost her
memory _again_ ).


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