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Nenene Sumiregawa, a famous Japanese author travels to Hong Kong for a book signing. She meets Michelle and Maggie, two of the Paper Sisters, who have been hired to be her local guides. When Nenene's hotel suite is bombed, the Sisters volu…
Nenene's editor Lee Linho hires the Paper Sisters to remain in Japan to look after Nenene. However, after fighting over money woes, they decide to pay Nenene a visit, quickly imposing on her hospitality--and breaking her television. They u…
When Nenene wanders off without her bodyguards, the Sisters follow her to Jinbo-cho. Michelle quickly forgets her mission and enters a shopping frenzy, while Maggie passes out from the excitement of being surrounded by all the bookstores. …
Nenene insists Anita go to school, and so Anita enters the local seventh grade class. She meets and befriends the girls in her class, including the shy Hisami Hishishii. Anita ends up joining the library club to hang out with Hisa. During …
The Paper Sisters travel to Romania to retrieve a book stolen during the fire at the British Library four years ago. While attempting to infiltrate Professor Webber's castle, their powers are partially stripped by a strange force surroundi…
Anita's school day routine is shaken when her teacher announces the annual "Family Visit" day, and she tries to keep the knowledge of the day from her sisters, planning to skip class herself. She runs into Junior , who has been disguising …
The Paper Sisters arrive in a small town searching for a retired actor named John Smith, who possesses one of the British Library books. However, after Michelle's disappearance in a cafe, Maggie is arrested, accused of killing her. Anita i…
Every night, the school library has been trashed, and Anita's classmates blame the intrusion on a poltergeist. They decide to stay in the library overnight to investigate. Anita invites Junior to the ghost hunt, and interestingly enough, t…
Dokusensha sents the Paper Sisters to a hot springs resort in order to retrieve another British Library artifact, known as "the Key," from archaeologist and special agent Alice Alice Arquette. Coincidentally, Nenene is at the same location…
Nenene receives two Christmas party invitations, the first of which she discards as being sent by a lunatic. The sisters talk her into accepting the second invitation, to the 10th annual Young Writer's Award reception (Nenene had been the …
With Nenene safe and no longer suffering writer's block, Linho terminates the Sisters' employment, so they must prepare to go back to Hong Kong. A depressed Anita finds it difficult to say goodbye to her classmates, especially Hisami. When…
Lee and his soldiers subdue the Paper Sisters and kidnap Nenene, leaving the Sisters with suitcases full of money to pay them for their work and convince them to leave Dokusensha alone. Meanwhile, Dokusensha attempts to forcibly implant th…
Michelle and Anita leave Maggie behind to hold Wong's attention while they continue the search for Nenene. When the only way to get to Nenene can be traversed by the smaller Anita, Anita has to continue on alone. Meanwhile, Wendy and Joker…
Joker's secretary, Wendy Earhart writes a report datas about the chronology of Mr. Gentleman and the British Library, explaining their intention to ressurect Gentleman using the special books they've collected. She recounts the I-Jin Incid…
The protagonists return to Tokyo, but quickly find themselves on the run, having been accused of causing the explosions in Hong Kong. After discovering Dokusensha orders naming Yomiko Readman as the possessor of the final Gentleman Book, t…
Joker learns why it's foolish to attack four Paper Masters inside a library, and while the six women escape, Joker orders Wendy to execute plan "Fahrenheit 451". Thus, the British Library collects all the books in Jinbo-cho into a massive …
Wendy faces down Yomiko and friends and shoots Yomiko--when they are helped by some cover fire provided by Drake Anderson. The heroes, now seven, retreat to Yomiko's parents' home in the mountains of Saitama. That night, Junior shows up an…
Junior finds himself temporarily allied with the heroes (after Michelle keeps him from shooting Nancy), as they try to figure out the truth of the matters at hand. Yomiko hides in the attic with Nancy, too upset to talk, but later she find…
Anita runs off into the woods and has to be calmed by her sisters; meanwhile Yomiko makes further explanations to Nancy, Junior, Drake, and Nenene. A British Library agent called Mirror Man infiltrates, forcing Junior to return to duty. Th…
Having defeated the Mirror Man and his followers, Anita and Yomiko pursue Junior, and Yomiko shows Anita how to fly her paper plane. Junior rides in a helicopter with the drugged members of the group and threatens the pilot. When Anita and…
Anita returns to her school, where everyone's behavior just seems slightly off: Hisa likes Tohru, Chiho is shy, and Natsumi is embarrased by her sisters' accomplishments. Wendy Earhart approaches Anita, offering Anita a chance to have her …
Anita and Yomiko reunite with the others, forcing the British Library soldiers to stand off while they hold Joker prisoner. Meanwhile, Maggie and Nenene have taken refuge in a hotel, but Wendy finds them and tricks Maggie into believing An…
Wendy prepares to exchange Nenene for Joker; in the meantime, Joker reveals to Anita that she was a test tube baby born in the British Library and tells her that Michelle and Maggie were brainwashed to take her in. Junior tells Michelle so…
Yomiko and the others leave for London to rescue Nenene and stop Joker, but a distraught Anita remains behind. Anita returns to Nenene's apartment only to find Maggie and Michelle, and she tries to leave, declaring their life a lie. Michel…
The three sisters meet with Yomiko and the others, and they spend a week searching for the British Library's secret location. They finally deduce the right place and discover Mr. Kim working for the British Library. After forcing Kim to he…
With Yomiko, Nenene, and the Paper Sisters captured, the Gentleman transfer begins, and the heroes attempt to talk Joker and Wendy out of their plan. Drake creates a distraction while Nancy infilrates the Resurrection Chamber to free Junio…