Talk:Carmilla (Rider)/@comment-43500216-20190814102440/@comment-27045477-20190814110014

The trope of a phantom thief (AKA a gentleman thief) and the associated trope of the criminal calling card long predates P5. P5 was based on that trope.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhantomThief