The series is produced by the French company Miraculous Corp. The series focuses on two Parisian teenagers, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste , who transform into the superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir, respectively, to protect the city from supervillains. The series spawned a media franchise with several products tied to it, including various comic books, novels, and video games.
The series takes place in modern-day Paris and revolves around the adventures of two teenagers, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste. All the while, Marinette and Adrien struggle with their feelings for each other, not knowing each other's secret identities : Marinette is in love with Adrien, but not Cat Noir, while Adrien is in love with Ladybug, but not Marinette.
Their main enemy is the supervillain Hawk Moth, whose secret identity, unknown to the heroes, is Adrien's father, Gabriel Agreste.
Using the Butterfly Miraculous, he creates akumas , butterflies infused with negative energy, to " akumatize " Paris' everyday citizens when they experience negative emotions, turning them into supervillains. He is sometimes aided by his assistant Nathalie Sancoeur, who uses the Peacock Miraculous to create sentimonsters , magical lifeforms with a seemingly endless variety of forms and abilities.
As Hawk Moth's villains become tougher, Master Fu, the Guardian of the Miraculous, allows Marinette to borrow additional Miraculous and recruit her other classmates and friends as superheroes.
