Darker than Black season 2 – ep 07

Episode 07: “The Doll Sings to the Dancing Snow…”

SUMMARY: The Russian military bad guys learned that Dr. Pavlichenko set up many escape routes and secret passages around their house, and also tampered with their family registry to hide Shion’s existence, which they think might be related to the doctor’s research. According to the DNA results from the investigation regarding the incident at the Pavlichenko house, it was indeed the doctor’s corpse that they found. However, they find it odd that the memory extracted from the corpse was only a day’s worth. They then receive an intel from their agent that someone who looks like Dr. Pavlichenko was sighted in Japan.

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Darker than Black season 2 – ep 06

Episode 06: “The Smell is Sweet, the Heart is Bitter…”

SUMMARY: Michiru drops by the bar and bakes a sponge cake. Apparently, this is her remuneration. She finds it strange that Norio welcomes her with open arms even though she’s barely been a good mother to him. She leaves after putting the cake in the oven, but not before warning Norio to stay away from Suou, whom he says he’s in love with. Switch to Mao, July and Suou by the sea. Mao lost contact with Hei, and July says Hei’s is going in the wrong direction. I turns out that Kirihara predicted his actions and Hei has walked into her trap.

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Darker than Black season 2 – ep 05

Episode 05: ” Gunpowder Smoke Drifts Away, Life Drifts Away…”

SUMMARY: Picking up from last episode, Madame Oreille meets with Kirihara near an abandoned observatory. She asks Oreille if she knows why BK-201’s star disappeared. Oreille answers that an anti-contractor weapon was used, and that it was actually designed to kill contractors. She notes that Kirihara saw a prototype of it 2 years ago, and Kirihara remembers the huge thingamajig that Hei deactivated in Hell’s Gate. Oreille gives Kirihara a couple of leads for her investigation, namely the info Kirihara’s looking for is written in the Mitaka documents held by a certain agency and that the keyword is “Izanami.” She then tells Kirihara to wish upon the tiny red star in the sky regarding seeing BK-201 again.

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Darker than Black season 2 – ep 04

Episode 04: “The Ark Sways on the Lake…”

SUMMARY: Suou, Hei, and the rest of the gang are on board a ship leaving Russia while Kirihara accepted the invitation to join Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIAC) and her cover name is “Ichinose Yayoi.” She’d be working alongside the eavesdropping trio (Shisume, Hazuki, and Youko). We learn from Kobayashi that BK-201 has been working for the CIA for the past few years, but now even the CIA is after him as well. Kobayashi instructs the team that their mission’s priority is to capture BK-201 and Shion (so it seems the MIAC still thinks that Suou is Shion). Meanwhile, Hei and company finally reach Japan. They then meet a crossdresser and Hei pretends that Suou and July are his siblings. Apparently, Hei’s “client” instructed him to train July and Suou as agents. Suou doesn’t like the sound of that, but Hei tells her that she should just do as she’s told if she wants to survive as a contractor.

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Notable OP/ED themes: Fall 2009

Fall 2009 season OP/ED themes post! Kindly note that this is quite subjective as it’s listed as “Top 5″ ranked according to my preference, followed by randomly listed titles as “special mention.”

~ Format :: “Song title” by band/artist (OP#/ED# – anime series title)

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