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| 1 | "London Steam"
Transliteration: "Rondon suchīmu" (Japanese: ロンドン・スチーム) | October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07) |
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Cardia Beckford, a young girl living in old London, is feared and branded as a monster due to the possession of a virulent poison in her body that melts away at anything. Confined alone in her family mansion by her father, she is captured by the British Army but rescued by Arséne Lupin, a handsome thief, and his friend Impey Barbicane, who is a whiz at engineering. Riding off to their mansion hideout in the forest, she is introduced to Victor Frankenstein, a genius alchemist and scientist who acts together with Impey and Arsené. There, Cardia learns that her father, Isaac, was an inventor who created many amazing inventions, one of which, the Horologium, is embedded inside her and currently functions as her heart. It is that reason that Cardia possesses that certain poison, which she uses gloves and specially altered clothes to suppress. As Isaac is involved in a terrorist plot along with a secret organisation known only as Twilight, many out there wish to capture her for the Horologium. |
| 2 | "The Strongest Stalker"
Transliteration: "Za sutorongesuto sutōkā" (Japanese: ザ・ストロンゲスト・ストーカー) | October 14, 2017 (2017-10-14) |
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The next day, Cardia is introduced to Saint-Germain, the aristocrat who is the owner of the mansion. Wishing to let Cardia see the world, the men take her out on a steam-engine to the streets of London in disguise, where Victor and Impey buy supplies and Lupin shows her around, leaving Saint at the mansion. Noticing that they are being followed, an attempt to lose their pursuers in a deserted alleyway leads to a confrontation between them and soldiers working for Twilight. After their defeat, they come face-to-face with another man holding two shotguns. He wishes to use Cardia as bait, but Lupin manages to meet up with Impey and Victor. Rammed into a corner, Victor offers a deal to the man, whom he recognises as Abraham Van Helsing, a marvellous soldier and fighter. Through much deliberation and convincing, Abraham accepts the deal on the condition that he gets to take the life of Finis, the leader of Twilight who harbours connections with the Queen Victoria herself. |
| 3 | "Vampire Requiem"
Transliteration: "Vuanpaia rekuiemu" (Japanese: ヴァンパイア・レクイエム) | October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21) |
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The men resolve to teach Cardia basic skills in each of the fields that they specialise in so she can be more useful. Recently, a "phantom thief" has been robbing sacred vampire treasures, and the reward for sending him to the royal palace is five million dollars. Seizing this as an opportunity after Saint admonishes them for splurging, they set out to catch the thief, who, thanks to Lupin, has managed to pinpoint his next target down to a pendant known as Nosferatu's Saber famed for being worn by the king of vampires Delacroix I himself. As predicted, the thief appears, showing himself to be a vampire child and the son of Delacroix I, Delacroix II. Abraham confronts him, which the latter proposes revenge as the former had killed his parents during a vampire hunt in England. Abraham defeats the vampire boy easily, and Cardia, taking pity on him, asks that they let him stay at the mansion. |
| 4 | "Train Snatch"
Transliteration: "Torein sunacchi" (Japanese: トレイン・スナッチ) | October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28) |
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Lupin puts out bold strategies to capture Finis, who is planning to head for an inspection by train. Disguising themselves, Lupin and Cardia infiltrate the back cabin of the train while Impey is stationed elsewhere to pick up the team as they make their escape. Abraham helps clear the cabins of soldiers as Saint is positioned to make sure their plan goes well. The two are then confronted by Herlock Sholmes, a private detective hired by Queen Victoria to observe and escort Finis. Cardia heads to the back of the train to disable the last cabin where Finis is riding in, succeeding with ease as Arséne manages to get away by getting aboard Impey's aircraft. However, they are informed too late by Saint that their plan had failed. Finis, along with a guard named Aleister, ambushes Cardia and Abraham in his cabin, revealing that he was the one who had cunningly orchestrated everything by leaking information, as well as being Cardia's younger brother. As Impey heads back to the train while being chased by a British aircraft, they save the two trapped on the train and return to the mansion. |
| 5 | "Negotiated Solution"
Transliteration: "Negoshieiteddo soryūshon" (Japanese: ネゴシエイテッド・ソリューション) | November 4, 2017 (2017-11-04) |
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By the hands of Finis, the entire team except for Cardia is made "Wanted" criminals for terrorism after the train-bombing incident. After their pictures have been posted on the headlines of the London newspapers, Victor, disturbed, leaves the house that night after being shut up in his lab without eating anything. Following him, Cardia realizes that he is attempting to negotiate with Queen Victoria to get his and his team's Wanted status revoked, as he had once previously held the Queen's confidence by being the Head Royal Alchemist. As dawn breaks, the pair is chased by the royal guards and Twilight soldiers until Lupin and Abraham arrive to save them. With Cardia and Victor on board Impey's revamped aircraft, they head to Buckingham Palace, where Victor threatens the Queen that he will leak out secret poison Zicterium he was forced to create to annihilate the vampires. As the Queen removes their charges, Victor reveals that in his past, in his quest to create the famed Philosopher's Stone, he had instead created a deadly poison. After Victor left the palace, Isaac took over the project and subsequently created the Horologium. |
| 6 | "Illegal Race"
Transliteration: "Irīgaru rēsu" (Japanese: イリーガル・レース) | November 11, 2017 (2017-11-11) |
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As the annual Black Gathering, an airship race sponsored by mafia organisations, is held, they participate on Saint's orders with Impey's rebuilt aircraft, hoping to get a clue by winning the competition and subsequently its rumoured grand prize: the posthumous writings of Isaac. However, work on it only finishes that very day, causing them to barely catch the race start time. Participating alongside him is an eccentric scientist named Nemo who declared Victor as his rival when they were both serving in the royal court. As Lupin had stolen several parts from other sources, its owners recognise it and a heated battle ensues as money will be granted to whoever knocks it down. Crashing the other aircraft, Impey goes for an emergency crash-land on the finish line as the engine overheats, winning the race. |
| 7 | "Forgiveness for the Past"
Transliteration: "Itsuka no Yurushi" (Japanese: いつかの許し) | November 18, 2017 (2017-11-18) |
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After visiting Isaac's laboratory, Cardia realizes that she is a homunculus, a life form created by humans. Shocked and frightened, she departs the mansion in an attempt to find her former home to check its identity, recollecting how she was pursued as a monster by the villagers back in Wales, her hometown. While running, she met a woman called Elaine who invited Cardia into her home without fear, and even treated her injury, until the villagers stormed her house and caused it to collapse. Etty, Elaine's daughter, was taken to safety by the villagers, but Elaine died in the rubble, causing Etty to hate Cardia. In the present, Cardia finds a letter addressed to herself from her father just as the villagers begin attempting to drive her out after Etty informs them of her continued existence. Lupin arrives just in time to save her and they camp out in the forest. There, he reveals how his teacher, who had taught him his values and judgement, died with a deep regret that he knew of Isaac's plot but did nothing to stop it, so Lupin decides to do the deed for him. After the night has passed, Etty informs the pair secretly that the villagers are lying in wait at a path in the forest before running away, as Cardia smiles happily through tears. On their way back, Cardia shows Lupin her father's letter, which consists of papers with mathematical formulae, and a normal letter regarding the code name of Isaac's terrorist group --- Code: Realize --- and its base --- St. Paul's Cathedral. |
| 8 | "The Flames of War"
Transliteration: "Senka" (Japanese: 戦火) | November 25, 2017 (2017-11-25) |
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The rest of the gang searches for Cardia in London as an explosion suddenly occurs in the city, signaling Finis' move and Isaac's terrorism. As Cardia meets up with the others, Saint meets with Guinevere, a female friend and member of Idea, an organisation devoted to overseeing history. Arséne and Cardia escape with Queen Victoria and her general as the rest face off against the rebel forces and Twilight soldiers. As Lupin is injured protecting her, Finis provokes Cardia on London Bridge. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang arrive on Impey's aircraft. |
| 9 | "Prayer"
Transliteration: "Inori" (Japanese: 祈り) | December 2, 2017 (2017-12-02) |
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London is occupied by Finis by a coup d'état. In addition, he is attempting to progress the plan of "Code: Realize". Meanwhile, Saint appears before Cardia, calling himself an "apostle of Idea". He tells Cardia she is the key to activating "Code: Realize", and his mission is to take her life. Van comes upon the damaged Lupin, who tells Van he worries that Cardia is suffering. |
| 10 | "Promise"
Transliteration: "Yakusoku" (Japanese: 約束) | December 9, 2017 (2017-12-09) |
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A British army advances to St. Paul's Cathedral, the home of Twilight. Lupin and van also race to the cathedral, but Van's former superior Aleister is waiting for them an blocking their path. Van faces him to allow Lupin to go on ahead, but it is a struggle, as his opponent is familiar with his all of his moves. Meeting up with Saint, Lupin rushes ahead. When they reach the center, there find a huge celestial globe, and Finis appears. Van approaches Finis to extract information... |
| 11 | "Code：Realize" | December 16, 2017 (2017-12-16) |
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Cardia is trapped in Nautilus. Lupin desperately thinks about a way to get her back, but there is no technique to defeat the big fortress powered by Nemo. Lupin attempts to get in alone, but Victor stops him, expressing that he, too, wants to grant Cardia's wish of being able to touch. Victor proposes a method to save Cardia and the world; with the cooperation of Saint, Idea and the British Army, Lupin challenges the Nautilus. |
| 12 | "Warmth"
Transliteration: "Nukomori" (Japanese: ぬくもり) | December 23, 2017 (2017-12-23) |
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Cardia is taken into the celestial globe, where she sees Isaac, her father. She witnesses one of his memories, in which a great tragedy triggered him to concoct "Code:Realize". As Cardia is about to be consumed by Isaac's ambitions, she is rescued by Lupin, who then turns to face Isaac. However, "Code: Realize" has already been achieved, and Isaac declares himself a god who controls the world. In the end, though, Isaac is defeated, and sometime later Lupin and Cardia marry. |
| OVA | "Set a Thief to Catch a Thief"
| May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17) |
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For an upcoming celebration, everyone in the team tries to get a gift for Cardia. While looking for one, Lupin is framed for the robbery of a precious jewel Queen Victoria was to bestow to a serviceman in a ceremony a few days away. He then sets out to prove his innocence with the help of the others.[23] |
