Darker than Black
Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities — called "Contractors" — emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed "Hei" as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo.
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In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged. Hei is one of the most powerful of these psychic agents, and along with his blind associate, Yin, works for one of the many rival agencies vying to unlock the mysteries of Hell's Gate.
1.The Star of Contract Flowed... (1)
6.006-04-200725mLi Shanshun is a Chinese student just moving to Japan. Upon moving in his new apartment he meets a woman named Haraguchi. He sees here again that night, after observing the stars,...
2.The Star of Contract Flowed... (2)
6.013-04-200725mAs Li and Haraguchi continue to avoid Alan and the other Contractors, Haraguchi reveals that her actual name is Chiaki Shinoda. She also says she will give him the information she...
3.The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (1)
6.020-04-200725mNot long after the appearance of the gate, a group went in to investigate the gate. Among the group only one man survived. Tahara now spends his time in his office taking care of t...
4.The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (2)
6.327-04-200725mThings have taken a turn for the worse, with Tahara's daughter being a contractor, but not being able to control her powers. Now Mai has been kidnapped and the group responsible wa...
5.A Crimson Dream of Disaster Disappears in Eastern Europe... (1)
6.004-05-200725mA group of Contractors, called MI-6, capture a once deadly Contractor called Havoc, who has lost her powers. Upon retreiving her they take her to Tokyo to be experimented on by the...
6.A Crimson Dream of Disaster Disappears in Eastern Europe... (2)
6.311-05-200725mHavoc is iterrogated by Hei on the whereabouts of Amber and Pai (Who is Hei's younger sister) Unfortunately, Havoc does not know anything useful. She offers to help Hei by approach...
7.The Gardenia Releases its Fragrance in the Early Summer Rain... (1)
6.018-05-200725mGai and Kiko get hired by a widow and are asked to find the widow's lost black cat. While trying to find the cat, they meet Hei, who is looking for the Contractor that is killing e...
8.The Gardenia Releases its Fragrance in the Early Summer Rain... (2)
5.725-05-200725mAs Gai investigates the murder of Toshiko he is attacked by the mind switching contractor, who wants his jacket back. Mao makes an attempt to steal the jacket and take off with it...
9.Girl's Pure White Dress Stained by Dreams and Blood... (1)
5.301-06-200725mMisaki finds herself reunited with her old high school classmate, Alice, who is also the daughter of the boss of the Hong Kong mafia, Chen Long Tang, on the night of Alice's birthd...
10.Girl's Pure White Dress Stained by Dreams and Blood... (2)
5.308-06-200725mAfter Hei and Misaki barely escape from Alice, Hei goes his separate way after Misaki and Saitou find each other. After Hei steals the crystal hidden within the stone flower garden...
11.Beyond the Gate, Recovering the Lost... (1)
6.015-06-200725mWhen an explosion is set up to steal a meteor fragment from PANDORA headquarters, Hei is sent it to steal it before anyone else does. On his first day he meets up Corinna Moku, who...
12.Beyond the Gate, Recovering the Lost... (2)
6.022-06-200725mNick and a few other researchers are sent into the restricted section of the Gate to retrieve what is to believed to be the meteor fragment. Everything goes wrong and the entire te...
13.On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water's Surface... (1)
6.029-06-200725mHei, Yin, and Mao are targeted by a group of contractors and now must fight to survive. Things become problematic when Yin goes missing. Now Hei and Moa must find her before the en...
14.On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water's Surface... (2)
6.006-07-200725mKastenin, Gai, and Kiko take Yin back to her home town, meanwhile Hei is given the order to kill Yin and is given her location. Getting to Yin is not going to be that easy since th...
15.The Memory of Betrayal is an Amber-Colored Smile... (1)
6.013-07-200725mA sunspot called the Great Dark Spot, that makes the sun look like an eye, is about to appear and the last time it appeared the gate in South America dissappeared. To make everythi...
16.The Memory of Betrayal is an Amber-Colored Smile... (2)
6.020-07-200725mThe Stargazer of the Astronomical Bureau finally speaks, giving vague information on the Evening Primrose. November 11 kills Maki in a final showdown as Hei finally reaches Amber,...
17.I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (1)
6.027-07-200725mHei meets Sakurai Kenji of the Nakazawa Group, a clumsy yet ambitious young man. New characters are introduced who live in Hei's apartment building. Later, Kenji is given the assig...
18.I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (2)
6.003-08-200725mKenji falls for the doll, and they try to run away together with Hei's help. While out shopping, Hei is nearly identified by Kirihara Misaki as BK201, but Misaki doesn't see the re...
19.Without Dreaming Shallow Dreams, and Falling Drunk... (1)
6.010-08-200725mHei is sent to infiltrate a religious organization and kill the Prophet, Alma. He is aided by an insider, another Contractor by the name of Shihoko whom Huang appears to know. Amag...
20.Without Dreaming Shallow Dreams, and Falling Drunk... (2)
6.017-08-200725mThe Organization orders Huang to kill Shihoko, and as a secondary directive secretly orders Mao and Hei to kill them and Alma if Huang fails. In Huang's past we see him falling for...
21.The City of Regulations is Moistened by Tears... (1)
6.031-08-200725mA doctor is abducted by agents of the EPR, while the American embassy in Tokyo suffers attack from Hei and his team. A new contractor with the power to teleport herself and others...
22.The City of Regulations is Moistened by Tears... (2)
6.007-09-200725mMao is taken by Amber to the headquarters of the EPR. While there, Amber calls a meeting for all of the EPR's contractors, including Mao, and the Doctor. She reveals that there was...
23.God's in His Heaven...
6.014-09-200725mEric Nishijima is using a particle accelerator to wipe out the contractors. Amber gathers numerous contractors to destroy the accelerator, and dolls to be used for some other unkno...
24.Meteor Shower...
6.021-09-200725mHei's team, on the orders of Eric Nishijima, has been kicked out of the syndicate and contracts taken on all their lives. Misaki discovers that the "syndicate" is really a collabor...
25.Is the Dream that a God of Death Has a Darkness Darker than Black?
6.028-09-200725mAfter meeting with Amber, Hei learns that against common knowledge Contractors can become more humane than was thought to be possible. Realising his own position between the world...
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