The BEST episodes written by Sumio Uetake
#1 - Mother Heart
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 46
Fang Yu boards the ship and prepares to kill Cheng, but Xiang Ying stops her and offers a better plan after knocking Cheng unconscious. Cheng wakes up dressed in a wig and woman's clothes and Fang Yu informs him that he will carry out the research to create a vaccine himself, wearing those clothes as punishment for lying to her. She frees the researchers, but after Xiang Ying and Kaori explain the purpose of their abduction, they decide to stay and help.
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#2 - Human Nuclear Warhead, Yang
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 45
Yang Fang Yu abducts mercenary Max Neumann thinking that he kidnapped the researchers, but he denies that it was him. Fang Yu releases Neumann, however she planted a bug in him, and they track him to a ship moored offshore. Fang Yu finds out that her lover, Cheng, used her to smuggle the virus into Japan and that he is behind the attempt to create a vaccine. She swims out to the ship alone seeking revenge.
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#3 - Familial Ties
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 18
Xiang Ying continues seeing visions from Kaori's past and hears Kaori tell the semi-conscious Ryo that she also sees herself as a "stray dog", having been adopted by the Makimura family, and Ryo refrains from killing her. Ryo discharges himself from the clinic and encounters Hideyuki who allows Ryo to pass instead of arresting him. Ryo suggests that Hideyuki is the original City Hunter and warns him that s life is in danger. Later, Ryo saved Hideyuki from an ambush and tells the detective that his true mission was to kill Hideyuki, but he abandoned the mission after meeting Kaori. Ryo also decides to join Hideyuki as a "sweeper". Xiang Ying's vision continues to where Kaori selects the name "Ryo Saeba" for him from his list of fake identities and Xiang Ying is accepted as their daughter. Xiang Ying finally awakes from her reverie, and tells Ryo that she had a dream about "Kaori-mama".
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#4 - Their Secret Signal
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 42
Ryo loses the mobile phone which he uses to call women, and it is found by Tomomi Asakura, anchor woman on the evening TV news. She returns the phone, assuming that he is a host because of the number of women's numbers listed. When she takes him to a function, he is the life of the party, but she cannot relax. However, after a couple of drinks she opens up about the problems in her life, work and no friends, but Ryo has already left. Ryo promises to keep in contact with Tomomi, but does not pay her much attention. Tomomi loses patience with Ryo and his apparent wastrel lifestyle, until Xiang Ying decides to tell her what he really does.
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#5 - The Consequences of What Must Be Done
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 10
The council's rampage sends quakes through the demon realm, and the demon Chaos is called forth through a giant magic circle. That commander of all heroic spirits flails madly, seeking to claim Basara, Mio, and Leohart's lives. Do they even stand a chance of victory with this supreme being before them?! Meanwhile, Maria, Yuki, and the others put a final end to their own personal battle. "Believe in me... once more." The ultimate sibling combo risks their lives to face the disaster striking all of the demon realm!
#6 - Those Contending for the Future
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 8
The group battle between Leohart and Ramsus's forces finally begins. After Mio wins the first match, Maria enters the arena for the next round. Her opponent is Lars. Maria uses her enormous power to face him in close combat, but she fails to overcome the gap in experience and magic power, and gets driven into a corner by Lars' clever attackes. What does Maria pull out in hopes of overturning the battle...? Meanwhile, the demons lay a cowardly trap for Kurumi.
#7 - Suspicions Deepening Within Mysteries
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 2
The day of the sports festival is finally here. Though Basara remains cautious of the mysterious enemy who manipulates people with magic, he happily enjoys the sports festival with Mio and Yuki as the three of them compete in the four-legged-race and enjoy their youth getting entangled and sweaty with each other. Meanwhile, Kurumi, who was placed in charge of guarding the school, discovers a suspicious individual. At almost the same time, a giant twister forms on the sports field. Basara fights to protect the students... but an unexpected individual appears!
#8 - Beyond the Endless Dream
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 9
The only remaining match of the tournament is the duel between leaders, Basara vs Leohart. Basara finally appears after his long time in hiding, and faces off against Leohart. The two demon swords clash in fierce battle. Though Basara manages to keep up with Leohart, Leohart clearly holds an overwhelming advantage. Basara is unable to use his Banishing Shift due to the large opening it creates. What secret strategy does Basara pull out in the fight...?
#9 - My Cherished Feelings For You
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 3
After taking Kurumi hostage, Ornis robs Basara of the right arm wielding Bynhildr. Though he lost conciousness from the pain, his sealed power unleashes and goes on a rampage. Their positions are reversed as he corners Ornis with his overwhelming power. However, the moment he tries to silence Ornis for good, a golden chain appears and binds him. When Ornis turns around, he finds Hasegawa Chisato. What secrets has she kept hidden?
#10 - Between Entwining Plots and Desires
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 7
Basara and the others finally face the current demon lord, Leohart. Leohart's confidence in his strength fills the air as he welcomes them in without any tricks. Can they really beat him? After Maria encourages them to do what they can for now, Basara commands Mio, Yuki, Maria, Kurumi, and Zest to strip for him. Using items full of aphrodisiacs, they lick, molest, and entwine together...
#11 - Between Reality and One's Own Truth
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 6
Basara and the others recieve a message from Lars, calling them to Leohart's royal castle. Then Basara's father, Toujou Jin, appears before them all. He brought with him another message from Leohart. A message saying that they would hold a tournament before Leohart and Ramsus' forces to determine authority of the demon realm--authority of the demon realm being synonymous with Mio's power. After being selected as the representatives, Basara begins learning "how to win" from Jin.
#12 - Amidst the Wind Blowing Through the Battlefield
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 5
Ramsus is out to extract the "Demon Lord's Power" that Mio possesses, and Basara reveals his anger at Ramsus' lack of concern for Mio's safety. Just as sparks are about to fly, Shella interrupts them. She leads Basara into the bath to try and help calm him down, and when Zest appears, she orders Zest to massage and wash Basara's body with her bountiful bosom. Then Shella tries to get Basara and Zest to forge a master-servant pact...
#13 - Amidst Entwining Plots
The Testament of Sister New Devil - Season 2 - Episode 4
As the clash between the peaceful faction and the present demon lord faction draws near, Basara visits the peaceful faction along with Mio. Though Basara enjoys their reunion with Zest and Shella, Maria seems to be acting odd. In fact, a heavy punishment was awaiting her for her betrayal of the peaceful faction. Basara begs Rukia for her forgiveness, and ends up administering the punishment in her stead... but that punishment was to spank Maria's behind while she was in a state of arousal?!
#14 - Melody of Departure
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 23
Yume cannot bring herself to shoot Ryo or Xiang Ying, and the Genbu unit disposes of Walker. Haruka decides to adopt Yume and they prepare to leave for Vienna to continue her violin lessons. Xiang Ying feels awkward about her relationship with Yume, but they share a happy farewell at the airport after Yume plays her violin. Later Xiang Ying begins to relax and enjoy life, such as travelling with Ryo on the Tamanote train line around Tokyo. She even peacefully falls asleep on his shoulder, something that she would have never done as an assassin.
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#15 - Fated Prelude
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 20
Xiang Ying sees a newspaper article about the young violinist, Yume Kayano, and realizes she is the daughter of her last assassination target for Zheng Dao Hui. Xiang Ying meets Yume and finds that she has requested City Hunter to investigate her father's death. Yume tells Ryo that all evidence of her father's existence has been destroyed, and that her father was smiling when he died. Ryo learns from Chen that her father was and assassin called Mad Dog who used bombs to kill his targets, often catching others in the blast. When Yume's teacher, Haruka Takanami, is shot at, Ryo suspects that Mad Dog's former partner Dog Walker is responsible.
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#16 - Last Present
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 50
At Christmas time, Yang Fang Yu invites Xiang Ying and Ryo to the wedding of Su Qing, one of her orphans who was adopted by a Japanese couple, Mr. and Mrs. Hotta. Surprisingly, Xiang Ying realizes that Kaori knew the family, and even recognizes the ring Kaori bought for Su Qing when she started college. The wedding saddens Ryo in that he never married Kaori, but he gives the ring he bought as a present for Kaori to Xiang Ying who realizes that receiving Kaori's heart has been a blessing.
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#17 - Shan-In~Lost Name~
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 9
While unconscious, Liu Xin Hong recalls his training days, when he and Number 27 trusted and supported each other, but they were forced to fight to the death in the final test when Number 27 thought that she had killed him. When he regains consciousness, he reveals that he was the sniper who had shot Master Li, but he only stayed alive to see Number 27 again. Meanwhile, another branch of Zheng Dao Hui fills the area with sleeping gas, and abducts Xin Hong. Barely awake, Glass Heart stabs herself to keep awake and goes after Xin Hong's captors. Master Li questions Xin Hong who says the was hired to assassinate Li by Zhao and that he chose to leave his unit and join Glass Heart because he owes her his life, unaware that she is Li’s daughter. Li ritually "executes" him for his rebellious action and then allows Xin Hong to leave the organization. Master Li's personal bodyguard, the Genbu unit, are sent to finish off the traitorous Zhau and Qing Long. Glass Heart finds Xin Hong just before falling unconscious, but he leave for some unfinished business while Master Li has a tearful reunion with his daughter, Xiang Ying.
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#18 - Priestesses of the Godless Month
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 12
After Himeko strikes Chikane's chest with her sword, they share a tender moment which ultimately reveals the unpleasant past the two Priestesses have shared in their past lives and how Chikane only pretended to want to kill her as to pay the cost this time around. The Orochi are finally defeated and everything goes back to normal, but at a price the two Priestesses were not ready to accept. At the end of the credits, a special ending is revealed which shows Himeko and Chikane being reunited.
#19 - Sorrowful Guardian
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 21
Yume invites Xiang Ying to one of her violin concerts. Chen reveals that Mad Dog killed a family nine years ago, but the 2-year-old daughter was never found and he suspects that the girl is Yume. At the concert they meet Masaomi Kazama, world renowned violinist and Haruka's boyfriend. To draw Dog Walker's attention onto herself, Xiang Ying exudes her killer's Qi, and when Xiang Ying detects his presence, she jumps on the stage to shield Yume from Walker's bombs. Yume is saved, but Xiang Ying is knocked unconscious and taken to Doc's clinic. While there, Yume is contacted by Dog Walker who provides a gun for her to kill Glass Heart who is Xiang Ying.
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#20 - City of XYZ
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 3
Upon hearing Umibozu's statement that Kaori has returned, Saeba Ryo prowls the streets of Shinjuku, aimlessly looking for Kaori. At the same time, Glass Heart, with a whole-hearted desire to meet Ryo, uncovers clues about the secret message board code "XYZ" to contact City Hunter. She goes to the location of the message board at Shinjuku Station guided by visions of Kaori, however the board has been removed because it is no longer used. Glass Heart loses hope of meeting City Hunter and faints, but before she hits the ground, Ryo arrives and catches her, then takes her to a local clinic.
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#21 - Angel Smile
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 10
Master Li is reunited with his unconscious daughter Xing Hong, now known as Glass Heart. Li decides to liquidate Cho, one of his ambitious lieutenants, who was behind the assassination attempt and who ordered the Qing Long unit to kill Glass Heart. Genbu and Xin Hong race to kill Cho but Xin Hong is stopped by Grand Chamberlain Chen, Master Li's right-hand man to allow Genbu to punish Cho, however he is sniped first by Ryo. Ryo reveals Glass Heart's real name, Xiang Ying, to Xin Hong and suggests that Xin Hong should be the one to tell her. Xin Hong later finds out that she is also Master Li's daughter. While unconscious, Glass Heart again communicates with Kaori about her relationship with Ryo whom she sees as a father figure. When Glass Heart awakes, she calls Ryo "papa" and later asks him to be her father. Ryo accepts, realizing that she is the child that he and Kaori could never have.
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#22 - To The Edge Of Hell
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 9
After the previous night, Himeko is still shaken up by what happened between her and Chikane. Later, her friend Makoto Saotome comes back to school and their friendship is finally healed. Meanwhile, Chikane begins fighting and in the process defeats each of the Orochi one by one until the only one left is Sōma.
#23 - Over the Darkness of Night
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 5
Sōma initially gets defeated by Tsubasa in their first fight and Tsubasa promises to return again. In the meantime, Sōma trains to get even stronger for their next fight. It is also revealed that Tsubasa is in fact Sōma's biological older brother.
#24 - Where I Belong
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 41
Joy and Xiang Ying go to a bar, and when Xiang Ying passes out, Kaori takes over and tells Joy that if she really want to live on, she could ask Ryo to protect her and she would not be against the relationship. Meanwhile, Ryo leaks information that the king has been replaces by a double, thus removing the threat to Joy's life. Later, Joy takes Ryo to the run-down, Bar Jonathan, and he discovers that it was where the king met Miki's mother, Sato, six years ago. Having now connected the king, Sato and Miki, Joy decides to return home and gives Miki the locket containing strands of the late king's hair. She promises to return some time in the future when both of them have forgotten the former loves of their lives.
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#25 - Rainfall in the Hell of Love
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 7
While Sōma and Himeko are on their date, it begins to rain and they take shelter in an abandoned warehouse. Meanwhile, Chikane has an encounter with the Second Neck of the Orochi who also begins playing with Chikane's feelings for Himeko. Later, the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Necks of the Orochi all attack Sōma while on his date with Himeko. After the fight, Sōma kisses Himeko.
#26 - Dance of Swords
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 11
Himeko and Sōma enter into the final battle between the Orochi which ultimately leads Himeko to leave Sōma behind in order to find Chikane again. In the end, the two Priestesses have a battle together where the fate of the world rests in the balance.
#27 - Invitation of Love and Death
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 10
While doing the ritual alone, Himeko finally is able to revive Ame no Murakumo. Later, Chikane comes back home and the two Priestesses spend time together just as before everything began. However, it was shown all to be a ruse by Chikane who warns Himeko that she will kill her very soon.
#28 - Storm of the Silver Moon
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 8
During yet another outing with Sōma, Himeko searches for a present to give to Chikane since she knows something is not right with her. Upon returning to Chikane's mansion, Himeko is shocked to find that the Lunar Priestess has joined the Orochi, becoming the Eighth Neck. Chikane sexually assaults Himeko.
#30 - Direction of Affection
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 4
Sōma invites Himeko to the amusement park on a date and Chikane tries her best to help Himeko prepare for her outing. While on their date, Tsubasa, the First Neck of the Orochi, attacks the couple as Sōma tries his best to protect Himeko.
#31 - Their Determination
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 34
Bai Lan plans to stay with Hayakawa and protect him, regretting her former life as a god of death. Xin Hong offers to help her but she declines his offer. Hayakawa takes Bai Lan to his villa in Hakone on the day before the planned revenge assignation by the Suzaku unit of Zeng Dao Hui. Soon after they arrive at the villa, all the guards are killed, and Bai Lan goes after the assassin. She gets caught, but she is freed by Xin Hong and they stop the assassin. Suddenly, a bomb explodes inside the villa. When Bai Lan rushes in, Hayakawa accuses her of being a spy.
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#32 - You, Where the Sun Shines
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 6
Some of the past is revealed on when Chikane and Himeko first met and how they became friends. Later, the Priestesses continue their training to become stronger, but fail once again. Finally, Himeko goes on her second date with Sōma.
#33 - Girls Dorm Stories
R-15 - Season 1 - Episode 7
As part of an article for the newspaper circle, Taketo sneaks into the girl's dorm in a stealth suit. Excited by seeing how open the girls are when there's no men around, Taketo bleeds nosebleeds everywhere and terrifies the dorm. The girls use every talent at their disposal to attempt to eliminate this invisible enemy. Even amidst the danger, Taketo can't stop his fantasies, and a panicked battle begins! It's going to be a crazy day!
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#34 - Going Back to Those Times
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 26
Xiang Ying discovers that, despite Yuji's rebellious ways, he was just trying to help his family and she encourages him to patch things up with Yusuke. However, Yuji's yakuza organisation plan to use Yuji as a scapegoat for a smuggling operation and they send men to kill Yuji. Xiang Ying offers to return Yuji's money and drugs, but she kidnaps him, effectively protecting him from the assassins. When the two brothers met on Christmas Eve they are both shot and apparently killed, however Ryo used tranquilizer darts to make it look like they are dead. He then arranges for them to work in a restaurant in Taiwan.
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#35 - Wavering Heart
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 4
After recovering consciousness in the clinic, Glass Heart has an encounter with Kaori in a mirror, which sparks a feeling in Glass Heart that her mind and body are being usurped by Kaori, creating hostility towards her heart donor. Witnessing this, Doc, the doctor, goes to Umibozu's cafe where he tells Ryo, Umibozu and Superintendent Saeko Nogami that the girl with Kaori's heart also has her memories. Meanwhile, Li Jian Qiang, the boss of Zheng Dao Hui has secretly arrived Japan and is being briefed by Mochiyama on Glass Heart's appearance in Shinjuku when Li is shot in the head by a sniper. Mochiyama recalls that Glass Heart was searching for City Hunter and meets him to warn him that the assassin is after him, hoping for them to eliminate each other. However, after seeing her photo, Ryo realizes that Glass Heart is the one with Kaori's transplanted heart. Meanwhile Glass Heart retrieves a weapons cache.
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#36 - A Client With a Death Wish
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 25
Yusuke Fukutome wants City Hunter to kill him and his twin brother Yuji. Yusuke tells Ryo and Xiang Ying that they were abandoned, but then adopted by the couple who run the restaurant. Yuji became frustrated with their poor situation and joined the yakuza to make quick money and support his parents. However, they rejected his financial offerings and they eventually died in a traffic accident. To Xiang Ying’s horror, Ryo accepts the job, but he decides they should investigate the brothers first. Xiang Ying and Xin Hong go to Yuji's office and steal all Yuji's money and drugs from a vault, including a small box containing photographs of his family. Xiang Ying then demands a ransom from Yuji and threatens to kill him, but he insists that she give everything to his brother on his death. He reveals that he really did care about his brother and parents, but chose the wrong way to help them. She returns his money and tells him to give it to his brother himself.
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#37 - The Girl Who Carries Happiness
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 36
Superintendent Saeko Nogami has a hard time dealing with her loneliness, and after a late night out drinking, she is followed into her apartment by a little girl who gives her a flower. The next day she thinks it was a zashiki-warashi, however she has been also receiving other unseen assistance lately. Xiang Ying investigates and finds that she is a real girl who picks up offerings from local businesses, but loses her in the crowd. She checks with the store owners who all say that she has improved their businesses. Saeko buys a book for the girl who reads it and comforts the lonely Saeko, then reveals her name is Miki. Saeko falls asleep and dreams that She, Ryo, Xiang Ying and Miki are a family.
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#38 - Am I in love!?
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 27
Xin Hong takes Xiang Ying to see a romantic movie hoping for some romance himself, but Xiang Ying complains that it needs more action. Later, they met a street artist, Yoshiki Natsume and Xiang Ying senses something familiar but he does not recognize her. Later she discovers that he went to school with Kaori and was in love with her. Kaori's lingering affections for Yoshiki causes Xiang Ying to think she may be in love with him.
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#39 - Promise
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 28
Xin Hong become jealous of Xiang Ying's affections for Yoshiki and Xiang Ying becomes confused about her own affections. Yoshiki tells Xiang Ying about his time with Kaori and how he left for Paris after he sketched a portrait of her which captured her inner soul and then gives her the portrait. Xiang Ying tells Yoshiki that Kaori's spirit lives on inside her through her transplanted heart. Xiang Ying farewells Yoshiki at the train station which was something Kaori was unable to do, to her regret. Xiang Ying realizes her feelings for Yoshiki were influenced by Kaori.
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#40 - My Sister...Kaori
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 29
Sayuri Tachiki, editor-in-chief of a famous magazine in New York and Kaori's blood sister, travels to Japan and asks City Hunter to find her sister. However, Ryo sadly tells her that Kaori is dead. Sayuri explains that after her parents divorced her mother denied that that Sayuri had a sister, until just before she died. Sayuri asks Ryo for proof that Kaori was happy with her life, and he and Xiang Ying slowly reveal the type of person Kaori was after meeting some of the people who knew her.
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#41 - Blessed Child from God
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 33
Xiang Ying decides to visit Hayakawa, and he tells her that he treats Bai Lan as his own daughter. After finding Bai Lan wounded in the street, he cared for her because of her resemblance to his late daughter which he saw as a blessing from God. Xiang Ying offered to protect Hayakawa as City Hunter, but he refuses. As Xiang Ying leaves the building she meets Bai Lan who reveals that she also tried to kill herself, but after being saved and cared for by Hayakawa, she confesses that she don't want him to die.
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#42 - My Beloved Town
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 7
Glass Heart becomes acquainted with Ryo in Umibozu's café, but the Qing Long, the infantry branch of Zheng Dao Hui led by Zhao, are close behind. The two manage to escape and lead the soldiers of Qing Long through the locked down the streets of Kabukichou area in Shinjuku. As they are chased, Glass Heart tells Ryo to save himself and kill her, but he replies that she has been given a second chance to live which she should cherish. Ryo communicates with Saeko through the city surveillance system and offers to lead the pursuers to a hotel in a deserted area where the Special Assault Team (SAT) can engages them without endangering the citizens.
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#43 - Find Papa!
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 15
A little girl, Tanya, leaves a message for City Hunter and Xiang Ying decides to take the job herself without telling Ryo. Tanya wants to find her father "Shinjuku's One-Shot Wolf" and her description matches Ryo. Ryo and Xiang Ying find that her mother Irina was engaged to Katsumi Kurahashi, however he was framed for the activities of Kishimoto, a corrupt politician, and went into hiding to protect his family. Xiang Ying's solution is to kill Kishimoto and she begins to scout sniping locations.
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#44 - Unfair Happiness
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 22
Yume points the gun provide by Dog Walker at Xiang Ying, but she cannot not pull the trigger. She leaves the clinic with her teacher, Haruka, and Walker's gun. Separately, Ryo and Xiang Ying deduce that Dog Walker is Haruka's boyfriend, the famous violinist Masaomi Kazama also named "Slow Finger". Meanwhile, Masaomi enters Yume's house and tells her how Mad Dog raised her as his own child, however Yume already knew this. Dog Walker prepares to kill Yume and Haruka, but Ryo and Chen's Genbu unit are waiting outside to attack. Suddenly, Xiang Ying arrives and she drives her car into the house and disarms Dog Walker. Seeking revenge, Yume points Walker's gun at Xiang Ying's heart, prepared to kill her.
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#45 - Secret Love Shell
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 3
With nowhere else to stay, Chikane offers for Himeko to stay at her mansion for the time being. Later, Kazuki Ōgami reveals more about the Priestess's past and what they are meant to do to protect the world from the Orochi. Also, the Sixth Neck of the Orochi, Nekoko, attacks the Priestesses.
#46 - The Woman from the Organization
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 32
A young woman named Bai Lan sees Liu Xin Hong in the street and follows him to Cat's Eye cafe. Bai Lan was Xing Hong's former team-mate and friend in his days in the Qing Long unit of Zeng Dao Hui. When Xin Hong left for Shinjoku, he left his Qin Long ring with her, to be returned one day. They spend the day together, but Ryo sees that they are being followed. Xing Hong realizes that she has been reassigned to the Byakko unit of Zeng Dao Hui when she gives him her ring as she departs. Xing Hong learns from Chen that she is on a mission to infiltrate the Jun'yo Kai who oppose Zeng Dao Hui and the target is a man named Shunsuke Hayakawa.
#47 - For the Sake of Our Children
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 44
Yang Fang Yu, Ryo's former mercenary teammate, now runs an orphanage for children whose parents were killed in war zones. She asks Ryo for help to develop a vaccine for a deadly virus which an organization has developed for warfare, of which she has a sample. Meanwhile she has kidnapped twelve researchers and is now seeking funding to develop a vaccine. Her plan is to free the arrested son of an oil tycoon from prison who will pay highly to save his family's embarrassment. They burst into the prison, but Fang Yu takes a dislike to the tycoon's spoiled son, and leaves him there. Meanwhile, the organization raids her headquarters and kidnaps the researchers.
#48 - This City Means Everything to Me
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 30
Sayuri is unhappy about Xiang Ying's circumstances living with Ryo and their City Hunter business and threatens to take her to New York. However, Chen convinces her that they have world class medical facilities at their disposal, and that the city itself appears to aid in the compatibility of Kaori's heart and Xiang Ying's body. Xiang Ying explains how after Kaori's father died, Kaori was befriended by Hideyuki Makimura, the son of the family which adopted her. He was the first City Hunter, but was killed and Ryo took on his role to protect the city. Sayuri then decides to return to New York alone. On her last night in Japan Sayuri shares a bed with Xiang Ying where she has a dream-like vision of Kaori's early life.
#49 - Revival, City Hunter!
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 14
Xiang Ying has trouble adapting to normal life away from the battlefield while Ryo accepts his first City Hunter job since coming out of retirement. His first client is Nagisa, a high school drop-out who carried out a "roofie robbery" on a member of the yakuza. Ryo assigns Xiang Ying to take her to their apartment for protection, but there is considerable friction as Xiang Ying is only focussed on the mission and Nagisa wants to have fun. A crisis presents itself when the yakuza find them and grab Nagisa, but Xiang Ying doesn't believe protecting her is part of the mission. Eventually Xiang Ying intervenes, sending the yakuza to hospital. Later, a grateful Nagisa decides to return to school and asks Xiang Ying to be her friend, but the ex-assassin doesn't know how to react.
#50 - To the Future...
Angel Heart - Season 1 - Episode 35
Hayakawa threatens to kill Bai Lan, but she convinces him that she did not betray him. He then reveals that he is dying from leukemia. They confess their devotion to each other, and he gives her a ring meant for his daughter. Xin Hong rushes into the burning building, but is stopped by Ryo and Xiang Ying, who say that only Bai Lan can save herself. They find Hayakawa engulfed in flames and Ryo and Xiang Ying help rescue Bai Lan. Later, Ryo reports that Bai Lan died in the fire, but in fact she leaves for Palawan in the Philippines, a favorite place of Hayakawa, and begins working as an elementary schoolteacher. Two months later Xin Hong receives a letter from Bai Lan explaining how happy she is, and hopes that he can find happiness with Xiang Ying.