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Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom : Season 1
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Air date: 02 Apr '09 - 26 episodesMafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom." One day, a Japanese tourist accidentally witnesses Phantom's latest murder. Desperate to escape, the tourist hides in a secluded building. However, Phantom, revealed to be a young woman named Ein, and the leader of Inferno "Scythe Master" captures the tourist and brainwashes him. Given the name "Zwei," this once peaceful tourist is now a puppet of Inferno with no memories. Drawn into a world of lies, deceit, and violence, Zwei must fight to survive, hopefully to one day regain his memories and escape from this world where he is constantly on the brink of death.
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List of Episodes (26)
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1. Awakening
02 Apr '09A teenage Japanese boy wakes up to find himself alone in an empty room with no memory of his own identity or past. He surveys the room he is in and discovers he is a Japanese tourist and suddenly realizes the only thing he can remember is that someone was trying to kill him. While he explores the seemingly abandoned building, he is suddenly attacked again by the masked person from his memories and is told to fight with everything he has or die. Meanwhile, someone is remotely watching his actions
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2. Training
09 Apr '09Ein conducts personal training to Zwei after agreeing to work with Inferno for several days, ranging from sparring in martial arts to small arms use in order to hone his skills as a potential Inferno assassin in upcoming Inferno-approved missions. Claudia enters the complex right after Scythe Master picks up Ein without revealing her presence and tells Zwei about the objectives of Inferno, as well as to give "hope" to Zwei that he can find out who he is before she leaves him with a goodbye. Mean
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3. Practice
16 Apr '09After more training with Ein, Zwei is going to be tested. He has to kill a man named Captain Wallace of the Navy SEALs, who sold weapons to Inferno, but because they weren't his only costumers and he sold many weapons to terrorists. Wallace eventually sullied the name of Inferno and put them in danger of being suspected by the FBI after an FBI agent was found dead in Mexico, forcing him to beat Zwei and defeat him in a duel to the death in order to allow Inferno in rebuilding his life all over a
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4. Assassination
23 Apr '09Ein and Zwei are given the order to kill Don Lucio, the boss of a mafia family based in Dallas, Texas as their first assignment together. Because he never leaves his mansion, the two Phantom assassins have one chance in either making the mission work or not. With the unexpected help of Scythe Master, who drove in to assist the two assassins in making their getaway, Ein and Zwei were able to successfully kill their assigned target and flee for safety. The two were later sent abroad to lie low due
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5. Instant
30 Apr '09Inferno tries to establish contact with a mafia family somewhere in Los Angeles led by Tony Stone, who was currently busting up individuals selling drugs at Melanie Square personally. During this time, Claudia invites Zwei over to her estate in order to act as her secondary bodyguard and a spy to maintain recon on the mafia itself. When the meeting for Inferno to conduct its influence on Melanie Square was not working in their favor as Tony refuses to do so, Ein and Zwei are deployed to wipe out
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6. Great Fire
07 May '09The surviving members of Tony's mafia plan revenge against Inferno by planning to release crucial information on certain mobsters who are suspecting of supporting Inferno from behind the scenes to discredit them and be eliminated from the inside. However, Inferno plans to conduct an assassination spree on all anti-Inferno mafia personalities in the West Coast of the United States with Ein and Zwei being in the forefront working with Lizzie to carry out the assassinations on the orders of its top
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7. The Past
14 May '09Ein leaves Zwei to meet Scythe Master, while Zwei decides to practice his driving while she is gone. However, McCunnen appears and begins to move in on Zwei, to which Scythe Master warns Ein not to let the infatuated McCunnen steal Zwei away. Meanwhile, Ms. McCunnen starts to form her own plans within Inferno. Later on in the day, Zwei has a dream about his past, where he witnesses a murder of an Inferno target, shot by Ein. After fleeing for days, Zwei is caught by Ein and Scythe Master, who se
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8. Emergency
21 May '09Ein is dispatched to take out Inferno henchmen in a warehouse district as part of a plan hatched by Raymond and Claudia to eliminate Scythe Master. Claudia, in summoning Zwei to her mansion, gives him his Japanese passport and reveals his real name to be Reiji Azuma. When Zwei is in shock, Claudia offers him a place alongside her after revealing her feelings. However, Reiji returns back to the complex hideout to see Ein wounded after being shot by Lizzie when the two confronted each other. Reiji
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9. Name
28 May '09Reiji, now rejecting his Phantom codename Zwei, escapes with Ein while the rest of Inferno gets worked up on their escape. Ein had planned to commit suicide by shooting herself as she had no place to call home before Reiji stops her from killing herself. He consoles her and gives her a new name and identity of her own: Elen. Elen encounters Scythe Master in an alley after gunning down an armed man looking for her. Lizzie and Claudia capture Reiji in a parking lot when he was about to hotwire a c
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10. End
04 Jun '09Lizzie and her group are dispatched by Claudia with the objective being to assassinate the Scythe Master, upon learning of his whereabouts. Although reluctantly, Lizzie also admits Reiji into the assassination team and are dispatched to the wharf in San Francisco. They were able to defeat Scythe Master's reinforcements with Reiji being able to corner him when Elen appears just in time after Reiji shoots his pistol at him. Reiji drops to his knees after seeing her take the bullet for Scythe Maste
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11. Succession
11 Jun '09Three months after Reiji's near fatal death at the hands of the Scythe Master in the wharf district of San Francisco, Inferno was able to take control of some of the crime families in the eastern area of the United States and integrate them under Inferno control under Claudia's command. Isaac confides to Raymond that Claudia may be acting suspicious after the conference. Claudia was later seen to be visiting the grave of Romero McCunnen. Reiji, now taking the codename of Zwei again after recover
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12. Apparition
18 Jun '09Six months later, Reiji has just taken down the No.2 man in the Gambino family in his latest assignment, leaving Inferno sole control of the East Coast and spreading fear to the criminal underworld. Claudia receives permission from McGuire to directly handle negotiations with the Godoh family in order to control the monopoly of exports to Japan. When she and Reiji go off to meet representatives of Godoh in Isaac's territory, they find that all the men, including some of Isaac's, are killed by a
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13. Disguise
25 Jun '09Reiji is accused by Isaac of lying to hide Cal away from him as he wanted to interrogate Cal regarding the shootings in his turf. Reiji and Lizzie face McGuire, Isaac and Claudia on whether the former was hiding something from them. He promises to train Cal to be an assassin like him as he claimed she has the potential to be a killer like him. Before going to the meeting, Cal showed him the $5 million dollars she hid from the scene after Judy was killed by stray fire and pleading to him to kill
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14. Surveillance
02 Jul '09Reiji and Cal go out to get clothes before he started to train her in firearms when he was told by Lizzie that McGuire wished to get details on Cal's training. Meanwhile, Claudia tells Reiji that she plans to use Godoh and his henchmen to smoke out Isaac as she believes that he's the one responsible for the shootings back in Los Angeles. Reiji shadows the Godoh group in Las Vegas before he finds one of the group's henchmen killed in his Las Vegas hotel room. Reiji pursues the supposed assassin t
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15. Reunion
09 Jul '09Godoh is furious over the murder of his men once again and demands an explanation with Claudia promising that she'll do everything in her power to smoke out the culprits responsible. Reiji was given the assignment to locate the culprits responsible for killing Godoh's subordinates. Accepting the assignment, Reiji brings Cal along to assess the situation and determine the potential sniping locations where the assassins will use to disrupt the meeting between Godoh and the executives of Inferno. D
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16. Confession
16 Jul '09To appease Godoh, Claudia shoots and kills Isaac as the one responsible for the sniper attack. Later, Reiji confides to Lizzie that the sniping occurred after Randy Weber was killed, which means it wasn't part of Isaac's plan. Reiji plants the money that Cal stole at Wisemel's mansion to implicate him further in his treachery. Cal offers to help Reiji in his assassinations, he doesn't want her to get involved any further but Cal still wants to help Reiji, as she feels isolated as Reiji is alone
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17. Truth
23 Jul '09Reiji leaves The apartment, while Cal is disappointed Reiji promises he will return. Upon reaching the rendezvous, Reiji realizes it's a trap by Godoh and his men. When Reiji tries to convince Godoh of the misunderstanding, the yakuza leader believes that Claudia has tricked his gang. Godoh reveals that Claudia sent him and Shiga to steal the cocaine a year back. After the drug heist, Claudia's deal was to get Godoh's group to join Inferno. Godoh tells him that Claudia used all of them as chess
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18. Confrontation
30 Jul '09Reiji kills Inferno's men who bombed his apartment and makes his escape. Scythe Master and Shiga explain the whole situation to McGuire, pinning the betrayal on Claudia and Phantom. Claudia calls Reiji to tell him the reason of her betrayal and needs his help to escape. Elen goes to kill Reiji per Scythe's orders and Scythe reveals the next generation of assassins he's creating: the Zahlen Schwestern and reveals that Elen is no longer needed. Claudia and Lizzie meet up and drive to the beach, wh
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19. Promise
06 Aug '09The entire episode is a summary of Cal's life with Reiji with a few added scenes. While Reiji's apartment was bombed by Inferno's attack, Cal was actually out shopping in a store. For a few days, Cal remained in the apartment ruins waiting for Reiji to return but he never showed up again, since he's now on the run with Elen. Scythe Master appears to Cal and encourages her false belief that Reiji has abandoned her and broken his promise. Meanwhile, Reiji and Elen have headed to the outskirts of M
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20. Old Home
13 Aug '092 years have passed since Reiji and Elen escaped America and have settled themselves in a small town in Japan. They try to live out their lives normally and enroll in school. One day, Reiji is dragged by one of his classmates, Sanae, to meet her friend Mio Fujieda, who attempts to confess her feelings for him. After an awkward conversation, both of them agree to go on a date. During their date, Reiji and Mio encounter a biker who does a harmless sneak attack. Although Mio has no idea what's goin
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21. Anger
20 Aug '09Reiji tells Elen that Cal is alive and is working for Inferno as an assassin, blaming himself for having introduced the girl into the underworld. Inferno helps the Godoh group dispose a rival Chinese mafia from establishing a foothold in the region. As the operatives begin to take action, Scythe sends in Cal to crash the mafias' meeting and kill all of them. Lizzie disapproves the way Scythe handled the situation. She is later told by Scythe that Cal, who now goes by the name of Drei, has to def
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22. Rage
27 Aug '09After exchanging formalities, Elen and Cal draw their weapons, leading to an even match between the two. Reiji arrives and tries to persuade Cal to end the standoff, but she refuses. The standoff ends when Lizzie interrupts and manages to convince Cal to leave. Lizzie lets Reiji and Elen go, but she warns them that Inferno won't let the pair off that easily. Reiji calls Shiga and threatens him using Mio to advise Inferno not to try anything. During her conversation with Lizzie, Cal reveals her d
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23. Determination
03 Sep '09Elen and Reiji resume their "normal lives" as students once more until Cal takes a personal visit to Mio. Telling her to ride with her, Cal meets up with Lizzie. However, she points her pistol at Cal and tells her to get away from Mio. After taunting Lizzie on whether she would really shoot her after taking out the pocket watch given to Cal by Reiji years ago when he held the codename Phantom by Inferno, Cal takes aim and shoots at Lizzie before driving away and leaving her to die. Reiji receive
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24. Confronting
10 Sep '09Reiji tells Elen that he will handle Cal personally. Although Elen allows him to think about it, she leaves school early without informing Reiji. She then sends Reiji a voice mail, telling him to escape without her and she promises to catch up with him once she rescued Mio. Under captivity, Mio tries to convince Cal that Reiji isn't what she thought he was but Cal doesn't listen, However deep down, all Cal really wants is Reiji's love. Shiga reports Mio's kidnapping to old Godoh, her father and
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25. Conclusion
17 Sep '09Mio's mother finally tells her the truth about her heritage and her father being alive, explaining that their separation was the only way to preserve happy memories together. Mio, realizing she feels this way about Reiji, calls to tell him about the duel between Cal and Elen and also says she will wait for him to return once he is happy. Cal arrives at the church to find Reiji there for the duel instead of Elen. Outside, Shiga and his men arrive to kill Elen, Reiji and Cal but are stopped and ki
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