Podcast: Flirt Alert

After a successful twin falls into a coma following a wedding-night accident, her overlooked sister must pose as her to break up with the lover she secretly left behind—only to discover the woman is blind and unaware of the truth.

Mireille Bouquet is a professional assassin, and a very good one at that. But when she follows up an e-mail from a young Japanese girl named Kirika Yumura, inviting her to take "a pilgrimage to the past," her life becomes even more dangerous than it already is. Now, with a haunting melody invoking the memory of an event long past, Mireille and Kirika decide to work together to find the truth about a thousand-year-old organization that has controlled both of their lives since before they were born. And the only clue in their search, the only thing Kirika remembers about herself, becomes their working codename: a name designating an ancient fate, of two maidens who reign over death—Noir.

"Never lose that strength or nobility, even when you grow up." When Utena was just a child and in the depths of sorrow, she found salvation in those words. They were the words of a prince, who bestowed upon her both a ring and the promise that it would lead her to him again. She never forgot the encounter. Now a teenager, Utena attends the prestigious Ohtori Academy; however, her strong sense of chivalry soon places her at odds with the student council and thrusts her into a series of mysterious and dangerous duels against its members.

After the attempted attack on a senior police officer, the Special Crime Suppression Unit launches a training camp to identify elite female officers. Among them is Captain Thara, a well-known officer who grows close to Vicky, unaware that Vicky is the daughter of the senior officer linked to her father’s death 19 years ago.