Darker than Black: Season 1
Darker than Black is a Japanese anime television series that premiered in 2007. The story takes place in Tokyo, where a mysterious spatial anomaly known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared ten years prior to the events of the series. This anomaly is accompanied by the emergence of psychics who possess paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience. The series follows Hei, a powerful psychic agent, and his associate Yin, a
Season overview
Darker than Black is a Japanese anime television series that premiered in 2007. The story takes place in Tokyo, where a mysterious spatial anomaly known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared ten years prior to the events of the series. This anomaly is accompanied by the emergence of psychics who possess paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience. The series follows Hei, a powerful psychic agent, and his associate Yin, a blind individual who works for one of the rival agencies vying to unlock the mysteries of Heaven's Gate. The series is classified as an animation, action, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and mystery television show.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
The Star of Contract Flowed... (1)
Apr 6, 2007 · 25 min
Li 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,
The Star of Contract Flowed... (2)
Apr 13, 2007 · 25 min
As 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
The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (1)
Apr 20, 2007 · 25 min
Not 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
The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (2)
Apr 27, 2007 · 25 min
Things 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
A Crimson Dream of Disaster Disappears in Eastern Europe... (1)
May 4, 2007 · 25 min
A 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
A Crimson Dream of Disaster Disappears in Eastern Europe... (2)
May 11, 2007 · 25 min
Havoc 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
The Gardenia Releases its Fragrance in the Early Summer Rain... (1)
May 18, 2007 · 25 min
Gai 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
The Gardenia Releases its Fragrance in the Early Summer Rain... (2)
May 25, 2007 · 25 min
As 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
Girl's Pure White Dress Stained by Dreams and Blood... (1)
Jun 1, 2007 · 25 min
Misaki 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
Girl's Pure White Dress Stained by Dreams and Blood... (2)
Jun 8, 2007 · 25 min
After 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
Beyond the Gate, Recovering the Lost... (1)
Jun 15, 2007 · 25 min
When 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
Beyond the Gate, Recovering the Lost... (2)
Jun 22, 2007 · 25 min
Nick 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
On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water's Surface... (1)
Jun 29, 2007 · 25 min
Hei, 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
On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water's Surface... (2)
Jul 6, 2007 · 25 min
Kastenin, 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
The Memory of Betrayal is an Amber-Colored Smile... (1)
Jul 13, 2007 · 25 min
A 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
The Memory of Betrayal is an Amber-Colored Smile... (2)
Jul 20, 2007 · 25 min
The 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,
I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (1)
Jul 27, 2007 · 25 min
Hei 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
I'll Sing a Love Song at the Garbage Dump... (2)
Aug 3, 2007 · 25 min
Kenji 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
Without Dreaming Shallow Dreams, and Falling Drunk... (1)
Aug 10, 2007 · 25 min
Hei 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
Without Dreaming Shallow Dreams, and Falling Drunk... (2)
Aug 17, 2007 · 25 min
The 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
The City of Regulations is Moistened by Tears... (1)
Aug 31, 2007 · 25 min
A 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
The City of Regulations is Moistened by Tears... (2)
Sep 7, 2007 · 25 min
Mao 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
God's in His Heaven...
Sep 14, 2007 · 25 min
Eric 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
Meteor Shower...
Sep 21, 2007 · 25 min
Hei'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
Is the Dream that a God of Death Has a Darkness Darker than Black?
Sep 28, 2007 · 25 min
After 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