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Witch Hunter Robin
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The series begins with the recruitment of Robin Sena as a replacement for an STN-J member who was lost in action. Robin is a craft user who was born in Japan and raised in an Italian convent. Robin's "craft" is pyrokinesis.
Initially, the series appears to take a "monster of the week" approach. About halfway through the 26-episode season, the characters and the relationships between them are established and the main plot gets underway.
As the series goes on, Robin grows increasingly uncomfortable with her role in hunting and capturing other witches. She begins to question the treatment they receive while incarcerated in the mysterious "Factory". Eventually Robin begins to worry that she will become a target and grows to suspect that her partner Amon will welcome the opportunity to hunt her.In the story, Robin is a "craft user", secretly trained by the Roman Catholic Church in Italy to use her craft (fire) to hunt down witches. Witchcraft is a genetic trait, dormant within a number of individuals within the human population. However, powers can be "awakened" in these dormant human "seeds" at any time. Trained hunters, usually craft-users or "seeds" themselves, are needed to keep watch over "seeds" and hunt those whose abilities become active, serving in secret organizations, such as the parent branch "Solomon" (and the "STN-J" branch in Japan), as self-appointed police to curtail the use of witchcraft in society.
Robin is sent to Japan to gain information for Solomon headquarters about a fabled "secret technique," while acting as a new hunter to the STN-J in their efforts to capture witches. However, once there she finds that the STN-J are working on a liquid called "Orbo", capable of deactivating a witch's craft, though at the cost of weakening those who use it. Eventually, as the story progresses, Robin herself becomes a target of Solomon and labeled a witch, becoming "hunted".
Orbo is a green liquid that disables witch abilities. STN-J's hunters carry small vials of it on necklaces as a form of protection; the orbo bubbles and swirls when witches try to use their abilities against them. Hunters also carry air pistols which fire darts or pellets of orbo that dampen witch powers when it enters the bloodstream. Hunters who are craft-users or seeds can use orbo with little ill effects (their powers are reportedly diminished while using it), but the substance is initially debilitating to normal humans. By the end of the series, orbo has been "evolved" enough to be used safely by many humans, but can still have significant disabling side effects on some human users.
Main characters
Robin Sena is a soft-spoken 15-year-old girl with a mysterious origin, given that she has power similar to the witches she helps hunt. She was raised in a convent in Italy before she joined the STN-J. Robin has pyrokinetic abilities that allow her to manifest varying amounts of fire. In addition, she can channel her energy into shields capable of blocking both solid matter and "crafts", or magical powers, from other craft-users like herself.
However, any use of her power causes her eyesight to weaken—which in turn greatly reduces the accuracy and effectiveness of her pyrokinesis. This problem is easily solved by wearing glasses, but Robin does not like to use them — especially when she first gets them. Though good-natured, Robin has employed her gift to the point of lethal force when necessary to either save someone's life or for the good of others.
Her powers rapidly grow as the series progress, going from being able to light several candles to being able to kill a person by incinerating them. Her abilities get to the point where she is labeled dangerous by Solomon, and is ordered to be hunted as a witch. The hunters sent after Robin are killed by her, usually by incineration via Robin's pyrokinetic ability. At the end of the series it is discovered that Robin is in fact a "Designer Witch", a Witch created with genetic engineering on "Project Robin".
Her fate at the end of the series is unknown, yet Doujima and Karasuma state that they are fairly sure that Robin and Amon died together when Factory collapsed. This is open to contention however, as at the end of the anime, viewed at a distance, a witch hunter fitting Robin's profile is seen standing at the gates of STN-J's main building.
An S-Class hunter, 25 years old and Robin's partner. Originally, he was quite reluctant to join Robin, seeing her as more of an annoyance than an actual partner. However, seeing her worthiness in cases concerning highly prominent witches, he eventually accepts her. Some fans speculate that there is a love connection between Amon and Robin, as he puts his life on the line at points to save her, and also due to the opening cinema in which Robin is making unusual gestures about a TV set showing Amon.
A bigger reason for this speculation is in the first episode Robin and Amon share a weird moment while passing each other in a hallway. It is revealed near the end of the series that Amon's father was a witch and his mother a "seed", indicating that Amon himself also carries the dormant witch trait.
Later on in the anime, Amon is ordered by Solomon to hunt Robin, as she has grown too large a threat to Solomon. However, when coming to face Robin, Amon cannot shoot her due to various reasons. He is presumed dead alongside Robin when Factory collapsed. This has not been confirmed, however.
A Hunter working with the STN-J, Sakaki is brash, slightly hot-tempered, ambitious, and supportive. He is the newest member of the group after Robin and was initially afraid of being fired with her arrival. He usually winds up rushing headfirst into danger, resulting in regretting his previous decisions due to the circumstances that follow his actions. He is usually the one to either chase a witch for some time, get into direct contact with a witch's powers, or get into just about any mishap. Sakaki is not biased about choosing friends however, and welcomes Robin to the crew.
Later on in the anime, Sakaki is attacked by Factory's Attack Team, and is only saved via direct intervention of Robin, Amon, Doujima and Nagira. He later helps Robin infiltrate Factory, and provides covering fire while Michael attempts to get an elevator back online. He is confirmed alive after Factory's collapse, and is said by Michael to be hunting witches at the end of the anime.
A hacker and technical support expert in the STN-J. He is confined to the STN-J building 24/7 by the director Zaizen after being caught hacking into the STN-J's computer network (the only network he was unable to avoid detection in, as he states to Robin). He was then forced with the decision to either work for the STN-J until further notice, or die on the spot when confronted by officials in his apartment. Michael is somewhat avoidant of Robin at first, but then begins to warm up to her a little bit, particularly when they have discussions over coffee and doughnuts. He is the only character that (aside from briefing before a mission) is pretty much ignored, only Robin had bothered to listen to him on the side at first. Michael is able to dig up extensive information about various witches, police reports, and the like, all the while covering his tracks.
An experienced hunter with the craft of psychometry. By touching something her power allows her to read strong emotions and thoughts a person had while holding it, and she can also sometimes see past events that happened to, or around an item or place. This power comes in handy when examining evidence or crime scenes and she is able to pass on useful information to the rest of the group. She gives Robin helpful advice on how to improve her control over her power and also acts as somewhat of a respectful adult to her. Though rather young (she is only nineteen), her level of professionalism and determination to get things done make her seem older. Towards the end of the series she is captured by the Factory in an operation planned by Zaizen for Orbo testing.
A rather short-tempered man, Kosaka works directly under Zaizen, passing on reports of the organization's progress as well as other related information. Not too much is known about his work as he is mostly seen criticizing the employees while they are investigating a case, or not doing work when he thinks they should. Although he may be an annoyance to the rest of the hunters, he shows some concern and acts as somewhat of an authoritative figure to them. The most noticeable feature is that his head is abnormally large, bald, and brightly reflects light. His constant yelling and scolding is also another reminder, as he mostly fusses over Hattori. He was originally a member of the city police force, thus possesses connections that come in rather useful when the hunters are unable to use the STN-J databases. At the end of the series, it is revealed that Kosaka has become the new administrator of STN-J, replacing the deceased Zaizen.
Not much is known about this man, except that he works with filing and other various jobs Kosaka requests him to do. His attitude towards his fellow staff is somewhat snobbish and uncaring, but around Kosaka, he acts as a suck-up and abruptly halts whatever he is doing to listen to him.
Administrator of the STN-J and the Factory, Zaizen is portrayed as a prominent business figure. At first, Zaizen merely seems to be a boss giving orders, but in reality he was behind some of the most heinous events that proved to be most troublesome for the STN-J. Zaizen has found a way to transform "witch's blood" (main source of their power) into a substance called orbo to stop witches. But with Zaizen's hideous plan, Solomon took action and attacked the STN-J for information about the secrets of the orbo. He was killed by Robin during an unsuccessful attempt to murder her himself, and subsequently fleeing into an elevator shaft that was completely ignited.
Seen as carefree, lazy, narcissistic, vain, and immature, she would sooner go shopping than go on a mission any chance she would get. She is consistently late for work and rarely does anything around the office, getting much negative attention from Kosaka. According to her, her parents had STN-J act as somewhat of her "caretakers" and had the authority to get STN-J in trouble. She also somewhat disappoints the other workers, acting somewhat stuck-up, and doing the most minimal work during missions, ditching them immediately when she no longer needs to play a role. Dojima does not exactly warm up to Robin at first, mockingly calling her "Amon's Girl", but towards the end of the series she begins to do a little more work and prove she has a little more insight and perception of her surroundings than originally presumed. Revealed to be a Solomon intelligence operative, Dojima was sent by Solomon to the STN-J to uncover more information about the Orbo.
Solomon
Robin's former guardian (also her maternal grandfather), he raised her from age four after her parents had died. He visits Robin around the middle to the end of the series to illuminate her as to the events surrounding her past.
An Inquisitor sent from Solomon to perform an inquisition on the craft-user Shiro Masudo in the episode "The Eyes of Truth". (Notes from the DVD extras explain that historically the church used Inquisitors to weed out heretics.) Karasuma explains to Sakaki that Solomon uses a human Inquisitor to make the final decision whether a craft-user/witch can be a hunter or not. Amon and Robin escort Cortion to the church he will be staying at and a discussion between the Inquisitor and Robin reveals that he performed Robin's Inquisition. After the Inquisition as Cortion is leaving to return to HQ he tells Robin they will probably never meet again and alludes to the fact that she has awakened to "the pleasure of using her craft".
A male witch hunter that dresses somewhat as a magician, he is one of the most feared witch hunters, being avoidant of every form of law enforcement and detainment. Even Robin herself expressed fear when he was mentioned in a case. His trademark is to leave origami cranes with the name of his next victim on his latest victim. Sastra is the first of the witch hunters dispatched by Solomon HQ to hunt Robin, when they decide she has become a threat. It is during her battle with him that she understands how the Arcana of the Craft works and becomes more powerful.
Robin's "father", he was a friend of Zaizen as well as a brilliant scientist. He researched a new project to repair the conflicts between humans and witches, however all evidence of his research was destroyed by Solomon because of the potential danger it contained, although it was far too late as the project had already reached its final stages. In the last episode a recording of him is displayed on a computer in The Factory. He explains everything about his project, Robin's past, and the origins of the society's imbalance.
Daughter of Father Juliano and Robin's mother, although not by a standard means of birth. She passed her power of pyrokinesis to Robin stating that Robin is the "Hope" for the future of the well-being of all witches, as well as the key to solving the struggle of acceptance between witches and humans. After giving birth to Robin, she died, leaving her in the care of Colegui.
Yuji Kobari (Master)
Proprietor of "Harry's". He is usually seen as a calm, complacent, polite man, providing caffeinated beverages, meals, and chatting with the customers as business is seen mostly as slow. Aside from Episode 10, and towards the end of the series, only one or two hunters from STN-J are ever seen there at a time. His son, Yukata, was revealed to be a witch and it is strongly hinted that Yuji has "awakened" as well. He can be relied on to get information by the hunters.
Shunji Nagira (凪羅)
Amon's older half-brother, he is an attorney who harbors Robin after she leaves STN-J and runs a private office with two assistants. He has Robin act as a bike messenger, partly because he does not believe the government is correct in persecuting witches. Nagira gathers information in the streets by means of a man he meets in a pachinko bar as well as a witch in Wall City. Personality-wise, he is almost Amon's foil. He is talkative, open, goofy, and is occasionally lazy, but he cares enough to shelter Robin from Solomon.
Mika Hanamura (花村美加 Hanamura Mika)
Secretary at the law office where Robin stays, she constantly scolds Nagira for being lazy. She has her hair tied back and seems a little pushy, but she shows concern for her fellow workers.
Touko Masaki (真崎瞳子 Masaki Tōko)
Robin's housemate, and also Zaizen's daughter. She takes care of Robin until the raid at STN-J and expresses interest in Robin by asking her multitudes of questions. She appears to have had a relationship with Amon, as during a rainy day, Robin sees Amon walking with her, sharing his umbrella. In the middle of the series, an assassination attempt directed toward Robin fails, and Touko is caught in the crossfire and left in critical condition. When she recovers she is unable to cope with what happened, and is institutionalized in a sanitarium for the remainder of the series.
Kate
A former STN-J Witch Hunter that was murdered. She had unidentified powers and went rogue, thus classifying her as a Witch. She was Amon's former partner, but neither trusted each other according to Amon. She was hunted by Amon for attempting to betray the secret of Orbo. He lists more than one reason as to why he hunted her in the first place. She was hunted using banned anti-Witch bullets that no one in the STN-J but Amon had the experience to utilize. Her death is left to speculation for the rest of the team, no one other than Amon and Zaizen know about the truth of Kate's murder.
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