Pumpkin Scissors
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | パンプキン・シザーズ |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Oct 3, 2006 [18 years 3 months ago] |
| Ended: | Mar 18, 2007 [17 years 10 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST |
Torn apart by its long, brutal war with the Republic of Frost, the Royal Empire can finally begin to rebuild. Faced with famine, plague, renegade soldiers, and corruption within its own government, the Empire is hard pressed to soothe its people and heal its wounds. For this purpose, the Imperial State Section III has been formed for the purpose of war relief. Named Pumpkin Scissors by its 2nd Lieutenant, the noblewoman Alice L. Malvin, the unit is considered a joke and criticized as a farce of the Empire to quell its peoples' complaints and squander funds. Regardless of its reputation as a carefree branch with its misfit members, the members of Pumpkin Scissors diligently work to relieve the war damage suffered by the people and root out the corruption that has taken hold, and truly be the war relief they were meant to be. During a mission three years after the unit was founded, Pumpkin Scissors stumble across a mysterious war veteran, Randel Oland, who joins them, entranced with the concept of war relief. It does not take long for other members of S.S. III to notice his peculiar blue lantern and heavy gun, and that the unit he says he belonged to in the war... does not exist. — written by Quaenorde
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Episode 1: The Invisible 9
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-10-03
When Alice’s Pumpkin Scissors crew goes up against a band of heavily armed rogue soldiers, they find their efforts assisted by an unlikely ally.
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Episode 2: War Relief Unit
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-10-10
Alice faces an oppressive nobleman after hearing of the horrors his people endure. Meanwhile, the ranks of the Pumpkin Scissors grow when Randel joins the team.
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Episode 3: For That Is a Precious Thing
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-10-17
Alice’s unit is tasked with rebuilding a railway tunnel. They’ll need to convince the locals to work beside them, but the hearts and minds of the citizens have been burned by the military before.
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Episode 4: The Cracked Portrait
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-10-24
Worried that Randel’s presence in the Pumpkin Scissors puts their efforts at risk, suspicious Martis begins investigating the past of his newest teammate.
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Episode 5: Shallow-Minded Men
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-10-31
As Randel heals in the hospital, Martis keeps digging into his past. As the mystery deepens, Oreldo begins to have questions of his own.
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Episode 6: A Fruitful Time
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-11-07
After Randel finds a baby that’s been abandoned outside the gates, Alice begins a search for the child’s mother.
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Episode 7: The One Who Leads and the One Who Follows
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-11-14
Alice’s plan to spend time with her fiancé falls apart when she learns that the rest of the team has fallen under attack while searching for vital supplies that never made it to the locals.
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Episode 8: Burn in the Snowfields
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-11-21
It’s a race against time - literally. With only 48 hours to deliver an important package, Alice and her crew must deal with armed bandits in the treacherous, frozen wilderness.
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Episode 9: The Woman in the Morning Mist
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-11-28
Oreldo’s thoughts become consumed with a beautiful woman who lives in sadness as she waits for her boyfriend to return from war. He goes out of his way to make her smile once more.
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Episode 10: Pumpkins and Scissors
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-12-05
Stecchin shares the tale of the tumultuous times that brought the Pumpkin Scissors together, and reveals the reasons behind the unit’s name.
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Episode 11: The Quiet Quickening
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-12-12
Alice is taken hostage by a woman who’s desperate to expose the military scandals uncovered by her dead brother - who was killed by someone just like Alice!
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Episode 12: Unseen Pain
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-12-19
Alice's captors release her after she agrees to cooperate, but their lives are threatened by those who want to silence them.
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Episode 13: Crude But Elegant
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2006-12-26
Thanks to Hunks, Alice learns the truth about Princess Loderia’s visit to the Empire.
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Episode 14: The Flame Still Burns
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-01-07
Section III runs into trouble with underground drug dealers during a mission to remove homeless people from the sewers.
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Episode 15: Decisions Run Astray
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-01-14
Alice and her unit continue their standoff with the drug dealers, but a deadly new foe - armed with a flamethrower - is about to enter the fray.
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Episode 16: The One Who Slashes
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-01-21
It will take courage - and a special weapon - for Alice to survive her raid on the drug dealers’ headquarters, but if she succeeds, they’ll be permanently shut down.
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Episode 17: The Darkness That Cannot Be Saved
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-01-28
Alice has her back against the wall during a run-in with the Claymore Unit. Meanwhile, Randel is headed for a showdown with Hans.
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Episode 18: A Small Military Power
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-02-04
Stecchin goes out of his way to lift the spirits of Randel, who can’t seem to shake the depression he’s carried since the last mission.
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Episode 19: A Sweet Trap
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-02-11
Most members of Section III are assigned to duty distributing rations to the homeless, but Alice spends her evening attending a luxurious ball with her sisters.
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Episode 20: Enter the Performers
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-02-18
When the ball Alice is attending is interrupted by an enraged mob, Section III must deftly maneuver through an extremely delicate situation.
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Episode 21: The Puppet and the Idol
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-02-25
Hunks is shocked to learn that his unit will not be attempting a rescue mission. Alice challenges an arrogant noble to a duel, but there is no guarantee he’ll accept.
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Episode 22: Lonely Scales
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-03-04
Randel is beyond desperate to find a reason to fight again, and Alice must battle both her opponent - and an angry mob.
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Episode 23: And Then, an Alluring Trap
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-03-11
The crowd at the ball is transfixed by Alice’s ongoing duel. Meanwhile, the military prepares to invade the palace, but who is to be arrested?
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Episode 24: The Military, the Commoners and the Nobility
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2007-03-18
The Pumpkin Scissors have precious little time to establish peace before Section I takes matters into their own hands.
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