Details
- Episodes:24
- Format:TV
- Average Score:68
- Popularity:3556
- Status:Finished Airing
- Season:Fall 2006
- Duration:23 min. per ep. minutes
- Genre:Action, Comedy, Drama, Military
- Country:JP
Three years ago, the long war between the Royal Empire and the Republic of Frost came to an end. With both nations a long way from recovery, a passionate young woman named Alice L. Malvin leads the Pumpkin Scissors, a unit of the imperial army specializing in war relief. During a mission to assist a village occupied by renegade soldiers, Alice meets Randal Oland, a scarred former soldier with a sordid past and kind heart. Encouraged by the efforts of the Pumpkin Scissors, he joins the team on their mission. During the assault, however, Randal enters a trance-like state prompted by a mysterious blue lantern. As a result, he acquires monstrous strength and decimates the enemy forces. Despite having witnessed Randal's disturbing transformation, Alice invites him to join her squandrant, confident that his gentle nature will prevail and make him a perfect fit for the Pumpkin Scissors. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Episodes
1. The Invisible 9
The Pumpkin Scissors unit gets help from an unexpected source in dealing with a group of rogue soldiers.
2. War Relief Unit
Randel is officially inducted into the Pumpkin Scissors unit, just in time for Section III to have to deal with a Viscount who has been mistreating his subjects.
3. For That is a Precious Thing
Pumpkin Scissors are sent to rebuild a tunnel, and convince reluctant villagers to join their cause.
4. The Cracked Portrait
Having become distrustful of Randel, Martis begins investigating his past.
5. Shallow-Minded Men
Martis and Oreldo investigate more about Randel while he is in the hospital.
6. A Fruitful Time
Randel and Alice try to find the mother of an abandoned baby.
7. The One Who Leads and the One Who Follows
Alice gets a day off to meet her fiance, and the rest of the Pumpkin Scissors must look for missing supplies.
8. Burn in the Snowfields
The Pumpkin Scissors race to deliver vital supplies in a frozen wasteland.
9. The Woman in the Morning Mist
Ladies man Oreldo helps a desperate woman come to terms with her past.
10. Pumpkins and Scissors
The meaning behind the Pumpkin Scissors' title is finally revealed as Stecchin explains its creation to Randel.
11. The Quiet Quickening
Alice is kidnapped by a group of people who want her to reveal the military's secrets.
12. Unseen Pain
Alice agrees to cooperate with her kidnappers and is released; little do they know what someone has in store for them.
13. Crude But Elegant
Martis meets with a foreign princess.
14. The Flame Still Burns
Pumpkin Scissors must deal with drug dealers while moving homeless people from the sewers.
15. Decisions Run Astray
Pumpkin Scissors continues to fight the drug dealers, and their situation is complicated by a person with a flamethrower.
16. The One Who Slashes
Alice must unleash her special weapon to finish the fight against the drug dealers.
17. The Darkness That Cannot Be Saved
Alice fights the Claymores while Randel fights Hans.
18. A Small Military Power
Stecchin attempts to cheer up Randel, who has been depressed since the last mission.
19. A Sweet Trap
Alice goes to a ball with her sisters while the rest of Pumpkin Scissors gives rations out to the homeless.
20. Enter the Performers
The ball is invaded by an angry mob.
21. The Puppet and the Idol
Marquis sends his two bodyguards at Alice when she challenges him to a duel.
22. Lonely Scales
Alice must deal with the mob and her opponents, and Randel again looks for a reason to fight.
23. And Then, an Alluring Trap
Everyone witnesses Alice's duel, and the military prepares to raid the mansion.
24. The Military, the Commoners and the Nobility
Pumpkin Scissors is quickly running out of time to find a solution before the mansion is attacked.
