Episode
Witch Hunter Robin: Dilemma
Overview
As Robin bides her time hiding from the Factory, she takes on two jobs: as a bike messenger for Nagira's Law Firm and as a babysitter for an unusual girl. While delivering packages one day, she spots Dojima being attacked by a Witch and his gang. After saving Dojima, she learns that the STN-J is seriously undermanned. Dojima begs Robin for help. Can Robin risk being exposed to the Factory by helping her friends at the STN-J?
Details
- Series
- Witch Hunter Robin
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2002-10-23
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Dilemma is Episode 17 in Season 1 of Witch Hunter Robin. It aired on 2002-10-23. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 16: Heal the Pain
The survivors are left picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the attack on the STN-J. With both Robin and Amon missing, the Team is seriously short-handed. Even Dojima is pressed into service as a Hunter. Try as they might, though, the strain is taking its toll. And still the question remains: what did the invaders want?
Episode 18: In My Pocket
Nagira learns of an artifact called ""The Fragment of Wisdom""; a mystical item that many Witches are now searching for. When he asks Robin about it, though, she claims no knowledge of the object. In spite of her answer, Nagira suspects that she is holding something back from him.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: Time to Say Goodbye
After the most recent attacks, the Team keeps Robin under careful guard at the STN-J. The only one absent is Amon, who can't be reached. As they analyze the odd shell castings left from the attack at Robin's apartment, they find that only three people could have fired the Witch bullet at Robin. Unfortunately, the prime suspect has been dead for years. With growing uneasiness, they realize the only other person that could do this is someone very close to them all.
Episode 19: Missing
When Nagira brings in a couple to consult about the Fragment, Robin is unnerved by the woman's strange behavior. Her husband later explains that Robin resembles their missing daughter, whom they believe was Hunted by the Factory. Having being brought up without parents, the woman's reaction stirs up forgotten feelings within Robin and she begins to seek a relationship with the couple.
Episode 14: Loaded Guns
While on a case with Amon, Robin is ambushed by an unseen attacker. Later, back at the STN-J, Michael discovers that the shell casting left behind came from anti-Witch bullets. The weapon that could fire such bullets have not been used by the STN-J in five years. Who could be Hunting Robin?
Episode 20: All I Really Oughta Know
A new Hunter is killing Witches and placing origami cranes in his victims' hands with the word ""Robin"" on them. Robin decides to retrieve the Fragment from Nagira only to find that it's been stolen.
Episode 13: The Eyes of Truth
Robin is surprised to learn that the Inquisitor who test her has arrived in Japan to test a new potential Hunter. As Robin watches the Inquisitor test the candidate, Shiro Masuda, she is reminded of her own inquisition. She finds that there is a thin line between being a Hunter or a Witch. Masuda must now choose which side he will join, and accept the consequences of his decision.
Episode 21: No Way Out
As Robin's powers grow, she wrestles with her old beliefs of what a Witch is. Meanwhile, Solomon Headquarters sends a powerful Hunter named Corneli after Robin. Will the secretive Amon help her this time, or will he allow Cornell to destroy her?
Episode 12: Precious Illusions
To Michael's chagrin, a hacker has broken through his defenses and entered the STN-J's systems; a Witch's symbol is being broadcast from Robin's terminal. Meanwhile, Robin had spent the night talking to the mysterious old woman she met in the Walled City. Is she a ""Methuselah"", a Witch rumored to be immortal? And will Robin be able to accept what she is telling her?
Episode 22: Family Portrait
Suspicions about Zaizen's motives for Orbo leads Headquarters to cut funding by 40%. Nevertheless, Zaizen pushes ahead with his plan. Meanwhile, Robin and Nagira visit an old woman that was recently seen with Amon. When the woman is shocked to see Robin, they find out why; she has a photograph of a girl that resembles Robin in one of her bedrooms. Further investigations lead them closer to the truth behind Robin's past, as a link between genetics and Witches appears.
Episode 11: The Soul Cages
A Witch is blowing up ATMs using a powerful microwave attack. Unfortunately, it appears that he can't control his powers. Disturbed by the sudden ‘awakening' of this once dormant Seed, the STN-J must stop him before he harms anyone else. Meanwhile, a mysterious old woman lurks in the shadows. Why is she so interested in Robin?
Episode 23: Sympathy for the Devil
Zaizen is trying to develop a new type of Orbo that would allow ordinary humans to hunt Witches, but it has disturbing side effects. Amon meets with Robin but does not attack her; instead he reveals more about his orders. Dojima and Nagira follow a Factory assault van but the target is Sakaki!