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The Best Episodes of Black Cat Season 1

Every episode of Black Cat Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Black Cat Season 1!

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The bounty hunter Sven is barely scraping by when he crosses paths with the Black Cat (a.k.a. Train Heartnet) and the young bio-weapon Eve. The three new companions will need more than luck to survive

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Black Cat Season 1 Episode 1 - The Solitary Cat
    8.1/10(34 votes)

    #1 - The Solitary Cat

    S1:E1

    Train, better known as Black Cat, completes another mission for Chronos, and is informed of his next mission. Later, Sven is inside a restaurant, planning how to catch his next target. A parade is happening outside, celebrating a new governor coming into office. One of the waitresses informs Sven that the new governor is also a gangster, the same man that Sven is targeting. A party is held that night, and Sven learns he isn't the only one targeting the governor. The infamous Black Cat is as well, though with a very different objective...

    Director:Yoshimichi Hirai
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  2. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 2 - The Hesitant Cat
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #2 - The Hesitant Cat

    S1:E2

    Sven goes back to his usual sweeper to find some more work. Not long after, a girl runs in with a couple of thugs not far behind. Sven steps in and drives the thugs off. After talking to the girl, he finds out that the thugs have her little sister hostage, and she has the ransom money for her sister's return. She offers Sven the money if he can get her sister back. Will Sven take the job?

    Director:Takayuki Inagaki
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  3. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 3 - The Cat in the Dark
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #3 - The Cat in the Dark

    S1:E3

    Sven accepts the task of rescuing Elena's sister, Eve, and makes an attempt to infiltrate the manor, but without success. Afterwards, Sven learns that Eve is not really Elena's sister, nor is Elena who she appears to be. Later, Sven discovers Eve in a park, and decides to talk with her, and he shows Eve there's a entire world outside the manor she's been held in. Unfortunately for Sven, Torneo's men find them, and forcibly take Eve back to the manor. Sven comes to realize that Eve is not merely a bio-weapon, she's a human being with thoughts and feeling of her own, and becomes even more determined to rescue her, no matter what the cost.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 4 - The Grinning Cat
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    #4 - The Grinning Cat

    S1:E4

    As Sven begins to put his plan into action, to save Eve from Torneo, Black Cat is right behind him. Meanwhile in the Torneo's basement the thief Rinslet discovers a shocking truth about Eve. Back upstairs Sven and Black Cat make their own attempts to get Eve, with their own reasons. Who will get Eve and what is the shocking truth?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 5 - The Departing Cat
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #5 - The Departing Cat

    S1:E5

    As Sven heals at a hideout with Eve and Rinslet, Train's conscience grows. With his decision to leave Chronos, Creed is sent out to pull him back in. When he fails Chronos sends more operatives. Will they pull Train back to Chronos?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 6 - The Cat Under Fire
    8.3/10(30 votes)

    #6 - The Cat Under Fire

    S1:E6

    Coming back from his first failed attempt to bring back Train, Creed returns. With Train fully turning his back on Chronos it is all up to Creed. Since his first attempts failed Creed uses his magic to kidnap Train. When that doesn't work he goes for the thing Train cares about the most... Saya. Can Train stop him?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  7. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 7 - The Wounded Cat
    8.5/10(30 votes)

    #7 - The Wounded Cat

    S1:E7

    Train awakens in Sven and Eve's company. Confused and saddened, he has to decide what course of action to take with his life next. As Sven goes out to get supplies, Eve comes to realize that she has to repent for her sins as well. Meanwhile, someone from Chronos is close by, looking to capture Eve.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  8. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 8 - The Sweeping Cat
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    #8 - The Sweeping Cat

    S1:E8

    Rinslet Walker accepts a dangerous new job, seeking help, she looks for Sven to ask for his assistance. Meanwhile, coming to a new town, Sven, Eve and Train look for their next target, a man who works at the town's garden. Unbeknown to them, a group known as the Apostles of the Stars, people bent on the destruction of the world, are also targeting this man, though for a different reason.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  9. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 9 - The Charming Cat
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #9 - The Charming Cat

    S1:E9

    A man named Ganza is terrifying the residents of a town, coming out at night and killing people with his bare hands. Two members of the Apostles of the Stars attempt to recruit him to their group, but Ganza refuses, he'd much rather spend his time killing innocent people. Meanwhile, Train and the others learn of Ganza. Train, Sven and Eve come up with a plan to lure out and capture Ganza, but their plan doesn't turn out the way they had hoped.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 10 - The Cat Unleashed
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #10 - The Cat Unleashed

    S1:E10

    A summit conference between leaders is being held, and the Apostles of the Stars plan to interrupt it in the form of a revolution. Train, learning that Creed is alive, goes to confront him, abandoning his friends in the process. Eve and the others follow to try and stop the Apostles of the Stars from causing chaos. Sven has a terrible vision, and races to find and protect Train from powers beyond his current state.

    Director:Kazuki Kakuta
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  11. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 11 - The False Cat
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    #11 - The False Cat

    S1:E11

    A man named Woodney, claiming to be the legendary assassin, Black Cat, meets Eve. Eve helps him out of a potentially dangerous situation. Soon afterwards, a member of the Apostles of the Stars, Durham, appears, eager to kill Black Cat. Train saves Eve and Woodney, and then confronts the gunman. Who is the superior gunman, Train or Durham?

    Director:Masaaki Kumagai
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  12. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 12 - The Fighting Cat
    8.1/10(26 votes)

    #12 - The Fighting Cat

    S1:E12

    Train learns where the Apostles of the Stars base is, and leaves the group to go after Creed. Sven and the others quickly follow after Train, desperate to prevent him from doing anything foolish. Meanwhile, three members of Chronos infiltrate Creed's base, determined to finish off the Apostles of the Stars once and for all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 13 - The Love Cat
    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #13 - The Love Cat

    S1:E13

    Kyoko, a member of the Apostles of the Stars, leaves the group, along with Charden. They are being targeted for their betrayal. Train and Eve go to see if there are any good bounties available to capture, and come across Kyoko. Another member of the Apostles of the Stars, Dr. Kanzaki, has plans to test a new experiment, a bullet that will supposedly turn whatever it hits into a monster. His intention is to use Kyoko as a test subject. Can Train stop him?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 14 - The Kitty Cat
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    #14 - The Kitty Cat

    S1:E14

    Having been affected by the bullet Dr. Kanzaki made, Train is forced to inhabit a smaller and younger body. Train and Eve come across a group of orphaned kids living in an abandoned part of town. A group of gangsters have plans, they want to tear down the abandoned buildings for new development, and will even go as far as killing all the children in their way. Can Train and Eve stop them?

    Director:Masaharu Tomoda
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 15 - The Cat and the Lizard
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #15 - The Cat and the Lizard

    S1:E15

    Sven learns of a group of sweepers that gather and team up to take out the more dangerous targets. After discovering that the group is after Creed Diskenth, Sven tries to prevent Train from learning, worried that this will cause Train to recklessly go after Creed again. To distract him, Sven has Train and Eve help a woman get back her pet lizard, Flora. They soon find out that this isn't the easy task they expected, as Flora isn't an ordinary lizard.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  16. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 16 - The Napping Cat
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #16 - The Napping Cat

    S1:E16

    Train travels toward a port where he can get a boat to reach Kraken Island, where the Apostles of the Stars are. He decides to take a faster route, and goes through a dangerous canyon. Train soon collapses, and later awakens in a strange house. He meets a girl who looks remarkably like Saya. He stays there for a while, and learns more about this mysterious girl called Saki, and of the troubles that confront her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  17. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 17 - The Cat Deploys
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #17 - The Cat Deploys

    S1:E17

    Chronos and the sweepers make plans to leave and go to the island where the Apostles of the Stars' headquarters is. Dr. Kanzaki, however, doesn't plan on letting the sweepers reach the island alive. He sends monsters to destroy the sweepers, leaving them with no choice but to fight before they can even reach the island.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 18 - The Sprinting Cat
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    #18 - The Sprinting Cat

    S1:E18

    Train and the others arrive on the island, where the Apostles of the Stars are located. Eve fights Leon, while the others attempt to get rid of the soldiers and other members blocking their way to Creed. Can the sweepers and Chronos defeat the Apostles of the Stars?

    Director:Masaaki Kumagai
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 19 - The Cat's Showdown
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    #19 - The Cat's Showdown

    S1:E19

    The war against the Apostles of the Stars continues. While Sven fights against Preta Ghoul, Train confronts Creed. Sephiria informs Train that the only way to defeat Creed is with a titanium bullet. Creed, having given up on Train joining him, is determined to kill him. Who will win in this climactic battle?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 20 - The Drowning Cat
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #20 - The Drowning Cat

    S1:E20

    Having returned from their mission, Train and the others rejoice. Rinslet discovers something called The Eden Project, meanwhile, members of Chronos betray the organization. Sven decides that Eve should leave, and go on to live her own life with girls her own age. Eve however, doesn't want to leave him, and runs off to think for a while. Unbeknownst to the group, someone is after Eve's power.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  21. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 21 - The Cat Bares Claws
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #21 - The Cat Bares Claws

    S1:E21

    Eve has been captured, and placed inside a machine called Eden. Sven and Rinslet talk to Tearju, Eve's creator. She explains about The Eden Project. The goal is to eliminate violence and greed by using nanomachines to control humans. Can Train and the others save Eve from her fate?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  22. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 22 - The Cat's Paradise
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #22 - The Cat's Paradise

    S1:E22

    As Eden rains down nanomachines on a city full of people, everyone else tries to think of a plan to rescue Eve. Chronos and the Apostles of the Stars team up with Train and the others, and come up with a plan to lure Eden to the ground. Will they succeed?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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  23. Black Cat Season 1 Episode 23 - The Carefree Cat
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #23 - The Carefree Cat

    S1:E23

    As Chronos and remaining members of the Apostles of the Stars fight the monsters outside Eden, Train and Sven go inside to rescue Eve, determined to save her even if it would cost them their lives. While Sven tries to get close to Eve, Train has to face off against his own inner demons first.

    Directors:Yoshimichi Hirai, Masanori Takahashi
    Writer:Shuuichi Kouyama

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Solitary Cat" is the best rated episode of "Black Cat" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Yoshimichi Hirai and written by Shuuichi Kouyama, it aired on 10/7/2005. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Hesitant Cat".