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Darker than Black is a supernatural action anime by Tensai Okamura. Ten years after a mysterious accident, first people known as "contractors" gained various inhuman powers, using which cost them a unique price.

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Darker than Black is a supernatural action anime by Tensai Okamura. Ten years after a mysterious accident, first people known as "contractors" gained various inhuman powers, using which cost them a unique price. Various countries use them as spies and assassins. An organization called Syndicate sends Hei, a Chinese contractor, on a secret mission in Tokyo.

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What does this symbol represent on this payphone?

In the sixth episode of the second season of Darker than Black, Hei hung up a payphone. On this payphone there is some symbol. They’re supposedly in Russia; however, the Russian currency symbol is ₽. What does this symbol mean? I doubt they would…
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Who is the boy in the coffin in the last episode (of the Gemini of the Meteor)?

Who is the boy in the coffin that wakes up in the last episode of the second season, Gemini of the Meteor? What significance does he play? Why does he look like Yin?
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Is there a continuation of Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor?

I finished watching the second season of Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor, and seeing how it ended it seems like there may be a continuation since there are some questions left unanswered at the end: 1) Amber seemed to have wanted Hei to…
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How could Amagiri have eggs on him after he teleported with Brita?

In episode 24 we see Brita and Amagiri teleport inside PANDORA and steal some clothes from a group of guards. we know that Amagiri's remuneration/obeisance is to eat boiled eggs. We also know that Brita's ability is: Teleportation: Her ability is…
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How does one become a Contractor?

How are Contractors made in Darker than Black? Do you have to be born with the powers? Or do you have to make contact with a spirit and make a contract with it?
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What determines Remuneration in Darker than Black?

What determines the nature of remuneration in Darker than Black? Is it something ironic? Similar to one of the contractors smoking even though he hates the thought of smoking. Or is it some other way?
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Is Amber still alive after season 1?

She was supposed to be dead. However, I was still wondering because she reappears in season 2 and seemingly so in season 3.
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In "Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini", what happens to Hei's powers?

In the second season of Darker than Black (Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini), Hei mysteriously... ...loses his contractor powers somewhere in the middle of the season. In the beginning of the anime we can clearly see that... ...Hei still…
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Was the apparition Shion saw in his flashbacks Izanagi?

In flashbacks of when a star fell while Shion and his father was camping, in the reflection of his eye there's an apparition like Yin's possessed specter, was this Izanagi or was Shion born as Izanagi? EDIT: From an answer, it's clear the apparition…
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An anime where a male character brings back some seeds and implants it on the wrist of his daughter

I have watched an anime recently, but I have forgotten its title. It is a sci-fi anime that resembles Black Bullet and Attack on Titan, in the sense that humankind is confined within some boundary due to threats outside that boundary. A part of the…
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What happens when a Contractor fails to pay their remuneration?

What happens when a Contractor fails to pay their remuneration? Do they lose their ability or what?
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Parody brand names in anime

Why do anime use parody brand names in their series, and what benefit do anime like Code Geass and Darker than Black get when they use original brand names like Pizza Hut? Do they get paid for promoting the brand? If not, so they have to pay the…
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What happens to Yin and Hei after the ending of season 2?

Is it intentionally ambiguous as in they didn't want to commit to a true ending or are they both alive?
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When was Shion's flashback of him and his father camping set at?

In the first flashback, we see a meteor shower; since Shion was a contractor since he was born, this would mean that the false sky was already in place. To my knowledge, there are only two events that had a lot of contractors die (thus showing a lot…
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Does the first OVA take place right after the last episode of the first season of Darker than Black?

I'm not talking about the Gaiden one, but the one before it: Beneath Cherry Blossoms in Full Moon.
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