Fujiko Mine isn't a love interest or a MacGuffin, she's a force of nature who uses her body like a loaded gun and never apologizes for the bodies that fall. Every frame is shot like a noir film that knows it's also a seduction, all smoky lighting and fractured perspectives that mirror how much of her is real and how much is theater. The show refuses to make her sympathetic or redeemable, which is exactly why she's unforgettable, she wants what she wants, takes it, and leaves you wondering if you just witnessed a miracle or a con.

Fujiko Mine is a thief, a killer, a saint and a scandal, becoming whoever a job demands and taking whatever she likes. A suspicious new religion is drawing in more and more followers, and Lupin III slips inside the group to steal the treasure its leader keeps hidden. There he first sees the alluring woman who holds the leader under her spell. The show tells the story of how Fujiko and Lupin first met, mixing action, comedy, psychological drama and thriller elements.