Ep. 9: Lupin attempts to rescue Fujiko after she is shot by Poon's boss during a heist.
Aired on December 19, 1971
Lupin and his team target blueprints for a new computer, facing resistance from a machinegun expert and his hit-man partner, Poon, who previously worked with Fujiko. Although Lupin completes the theft, Poon and Fujiko encounter each other before Poon’s boss shoots Fujiko, preventing a reunion. Lupin transports the critically injured Fujiko to their hideout, but Poon and his boss track them down, forcing Lupin to flee and leaving Fujiko behind. With Fujiko near death inside the hideout, Lupin struggles to return and save her life.
Episodes
- Ep. 5 · Goemon Thirteenth Receives Mission to Eliminate Lupin with Zantetsuken
- Ep. 6 · Lupin pursues a diamond embedded in a mob boss's corpse during a rainy afternoon heist.
- Ep. 7 · Lupin III seeks to reclaim scrolls stolen by a swordsman who defeated his father.
- Ep. 8 · Lupin aims to steal fortune-telling cards from millionaire Mr. Gold during his birthday party.
- Ep. 9 · Lupin attempts to rescue Fujiko after she is shot by Poon's boss during a heist.
- Ep. 10 · Lupin and Baron Ukraine race to capture the world's top counterfeiter while Flinch and Fujiko plot to kill Lupin.
- Ep. 11 · Imposter Lupin Blows Bridges and Forces Robbery Under Threat to Lisa
- Ep. 12 · Fujiko and Lupin race a criminal group for gold statues in a mountain village
- Ep. 13 · Beware the Time Machine!