Heart (ハー) is a playing card themed magician who seeks to steal the priceless ‘2000 carat diamond’ which grants eternal youth/beauty. She is one of five female assassin thieves in the Sharpies gang (Card Sharks) attempting to stop the gentleman thief Lupin the Third from stealing the diamond before she does. She appears in the Japanese pachinko game Lupin the Third: 2000 Carat Tears (Pルパン三世 2000カラットの涙) 2022.
Note: Game is Japanese language only, hours long, multi-path/characters, & points based interactive cutscene access. Amateur YouTube videos of casino floor pachinko machine screens is the only found source for game material.
Scene: “Dead Heat – Train Station”
The thief Lupin the Third is at a train station, searching for clues to the whereabouts of the ‘2000 carat diamond’. The villainess thief named Heart mysteriously appears on the opposite side of the train tracks. She immediately attacks, throwing her magical playing cards, easily creating a force field to block Lupin’s return gunshots. She lights the station ablaze throwing fire. Lupin is more powerful than she expects, and he creates multiple phantoms of himself to confuse her. He corners Heart and fires a gunshot, barely missing - a warning this time.
Scene: Train Car
Heat attacks again on a train car, levitating while creating a swirl of cards to disorient and trap Lupin. She lands wrapping her legs around Lupin’s neck about to flame throw into his face. Lupin pulls out a lighter causing an explosion which knocks her to the ground. Her pins her and purposely misses punching her in the face. He once again shows Heart mercy, telling her to be a good girl next time they meet.
Scene: Team-Up
Heart arrives at a warehouse with her Sharpie teammate Spade to take on Lupin and his co-thief Daisuke Jigen who are on a side money heist. Heart goes after the marksman Jigen but is immediately shot with a non-lethal energy bullet. Heart and Spade are left on a park bench unconscious.
Scene: Desert
Lupin is in a desert searching for clues is once again ambushed by Heart. Tiring of her, he uses a grappling gun to bind Heart with cables, hung from a cliff. Deciding her fate again, he shoots the helpless Heart in the head with an energy bullet, sending her flying, but still alive.
Scene: “Bloody Diamond”
Joker, the hidden leader of the Sharpies, thru subterfuge has acquired the ‘2000 carat diamond’ which she uses to re-acquire her former youthful beauty. All the Sharpies and Lupin’s crew show up for the finale confrontation. The Sharpies are crazed by the sight of the actual diamond, and each obsessively wants it for themselves. Heart goes in for the kill against Daisuke Jigen but her lunge misses and gets shot in the back. Heart and the other Sharpies are last seen piled together unconscious (or worse), defeated by Lupin’s crew.
Bonus Scene: Attempted Revenge
Seeking revenge, Heart tracks Lupin to a stormy canyon to kill him. She pulls out all the tricks to attack him. In a face off they each releases a large energy blast. Heart is overtaken, blasting off some of her clothes. Lupin has no mercy for Heart this time. He calls in a missile strike and tens of ballistic missiles descend on her. Heart is last seen caught in a huge explosion.
