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Vol.9
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 7
While lovely cyborg Alita's allies battle real, personal, and existential demons in the Z.O.T. Tournament in hopes of distracting government forces long enough for Alita to rescue her friend Lou's brain from enslavement as a computer component, the deepest secrets of Alita's former life are finally revealed!But sometimes it's better not to know the truth about your past--especially when you're the one responsible for the horror of everyone's present...
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 6
Competing in the rigged Z.O.T. Tournament in hopes of rescuing her friend Lou's brain from enslavement as a computer component, lovely cyborg Alita is locked into a battle to the death with a vampire! But how does one kill the undead!? Also, Master hacker Ping's alliance of convenience with Alita pays off beyond his wildest dreams; mad scientist Desty Nova makes a reappearance (of sorts); and an encounter with strangers raises a disturbing possibility about Alita's mysterious past....
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 5
Lovely Battle Angel Alita entered the Zenith of Things Tournament to liberate her friend Lou's brain from enslavement as a computer component, but to accomplish her goal she must defeat a team with an even worthier cause! As if this ethical dilemma weren't tough enough, a nasty ghost in her ear won't stop questioning her every motive...Plus, pint-size yet scrappy Sechs gets a surpirsing new cyborg body with rather--er--different equipment!
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 4
Alita stages a unique protest to save children from becoming cannon fodder, joins forces with some unlikely allies to compete in a sporting event whose promoters have ulterior motives, and, well...dies!
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 3
Alita arrives on space station Ketheres to rescue her friend Lou's brain, which has been stolen and plugged into a vast array powering an A.I. known as "Melchizedek"! Before Alita can get over her culture shock, she gets embroiled in the vicious squabbles of a league of planets who have harnessed the secret of immortality itself!
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 2
The Utopian city of Tiphares' diabolical secret is out, pitting parent against child, metal against flesh! As the reluctant protector of a surviving band of innocents, recently resurrected cyborg Alita must stop a rampaging three-story-high robot with the mind of a three-year-old child! But all she really wants to do is find her long-lost friends from one of her many other lives....
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Vol. 1
Thought Alita's struggles were finally over? Hoped she could settle down with her devoted full-flesh man in a nice house in the Scrapyard suburbs? Think again!Alita awakens in a new cyborg body--as stunning as before, but even more powerful--in a world whose dark secret has at long last been revealed to all, pitting parent against child, metal against flesh....
Monday, December 18, 2006
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 9
As beautiful cyborg Alita confronts her arch-enemy, mad scientist Desty Nova, for the last time, she finally learns the chilling truth about her past! Meanwhile, megalomaniacal Barjack leader Den launches a kamikaze assault on both the Scrapyard and Tiphares, the mysterious utopian city in the sky. Is there any ray of hope in this epic post-apocalyptic saga?
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 8
Alita experiences a terrible fall from grace when she discovers the utopian city of Tiphares' ulterior motive for retaining her services as a special agent of the "Tuned." Now she must face her greatest foe yet--herself! Koyomi makes a strange new friend as she and the rest of the Barjack forces prepare to launch the ultimate weapon on both Tiphares and the Scrapyard. Will they destroy the pitiful remnants of civilization as they know it? Plus, the long-awaited return of Doc Ido!
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 7
Alita meets Kaos, the son of mad scientist Desty Nova, who uses his psychometric powers to repair Alita's cyborg body after she falls into a sinkhole. A refurbished Alita finally goes head to head against the forces of Barjack and is ready to kill their leader, Den, when she's unexpectedly betrayed. Then Alita discovers the secret relationship between Den and Kaos...
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 6
Alita's death sentence is commuted in exchange for her service as a member of the "Tuned," an elite force of the utopian city of Tiphares. Her first assignment is to protect a nuclear-powered train from the infamous bandit known as Barjack.
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 5
Mad scientist Desty Nova resurrects the brain of Zapan--the Hunter-Warrior whose pride Alita has injured one too many times--and fits it with a deadly Berserker body. Now, nothing can stop Zapan from exacting his revenge on Alita and all the Scrapyard inhabitants. Will Alita sacrifice herself to save her friends and other innocents?
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 4
Alita must choose a challenge team to defeat Jashugan, the proud, invincible Motorball champion. Who will give their all--their very life--for the lovely Battle Angel? In the intense heat of battle during her final one-on-one showdown with Jashugan, Alita slips into a trance that provides an incredible revelation about her mysterious past.
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 3
Her heart broken, Alita runs away from home and becomes a challenger in motorball, a combat-like game that pits cyborg competitiors against each other. Doc Ido is determined to bring Alita back home and forms new alliances as he formulates a desperate plan...
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 2
Alita falls head-over-metal-heels for Hugo, a passionate young man who longs to escape the degradation of the Scrapyard and live in Tiphares, the ethereal city in the aky. Will Alita win a place in his heart? And to what desperate lengths will Hugo go to realize his dream...?
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1
Daisuke Ido, a talented cybernetic doctor, finds the head of a cyborg in a junk heap. When he rebuilds her body, Alita's only clue to her past surfaces--her deadly fighting instincts! And now she is determined to find out the truth about who she once was...
Monday, December 11, 2006
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