From the renowed artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic! If I don't do something, everyone's going to die. Origin arrives in Kyoto with Mai and Dr. Fermi, only to find the director of AEE's A.I. Institute recalcitrant at best-but that's the least of their worries after Origin's robot brother GON shows up and goes on a merciless rampage! Committed to protecting Mai but unable to reveal his true identity, Origin must make a deal with the mysterious "data-mind" Y in order to find a way out of this lethal ordeal!

(W/A) Boichi Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however-robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one 'man' can stop them-their prototype: ORIGIN.

(W/A) Boichi From the renowed artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic! Nothing can change Mai's feelings for Origin-not even the revelation that he's a robot. After a narrow escape from a deadly foe, they go on the run together, Origin pledging to protect Mai no matter the cost. But even in the snowy reaches of Hokkaido, their pursuers are hot on their trail!