"First published in Japan in 2006 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo"--T.p verso. In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads from front to back and from right to left.
Summary:
"Sixteen-year-old Kasumi's quest to help the police take down ALICE, the terrorist organization that raised her, has led her to a gang in Ikebukuro called Black Rose that's been distributing guns throughout the city as part of a sinister plan to kill thosands. When Kasumi gets duped into going to an underground construction site, she gets captured by ALICE and is forced to witness indiscriminate mass murders. The horror of it drives her into despair and rage--and EIN, the monstrous personality she had been suppressing for years, finally awakens"--P. [4] of cover.
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