Kodansha America, Inc Battle Angel Alita 1 (Paperback)

In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange discovery: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories.He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker.While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst.In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Alita decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak.But can she hold onto her humanity? This new paperback edition features an updated translation in six affordable, 300-page volumes.