No. 5, Vol. 3
By (Author) Taiyo Matsumoto
3
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
30th March 2022
31st March 2022
United States
General
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
272
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 23mm
422g
A powerfully imagined vision of the future from Taiyo Matsumoto, creator of the Eisner Awardwinning Cats of the Louvre and Tekkonkinkreet.
In a world where most of the earth has become a harsh desert, the Rainbow Council of the Peace Corps has a growing crisis on its hands. No. 5, one member of a team of superpowered global security guardians and a top marksman, has gone rogue. Now the other guardians have to hunt down No. 5 and his mysterious companion, Matryoshka. But why did No. 5 turn against the council, and what will it mean for the future of the world
The old allegiances and friendships have been broken and the Rainbow Brigade now faces disbandment. No. 5 has eluded or killed every member of the Rainbow Brigade that has come after him so far, but now No. 3 closes in on him and is determined not to let any sentiments for his former comrade cloud his judgment. Elsewhere, No. 1, missing for over a month and struggling to understand what to do with his power, heads for a fateful meeting with No. 2.
Taiyo Matsumoto is best known to English-reading audiences as the creator of the Eisner Award-winningTekkonkinkreet, which in 2006 was made into an animated feature film of the same name directed by Michael Arias. In 2007, Matsumoto was awarded the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award, and in 2020 he wonhis secondEisner Award for the English publication of Cats of the Louvre.