No. 5, Vol. 4

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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

With disbandment imminent, MikeNo.1, the leader of the Rainbow Brigadegoes renegade, and uses his awesome powers to take many members of the unit with him. Now holed up in his citadel while the Peace Corps lays siege, he awaits his fate at the hands of the only person who can kill himor understand himNo. 5.

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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.