by Yukito Kishiro
Alita joins her arch-enemy, mad scientist Desty Nova, and two nasty replicants of herself on a journey to the world of Ketheres, in hopes of rescuing her old friend Lou's brain, which is part of a vast array powering the computer known as "Melchizedek." In Ketheres, the hapless cyborg and her unsympathetic companions promptly become embroiled in a war between artificial worlds. Their hosts have the secret of immortality (as long as no one kills you, that is) which puts a new twist on the question Alita has always wrestled with - what does it mean to be human if you can live forever?