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DARK HORSE COMICS

BLOOD PLUS GN #1

(W) ASUKA KATSURA (A) ASUKA KATSURA (CA) ASUKA KATSURA

Set several decades after the events in the popular Blood: The Last Vampire anime film, an amnesiac Saya Otonashi lives as a seemingly normal high school student with her adoptive family in Okinawa. Horrible nightmares are the only hints at the violent life she once led, but her past is about to catch up with her and awaken the merciless warrior within. Chiropterans - powerful shape-changing creatures who need and crave blood-threaten humanity once more, and a mysterious organization called the Red Shield needs Saya's deadly sword skills and mysterious powers to aid in the fight against these beasts. As her submerged abilities begin to reawaken and as she seeks to regain her memories, Chiropteran warriors are guided by a mysterious leader to threaten Saya and her loved ones. ASUKA KATSURA's manga series successfully expands upon the original Production I.G./Aniplex feature, delivering moments of jarring violence and thrilling action in a tale that spans several centuries.

DARK HORSE COMICS

BLOOD PLUS GN #2

(W) ASUKA KATSURA (A) ASUKA KATSURA (CA) ASUKA KATSURA

Following the traces of Diva, the leader of the Chiroptera, Saya and her group make their way to Russia. But awaiting their arrival are Diva's powerful protector Chiroptera, " Chevalier." In the middle of the battle against this new threat, Saya is told a horrible truth - "It is because you are one of us." Is Saya a human, or something more sinister...? Contains 16 black and white illustrations from Blood¬+ animated series designer Chizu Hashii.

DARK HORSE COMICS

BLOOD PLUS GN #4

(W) ASUKA KATSURA (A) ASUKA KATSURA (CA) ASUKA KATSURA

In this volume, the dreadful Diva sends her Chevalier to kidnap Riku, Saya's adoptive brother, from the Red Shield's ocean-liner headquarters. New secrets from Saya's and Hagi's past lives are revealed, as their present situation gets more complicated. Finding a way to make Saya go berserk and turn into a nearly unstoppable killing machine, Diva intends to pit her against her own friends and those she seeks shelter with . . . and this is just the first step in Diva's ultimate plan to turn all humans into Chiropteran monsters! With Kai and Hagi at her side, Saya fights Diva's forces as well as her own bloodlust. While the mysteries surrounding the Red Shield have come to light, more questions and villains arise when the Cinq Fléche organization unleashes its disturbing Corpse Corps. Dark Horse Manga's Blood+ series heads into its violent, pulse-pounding home stretch!

DARK HORSE COMICS

BLOOD PLUS GN #5

(W) ASUKA KATSURA (A) ASUKA KATSURA (CA) ASUKA KATSURA

Chiropterans run wild-and Saya comes into her own as a single-minded killing machine! Three months after the demolition of Red Shield headquarters, Saya is more intent than ever to rid the globe of all Chiropterans, and she travels to New York for a bloody showdown with Diva. When Diva sings, her supernatural sounds turn humans into hellish, bloodthirsty beasts . . . and what better place to start a Chiropteran apocalypse than Carnegie Hall? Desperate to kill these monsters and put a stop to the Chiropteran threat once and for all, Saya's willing to kill her loved ones and herself to achieve this goal, and her rage will not be quenched by Hagi's presence or Kai's pleas-or by a strange declaration of love.