Alita must construct a team of elite players in order to challenge Emperor Jasugun, champion of motorball: Caligula Armbrust, Aydakatti the Destroyer, Zafal Takie the Crimson Wind, and the ultimate black sheep, Tiegel ... While she prepares for her greatest challenge yet, Jasugun is trapped in his own battle against fate. It all comes down to Alita's Panzer Kunst vs. Jasugun's Maschine Kratz. And in the midst of battle at the extreme limit of possibility, Alita catches a glimpse of her long-lost past ... The "Motorball" arc reaches its incredible conclusion!!

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 find: 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 as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?

Own the manga thrill ride that changed global comics and inspired the James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's cyberpunk action film Alita: Battle Angel! This new paperback edition features an updated translation in six affordable, 300-page volumes. Contains chapters 10-17 of Battle Angel Alita. 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 find: 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 as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?

A FIREFIGHT ACROSS THE GENERATION GAP! Nanotechnology made humanity immortal, and the resulting population explosion pushed the Solar System’s resources to the breaking point. As a result, new births are banned and even the planets’ disparate governments cooperate to annihilate any children already born. With the tournament looming, Alita and her comrades find themselves caught between a spacefaring refuge for young innocents and a bloodthirsty mob intent on killing the children for sport!

YOKO’S TRUTH Alita and Erica escape Gillatin unscathed, but end up in the hands of Duke Marquis, who intends to install Alita as the new Lady of Cydonia for his own nefarious purposes. But a hitch in the Ritual of Succession unfolds into a shocking revelation as the secret origin of Yoko, the girl who will one day become Alita, is revealed at last!

Alita storms Nova's laboratory alone, where she learns the horrifying secret of the Zalemites. When she gets trapped in Nova's Ouroboros brain-trap, it turns into a battle of wills. Meanwhile, Den sieges the Scrapyard without his feared cannon. With each side battered, bruised, and near the end of the line, what will be the ultimate fate of our warriors?! At long last, the conclusion to Battle Angel Alita, the classic of sci-fi manga!!

Back with Ido again, life appears peaceful for Alita--until she learns that her former bounty-hunting companion Zapan is now a wanted man seeking unfair vengeance against her! Ido, meanwhile, follows the trail of transactions surrounding Alita's old Berserker body to the exiled Zalemite scientist Desty Nova. When Nova gives Zapan the body, it turns him into a demon sowing chaos everywhere. The "Zapan" arc is chock-full of rage, love, and pathos!!

Following her parting with Figure Four, Alita starts a new life as a TUNED agent with new powers. As she travels the desert, she's reunited with Koyomi, meets the eccentric blind psychometrist, Kaos--and comes into contact at last with Den, terrifying leader of Barjack. What is Alita's past, that Kaos claims to see? What is the purpose of the Barjack Rebellion, which spreads like wildfire?! As the cast expands, the "Barjack" arc reaches its most explosive point yet!!

MADNESS IN MULTIPLES In the depths of Melchizedek, Alita inches closer to recovering her dear friend’s brain but not before she is greeted by Mbadi and a rather duplicitous Desty Nova doppleganger. Meanwhile, Sechs and the other members of the Space Angels make their way through ZOTT, where Sechs comes to face a universally renowned Space Karate master in a show of technique, toughness and…thumbs?