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RUSTV RNG€LBattle 1: Reclamation 3
FIGHTING BLOODBattle 2: Awakening 31
TORN ASUNDCRBattle 3: Values 56
BCRSCftKCRS REBORNBattle 4: Resurgence 85
HCLl TRRPBattle 5: Responsibility 141
CONQUERING RNGClBattle 6: Struggle 193
THC TCRRS OF RN RNGCLBattle 7: Compassion 219
STORY and art by YUKITO KISHIRO
Translation/Fred Burke Si Sterling Bell and Matt Thorn
Touch-Up Art & Lettering/Wayne TrumanCover Design/Viz Graphics
Editors/Sato ru Fujii &Trish LedouxAssistant Editor/ToshifumiYoshida
Executive Editor/Seiji Horibuchi
Director of Sales and Marketing/Oliver Chin
Publisher/Masahiro Oga
First published as Gunnm by Shueisha Inc. in Japan
'Yukito Ki;hiroffihueisha Inc., 1934. BATTLE ANGEL AUTA is a trademark of (
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