Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle, Vol. 6 by Yukito Kishiro

 Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle, Vol. 6 by Yukito Kishiro-200 pages

The story continues with even more shocking revelations. Yoko's origin is not what is previously thought. No, she was a Masketoma of someone else who was given life and a mechanical body to go along with her living brain. She was not a Masketoma of Lady Kagura and, therefore, she can't be named as Lady of Cydonia since she is not of that line. Erica continues down a dark path and Baron Muster's plan of vengeance comes to its epic conclusion. I await volume 7 which, alas, will not be published until next spring. 

Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle, Vol. 5 by Yukito Kishiro

 Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle, Vol. 5 by Yukito Kishiro-176 pages

We learn how Baron Muster came to be the villain he is today in this volume. Also, we learn how he was betrayed by the Lady of Cydonia and those who he thought were his friends. We learn how Muster used to be called Itall and how he got the Masketomas. Additionally, the reader learns that Yoko was a Masketoma of Lady Kagura of Cydonia and that is why she needs prosthetics for much of her body. We learn the utter depravity and pain that Itall endured to ultimately become Baron Muster. This volume is mostly back story of Baron Muster. I eagerly await reading the next volume. 

Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle, Vol. 4 by Yukito Kishiro

 Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle, Vol. 4 by Yukito Kishiro-200 pages

In this volume, Erica continues under Baron Muster's tutelage. They continue their search for the Great Treasure of Mars, which Baron Muster thinks is the immortality potion. Muster needs the potion because he is mortally ill. The reader also learns more about Baron Muster's origin and how he came to be in possession of the Golden Cane. Baron Muster and Erica find the treasure and thwart a plot to kill them by a supposed slave/captive. However, is the treasure really the immortality potion or is it something else? Meanwhile, Yoko/Alita and her mother are in Cydonia and someone powerful wants to install Alita as the Lady of Cydonia, but only so he can take the power for himself.