In the dark and distant future, Armageddon has given rise to an eternal war between the humans, lead by the Vatican, and the Methuselah Empire, the domain of the vampires! A plot to assassinate the Methuselah Emperor is revealed at last, but it's not Radu who is accused of the crime-Ion, Esther and company are suddenly the main suspects! Astharoshe struggles with her own immortality, and how feelings of loyalty and love can change over the course of centuries. Meanwhile, Deitrich has yet another cruel twist of fate in store for his beloved Esther... -- VIZ Media

Post Armageddon: a new war has emerged, and a different breed now walks the Earth. 'Methuselah' is what they call themselves - to Humans they are known as 'Vampires'. It is under these dire circumstances that Sister Esther Blanchett meets Father Abel Nightroad, and together, they embark on a mission to save humanity, or what's left of it.

A clumsy teen girl finds acceptance and a potential romance on her high school’s newest sports team in this charming manga series opener. Welcome to America’s newest and most popular sport: Rhysmyth! Featuring one-on-one dance battles atop a hi-tech glass court grid, when the music hits, you and your opponent dance across a digital minefield for the glory of being the most stylish Rhysmyther! High school student Elena is looking for a little something extra to beef up her college applications. When she is thrust into the fast-paced world of Rhysmyth, she begins to get her groove on. But is Elena truly ready for the rivalry . . . and romance? Praise for Rhysmyth, Vol. 1 “When both the writing and art fire on both barrels, however, you have a great read on your hands, and that’s the case with Rhysmyth. . . . I can see this book finding a welcome audience among young women, particularly if they’re avid gamers.” —IGN.com

Christianity has been in Japan for five centuries, but embraced by less than one percent of the population. It’s a complicated relationship, given the sudden appearance in Japan of Renaissance Catholicism which was utterly unlike the historic faiths of Shinto and Buddhism; Japan had to invent a word for “religion” since Japan did not share the west’s reliance on faith in a personal God. Japan’s views of this “outsider” religion resemble America’s view of the “outsider” Islamic faith. Understanding this through the book Orientalism by Edward Said, Patrick Drazen samples depictions of Christianity in the popular Japanese media of comics and cartoons. The book begins with the work of postwar comics master Tezuka Osamu, with results that range from the comic to the revisionist to the blasphemous and obscene.

Sister Esther joins forces with the warriors of the Vatican, but begins to suspect the relationship between Cardinal Caterina and Abel is not on the up-and-up.