Saving the world is hard. Saving yourself is even harder.Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Zearth's surviving pilots make a promise to each other: they'll never break down, they'll never cry, and no one's to blame. Yet after Maki's battle breaks open the core of her opponent a frightening discovery may test their new resolve. Inside, the children come upon a terrible shock—the truth about who they're being driven to destroy.

Mohiro Kitoh was born in 1966 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His manga debut, Vandemiere no Tsubasa (Vandemiere's Wings) was published in 1995. Other works include Shadow Star (Narutaru), Kakutoshi no Yume (Hallucination from the Womb), and Zansho--A Collection of Short Stories.