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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

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