Texhnolyze’s third volume, spanning episodes nine through twelve, continue to follow Ichise’s journey through the dark corridors of Lukuss and the political factions and individuals that continue to manipulate it. A strange, disturbing series of events leads to a shakeup within the ranks of the Organo, and Ichise finds himself indebted to its young leader, Onishi. At the same time, the young girl Ran continues to watch everything, knowing and already dreading the inevitable outcome.

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The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eyes, produced by Xebec and distributed in the US by The Right Stuf, introduces us to a version of Earth ruled by desert sands and with its population ravaged by wars in the far past. Under the rule and watch of a species known as The Third, jack-of-all-trades Honoka does her best to get by, unaware that a young man she rescues seems to be one of their targets…

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Texhnolyze continues in its second volume, covering episodes five through eight, and slowly gives its viewers a clearer picture of the true undercurrents pulling the strings in Lukuss, as well as how Ichise begins to come into play amidst its warring factions. Still somehow both utterly breathtaking and horrifying at once, Texhnolyze remains a difficult watch, determined to explore the nuances of despair and pain as viscerally as it can–but is ultimately rewarding to those willing to let themselves be captured in its dark world.

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From much of the team that brought Serial Experiments Lain into fruition, Texhnolyze is a dark, surreal, disturbing look into the dystopia of Lukuss–an underground city divided amongst itself due to the process of Tehxnolyzation, or the substitution of lost limbs with artificial appendages. In the first volume, we are introduced to the story of Ichise, a boxer faced with the loss of both his right arm and left leg, and how he slowly begins to be dragged into the conflict amongst the warring factions of the city.

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