The Orphan (9-12). This third volume takes Rai in an interesting direction, as we suddenly get a Heavy Metal-like journey across a post-apocalyptic landscape. Meanwhile, we get an increasing number of connections to VH-E history and continued politics aboard New Japan. But it's the ending that really knocks it out of the park. Yowza! Best volume of the series, and clearly what Kindt was building toward [8+/10].