A thrilling new series about cybernetic girls KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! Nene and Clarion have settled in with Nene’s aunt Takumi, a reclusive genius with an interest in Nene’s education-and in what makes Clarion tick. As for Nene, she wants nothing more than to find ways to help people, but she wants to do it with her own skills, not with borrowed power from Clarion and the Pandora Device, But between power grid problems, opportunistic thieves, and the mysterious forces at work on the island of Cenancle, using the Pandora Device may be Nene’s only option! Masamune Shirow is a Japanese manga author and artist best known as the creator of Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed , and has done many illustrated artwork collections published by Dark Horse Comics. Ridukou Koushi is a Japanese manga author and artist best known as the creator of Excel Saga .