Noir

9 Souls: A gang of misfits break free from jail leaving a trail of mayhem in a land that is crueler for being comic. Bullet Ballet: His girlfriend's suicide sparks an average man's willful descent into a whirlpool of violence. The Guard from Underground: The gigantic security guard at Akiko's new place of work has a permanent solution for keeping the offices secure... brutal murder!

From the mid-1950s to the early 1970s, wild, idiosyncratic crime movies were the brutal and boisterous business of Nikkatsu, the oldest film studion in Japan. This bruised and bloody collection represents a standout cross section of the nimble nasties Nikkatsu had to offer and contains I Am Waiting, Rusty Knife, Take Aim At The Police Van, Cruel Gun Story, and A Colt is My Passport.

A cryptic message. A mysterious organization. A girl with a missing past. These are triggers that launch professional hit woman Mireille Bouquet into the ultimate odyssey of death and vengeance. Joining forces with Yuumura Kirika, a young girl with deadly skills and a forgotten identity, Mireille finds herself thrust into a secret world where the only law is kill or be killed.

The beautiful and renowned assassin Mireille Bouquet receives a mysterious e-mail beckoning her to "make a pilgrimage to the past, with me." Intrigued by the cryptic message, and the hauntingly familiar music box melody attached to it, Mireille travels to Japan to meet the source of the email: one Kirika Yuumura. Together the two unite to form the assassin duo known as "Noir," in search of Kiriki's hidden memories and the truth to Mireille's past...

In a place forgotten by time, the darkest ritual of the Soldats has begun. At long last, all of the mysteries that set Mireille and Kirika on their journey have been answered. However, there is one question that has yet to be decided: who will live and who will die? Four deadly women come together for the ultimate battle in the seventh and final volume of NOIR.

Mireille makes a living killing as an international assassin. Kirika is an amnesiac with uncanny speed and stealth. Under the codename Noir, these two young mistresses of semi-automatics and improvised weapons track and execute criminal syndicates across the globe as they hunt for clues to their connected pasts - but it is they who are actually being hunted.