X - Seven -TV Series- Vol. 7-

Amazon.com Familiar characters manifest new powers as this apocalyptic fantasy builds towards its climax. Princess Hinoto, who has never left her art-nouveau nest beneath the Diet building, suddenly appears as a phoenix-like entity to warn Sorata during a battle. He summons a supernatural being to protect Arashi. Although he's badly injured in the fray, it establishes the emotional bond between him and Arashi, which they seal with "another first." Karen and Yuto square off in a deadly duel that leaves both the Dragons of the Earth and the Dragons of Heaven down to five players each. Satsuki tries to rescue Yuto, but the elaborate machinery she's linked to revolts. While all this is going on, Clamp's trademark snowstorm of CG feathers continues to fall everywhere, like the snow in Joyce's "The Dead." (Rated 16 and older: violence, minor profanity, grotesque imagery, tobacco use, suggested sexual situations) --Charles Solomon