MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THE ORIGIN MSD Cucuruz Doan's Island 5

The final battle is here! The epic spinoff of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN concludes in this moving, action-packed volume.

Vasily reunites with Calca and Hjal Mar for the decisive battle of A Baoa Qu, their showdown with the implacable Black Gundam playing out against a backdrop of chaos as the Zeon leadership turns against itself. Such matters of state mean little to the confused soldiers on the frontlines, however, forcing the question: What is worth fighting for? Love? Family? Comrades? The revelation of the truth behind Cucuruz Doan’s desertion provides one answer, at least, and brings much-needed solace to his former unit as the war finally comes to an end…

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