I absolutely love this series! Ai is such an interesting character. I've always been a fan of the darker/odd ball/weird cartoons/anime's and so forth. I remember being a kid, up late at night after my mom went to bed just to watch Late Night Liquid MTV so I could watch Spawn, Eon Flux, The Max, The Head, Heavy Metal, Rock and Rule, and other odd ball cartoons/anime's. The list goes on. One of the very first ones I saw was Robot Carnival. The one that got me hooked was Neon Genesis Evangelion. Once again though the list goes on. I've seen so many! Glad this was one of them all thanks to my ex who bought me volumes 1-6. :D