The climactic and final volume has finally arrived! Haseo and the rest of the team manage to escape the now-ascended false god, Kazumi. However, shortly after his rise, Kazumi falls victim to The World's greatest threat yet: Cubia. Now absorbed into Cubia, Kazmumi merely seeks power as he begins the worst network crisis the planet has ever faced. Even with Aina speaking as Aura's oracle and guiding our heroes to the final showdown, they seem to be running out of hope...unless they get help from a familiar face!

Shugo
14-year-old Shugo always assumed RPG's were overly complicated games that someone like him could never understand. When his sister invites him to play the mega-popular MMORPG 'The World,' Shugo is instantly hooked. Inside 'The World,' Shugo plays as the avatar 'Kite,' one of the legendary .hackers. After a rough start, he and his sister find themselves on a quest to save 'The World.' As an adventurer Shugo is impulsive and inexperienced, but he makes up for it with his heart.

Rena
Shugo's twin sister, Rena won the 'avatars' of the legendary .hackers which she and her brother now use inside the MMORPG 'The World.' She plays as 'Black Rose,' and unlike her brother, she picks up on the nuances of online gaming pretty quickly.

Tatsuya Hamazaki is the author of several Gundam manga, as well as the several One Piece novelizations. .hack//LEGEND OF THE TWILIGHT marks his first collaboration with artist Rei Izumi.

Rei Izumi is the artist of .hack//LEGEND OF THE TWILIGHT, currently serialized in Kadokawa's 'Computeek' magazine.