Rain Jewlitt, known as the Methuselah, is a spaced-out, immortal, 624-year-old man dressed in priest's clothes. He's got eternal youth and a large price on his head ... put there by those questing after the secret of his immortality.

Machika Balfaltin is a tomboyish, energetic 14-year-old girl who, upon the death of her grandfather, sets out to kill Methuselah, the one bounty her assassin grandfather, Zol the Grim Reaper, couldn't kill. Instead, however, Machika ends up being saved by Rain again and again from other aspiring bounty hunters attacking them both.

Sound like the beginnings of an odd relationship? You won't believe where their journey takes them ...

Kaori Ozaki
Kaori Ozaki's first series to appear in the monthly anthology Wings was the two-volume Piano no Ue no Tenshi, beginning in 1997. She quickly followed it up with Immortal Rain (which was published in Japan as Meteor Methuselah) in the same magazine in 1999.

Machika Balfaltin
A bounty hunter following in the footsteps of her grandfather, who lost his life while attempting to collect the bounty on one Rain Jewlitt.

Rain Jewlitt
The Methuselah. 624 years old, with a bounty on his head because everyone wants the secret of his immortality. He travels, playing the violin (so badly that the heaven's weep).

Sharem
Works for a corporation that is trying to develop biological weapons. Somewhat insane ever since her son was killed.

Freya
Rain's beloved before he was made immortal. Since her murder, Rain has been carrying and playing her violin. It is his most treasured possession.

Yuca
Both Rain's friend and his nemesis. May hold the secret to his immortality.