In a much darker vision of the series, Hitomi is thrust into a world of magic and technology, monsters and beast-people. Allied and opposed with some familiar doppelgangers of the characters from the TV series Hitomi must unravel the secret of her arrival and it's meaning for her and Gaea itself. Along the way discovering her ties to the giant battle-armor Escaflowne and it's enigmatic owner Van Fanel, as well as how to go back to her own world, if she can...<br />