This sixth and final chapter of the Akira series marks the apotheosis of the fight between Kaneda, Kei and their friends and the terrible Tetsuo who no longer has anything human. It is Tetsuo's henchmen who bear the brunt of their master's uncontrollable power, before the latter attacks the American armed forces and the scientists responsible for eliminating him. Philosophical questions about life, death, humanity and friendship nourish this final volume from which hope is not completely absent either.