A young woman, code name ''Kabuki,'' struggles with her identity in near-future Japan. Working as an operative for a clandestine government agency known as ''the Noh,'' Kabuki finds herself in an institution for ''defective'' agents. Isolated, interrogated, and psychologically tormented, Kabuki's only friend is found in a mystery woman who sends her handwritten notes folded into origami animals.

This edition collects the original Kabuki volumes Skin Deep and Metamorphosis, plus a cover gallery, commentary, and new art in an easy-to-read trade paper back.