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In this story, sky dolls are sentient robots made for a multitude of jobs-- mainly for the pleasure of males. Papathea, the planet the story begins in, is entirely dominated by a Theocracy that keeps power by a mix of manipulation of the masses, fake miracles and an iron rule. Oh, and by double standards: women on this planet are mostly oppressed and forced to conform to an impossible ideal of chastity but men are allowed to "sin" without guilt as long as it's with the dolls.

So far books 1-3 have been released in French, Spanish, Danish, Japanese and English by Marvel comics, though Heavy Metal Magazine published all three books in a single issue about a year before the announcement. [[Development Hell|The fourth issue, Sudra, is about five years overdue as well.]] Two volumes of short stories have been published; ''Space Ship Collection'' and ''Lacrima Christi'', the first being a prequel about Noa's life before the story began, and the other being a bunch of side stories.

 

* [[Art Evolution]]: Quite noticeable on the small parts made for the space ship collection and Lacrima Christi.

* [[Author Filibuster]]: Someone's got a problem with church and state not being separated, or with a church's power gone berserk. It's the tyrannical Ludovica who's apparently the big problem, and a significant population wants the more moderate vanished Papessa Agape to come back. There was a lot of such business way back in Ye Middle Agese, with occasionally-epic pope/antipope fights between factions. See the Medici family and the Borgia family. Both authors have spoken about their huge dislike of organized religion, and in recent issues it has been revealed that {{spoiler|Agape was no saint, and probably even more monstrous than Ludovica in her personal life.}} Also, the treatment regime on Aqua is a not-so-subtle dig at Scientology's similar shenanigans.