Desert Punk

October 6, 2004

Desert Punk’s got two vices: money and babes. Today both are on the line, as he tears apart the Kawazu Gang. But after a bait-and-switch, he’ll have to salvage his reputation.

October 13, 2004

When Desert Punk discovers that he and the fierce Rain Spider are after the same guy, tempers begin to boil. With egos like these, who knows what’ll happen.

October 20, 2004

After taking a job from Junko, Desert Punk learns he’ll have to work with the Machine Gun Brothers and face the most powerful force in the entire desert - Fire Dragon Kong.

October 27, 2004

Before Desert Punk can get in his first practice round with his awesome new M40, he finds himself targeted by the infamous Shimmer Sniper.

November 3, 2004

Before Desert Punk can get in his first practice round with his awesome new M40, he finds himself targeted by the infamous Shimmer Sniper.

November 10, 2004

A lust for revenge - and Mariko - keeps Desert Punk’s spirits alive as he traverses the endless sands to his final, humiliating destiny.

November 17, 2004

Things are looking brighter now that Desert Punk has a new apprentice. But will Kosuna become a killer mercenary? Or will she just send Desert Punk’s reputation further down the toilet?

November 24, 2004

After Desert Punk and Kosuna are hired to blow up the supposedly cursed Inumeiwa Rock, they begin to think the curse might be real. Everything that could go wrong goes wrong. Sometimes twice.

December 1, 2004

Punk and his apprentice head to a desolate city with Junko and Kaizuka. Deep within the ruins, a menacing sentinel awaits. Will they join the other souls in the Treasure Hunter’s graveyard?

December 8, 2004

Something dubious is afoot when a legendary treasure hunter hires Desert Punk to help him retrieve a ghost town’s fortune.

December 15, 2004

Desert Punk takes Junko prisoner and stashes her away in a top-secret hideout. After she knocks the exit code out of his memory, they may not get out of the tin can alive.

December 22, 2004

Desert Punk’s been hired to rescue a kidnapped young girl, but she’s more of a handful than he hoped. And with the legendary Night Mist right on his tail, escape won’t come easy.

December 29, 2004

With an official IOU from Stryker, Desert Punk might finally land the big stack of dough he’s always longed for - until a gang of creeps comes and messes it all up. It’s a dog eat dog world.

January 19, 2005

Kosuna’s out to arm herself to the teeth after a brush with death. An old arms dealer teaches her a thing or two about Desert Punk and the ways of survival in the Great Kanto Desert.

January 26, 2005

Desert Punk and the Machine Gun Brothers go on a very important mission - hauling human feces across the desert. While the boys complain about their load, an old enemy waits to attack.

February 2, 2005

Desert Punk discovers that the load of crap he’s hauling is a weapon of mass destruction. When Rain Spider’s men attack, Desert Punk’s plan might kill everyone for miles around.

February 9, 2005

Junko and Desert Punk are on the run from a sniper who’s sporting a state-of-the-art desert suit. There’s nowhere to hide and the mysterious man on their tail isn’t giving up.

February 16, 2005

Desert Punk’s trying to get Junko back after she’s kidnapped by Tech. But all three end up on the same side of a fight against a group of armed mercenaries.

February 23, 2005

After Desert Punk teams up with the Machine Gun Brothers to find missing Natsuko, Ikeda takes them to a top-secret tunnel that holds many treasures.

March 2, 2005

Desert Punk realizes that Stryker, Natsuko, and many others are all part of the Underground Mercenaries, a group bent on overthrowing the government. Punk has only one thing in mind—saving his own hide.

March 9, 2005

With Desert Punk dead, it is up to Kosuna to take his place when the Kawazu Gang returns.

March 16, 2005

Kosuna is hired to guard a secret meeting of the Underground Mercenaries Union.

March 23, 2005

Kosuna accepts a new job from Natsuko, this time to guard a secret laboratory. On the way there, they see a mysterious cloud appearing on the horizon.

March 30, 2005

With the thought of Kanta being dead quickly erased from her mind, Kosuna sets out to prove herself as a true mercenary one last time against her old master. Kanta reveals that Kaizuka may not be all that he seems to be, and the Underground Mercenaries are destroyed. Kosuna chooses to forget about her past and Desert Punk, knowing that is the only way she can truly become Kanto Desert's greatest power babe.