I used part of that first paycheck I mentioned to buy vol.3 of the manga, which just came out. Honestly, I've been planning to do that since about Feb., though. This is the volume that introduces Rio-chan. (Did I mention she's awesome?) I almost bought the Viridian box set, as well, but stopped myself just in time. ^^ The library has the whole series.
I don't know if my scanner's working, or I'd be tempted to picspam you all. Onemanga.com has the whole thing, though, so I'm still tempted. XD I collected a few artbook scans from
spiral_icontest's link list, though, so I might make some icons.
Okay, I'm going to leave you with one. ^^ This is my favorite title page image in the series.
This is from the chapter where the three of them face off against Kanone Hilbert. It's awesome because it is, I believe, the first time Hiyo-Hiyo and the Blade Children are on the same side.
Not in this picture are Madoka, Ayumu's badass detective sister-in-law, and Kirie, the Watcher who keeps tabs on Hizumi and seems to have communications channels open with both Kiyoataka and Eyes.
Kanone is Spiral's gift to women, actually. He brings out the badass in Rio, Ryoko, Hiyono and Madoka, and is directly responsible for Kirie's intro. ^_^ More later.