Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga volume 20 features story and art by Yasuo Ohtagaki.

Operation Maitreya begins! Sojo Levan Fu has at last assembled his forces - an army of Psycho Zakus led by Daryl Lorenz - for the battle to seize the Solar Ray weapon. In a twist of irony, Io Fleming and his comrades in the Earth Federation fleet now head for Side 3 - the Republic of Zeon - to defend it from the Nanyang Alliance. With everyone equipped with the very latest in mobile suit technology, and using powerful and shocking Newtype abilities, the looming conflict promises to be costly for both sides...

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga volume 21 features story and art by Yasuo Ohtagaki.

The forces of Levan Fu's Nanyang Alliance have control of the Solar Ray and are moving it into position. By clouding the minds of the Federation’s Konpei Island fleet personnel with his Newtype powers, Levan Fu has misdirected the Federation in order to attack the Zeon colonies. The Beehive II is now the only Federation unit able to intercept. Bianca launches a desperate mission to take out the BYG-ZAM, and old enemies Daryl Lorenz and Io Fleming cross swords once again...

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga volume 22 features story and art by Yasuo Ohtagaki.

Believing that the path to paradise requires the destruction of Anaheim Electronics, Sojo Levan Fu and his fanatic warrior monks go all out to seize the Solar Ray. Whoever controls the massive weapon will decide the outcome of the ferocious battle between the Earth Federation and the Nanyang Alliance. But even with his Newtype powers, Levan Fu cannot foresee all possibilities as a terrifying new threat emerges. The Sojo's dream is to lead humanity into a peaceful future, but war is the only way to get there.

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga volume 23 features story and art by Yasuo Ohtagaki.

Even though Sojo Levan Fu's assault force has captured the Solar Ray's command center, there's no stopping the countdown to the massive weapon being fired. On board the BIG-ZAM, Karla Mitchum has completely lost herself in the madness of the incessant carnage all around her. Now with total control over the Solar Ray, she no longer needs the Sojo's Newtype powers and is free to wreak her vengeance on the fleeing citizens of Side 3 - and she may not stop there. Out in the maelstrom of battle, Daryl and Io both make separate but shocking discoveries about Sojo Levan Fu that no one but Director Humphries could have foreseen…