3 X 3 EYES (Sazan Aizu), by Yuzo Takada. First published in 1987 and first published in North America in 1995.
PLOT:
Yakumo was on his way to work one day when he came across a young woman getting beat up by thugs. He fends them off, only to discover the woman, Pai, was looking for him in the first place. She delivers a skull and letter from Yakumo's father, explaining that Pai is the last of a supernatural race of people and it is up to Yakumo to keep his promise to make her human. Yakumo is skeptical at first, but after a harpy attack the two are off to Hong Kong to begin their quest.
