After saving a young girl from a terrible accident, Koichi Higashi unfortunately finds himself hospitalized, between life and death. He owes his salvation to the Eith, a strange artifact that gives him the power to transform himself into a "Machine" with uncommon abilities. Very quickly, confronted with a dark international organization, he will take the measure of the power he has inherited.
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Note: Includes a prologue.</i>

Murdered by criminals, Detective Yokoda's body is retrieved by Professor Tani and taken to his laboratory. There, Tani performs an experiment that has failed seven times; Yokoda is the latest subject to have his life force transferred into an android body. For the first time, the experiment succeeds. Yokoda is reborn as the armor-skinned android 8 Man, able to dash at impossible speeds, as well as shape-shift into other people. He shifts himself into Yokoda, this time christening himself as "Hachiro Azuma". He keeps this identity a secret, known only to Tani and his police boss Chief Tanaka. Even his girlfriend Sachiko and friend Ichiro do not know he is an android. As 8-Man, Hachiro fights crime (even bringing his murderers to justice).

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