Shingo Honda: 77 books

TACHIKAWA, TOKYO. AKIRA TAKASHIRO IS A NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO IS DEVOTED TO PLAYING BASKETBALL. IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON A DAY THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE LIKE ANY OTHER, A GIGANTIC EARTHQUAKE SUDDENLY STRIKES THE CITY. THERE IN THE SCHOOL RUBBLE, AKIRA WITNESSES A MOUNTAIN OF DEAD BODIES...AND...

THE "KING'S" SEAL HAS FINALLY BEEN LIFTED DUE TO TAKESHIGE’S RAMPAGE. WHAT IS THE FULL PICTURE OF THIS OVERWHELMING ENTITY?! AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR MANKIND?!

DESPITE THE MULTITUDES OF VICTIMS, MIKU AND HER COMPANIONS SOMEHOW BREAK OUT OF SHINJUKU. HOWEVER, THE FIGHTING HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON SHIRASAKI. WHAT ARE THEY TO DO WHEN SHE SUDDENLY COLLAPSES...?!

AT LAST THEY HAVE INFILTRATED THE "HIGH TOWER" OF THE GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE COUNTRY? AND WHERE IS AKIRA?

HAVING SUCCESSFULLY ESCAPED THE UNDERGROUND FACILITY, MIO MAKES HER WAY TO THE SURFACE FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT THE DREAM THAT FILLED HER HEART LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE DEVASTATED CITYSCAPE OF OSAKA, NOW RULED BY THE MONSTERS THAT STRUT ABOUT. A DUMBFOUNDED MIO STANDS STOCK STILL AND THREE MYSTERIOUS ARMORED FIGURES APPEAR IN FRONT OF HER…

THE GOVERNMENT SENT IN THREE WARPED ARMORED SOLDIERS.WITH THEIR INHUMAN PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES, THEY OVERPOWER THE LARGE CREATURES. HOWEVER, SUDDENLY THEY WAGE AN ATTACK ON CIVILIANS. THE ASSASSIN’S DAGGER IS LOOMING EVER CLOSER TO SHIRASAKI! DEATH IS IMMINENT IN THIS CITY-STYLE MONSTER PANIC!

STEPPING AWAY FROM THE ACT IN TACHIKAWA AND LEAVING BEHIND THE AFTERTASTE OF DISASTER...TO FINALLY FIND OUT HOW THAT CERTAIN CHARACTER IS CAUGHT IN THIS CYCLE OF UNCONTROLLABLE NIGHTMARES. THUS BEGINS AN IMPRESSIVE NEW CHAPTER IN THE URBAN MONSTER PANIC!

MIKU AND KENJI SURVIVED THE ATTACKS ON ODAIBA BY THE GARGANTUAN CREATURES AND BARELY ESCAPED THANKS TOTHE HELP OF A FEW OTHERS. HOWEVER, AS THE SURVIVORS HEADFOR SHINJUKU, ATHROBBINGEARTHQUAKEFROM HELL AWAITS THEIR ARRIVAL.

THE SMALL-TYPE CREATURE BROUGHT FROM TACHIKAWA IS WREAKING HAVOC! HAS IT FINALLY FUSED WITH A HUMAN...?! AND WHAT TERROR IS LOOMING EVEN CLOSER?!

MIO AND AKIRA REUNITE AT OSAKA CASTLE. HOWEVER, THE REUNION WAS FAR FROM TOUCHING. AKIRA HAD ABANDONED HIS FAMILY. MIO’S FURY REACHES ITS PEAK!! THE WORST FIGHT EVER BETWEEN FATHER AND DAUGHTER ERUPTS!! AND THE "TOWER OF THE SUN" MAKES ITS ARTISTIC COMBAT DEBUT!!

THE LAST OF THE ATROCITIES IN PART ONE HAS PASSED. NOW, THE CURTAIN HAS LIFTED FOR THE EVEN MORE SHOCKING PART TWO, TAKING PLACE WEST OF TOKYO IN OSAKA, WHERE OMINOUS MURDER CASES HAVE STRUCK THE TOWN! A GLUM YET STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL NAMED "MIO TAKASHIRO" IS SUSPECTED, BUT WHAT SECRET IS SHE HIDING?!

MIO SETS OUT FOR "ABENO HARUKUS" WITH THREE ACQUAINTANCES SHE MET IN THE UNDERGROUND ARCADE BENEATH UMEDA TO FIND A WAY OF REVIVING HER BELOVED YOUNGER BROTHER. HOWEVER, THEY MUST PASS THROUGH A DEN OF COUNTLESS MONSTERS IN DOTONBORI TO REACH THAT PLACE. NANIWA IS MORE SINISTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE, WHERE CRAZINESS AND VIOLENCE IS ACCELERATED!!

AFTER OVERCOMING NUMEROUS DIFFICULTIES, THE CREW REACHES THE RUINS OF THE HIGHEST SKYSCRAPER IN JAPAN, ABENO HARUKUS. IT IS A PLACE TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT OSAKA AND WHERE PEOPLE GATHER, BUT WHAT IS THE TRUE FORM OF THIS SAFE HAVEN’S RULING GROUP "LUCILIA...?"

STEPPING AWAY FROM THE ACT IN TACHIKAWA AND LEAVING BEHIND THE AFTERTASTE OF DISASTER...TO FINALLY FIND OUT HOW THAT CERTAIN CHARACTER IS CAUGHT IN THIS CYCLE OF UNCONTROLLABLE NIGHTMARES. THUS BEGINS AN IMPRESSIVE NEW CHAPTER IN THE URBAN MONSTER PANIC!