Fantasy Inbound

The world is in peril. Legends live, fairy tales walk, and fantasies become reality, threatening to turn Earth into a waking nightmare. When the flames of war reach Japan’s shores, the vestiges of a shattered nation fail to protect what remains of its people against an unknown enemy, and all seems lost. Those left behind and those that failed to flee now live in scattered communities among the remnants of a better time. Yu Ichinose is just another survivor, a quiet, scrawny middle-schooler trying to get by. That is, until he finds his fate bound to a mysterious, elvish girl who seems to hold the key to hope. Now, the time has come to stand and take up the sword against sorcery. To become the hero who saves the world. The time has come to awaken the Asura Frame.

Yu Ichinose opens his eyes to find that he and Ein have been taken prisoner. Strangely, their captor is more a host than an executioner. Quldald, after all, is not one to let his guests leave unentertained. Meanwhile, Ijuin, Aliya, and Natsuki have reached the floating city, Nayuta, only to find that power struggles and interracial conflict roil beneath the paradise’s surface. Amidst this tension, the young Devicer is faced with a dilemma. The responsibility that comes with power is a crushing weight upon his shoulders, and Yu struggles to endure the pressure. Does he really have what it takes to be Number Three? Can he sacrifice his ideals for the greater good?

Leo Makishima, the enigmatic Devicer Seven, only cares about one thing: power. And he’ll do whatever it takes to get it. His blind ambition, however, makes him the perfect target for the archmages’ machinations, and Quldald of the Whirlwind has the perfect use for the troubled boy. Likewise, the Japanese government is desperate to resurrect their greatest weapon—Devicer Three. Meanwhile, the crew arrives in Indonesia to investigate a dormant Asura and a mysterious power sleeping within Aliya. There, they meet Devicer Five, a prickly girl by the name of Zhou Xueli who’s looking to build an elite team to end the war once and for all. In particular, her eyes are set upon Devicer Three and the key she’s been looking for—a Replicant. Everyone wants something, and Yu Ichinose seems to have it. To what lengths they’re willing to go to take it, he doesn’t know, but he’ll have to be ready to do anything to defend those he cares about. Even if it means fighting a fellow Devicer.