Blade & Bastard Vol. 02

Blade & Bastard Vol. 02

After losing his friends and being banished from his clan, the bandit Raraja takes on a mission from a mysterious man in a bar, only to find himself trapped deep in the dungeon with Iarumas and Garbage. What’s worse, awaiting the impromptu party is a huge gas dragon and a swarm of dragonflies! But as Raraja cowers before the terrifying foe, Iarumas delivers upon it a lightning strike bearing the name of a god…!

Series Overview: Deep in the unexplored reaches of the dungeon, a corpse is discovered. One that shouldn’t exist. After Iarumas is resurrected, his memories of life before death are gone, and he spends his days delving into the dungeon to retrieve the bodies of dead adventurers.

Can they be revived as well? Or will God reduce them to piles of ash on the altar? Either way, Iarumas collects his finder’s fee. And though his skills earn him some grudging respect, he’s also scorned for this cold, utilitarian attitude. The living keep their distance. Iarumas consorts primarily with the dead. That is until he meets Garbage, a feral young swordswoman who’s the sole survivor of a massacred party. With Garbage by his side, Iarumas ventures deeper, scouring the dungeon for clues to his past, avoiding monsters, traps, and the inevitability of a permanent ashen demise.

Biographical Notes:

Kumo Kagyu is the author behind the light novel series Goblin Slayer.

Makoto Fugetsu is best known for being the artist of Blade & Bastard, Kimi wa Shinenai Haikaburi no Majo, Re:ZERO Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Official Anthology, Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?, and Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion.

Title Notes:

A dark fantasy series based on the iconic Japanese RPG franchise Wizardry.

From the mind of the author of Goblin Slayer, Kumo Kagyu, featuring art from Makoto Fugetsu, the artist behind Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion, and using character designs from so-bin, the artist behind the Overlord light novels, Blade & Bastard brings together three talented creators to make for an amazing manga adaptation!

Blade & Bastard is a captivating read with an interesting take on dungeon crawler fantasies, and the light novel this manga adaptation is based on has been a hit with readers.