86 Eighty-Six (Novel) Vol. 12. Winner of the 23rd annual Dengeki Novel Prize!
The Republic’s evacuation resulted in massive casualties on both sides, and the fallout takes a toll on everyone. As Shin muses on what it means to be a leader, Lena thinks of her homeland, now lost to her forever. Frederica, too, is dismayed by her own powerlessness as the ill-fated Empire’s last Empress―she’ll have to change if she wants to survive. Meanwhile, discontent is brewing within the Empire, and a few disaffected squadrons, desperate to reverse the state of the war, reach for a dangerous miracle…
Biographical Notes:
Asato Asato is Japanese novelist known for her work “86 Eighty-Six”. She started writing novels just before she entered junior high school.
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Winner of the 23rd annual Dengeki Novel Prize, one of the most prestigious honors within the light novel sphere; Re:ZERO was similarly a winner in this category.
86-EIGHTY-SIX was adapted into an anime that began airing on April 2021. That anime has become one of the most popular light novel adaptations of the past few years.
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