Asato Asato

A new "86 -Eighty Six-" series spin-off set on the stage of the "Galactic Navigating Battleship San Magnolia"! To protect that ship and its people from their enemy, an army known as the Legion, the Handlers (Magical Girls) along with their partners the Eighty-Six (Guardian Spirits) run through the cosmos!And so, the battle of the Magical Girl Lena is about to begin...!

Fragmented Neotenia is a manga adaptation of short stories that tells about lost battles, through which the boy's eyes gradually fade and finally die.

"Eighty-Six"... It is a derogatory term for people of color who used to live in the Republic of San Magnolia. They were stripped of their human rights simply because they were colored, forced into battle to fight mechanical weapons called the Legion developed by other countries, and died inhumanely... The survivor of that war, Shin, moves to the neighboring Federation of Giad and fights the Legion in this war action story! Why did he choose to fight again after escaping the oppression of the Republic?!

This spin-off of the “86 -Eighty Six-” series takes place in the world where none of the tragic events occurred and the war never happened. Shin, Lena and other characters are enjoying their normal high school life akin to the one in Japan.

The Republic of San Magnolia has long been under attack from the neighboring Giadian Empire's army of unmanned drones known as the Legion. After years of painstaking research, the Republic finally developed autonomous drones of their own, turning the one-sided struggle into a war without casualties—or at least, that's what the government claims.In truth, there is no such thing as a bloodless war. Beyond the fortified walls protecting the eighty-five Republic territories lies the "nonexistent" Eighty-Sixth Sector. The young men and women of this forsaken land are branded the Eighty-Six and, stripped of their humanity, pilot the "unmanned" weapons into battle…Links:Offical English Translation of the Light Novel