Eya Osamu

A new era of military entertainment begins! Year 20YX. Global warming is causing sea ice to decrease in the Arctic Ocean. The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Shiranui, on which Kaburaki, a candidate to become the next captain of the Ibuki, is dispatched to conduct research. Suddenly, a civilian research vessel is attacked by someone...! The "Shiranui" quickly uses its weapons to protect the civilian ship, but...! Who attacked it? What was the reason for the attack!

A bunch of one page panels showing member series of the "Authorized Books of Japan" official group, encouraging you to only read from legitimate/approved physical and digital official sources. Links: Alternative Official Raw - Shuppankoho (Click the blue button) Video version - YouTube

The year is 20XX, state of the world affairs is changing at a dizzying pace. This is particularly clear in the growing military strength of countries neighboring Japan. In response to a near-skirmish with China over the much-disputed Senkaku Islands, Japan launched the state-of-the-art aircraft carrier "Ibuki", equipped with the latest stealth aircrafts and formed a new fleet… Captained by an Air Self-Defense Force, Ryota Akitsu, will he able to sort out inter-service differences? And amidst this rising tension, what will be Japan's next move? From the award-winning author of "Zipang", "A Spirit of the Sun" Kaiji Kawaguchi, comes a thrilling modern geopolitical dramas of the Far East Asia. •Winner of the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award 2017, 'Best General Manga'• Note: It can be assumed that the story take places in 2014, the year of the series initial release. As mentioned in the manga; "60 years since the establishment of JSDF" (1954).

Taking place at the end of the shogunal period, the story follows Hyôma Ustugi, son of a shogun's vassal who received a military training in France. During the battle of Toba-Fushimi (1868), he met one of his opponent named Shinpachirô Murata, someone Hyoma already knew from his foreign studies…