Yamagata Ishio

The Majin, sealed away asleep, wakes periodically to destroy the world. Six heroes, marked by a flower crest, are each time chosen by the God of Fate to stop him. Adlet Mayer, self-proclaimed "strongest man on earth", is one of them. But when he meets with the other heroes, there appears to be a traitor amongst them.

In a world where deceased people turn into stone-like books and are stored in the Bantorra Library, anyone who reads a book can learn its past. Bantorra Library is maintained by the Armed Librarians, who wield supernatural abilities, and their enemy is a psychotic cult known as Shindeki Church. As the story progresses it presents a world of sorrow and pain, and the unfairness and frugality of life, as well as personal desires. However, in each arc there is also a small underlying hope, and more of the reasons, conspiracies, and secrets are revealed behind everything. It is about a specific overall history in time of Bantorra Library and its people. Each character dies a sorrowful yet meaningful death, and each death will open paths to a small ray of hope in the world, which also reveals a part of a secret to the reader.