Tatakau Shisho


Tatakau Shisho is a Japanese light novel series written by Ishio Yamagata and illustrated by Shigeki Maeshima. The series started with the release of the first volume on September 22, 2005, and by January 22, 2010, ten volumes had been published by Shueisha under its Super Dash Bunko label. A manga adaptation by Kokonotsu Shinohara was serialized in Shueisha's Internet-based manga magazine Ultra Jump Egg between March 2008 and October 2009. An anime adaptation, The Book of Bantorra, began airing in Japan on October 2, 2009. In 2012, the anime series was licensed for distribution in North America by Sentai Filmworks.

Plot

In a world where deceased people turn into stone-like books that are stored in the labyrinthine Bantorra Library, anyone who touches such a book can glean into the past, observing the life of the person who died to create it. The Bantorra Library is maintained by the Armed Librarians, who are trained in combat and wield supernatural abilities. Their operations are overseen by the library's acting director, Hamyuts Meseta, a hardened killer herself. Their enemy is a globally active cult known as the Shindeki Church, led by the so-called True Men, who hold the fulfillment of their personal desires above all else. The story does not feature an obvious main protagonist, instead following a large number of characters, primarily members of the Armed Librarians. Beginning with their assault on a ship owned by the Shindeki Church carrying brainwashed slaves implanted with explosives, Tatakau Shisho chronicles the ongoing conflict between the members of the Bantorra Library and their enemies, alongside the fates of the various characters involved in it, past and present.

Characters

Bantorra Library

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Meats

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War Machines of the Past

;Shlamuffen
;Argax
;Yluculucu
;Yor

Deities

;Bantorra
;Towitorra
;Orntorra

Media

Light novel

  • Yamagata Ishio / Maejima Juki, Shueisha Super Dash Bunko, 10 volumes
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Bomb in Love" First published on September 30, 2005,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Fool of Thunder" First published on January 30, 2006,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Labyrinth of Black Ants" First published on April 30, 2006,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Stone Sword of God" First published on July 30, 2006,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Witch of Remembrance" First published on December 30, 2006,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Rough Rope Princess" First published on April 30, 2007,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Liar's Banquet" First published on August 30, 2007,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Beast of the Final Chapter" First published on April 30, 2008,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Demon King of Despair" First published on July 29, 2009,
  • # "The Fighting Librarian and the Power of the World" First published on January 30, 2010,

Anime

Music

The composer for the series is Yoshihisa Hirano.
Opening themes