Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra

Synopsis In a world where dead people turn into books and are stored in the Bantorra Library where anyone who reads a book can learn their past, Bantorra Library is maintained by Armed Librarians who wield psychic powers and their enemy is a religious society known as Sindeki Kyoudan.

Main Character

Mattalast Balory (マットアラスト＝バロリー)

1st grade Armed Librarian, and one of the five strongest armed librarians. He usually wears a black suit and a black top hat. He is a calm person and always known by people as a liar. He used to have a relationship with Hamutz, however, Mattalast has many ladies with him, too.
His main weapon is firearms. He bears a pistol and a rifle, which is as powerful as a tank cannon.
His magic ability is to foresee a short-period of time in the future, which he can use to predict the action of the enemy and begin to attack or evade.

Mirepoch Finder (ミレポック＝ファインデル)

3rd grade Armed Librarian and is the instructor of Noloty. She was once a reserve officer of The Empire and was introduced by Hamutz Meseta to join the Armed Librarians. She usually wears her uniform and is a strict person. Luimon Mahaton, Volken and Milepoch are the same level armed librarians as she is.

She mainly uses a sword or pistol. Her combat abilities are moderate and most of the time she is responsible for backup support.

Her magic ability is "Shared thought"(telepathy). Despite how far the person is located, she can send her thought to the person as long as she knows the name and the look of the person. Furthermore, she can communicate with the person if they are professionally trained to communicate in this kind of way before.

Noloty Maruchie (ノロティ＝マルチェ)

Trainee Armed Librarian, very good in unarmed battle. She is a straight-forward person who doesn't like to kill people. She was born on an island near The Empire and raised by her father who was the head of the village. After her father passed away, she was thrown out of the village and eventually became an Armed Librarian. She mainly uses her bare hands in combat.

Volken McMarney (ヴォルケン＝マクマーニ)

Third grade Armed Librarian. He has green hair and usually wears the robes of an Armed Librarian. He has a strong sense for justice. He has mastery of his weapon, the bladed discs, for offence or to float on and the special ability to create illusionary clones of himself. His fighting style is to create multiple illusions and quick movement between them supplemented by a bombardment of flying bladed discs that is offensively powerful while confusing opponents on which person/blade is real. Because of his strong sense of justice, he began to doubt Hamutz Meseta's actions.



He eventually left the library, taking with him the Yluckluck, in order to find a way to free the Meats and dethrone Meseta. Because of his actions, the library names him a traitor. He eventually returned to the Library only to leave again with Renas Fluru aka Olivia Litlet in tow. He was stopped by his mentor and they fought on an island. The battle ended with Volken's victory, but his mentor was then killed and he got framed for his murder. Hamutz then hunted him down and they eventually battle. At first, Volken seems to have the upper hand in the battle but he got distracted from Hamutz revelation and he dies by her hand. He died knowing that the justice he believed in was all just a lie. His death however was not in vain as he was able to protect and buy Renas Fluru some time. In doing so, he allowed Renas, who was once a Meat, to grant her wish in returning all the lost memories of love of the Meats through the use of the ancient magic artifact, Yluckluck.

Hamyuts Meseta (ハミュッツ＝メセタ)

Along with Mokania the strongest armed librarian, she is the acting director of the Armed Librarians. She usually wears a white shirt with a small bunny cartoon on her right breast. She has a calm personality and always hopes to meet someone that can defeat her. She had a relationship with Mattalast in the past.

She mainly uses a sling (usually wrapped around her right wrist) to snipe enemies from a far distance. She can throw many things but usually uses small rocks or pebbles. Her throwing speed can reach 5 times the speed of sound. Her weapon was so strong that even Shlamuffen (the weapon used by Segal and once used by Shiron) couldn't destroy it. Her magic ability is "Sensor Silk", which she uses to sense people, including visual and hearing. Her silks, fully emitted, can reach approximately 50 kilometers, while the number of silks emitted reaches over billions.

Under a pact made between Heaven and a previous director of Bantorra, Hamutz was raised to destroy Heaven. She underwent many violent experiments and was programmed to take pleasure in death, explaining her battle-crazy attitude in adulthood.