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NEWS: 86 Gets Magical Girl Spinoff Manga on March 27

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...

The San Magnolia Republic has long been under attack by unmanned weapons from the neighboring Empire. Against this onslaught, the Republic has also deployed similar weapons, narrowly avoiding great loss of life and impending disaster-or at least that's how it seemed.

The truth is that it has never been possible to have no casualties. Young men and women drawn from the Republic's supposedly non-existent 86th district are organized into the "86 unit" and then ordered to pilot the "unmanned weapons" before heading to battle.

Man I love 86 probably my favorite light novel series and I love seeing these spin offs you wouldn’t expect.

Kiwi93 wrote:

Man I love 86 probably my favorite light novel series and I love seeing these spin offs you wouldn’t expect.

I dunno; the high school one was entirely predictable (given the age of the characters), and casting Lena as a magical girl isn't a huge stretch, either. My one concern is how serious they will keep this version, but hey, Attack on Titan Jr. High was a thing, so. . .

Either way, I'll be checking it out if an English version ever becomes available.

Ugh there's that suicide bomber description again from the early Yen Press announcement before they had gotten a better description for the series.

Might be a better idea to take description they have for volume 1 now (https://yenpress.com/9781975303129/86-eighty-six-vol-1-light-novel/)

Ugg. Maybe they should focus more on the 86 anime then writing silly spin-offs with magical girls. 86 was good for the season it aired, but I don't think it holds a candle to other mecha, especially with the depth of the writing. I'm on board with this 86 train but I want it to get better.