Volume 1 of the 86th Eighty-sixth magical girl spin-off manga titled 86: Maho Shojo Regina Lena ~Tatakae! Ginga Koko Senkan San Magnolia was released on Thursday. The spin-off story is written by Suzume Somemiya and has been serialized in Monthly Comic Alive since March 27, 2023, and is also known as 86: Eighty Six – Magical Girl Regina ☆ Lena: Fight! Title of the Galactic Navigator Battleship San Magnolia.
86 Adapted from the manga Eighty-six Magical Girls – Volume 1 cover
The Maho Shojo Regina Lena tells the story of Vladilena Milizé as a magical girl, fighting alongside the Handlers who are also magical girls fighting to destroy countless enemy forces known as “Military Forces”. group”. Somemiya previously wrote another Eighty-Six spin-off manga titled 86: Operation High School, which was also serialized in Monthly Comic Alive magazine from June 27, 2020 to August 27, 2021.
The story is an addition to the list of manga originating from the 86 Eighty-Six series. To date, it includes the canceled 86: Run Through the Battlefront with art by Hakuya Yamasaki and a prequel spin-off titled 86: Fragmental Neoteny, as well as a manga adaptation of the original novel was cancelled. The original 86 Eighty-Six novel series was written by Asato Asato and illustrated by Shirabii. It began serialization in 2017 under ASCII Media Works.
Yen Press has licensed both the light novel and manga series in English, with the plot of the light novel described as:
The Republic's evacuation resulted in massive casualties on both sides and the fallout took its toll on all survivors. As Shin reflects on what it means to be a leader, Lena thinks about her homeland, now lost to her forever. Frederica was also frustrated by her own powerlessness as Giad's ill-fated last Queen. If her future wants to change, she will have to change first. Meanwhile, unrest is growing in the Federation and a number of disaffected squadrons, eager to turn the tide of war, achieve a dangerous miracle…
Source: Comic Walker
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