Laidbackers (レイドバッカーズ)

201X Kyoto

201X Kyoto

Harami! We can't have it running amok any longer!

I know!

Pencil lead, fire!

Sorry I'm late.

K!

Take that!

Harami!

Enchanted Weapon!

Thanks, K.

Let's do this.

Where's Harami?

On the roof.

Time to finish you off.

Whoa, wait!

Hey, don't run off!

Come on, you've gotta do something.

We're not done here!

Caught it.

Man, I'm totally spent.

That was close.

Can't believe you took it out with a single strike.

I've never seen an enemy without a weak point in their midline, not on any battlefield.

Well, good point.

We'll be in the news again, Arnelia.

Even though we led it away from the city to avoid that.

You'll get caught by the police again.

Kumi, gimme a lift!

Nope, I'm taking Ran-chan.

So stop lazing around.

Here.

Right.

Arnelia, don't forget to act like a dog.

Um, I'm out of mana so I can't fly.

Let's call a taxi!

Can't afford the luxury.

Figures...

Darn.

Come on, get moving!

Yeah, yeah.

Right. Let's hurry and get out of here.

That goes for you guys, too!

Of course.

Strange visitors from another world broke into my store and ended up living with me.

They're saying they must find the Demon Lord's fragments, or there will be trouble.

I don't really get all of this weird stuff,

but isn't it their own fault in the first place?

This is the story of these girls' efforts to adapt to their new life.

Not that I'm too happy about all this as their landlord.

Berserker, Harami Mino

Fighter, Mai Maisaka

Magician, Kusanagi K

Lady Knight, Arnelia

Demon Lord, Ran

The Dark Ages, the time without peace.

Queen Valvaran.

The people have suffered for ages

under the evil rule of the Demon Lord from Purgatory.

When their despair reached its peak, daughter of a feudal lord Arnelia, guided by revelations from heaven, rose up to fight for freedom as the Lady Knight.

Fair-minded Arnelia sought ambitious comrades even among those detested as dangerous, and find them she did.

Berserker with no heart.

Disciple of a secluded assassination martial arts master.

Magician engrossed in shady research.

And so the Liberation Army was born, small, but bound by a powerful bond.

In time their small force turned into great hope, and at last the Liberation Army drove Valvaran into a corner.

Valvaran, on the verge of death after the ruthless battle, forcefully activated the "Demon Lord Reincarnation".

A secret ability allowing her to gain a new life in another world.

And the heroines were engulfed by a light leading to that very world...

According to the police report,

Candy Store

Obake-ya

Very Cheap

Chinese Cuisine

Lucky Dragon

the large amount of swords found at the Kamogami shrine

might have been the ones stolen from Kyoto's antique shops over the last month.

We gathered quite a lot of the Demon Lord's fragments.

But whenever I look at them, I'm reminded of their sinister power.

We really cannot entrust them to anyone else.

I'm so beat... Possessing a bunch of swords of all things? Gimme a break...

Their owners may be gone, but swords still remember the battles they've fought. Even after hundreds of years.

And I can understand them.

Even the weapons get tired of this world where they don't have anyone to cut.

And what's wrong with that? It's not the Age of Warring States, nor are we at war.

This country seems unreal.

A country that doesn't have to fight for its independence is nothing short of amazing.

It still boggles my mind.

I know, right?

Scurry back to your world if you don't like it here.

We're probably presumed dead there.

Don't forget, each curry cracker's 10 yen.

Sure...

What about Valvaran, Kumi?

Ran-chan? I took her home. Thank goodness it's summer vacation.

The Demon Lord from Purgatory has a summer vacation...

Well, she's in grade school, it's only natural.

I went ahead and used the bath.

What's wrong?

Ah, nothing...

We're supposed to be the same age, if I'm not mistaken...

You're watching the news, Harami?

Yeah, not that I understand a thing.

Insert!

Click!

Hey, the news aren't over yet!

Isn't that enough already?

And I want to watch the TV show that airs next.

It's the last episode today.

If I miss it, watching the rest would have been a waste.

The bad guy's gonna die, everyone's happy, the end. Don't thank me.

It's a romantic drama.

Yeah, not interested.

The heck you're doing?!

We have to learn more about this world.

Oh shut up!

And these are the same girls saying they followed a vicious Demon Lord to this world...

This feels nostalgic.

Though this hasn't quite hit me yet...

W-who are you?

When I first saw them, they were like helpless stray dogs.

They gradually made themselves at home, and that's where we're at today.

I got into Kyoto University and came here, all to protect grandma's store, and yet...

My new life is a gigantic mess!

Is Mai out again?

Mai? She said she's got that "live show" thing today.

Again with that frivolous tomfoolery!

Yeah, probably that.

That's a harsh choice of words, no?

You lot are just enjoying life in another world to the fullest!

How low the proud heroes of the Liberation Army have fallen!

Thanks for coming today!

Next show's in two weeks at the Kyoto Station!

And watch my clips every day!

That's an order!

You were on fire as usual, Mai-chan.

Please hold another show at our place ASAP!

I'd love to!

I was so nervous today, but the crowd livened up lots, I'm glad it was a success.

I sure doubt you were, you're a true veteran now.

If I get too used to this, I'll get stale and people will lose interest.

You don't have to worry, with how radical you are.

They do say showbiz is full of monsters, after all.

You sure know it well...

But in all seriousness, despite not having a manager you're doing really well.

You think I should join an agency?

If you join a big one, I'll never get you to perform here again.

No, I'd rather go to a small-time one.

It's more promising down the road than becoming a small fry at a big office.

And a tiny wimp crushing a giant is the real thrill of a battle!

Don't you think so?

This dark side of yours is popular with your fans, isn't it...

A dark side?

Surely you jest. All I can do is work hard and take one step at a time.

Sorry, but I really need to go.

Bye-bye!

Mai-chan's stickers...?

Mai-chan is ridiculously athletic, isn't she?

That's superhuman speed.

What a mysterious feeling.

I've never been fawned over like this back in our world.

This one's so fun and shining so bright!

Ugh.

It's Arnelia...

Mastering smartphones with paws, what the heck.

Look at what the high-and-mighty Demon Lord has become. Just leave her be.

Listen, Ran-chan...

It's better not to roam around at night.

You are technically a grade schooler, and I am technically your guardian.

I'm sorry.

Do you really have to help them collect those "Demon Lord fragment" things?

Well, they were originally mine...

But you're handing them over.

They're keeping an eye on them for me. So I don't regain my power and start doing bad things.

Bad things, huh.

Because I've been a very naughty kid...

Even I'd have denied myself nothing, had I been born a Demon Lord.

You can even beat up whoever you don't like, right?

Can't exactly do that over here, after all.

It's not every day you get to go back to being a kid. Just think of it as a new life and enjoy living it.

Um...

You're not afraid of me, sensei?

Why should I be?

You've got a point.

Thank you for taking care of me.

I should thank you, since you came I can't help but keep relying on you with all the housework.

I got myself a good girl!

But don't tell anyone at school about this. Some will insist it's child abuse.

Think I could get it working again?

Maybe it'll work inside.

What a lazy response.

Let me take a look.

Electric appliances are usually fixed like this.

It turned on!

Yet another ancient game.

Morning.

Good morning!

Morning.

What's this?

It's an arcade video game.