86 EIGHTY-SIX

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Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.

While most mecha series focus on heroic pilots, this story centers on a marginalized group forced to fight in machines the world refuses to acknowledge as human. The visceral combat clashes with a hauntingly quiet depiction of systemic prejudice and the heavy cost of survival.

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