Meiji Ga Ra Ku Task Lap March 1 (Dan Gun Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] Asakusa, 1888 A.D. The land, reduced to a wasteland by the battle against the Magatsuhi" non-human beings that have plagued Japan since ancient times had been successfully rebuilt using British-style steam technology. People of all backgrounds, from both within and outside the country, gathered in this lawless city, which continued to expand chaotically, and it was teeming with those whose bodies had been replaced with steam cyborgs. Inato Tora was one of them a survivor of the steam soldiers," experimental weapons used in the civil war that had taken place earlier. Even as the days of battle came to an end and the world moved toward peace, Tora spent his days carrying out dangerous assignments in search of his old enemy. The Samurai Clan." An ultimate race of close-quarters combatants who wield supernatural powers the Art of Guidance and possess superhuman physical abilities. To find a member of the Samurai Clan," Tora accepts a request from his old acquaintance, Kato, to escort a steamship. It was supposed to be a straightforward job, but the ship comes under attack by the < Samurai > . As his comrades fall one after another in the chaos, Tora has an encounter that will change his destiny. Selected as a finalist in the 1st Dangan Bunko Plot Contest!

西暦1888年、浅草。古来より日本に巣食うヒトならざるモノ《マガツヒ》との戦いにより焦土と化した土地は、英国式の蒸気技術を用いて復興を成すことに成功していた。国内外からあらゆる素性の者が集い、無秩序な拡大を続けた無法都市には体を蒸気義体に置換した者たちがあふれていた。伊奈土楽もそのなかの一人であり、先に行われた内戦にて使用された実験兵器―蒸気兵の生き残りであった。戦いの日々が終わり、世界が平和へと向かうなかでも土楽はかつての仇を見つけるため、物騒な依頼をこなす日々を過ごしていた。《士族》。超常の力―導術を用い、人間離れした身体能力を有する究極の局地戦闘民族。そんな《士族》の一人を見つけるため、土楽は旧知の仲である加東から蒸気船を護衛する依頼を受ける。難なく終わるはずの依頼だったはずが、船は《士族》の襲撃を受ける。バタバタと仲間たちが倒れるなかで、土楽は自身の運命を変える出会いを果たす。第1回ダンガン文庫プロットコンテスト入選!