Year 800 of the Common Era.

In this year, supernatural cycles brought Earth on a collision course with an alternate dimension and the consequences of such a visit were much more drastic than the times it has happened before. Beginning in Japan, an outpouring of otherdimensional creatures known as «aradama» sparked a silent war between them and humanity that has been ongoing since that century. The only people with the power to oppose these interdimensional creatures are warrior-maidens given the name of «Toji».

Already a millennium has passed since the dawn of the war but the passage of time has done nothing to alleviate the fighting; a status quo has been maintained throughout time. However, this would all change when Japan held the 132nd Annual Swordsmanship Tournament. With that as a stage, a chain reaction of events began rippling throughout the island nation of Japan and these ripples do not merely stop in the archipelago———

Valkyries and Blade Dancers

Aboard the Sōryū-class submarine, building no. 8126, SS-511, Ōryū. 


On the floor in specially outfitted sleeping quarters, the happy Nene rolled around, a spool of bandages wrapped around it haphazardly. Whether or not Nene was simply playing around or trying to escape a coffin of bandages is unknown as Noa yelled, “Oy, we’re low on bandages so quit playing around! Throw this damn [aradama] outside already!” 


“Like I told you so many times already, Nene is my pet and my family’s guardian, you eternally flat-chested girl,” Manaka quipped. 


Vol. II — Revelations (I)