Bastard!! began in Japan’s best-selling manga magazine Shonen Jump and has been made into a six-episode anime series. In this first volume of sword and sorcery manga, evil armies attack the kingdom of Metallicana. Under seige, the desperate defenders turn to a legend that a virgin’s kiss may awaken “Dark Schneider,” an ancient wizard sealed within the body of a 14-year-old boy.

After making their way past giant eyeballs in the perilous dungeon, Dark Schneider and Princess Sheila face the first of the Four Divine Kings of the Rebel Armies. Meanwhile, news of Dark Schneider’s resurrection reaches the bloodthirsty sorceress who was once his lover. The Bastard!! series has been adapted into a Japanese PlayStation game and a six-episode anime series.

Leaving the besieged kingdom of Metallicana, Dark Schneider goes traveling with only Lars the dragon for company, but finds himself under constant attack as his former lover Arshes Nei, now one of the leaders of the Dark Army of Chaos, sends her strongest underlings to kill him. When Dark Schneider suddenly reverts to his wimpy alter ego Lucien, his teenage stepsister Yoko may be the only one who can save him.

Dark Schneider is dead. While his friends and lovers mourn, his enemies prepare for a final assault on Earth's last surviving kingdom. As evil prophet Abigail attacks with an army of zombies, the valiant defenders - Arshes Nei and Ninja Master Gara - must face untold monsters. Can anything short of Dark Schneider's resurrection save them - and the world?

Dark Schneider est le plus puissant sorcier des forces du mal, mais un sortilège l'a transformé en un inoffensif gamin. Seul le baiser d'une jeune fille peut lui rendre ses pouvoirs et l'obliger à défendre le royaume de Metalicana.

Book by Hagiwara, Kazushi

The Rebel Samurai and Sorcerer Shogun have been mortally wounded by an army of angels who have unleashed evil winged monsters on the world's surface. Meanwhile, Kall-Su studies ancient computers aboard the embattled Arc and discovers a terrifying prophecy known as "Apocrypha of Johannes," which tells of the end of the world—Armageddon! Then, just as Yoko is about to be ripped apart by winged monsters, Lucien is suddenly reborn as the fallen archangel Lucifer. And while all this is going on D.S. falls into hell and comes face to face with the big "D" himself—the Devil!

While Dark Schneider's in hell chatting with Satan, Lars and the others continue to fight the Angels. Lucien attempts to convince the Angels that humans are beings worth saving but his calls for mercy go unheard. Meanwhile, Yoko comes to the startling realization that she is the one who has been protecting Lucien the whole time, not the other way around. Whilst this is happening, Nei, Gara, and Kall-Su continue hacking into an ancient computer and find out the cause of the Great Destruction that lay waste to the earth years ago was not the work of demons, but of angels! They also come to realize the God they had been worshiping was in fact the real evil destructive force on the planet!

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