The cover illustration for 86 EIGHTY-SIX Volume 14, subtitled “Paint It Black,” has been officially revealed. As previously announced, the volume will be published on September 10, 2025, under Kadokawa’s Dengeki Bunko label and start the final arc of the series.
The cover was drawn by the novel’s illustratior Shirabii, and it features Vladilena “Lena” Milizé. You can check it out below.
Asato Asato writes the 86 EIGHTY-SIX (also stylized as 86 -Eighty Six-) light novel series, which features illustrations by Shirabii. It began serialization in 2017 under ASCII Media Works, publishing 13 volumes as of January 2024. The novel exceeded 1.8 million copies in February 2023. Yen Press has licensed both the original light novel and manga series in English, while Crunchyroll streams the anime. They describe the anime:
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.
Source: Shirabii Official X, Dengeki Bunko
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