From the one shot in Akamaru Jump Winter 2009 issue (1/10/09), to be serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump effective 7/2009. To be free like a swallow out of its bird cage, that&rsquo;s what Tsubame sees in his eyes. In the East Asian Desert, #13 Salvage Camp, Tsubame works as a metal scrap collector as he tries to earn enough money to travel on his own, like a free swallow. But one day a girl was found buried inside sand and she has a key hole on her wrist, the symbol of a Kagijin, one who posses demonic powers that can withstand that of an army. The empire who kept her as a slave arrives to retrieve her, however Tsubame refuses to hand her over and promises her that he will free her. How will he do so? And what significance is there to the key that hangs around his monkey's neck? Read and find out!


According to legend, a war between the "Kagijin", beings of fearsome power, laid waste to the world and buried it in sand. Time moved on&hellip; and now, Chiruda Portman, a female soldier of the Gabbia Empire, has been ordered to exterminate a certain man. 
The name of the boy is "Tsubame"! 
The two meet by chance, but Chiruda senses something strange about Tsubame, who loves freedom and reading books... what is the big secret he holds!? A new-age fantasy of their adventures set in a breathtaking world!! " 
(Source: Shounen Jump)

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