ISOLATOR LIGHT NOVEL HC (2025)

"Sci-fi action, angst, and super-powered teenagers abound in this new series from Reki Kawahara, the acclaimed author of Sword Art Online and Accel World! An alien parasite living inside of Minoru Utsugi gives him the power of Isolation, an unbreakable shield that surrounds his body. With this power, he's managed to defeat an evil Ruby Eye. Having done so, he's invited by the Accelerator - a girl named Yumiko - to join a mysterious organization, whose goal is to defend humanity from the threat of the Ruby Eyes. Minoru agrees to join, with one condition: Once he has fulfilled his duty, the Syndicate will erase all memory of his existence from the world for Minoru seeks a world without any knowledge of him, a world of total and perfect isolation."

"Having successfully helped destroy two of the evil Ruby Eyes, Minoru, the Isolator, is recruited by the Syndicate, a secret organization dedicated to their eradication. He teams up with Suu Komura, the Refractor, a young girl said to be the Syndicate's most powerful member, to attack a secret stronghold of the Ruby Eyes. Their target is the most fearsome opponent they've ever faced: the Liquidizer, but their enemy is not what they expected."

"After the fierce three-way battle between the mysterious Stinger, the SFD, and the Syndicate, Minoru has managed to capture Trancer, but peaceful days still seem far away. When Liquidizer approaches him with information on the mysterious Ruby Eye who attacks other Ruby Eyes in exchange for his prisoner, Minoru will have a terrible choice thrust upon him! For readers 13 and up."