Infinite Stratos

In a world of technological progress, females are the only ones who can pilot the most advanced military unit in history-the Infinite Stratos (IS). With this power, women have seized complete control of all political, social, and economic ventures; leaving men to the fringes of society, made to tend to the whims of their now, female overlords. That is until Orimura Ichika, the sole male found to have IS piloting ability, is thrust into the spotlight, and enrolled at the prestigious IS Academy. Stuck in the middle of a female-dominated population, Ichika sets out to prove men still have a place in this world. Little did he know, he is just the thing these women have been looking for.

"I'm Charles Dunois. I come from France," "Bodewig. Laura Bodewig." The girl-packed IS academy has two new exchange students: the handsome boy Charles and the German girl Laura. Dashing young Charles, a representative of France, is the second male IS pilot after Ichika, and the girls are already head over heels. Meanwhile, platinum blonde Laura's lithe frame belies a contempt for Ichika that strays into physical violence. What caused her grudge against Ichika? What secrets are hidden by Charles's nonchalant élan? The IS are rearmed and ready for action!

The time for the summer class trip to the sea is near, and the fight for Ichika's heart is as hot as the July weather. The girls will stop at nothing to corner him for their own, and when the swimsuits come out, it may just be checkmate! With the arrival of Shinonono "The Genius" Tabane comes a huge surprise, and just the thing Houki needs to even the playing field. But it's not all fun in the sun when a military IS goes on a rampage, causing Ichika and the cadets to spring into action. Will our dear cast come to learn the meaning of true inner strength? Find out in this installment of IS, the high-speed school action romantic comedy!

It's August, and it's summer vacation! Passions run as hot as the sweltering weather as we follow each girl through their own summer love story. Will their dreams of making summer memories with Ichika come true? Who'll be the last one left standing beside him in the sun? Find out in the fourth volume of an emotionally-packed high-speed school action romantic comedy! There may not be any IS battles, but the battlefield of summer love is heating up!

IS Academy's second semester kicks off with a race to get Ichika into a club! Meanwhile, the appearance of the student government president Sarashiki Tatenashi, rumored to be the strongest student in the whole school, presages a descent into chaos. And a shadowy organization makes itself known for the first time?! The story settles into high gear in the fifth installment of the high-speed school action romantic comedy!

Flank speed ahead to romance! Each of our leading ladies is looking to steal Ichika's heart at his birthday party. But for Cecilia, something else is weighing on her: the mysterious enemy who appeared at the school festival. With a last-minute decision to include first year students in the high-speed IS battle race called Cannonball Fast, they may not be the only unplanned-for participants, as the mysterious Phantom Task still looms ever so closely. The high-speed school action romantic comedy can't stop, won't stop in the sixth volume of Infinite Stratos!

"Please! Take care of my sister!" Ichika doesn't know what to do about Tatenashi's sudden request, but what he can do is take on the semifinals of the all-years tag-team tournament alongside her little sister, Tatenashi Kanzashi. What he can't, or at least doesn't want to do, is explain why he's on a date with someone the other girls don't know of. Will Kanzashi end up with him? Will Tatenashi and Houki stomp their way to a victory? The sparks of love fly between two sisters in the seventh volume of a high-speed school battle romantic comedy!

In the aftermath of the Golem III attack, Kanzashi confesses her love to Ichika, while Houki and the others watch like hawks to make sure that he's not too interested in return. Meanwhile, with the school still heavily damaged, and a desperate need to repair Byakushiki, Ichika visits its manufacturer, Kuramochi Engineering... And while he's gone, a shadowy plot seizes its chance to strike IS Academy. What is the Kurokagi, and its World Purge ability? How far will the girls go to catch Ichika's heart?

The battle against Phantom Task and Unnamed during the World Purge incident didn't just leave Tatenashi wounded-when Ichika swooped in to save her life, it melted her heart, too.(What do I do? I'm falling for him...)But she's not the only one after our hero, as the rest of the crew won't be content to sit back and watch as they grow closer. With Field Day coming up, it's the kind of race for his affection that could only happen at IS Academy! All's fair in love and war in the ninth installment of this high-speed school battle romantic comedy!

A storm is coming! "Therefore, the student council have selected an advance scouting team to visit Kyoto." Ichika and the girls head for Kyoto at Tatenashi's request, with their minds on memories which will last a lifetime, and his on their secret mission to root out a Phantom Task cell. But when the second Brynhildr shows up too, things start to go off the rails! Under the fiery scarlet foliage of the ancient city, two battles unfold-one fought with quiet sighs and long gazes, the other with overwhelming firepower!

The death of Orimura Ichika! Phantom Task has gained control of the English anti-IS orbital cannon Excalibur" after a successful raid, but things go wrong when the controls stop responding and it begins to de-orbit. Meanwhile, Cecilia scores a theme park birthday date with Ichika on Christmas Eve, but that glimmer in the sky isn't a romantic flurry of snow-it's a barrage of lasers from Excalibur! Amidst the commotion, Chelsea appears in the third BT prototype, challenging Cecilia to a duel. And the remaining cadets scramble into action to fulfill their special orders: the destruction of Excalibur before it wreaks any more havoc. As his mission begins, Ichika rises to his final frontier...

"Ufufu. And YOU shall be my attendant." Iris, the seventh princess of Luxembourg, has arrived at IS Academy-and taken Ichika as her servant. Ling is less than pleased, and when Iris proposes eloping back to her country, she challenges her to an IS match to put a stop to it. But even teamed up with Houki, the two can't keep up with her fourth-generation IS... And if that isn't bad enough, the changes Houki's been going through prompt a previously unknown squad of mass-produced IS to kidnap her! Ichika and the other cadets are thrust into the battle that will later be known as the Akatsubaki Incident. Chaos swirls around the red camellia in the twelfth installment of Infinite Stratos!