“Unemployed 30-year-old Jinichirou must pilot RIZE armor to secretly battle unknown life forms and save humanity.”
Battleground Workers
バトルグラウンドワーカーズ
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Unemployed 30-year-old Jinichirou must pilot RIZE armor to secretly battle unknown life forms and save humanity.
Jinichirou Taira, an unemployed 30-year-old, suddenly receives a letter telling him to fight against an unknown life form. He is now forced to accept this new job where he has to pilot a new mechanical armor called "RIZE." The name "RIZE" was used because they are the only ones that can hope to save humanity. At the frontline of the battlefield, he is now fated to save the world without anyone ever knowing...!? (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 79 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 32m approx
- Published Apr 2019 – Sep 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M52020 catalog