Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!

Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! (戦闘員、派遣します!, Combatants Will Be Dispatched!) is a Japanese light novel series, written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Kakao Lanthanum. Originally serialized as a web novel in Shōsetsuka ni Narō between August and September 2012, Kadokawa Shoten has published the series since November 2017 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Masaaki Kiasa has been serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive since March 2018. Both the light novel and the manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired from April to June 2021.

Synopsis
Always bring a gun to a sword fight!

With world domination nearly in their grasp, the Supreme Leaders of the Kisaragi Corporation—an underground criminal group turned evil megacorp--have decided to try their hands at interstellar conquest. A quick dice roll nominates their chief operative, Combat Agent Six, to be the one to explore an alien planet...and the first thing he does when he gets there is change the sacred incantation for a holy ritual to the most embarrassing thing he can think of. But evil deeds are business as usual for Kisaragi operatives, so if Six wants a promotion and a raise, he'll have to work much harder than that! For starters, he'll have to do something about the other group of villains on the planet, who are calling themselves the "Demon Lord's Army" or whatever. After all, this world doesn't need two evil organizations!

(Source: Yen Press)

Light Novel
The first light novel volume was published on November 1, 2017 by Kadokawa Shoten under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. As of June 2022, seven volumes have been published. The light novel series is published in North America by Yen Press.

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Masaaki Kiasa began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive manga magazine on March 27, 2018. The series has been collected in ten tankōbon volumes. The manga series is also published in North America by Yen Press.

Character

 * -|Combatant Agent #1=

The main character of this work. One of the first combat agents for the Kisaragi Corporation whose real name has not been revealed. He has a servile and twisted personality, and although he makes remarks that sound like an evil organization, he also has a side that can't be disliked if someone asks him kindly. He is a veteran member second only to executives in the organization and has high combat power, boasting a top-class mission completion rate, but due to the aforementioned personality, he is still content with the combatant class.

6 serves as an advance scout for Kisaragi on the other world (chosen by dice roll), and constantly gets himself into dishonorable or lecherous situations to increase his Evil Points, but his underhanded tactics are useful in fighting against demonic opponents he encounters. He knows the Supreme Leaders of Kisaragi from their shared past.

In the Kingdom of Grace, he was hired as a mercenary on the assumption that he was a combatant in the ruined country, and led Snow and others to fight the Demon King's army in a way that could be taken as a heretic. In the process, he performs methods such as sexual harassment on local humans and monsters in order to earn "evil deed points". There are many women around him, but his favorite is Astaroth Sixth's evaluation of the women is, "Astaroth doesn't flinch at all, Grimm is a landmine, Rose is scary, and Snow is out of the question."

Abilities
It is possible to demonstrate physical ability far surpassing ordinary people by synergistic strengthening with body remodeling surgery received as a combatant and Kisaragi combat uniform which is a kind of powered suit. In the case of No. 6, he possesses excellent combat skills and a keen sense of victory that he has cultivated while fighting on the front lines for many years and surviving. There is with the proper backup from Kisaragi, he can demonstrate his potential to keep even higher-ranked opponents at bay. The difficulty is that you tend to be forced to fight with equipment. His greatest strength is his tenacity to survive in any harsh battlefield, and he was dispatched because he was expected to have toughness that would not allow him to die even if he was just a little bit gentle.


 * Evil Deeds Points - A point system that is owned individually by those who belong to the secret society Kisaragi. Accumulated points are mainly used to transfer weapons made by Kisaragi, and the required points differ depending on what you order. Since the transfer is done by Kisaragi members it may not be possible to order when there is no stock or when the member is busy. Even if your savings points are negative, you can borrow and order them, but if you return to Japan in that state, you will be punished by the sanctions unit. The system was originally intended to use the points accumulated by committing evil deeds to acquire powerful equipment and become stronger by committing even greater evils, but Six, who is unable to become a villain, commits small evils such as sexual harassment. It was used for the purpose of turning it into luxury goods such as erotic books.

Equipment

 * Old Combat Armor (Power Suit): It amplifies Six strength to superhuman levels. He still uses the old Kisaragi combatant armor mainly due to him trying to save up his evil points and its ability to release his limit, enhancing his combat output even more in 10 seconds. He could fight in this state for 1 minute before being paralyzed for 3 minutes.
 * Combat Knife: Six always carries a lucky knife, received as a bonus years ago.
 * Sidearm: Six uses a standard issue pistol (Beretta M9).
 * Miniature Teleporter: A wristwatch that, by sending a writing memo through it, Kisaragi sends the said equipment to his coordinates through the chips embedded in Six.
 * Anti Material Rifle: A rifle designed to take down hardened targets, Six bought it during the Gadalkand's and Heine's invasion of the Grace Kingdom, but he destroyed it shortly thereafter.
 * R-Buzzsaw (Anti-Armored-Vehicle Vibrating Bat Sword Type-R): Anti-Armored-Vehicle Omnidirectional Vibrating Blade Bad Sword, Type R, or R-Buzzsaw is Six's favorite weapon of choice. Its internal engine rapidly vibrates the blade, allowing it to cut through anything.

Abilities
She fighting power is made realistically and is almost the same as a normal girl but she is able to wield a pump shotgun that 6 summons for her early on. However, she said that self-destruction is an evil romance, and if she is subjected to a certain amount of violence, the power reactor inside her body goes out of control and explodes. It is so powerful that the surrounding area disappears, and that threatening phrase alone serves as a self-defense function to some extent. She often self-destruction serves as the "straight man" to 6's antics.


 * Self-Destruction: If Alice gets hurt, her core will explode. The explosion is of such proportions that it would destroy the Kingdom of Grace and all neighboring nations.
 * Engineering and Mechanics: She has this knowledge in order to do her body’s maintenance by herself.
 * Superhuman Stamina: For having near-infinity energy, she doesn't need to care about fatigue.
 * Superhuman Durability: Because her body is made of a very strong metal alloy, it is much more durable than a normal human.
 * Night Vision: Alice can see clearly in darkness.
 * Keen Eye: Alice can see up to 1-2 Km.

As mentioned above, she has a high-performance brain, and she can perfectly handle everything from business and negotiations to gathering information and commanding battles. The reason Six is ​​able to communicate with residents of another world is that she sends Alice's paraphrased language data to his brain chip. In addition, it is equipped with a wide variety of convenient functions such as recording and recording what you see and hear, sensor equipment such as thermography and infrared rays, the ability to control the machine by inserting a connector and save and load functions for emergencies.

She is said to be a support android for Combatant No. 6, but it is no exaggeration to say that her main mission is Alice and No. 6 is her bodyguard (in other words, her actual position is the complete opposite).


 * Miniature Teleporter: A wristwatch that, by sending a writing memo through it, Kisaragi sends the said equipment to her coordinates through the chips embedded in Alice.
 * Mossenberg 500: Alice uses the shotgun that was given to her by Six.


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Production Background
This work was serialized by the author, Natsume Akatsuki, under the name of Hideaki Natsuki (the author's name for each work is "Combatant No. 3"). However, it was only serialized once, and when Akatsuki made his debut as a light novel writer, the existence of this work was not known to the publisher, and it was not made into a book. However, after Tappei Nagatsuki, the same light novel author, told the people of Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko about the existence of this work, it was decided to make it into a book

In March 2021, to commemorate the animation of this work, the covers of volumes 1 to 5 of the light novel were renewed.

TV Anime
During a livestream commemorating the first year anniversary of Kadokawa's "Kimirano" light novel website on March 15, 2020, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation. The series was animated by J.C.Staff and aired from April 4 to June 20, 2021, on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, SUN, and BS-NTV. Hiroaki Akagi directed the series, with Yukie Sugawara handling the series' scripts, Sōta Suwa designing the characters, and Masato Kōda composing the series' music. Miku Itō performed the opening theme "No.6," while Miyu Tomita, Sayaka Kikuchi, Natsumi Murakami, and Minami Takahashi performed the ending theme "Home Sweet Home" as their respective characters. It ran for 12 episodes.

Staff

 * Original work - Natsume Akatsuki
 * Original Illustration - Cacao Lantern
 * Director - Hiroaki Akagi
 * Series Composition - Yukie Sugawara
 * Character Design - Suwa Souhou
 * Art director - Tomomi Sugimoto
 * Art setting - Tomomi Sugimoto, Yoshinori Hirose
 * Color design - Esa Okada
 * Cinematographer - Yutaka Kurosawa
 * Editing - Rie Matsubara
 * 3DCGl Director - Shunsuke Kasuga
 * Sound Director - Miwa Iwanami
 * Sound effects - Yasumasa Koyama
 * Recording adjustment - Takayuki Yamaguchi
 * Music - Masato Koda
 * Music Producer - Kentaro Anai
 * Music Production - Nippon Columbia
 * Producers - Jotaro Ishigami, Yuki Kobe, Taiyo Matsuda, Yuji Matsukura, Hiroyasu Taniguchi, Adam Zehner, Shigeki Fukaya, Hajime Maruyama, Hiroo Saito, Mitsuhiro Ogata
 * Animation Production Producer - Atsushi Fujishiro
 * Animation production - JCSTAFF
 * Production - "Combatants Will Be Dispatched!" Production Committee

Funimation co-produced the series and streamed it on its website in North America and the British Isles, in Europe through Wakanim, and in Australia and New Zealand through AnimeLab. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Muse Communication has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and streamed it on their Muse Asia YouTube channel and Bilibili.

Web Radio
Yusuke Shirai, who plays Combatant No. 6, and Miyu Tomita, who plays Kisaragi-Alice's web radio, "Combatants will be dispatched to the radio!" was distributed every other Saturday on Onsen from April 10th to July 3rd, 2021

External Link

 * Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! — Series introduction page [Sneaker Bunko Official Site]
 * Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! — Official Manga Website
 * TV Anime "Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!" Official Website
 * TV Anime Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! Official (@sentoin_anime)- Twitter
 * Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! — Wikipedia  JP 
 * Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! — Wikipedia  EN 

Trivia
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