

During his first day at the academy, Ayato is forced to fight Julis after discovering her half-dressed when returning her handkerchief to her. Meanwhile, Ayato Amagiri investigates the disappearance of his sister, Haruka, a former student at Seidoukan. Kirin Toudou is the academy's top fighter, but Claudia, as well as Lieseltanian princess, Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld, are close behind. Battle performances at Seidoukan Academy ( 星導館学園, Seidōkan Gakuen), the city's fifth top-ranking academy, are falling significantly and the academy's incumbent student council president, Claudia Enfield, is determined to find a solution to the problem. The city of Rikka ( 六花), also called Asterisk, has six academies where the Genestella participate in tournaments called Festa ( 星武祭 ( フェスタ ), Fesuta). In the 21st century, Earth is in a rapidly declining economic state as megacorporations known as the Integrated Enterprise Foundations ( 統合企業財体, Tōgō Kigyō Zaitai ), rose to power after the Invertia ( 落星雨 ( インヴェルティア ), Inverutia) impact event destroyed most of the planet's cities and resulted in humans gaining superpowers to become the Genestella ( 星脈世代 ( ジェネステラ ), Jenesutera).

The artwork for the manga has been done by Ningen, three volumes have been collected into tankōbon. The series was later serialized from January 2013 in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive where it was adapted into a manga. Media Factory has published ten volumes since September 25, 2012, under their MF Bunko J imprint.


"Academy Battle City Asterisk") is a Japanese light novel series written by Yū Miyazaki, and illustrated by Okiura. The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water ( Japanese: 学戦都市アスタリスク, Hepburn: Gakusen Toshi Asutarisuku, lit. Animax, Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, ABC, CBC
