Battle Fairy Yukikaze

戦闘妖精・雪風

Sentou Yousei Yukikaze

22 chapters

3 volumes

1979 – present

More than three decades ago, a super-dimensional portal suddenly materialized above the Antarctic continent. Through it came fighters from the enigmatic alien race known as the JAM, the first wave of an attempted invasion of Earth. Their ferocity was undeniable, their intentions unknown. United by a common threat, humanity managed to push the invaders back, chasing them through the portal to the strange planet nicknamed "Fairy." The task of finishing the war fell to the newly formed FAF, a combat force sent to Fairy to destroy the JAM bases once and for all. Now, in the midst of a conflict with no end in sight, Second Lieutenant Rei Fukai carries out his missions in the skies over Fairy. Assigned to Tactical Combat and Surveillance Unit 3 of the Special Air Force, his duty is to gather intelligence on the enemy and bring it back to base—no matter the human cost. His only constant companion in this lonely mission is his fighter plane, the sentient FFR-31 Sylphid, call sign: Yukikaze. Note: Won the Seiun Award in 1985 and again in 2000.