Rust-Eater Bisco

Rust-Eater Bisco (錆喰いビスコ, Sabikui Bisco) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shinji Cobkubo and illustrated by K Akagashi, with world-building art by mocha. ASCII Media Works has released 8 volumes since March 2018 under their Dengeki Bunko label. The light novel is licensed in North America by Yen Press. A manga adaptation with art by Rokudo Takahashi was serialized online between April 2019 and March 2021 via Square Enix's online manga magazine Manga UP!. It was collected in 4 tankōbon volumes. The second part of the manga with art by Sō Natsuki began serialization in the same magazine in December 2021 and has been collected in 1 tankōbon volume. An anime television series adaptation by OZ premiered on January 11, 2022 and ran for 12 episodes to March 29, 2022.

Plot[]

Set in post-apocalyptic Japan, the land is ravaged by rust, a deadly plague-like wind that affects everything it touches, including humans. It is believed to originate from mushroom spores and so Bisco Akaboshi, a Mushroom Keeper and archer whose arrows instantly grow mushrooms wherever they land, is a wanted criminal. He and his giant crab Akutagawa team up with the young doctor Milo Nekoyanagi to search the wastelands for the legendary "Sabikui", a mushroom said to devour all forms of rust.