Mato Sato

The Executioner and Her Way of Life is a manga adaptation of one of the most popular light novel series published by Yen Press. When referencing the title, avoid putting it in quotes or speech marks.

To kill Akari, Menou scours the outer reaches of the West in search of a legendary blade that turns all it touches into salt. There, she stumbles across Sahara, a monk, who has history with the young Executioner and begs her to take her life for reasons unknown. Meanwhile, the one of the Four Great Calamities begins to unfold in...

The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 7 follows Menou on the run. Half a year has passed since the battle with Master Flare. In the time since, Menou has become the most wanted person on the continent, evading the Lord's Executioners at every turn while hunting for a way to restore Akari. Her search brings her to the...

Long-buried secrets. Menou and her group venture deep into the City of Ruins to reach the Astrologer, who controls the Starhusk. Instead of finding the ultimate weapon to defeat Hakua, they discover a lost one who should’ve died a thousand years ago. And she’s not the only one hiding below. Genom Cthulha has left the Mechanical Society to set himself...

The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 9 is an excellent addition to the ever-popular isekai (another world) genre of light novels—one that includes notable unique twists.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 5 by Mato Sato, Nilitsu Nilitsu follows Menou as she sets out after Flare, determined to take back Akari. If Akari must die, Menou is determined to be the one that kills her, at the very least. To achieve her goal, Menou must seek the Sword of Salt—a difficult task even without...

The duel with Master Flare in the land of salt continues. Menou should have the upper hand now that she's linked with Akari and her immense supply of Guiding Force, yet reality suggests otherwise. Master Flare still has a few secrets up her sleeve, and she'll do anything to win. Meanwhile, a mysterious entity that has been hidden in the...

Journey to where the fog never lifts: Libelle, a city by the sea. Those who venture into its fog are said never to make it back alive—a murderous phenomenon that's another of the Four Major Human Errors that has ravaged the world. But for Menou, it just may be the solution she's looking for. To fulfil her role as Executioner,...

Pandemonium in the mountains. Hoping to avoid a future where Menou dies trying to save Akari, the girl from Japan runs away with her sworn enemy, Momo. The pair ride the rails to a secluded village in the mountains where they believe they'll be safe for a few days. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones who decided to stop off...

Akari is back, and she's free of the Pure Concept Time. But she and Menou don't have long to celebrate their reunion. Pandemonium has escaped her fog prison, and Hakua is ready to enact her plan. To defeat the twin threats of Evil and Ivory, Menou and the others must come up with a strategy capable of taking on two...

In the port city of Libelle, where one of the Four Major Human Errors is sealed, Menou and company are tasked with finding the origin of the drug monstrine. They each begin their undercover operations, but nothing goes quite according to plan. Menou is attacked by an unexpected foe, Momo is caught in a trap, and Akari goes missing! And...

On the train to Garm, the ancient capital where Akari is to be sent home, a terrorist attack and a foe conjured via taboo magic block her and Menou's path. And if that wasn't bad enough, the train is sent careening out of control, headed for an inevitable collision! The only way to stop the impending disaster is for Menou...

The ritual to kill Akari has begun, and everything is going smoothly. Menou believes this will finally be the end of the Otherworlder until she receives word from Momo about Orwell's betrayal. In the face of the archbishop's intricately woven plan and the arsenal of taboo conjuring tools at her disposal, it seems Menou and the others won’t stand a...