【Angou Gakuen No Iroha (Cipher Academy)】Nisio Ishin-Sensei, the genius who created “Bakemonogatari” and “Medaka Box,” has released a new work! It is a crypto-battle manga!

Irohazaka Iroha was feeling hopeless as soon as he entered high school.

He enrolled at the cipher academy.
It is a special academy that trains students specialized in cryptanalysis, which has been newly established to deal with the next world war.

“Self-introduction crossword”

Iroha was absolutely flabbergasted by the words on the handout he received on his first day at school

However, the students around him filled in the crossword in the blink of an eye.
In the midst of all this, I heard this voice from behind Iroha.

It was Toshusai Kyora who quietly raised her hand and declared.
She is the heiress of a weapons manufacturer that makes everything but nuclear weapons.

Iroha was stunned by Kyora's beauty. And the assignment in front of him never ends.
Iroha ended up staying in the library after school to finish the assignment, and was overwhelmed by the tremendous curriculum of the cipher academy and the difficulty of the assignment.

Then, suddenly, the door to the library opens and......

One girl came to Iroha with an urgent look on her face, asking for help.

She identifies herself as “Horagatouge Kogoe,” and Iroha quickly hides Kogoe behind himself.

And who followed Kogoe to Iroha was......

Toshusai Kyora.
She tries to ask Iroha where Kogoe is, but finds a blank assignment on his desk.

After Kyora leaves, Kogoe gives Iroha a pair of glasses of her own making to thank Iroha for her help.
She says, “You'll look smarter with these on.”

Kogoe left the library.
Iroha put on the glasses left by Kogoe and faced the cryptography assignment again.

The next day.
In the hallway, a self-introductory crossword assignments are posted by the new students.
Of course, Iroha's is also there.

Kyora gets Iroha's crossword and approaches him.

Kyora, along with her cronies, tried to extract information about Kogoe from Iroha, as if to intimidate him. Iroha, however, defies her.

Iroha insisted that the crossword was his own creation and that he did not receive anything from Kogoe or have her help him with it.

Kyora offered him a homemade cipher and said, “This is a ciphertext that indicates who is here.

Iroha said to Kyora, who opened her threats.

Iroha put on the glasses he received from Kogoe and once again gazed at the ciphertext created by Kyora. Then, just like yesterday, the cipher seen through the lenses of the glasses appeared to glow......!