Anzai, Nobuyuki

"Fourteen-year-old Ginta's journey through the fantasy world of his dreams continues where he must battle against the megalomaniacal machinations of the group known as the Chess Pieces"--P. 4 of cover.

A junior high loser enters the vivid world of his dreams where, at last, he is a hero! Ginta Toramizu is a 14-year-old kid in junior high school who doesn't have a lot going for him: he's near-sighted, doesn't do well in school, he's not good at sports, and to top it off-he's short! But Ginta is a dreamer and has had the same dream 102 times: it's always in the same fantasy world where he is a hero blessed with all the special abilities he lacks in real life. Then one day a supernatural figure appears at his school and summons him-to the world of his dreams! In this strange universe filled with magic and wonder, he is strong, tough, agile-and he can see without his glasses! Thus, Ginta begins a quest in search for the magical items known as Arms, one of which may have the power to send him home. Joining him on this epic journey are his companion Jack and the valuable living, talking, mustachioed iron-ball weapon known as "Babbo", which everybody wants but, it seems, only Ginta can possess!.

In the final match of the fifth battle of the War Games, Nanashi of Team M?arfaces Galian of the Chess Pieces. Since Nanashi is the current leader of Luberia and Galian is its former chief, sparks fly when these two, both lightning-wielders, clash.

Ginza Toramizu, short, nearsighted, and lacking both athletic and academic talent, dreams repeatedly of a fantasy land where he is a hero, possessing all the abilities he lacks in reality, and it seems as though his dreams are coming true when a supernatural being appears at his school and whisks him away to a strange universe.