is a shōnen manga by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Comic Bom Bom issues from January to March 2006, then a "second stage" ran from June to September 2007. The manga was collected into two tankobon volumes in 2007. Kodansha USA has licensed the series for North American release and published in 2014. Plot The tale of Monster Soul takes place in Elvenland, a fictional land that humans and monsters inhabit. The main characters are a group of monsters called the Black Airs. The Black Airs is recorded as the strongest group of the monster forces in the great war between humans and monsters. The first three chapters consist of three stories that do not have a main plot, but the last chapter of the "first stage" reveals a bit of the past. In the "second stage" the Black Airs travel to Hell to help a human boy save his townspeople who are captured by the evil Drei Kommandos. Characters Black Airs (闇の翼) Aki The protagonist of the story, he looks like a normal human but his hoodie jacket hides two small horns on his head. He changes to his giant S class werewolf form when overwhelmed with emotions. In the flashback, he is shown to have been weak when he was young and his S class soul was sought after by others. His parents were "killed" by Beluze but their souls returned and they revived when Beluze was defeated. His weakness is that he must sleep after he uses up his soul form. Tooran She has a golem father and a human mother. An unspoken golem law says "when rain falls on the desert where a golem lives, the golem will melt and die there". Her father and tribe died in the rain (her mother's whereabouts unknown). She can transform her body into sand and turn it into a harp shape or use sand in auxiliary roles like forming smoke screens. She claims to be the idol of the Monster World. James An android type monster resembling Frankenstein's creature, he has weapons hidden all over his body, a monster sensor built in his eyes, flight capability, shooting fists and he can change into an armored knight form which Mummy calls "James Striker System". It is revealed that he is actually a robot developed to hunt monsters, however upon meeting with a younger Mummy a strong relationship developed between