Shio no Machi: Jietai Sanbusaku Series

The era of "salt damage" when salt fills the city. Mana, who lives in Tokyo which is on the verge of collapse, picks up a weakened young man carrying a heavy backpack named Ryouichi. Together with Akiba, a man who acts like her guardian, the three head towards Ryouichi's destination, the sea, but...? (Source: Hakusensha, translated)

Shio no Machi is the debut novel of Hiro Arikawa and the first book in the Jietai Sanbusaku Series (Self-Defense Force Trilogy). It represents "Land", while the following novels Sora no Naka and Umi no Soko represent "Sky" and "Sea", respectively. After the manga adaptation of Arikawa's Toshokan Sen...