The Dark Queen and I Strike Back (Maou to Ore no Hangyakuki) is a manga written and drawn by Yoshikawa Hideaki. The manga was serialized from 2018 to 2021 in Manga UP!, and compiled into eight volumes. Ryou Shiramine is a fairly ordinary Japanese high school student. One day, he's summoned to another world, a world with magic and inhuman races. He's greeted by three representatives of humanity—Diedhauser, Amelia and Emilia—who explain the situation to him. They tell him that the inhumans are enemies of humanity and were driven back in a war ten years ago, with the inhumans' Dark Queen Fleonell being sealed using the power of the Holy Sword. That leads to the present: Ryou has been summoned here because he has the rare ability to wield the Holy Sword. Diedhauser and the others want him to retrieve the Holy Sword to secure humanity's future (since if a suitable wielder were to appear amongst the inhumans, they could unseal Fleonell and then keep the Holy Sword). But when Ryou participates in a human expedition to retrieve the Holy Sword, he sees the humans brutally slaughter the inhumans living nearby. And when he retrieves the Holy Sword, the humans plan to execute Fleonell (despite her having lost her power) to break the inhumans' spirit. So Ryou switches sides and decides to fight for the inhumans instead. Now, he helps the Dark Queen and the inhumans strike back against humanity. The Dark Queen and I Strike Back contains examples of:
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