EAT-MAN (Light Novel)

A light novel series, is a light novel spin-off to Akihito Yoshitomi's EAT-MAN manga series. It was written by Koichi Mashima, with illustrations by Shunji Murata and was published on April 10, 1999 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint.

Synopsis
Meet Bolt Crank, mercenary extraordinaire, and the man who eats metal! Through his travels, he stops along the way to make a few bucks and occasionally rescue damsels in distress. His taste for metal gives him quite an edge as he becomes capable of generating an assortment of weapons from his hand! It's a strange ability, but it seems to come in handy, so to speak. Bolt has an edge over his adversaries, but will that be enough?