Babel (Akira Nakata)

is a Japanese light novel series written by Akira Nakata, with illustrations by Hitokazu. The series began publication on September 10, 2011 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint.

The series has no relation to the 2020 Dengeki Bunko Light Novel series  'Babel' by Komiya Koji.

Synopsis
After the dismantling of Japan, the federal system was established and Spear City in Kanto was full of criminals and foreigners.

In this city surrounded by the X'mas mood, the national treasure, lungfish, presented to the Queen of England, and the mafia's only daughter, Sushan, who is about to get married, suddenly disappeared. The ones who got stuck in the case were a hacker lady and a former mafia boy, a violent sheriff, a sly detective, a giant female phantom thief, a bad sister, etc

.... Black comedy ensemble drama!