The Opening of a Growth Battle Fantasy Where a Failing High School Student Gains Special Powers to Fight Monsters in a Strange Space Every Night and Rises to Become the Strongest!

• A high school student who gains the power to fight monsters every night rises to become the strongest with his memory and honed martial arts!

• A growth story set in a future devastated by war with an alien civilization, challenging fierce competition against powerful enemies.

• "The Sleeping Warrior is the Genius of the Academy"

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Kakao Piccoma Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Kim Jae-ryong) is pleased to announce the exclusive launch of the new SMARTOON® "The Sleeping Warrior is the Genius of the Academy" (Original Author: Penpenxiong/Fanqie Novel / Manga: Star Comics / Publisher: Kuaikan Comics) on its electronic manga and novel service "Piccoma" starting July 3, 2026 (Fri).

In a future devastated by a fierce war with an alien civilization, humanity evolved "Life Strength," and powerful beings called "Warriors" emerged to counter it.

In such a world, high school student Higashimori Wataru suddenly loses consciousness one day and gains the special power to fight monsters in a strange space every night.

After a two-year leave of absence, he finally returns to school and aims to enter the special advanced class for training elite warriors. Using his overwhelming memory and the solid martial arts honed every night as his unique weapons, he bravely challenges the fierce competition against numerous powerful enemies.

Please enjoy this growth battle fantasy where an awakened underdog rises to become the strongest, only on Piccoma.

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"The Sleeping Warrior is the Genius of the Academy"

Original Author: Penpenxiong/Fanqie Novel

Manga: Star Comics

In a future devastated by war with an alien civilization—humanity evolved "Life Strength," and beings called Warriors emerged.

High school student Higashimori Wataru suddenly loses consciousness and gains the special power to fight monsters in a strange space every night.

After a two-year leave of absence, he returns to school and aims to enter the special advanced class for training elite warriors, challenging fierce competition against powerful enemies with his overwhelming memory and honed martial arts as his weapons...

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About Kuaikan Comics

Company Name: Beijing Kuaikan Dimensional Information

Representative: Chen Anni

Location: CN / Area G, 2nd Floor, East Area, Poly Plaza, No. 66 Xiangbin Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

Representative Works: A Chinese manga platform that handles popular SMARTOONs such as "The Only Necromancer" and "Awakener Starting from Scratch," exclusively distributed on Piccoma.

Kuaikan Comics (快看漫画) was established in 2014 and is one of the largest vertical-scrolling comic platforms in China. In addition to producing original works, it also focuses on distributing overseas webtoon works.

About Piccoma

Piccoma is an electronic manga and novel service where users can read one free episode per day of popular manga, novels, and original works just by waiting. The app version of "Piccoma" has surpassed a cumulative total of 50 million downloads since its service launch on April 20, 2016. *Cumulative downloads are the combined total for iOS/Android as of March 2025.

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