This appears to be a sequel to "Eat-Man." The legendary loner Bolt Crank, who is the top adventurer in the world, has appeared once again. He takes on a variety of jobs in this far-future world, using his extraordinary ability, which is to eat anything (from screws to humanoid robots) and then reform it from his arm later, to great effect.
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