tactics is a manga series collaborated between Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuko Higashiyama. It is serialized and currently running in Comic Blade Masamune. Sakura Kinoshita supplied the character "Kantarou," and Kazuko Higashiyama supplied the character "Haruka." The manga was released in North America by ADV Manga in 2004. ADV manga will not be releasing any more Tactics manga. In April 2007, Tokyopop will release volume 1 of Tactics and will probably continue to release the series on a regular basis.