it's okay i guess     Jul 18, 2007     by marukawa

The way this novel is worded feels a bit simple-minded, like a junior high kid wrote it. There isn't much creativity going on. So far it's almost exactly like the anime series so it might seem a bit boring to some. I read half of this novel and grew bored with it. To me, all it's good for is to look pretty on the shelf.

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Great art. Great characters. Plot... a little lacking.     Jun 24, 2008     by KakeranoTsuki

This was the first novel that was translated into English, I think, so the quality of translation on this is the best (but as marukawa said, it's still very rough). It has four short stories: Flight Night, Witch Hunt, From the Empire, and Sword Dancer. There's lots of insert pictures drawn by THORES Shibamoto, which are *amazing*. The original novel opening pictures are included at the back, too! (in the 'bonus' section), though they're in black and white.

The stories were the first few episodes of the anime, yes, but the novel goes into so much more detail, so it's not like a complete recap. The stories are interesting if you've never watched the anime, actually, but then, chances are, if you're reading this that's probably not that case.

All in all, this is a mediocre novel to the normal reader, but to a Trinity Blood fan, it's another perspective on the TB world.

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