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Trinity Blood: Reborn on the Mars #2
Trinity Blood: Reborn on the Mars, Volume 2: The Iblis
In the distant future, civilization has all but vanished due to the Armageddon. It's a dark time, when vampires and humans battle for supreme control.
While visiting Carthage, Cardinal Caterina, Duchess of Milan, plans to conduct secret negotiations with the New Human Empire. It's up to AX Agent Father Abel Nightroad and Sister Esther Blanchett to safely escort the young vampire envoy. But do the Methuselah wish to reconcile with the Terran--or declare open war? And will Rosenkreuz Orden destroy all hope for peace?
While visiting Carthage, Cardinal Caterina, Duchess of Milan, plans to conduct secret negotiations with the New Human Empire. It's up to AX Agent Father Abel Nightroad and Sister Esther Blanchett to safely escort the young vampire envoy. But do the Methuselah wish to reconcile with the Terran--or declare open war? And will Rosenkreuz Orden destroy all hope for peace?
192 pages, Paperback
First published July 31, 2001
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About the author
Sunao Yoshida
81 books76 followersSunao Yoshida (吉田直 Yoshida Sunao) is the pen name of late Japanese novelist Sunao Matsumoto. He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and graduated from La Salle junior/senior high school in Kagoshima. He attended Waseda University and earned a Master's degree from Kyoto University. Yoshida died of a lung blockage in 2004.
In 1997, Yoshida was awarded the Sneaker Taisho literary prize for his debut novel, Genocide Angel. He was the author of the novel series Trinity Blood, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's The Sneaker magazine. The Trinity Blood series was published in North America by Tokyopop.
In 1997, Yoshida was awarded the Sneaker Taisho literary prize for his debut novel, Genocide Angel. He was the author of the novel series Trinity Blood, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's The Sneaker magazine. The Trinity Blood series was published in North America by Tokyopop.
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April 17, 2008
Having loved the Trinity Blood anime, the story is even better at the source - the light novels series written by Sunao Yoshida. I have really enjoyed this story, which is set in a post-Armageddon world where what remains of humanity is pitted in a cold war against vampires.
While the manga is much closer to the novel than the anime, there is still so much more to the story in the novel format than any other, and a lot of questions about the Trinity world are slowly explained.
Overall, Tokyopop does a fairly good job in translation and presentation. There are several minor spelling errors, but the story flows much better than the previous volume. Either Sunao Yoshida has improved in his writing or Tokyopop has improved on its translation and editing. Either way, this novel was an improvement upon the first and I look forward to reading the next release.
As to the storyline, Esther is now working under Father Nightroad as an investigator of foreign affairs for the Vatican. Unlike the anime or the manga, she is aware of Nightroad's Crusnik abilities, but she does not understand how much it can change him or how much it hurts him to become such a monstrosity as a vampire of vampires. It is an interesting conflict between these two characters as we learn so much more about them than we ever learned in the other story-telling formats. Similar to the anime and manga however is the introduction of Ion and the secret communication attempts between the New Human Empire (vampires) and the Vatican. Will peace finally come between these two races, or is it impossible?
Highly recommended. Now if only the next release came out soon!!
While the manga is much closer to the novel than the anime, there is still so much more to the story in the novel format than any other, and a lot of questions about the Trinity world are slowly explained.
Overall, Tokyopop does a fairly good job in translation and presentation. There are several minor spelling errors, but the story flows much better than the previous volume. Either Sunao Yoshida has improved in his writing or Tokyopop has improved on its translation and editing. Either way, this novel was an improvement upon the first and I look forward to reading the next release.
As to the storyline, Esther is now working under Father Nightroad as an investigator of foreign affairs for the Vatican. Unlike the anime or the manga, she is aware of Nightroad's Crusnik abilities, but she does not understand how much it can change him or how much it hurts him to become such a monstrosity as a vampire of vampires. It is an interesting conflict between these two characters as we learn so much more about them than we ever learned in the other story-telling formats. Similar to the anime and manga however is the introduction of Ion and the secret communication attempts between the New Human Empire (vampires) and the Vatican. Will peace finally come between these two races, or is it impossible?
Highly recommended. Now if only the next release came out soon!!
November 24, 2017
Ha pasado casi 3 años desde que leí una de estas novelas y al terminarla me acuerdo porque siempre regreso a ellas. Yoshida ha conseguido escribir una serie que combina lo mejor de los géneros que abarca: vampiros, ciencia-ficción e intriga. El mundo post-apocalíptico que el describe es el mejor fondo para la intriga de una agrupación terrorista secreta que busca causar una guerra entre los humanos y vampiros que están empezando a colaborar la mejorar el futuro de ambos. Yoshida también sabe manejar perfectamente el desarrollo de los personajes con el progreso de la historia. Él nos da situaciones que responden las preguntas que los lectores están teniendo sobre sus personajes, como porque Abel no usa el poder feroz del Krusnik todo el tiempo, y que al mismo tiempo desarrollan más el pasado apocalíptico de esta sociedad. La verdad es que esta serie es simplemente perfecta para fans de la ciencia-ficción y de las historias de vampiros, y este volumen añade al sentimiento de urgencia que comienza a dominar las acciones de esta organización terrorista.
January 31, 2018
much better writing, plot, characterization and humor in this second series!
October 9, 2011
Volume 2 of this series starts out a bit slow, though things get back to what I expected towards the end of the book. I am enjoying this series and find the technical side of the vampires to be an interesting change from the common supernatural vampires found in so many other stories. I really would love to see a more in-depth novel based on this world, something a little more than what these light novels can provide.
And one correction to my review of the 1st volume of the series: The novels are the precursor to the anime series, not the novelization of the anime.
April 12, 2012
Пожалуй о этих книгах в целом я уже сказала все в первой части. Отмечу только, что этот том одна из моих самых любимых историй этой серии. Но, к сожалению, не легко прочувствовать тот момент, когда Авель пытается отключить систему и видит голограмму Лилит если не иметь очень хорошее представление о событиях, которые связывают всех крусников и в особенности этих двоих. Трес и брат Петр как всегда великолепны, я уверенна - оба достойны и заслуживают не меньшего внимания чем главные герои.)
October 8, 2008
I didn't enjoy this book at the beginning, I felt that the characterisations were off, plus I really don't need to be told every few pages that Abel's eyes are the colour of a winter lake and that Tres is a cyborg, even I haven't got that bad a memory! However, it did get back to the writing standard of the first book in the end so I wasn't totally disappointed.
June 17, 2008
Source material for the manga and anime... lends some characterization that is not present in either. Has some sad moments and some giddy moments. Eeee!
February 25, 2012
I'm ready for the next book in the series. This one continued to give us a little more information about the characters and the times they live in.
July 9, 2014
La historia esta dando algunas vueltas inesperadas.. Todavia estoy un poco confuso en el orden en que las estoy leyendo.. dentro de poco comienzo RAM 3
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