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Baccano! Light Novel #13
バッカーノ！2002【B side】Blood Sabbath
太平洋上を舞台に、あの封鎖されたクレイジーな夜が再現される！
私の名前はコピーキャット（模倣犯）。
私は単なる模倣犯（コピーキャット）。
模倣すべきは悪意と偶然。
一つの世界を再現しましょう。
あの時の豪華列車を再現しましょう。
閉じられた世界を再現しましょう──。
双子の豪華客船は、未曾有の危機に瀕していた。
シージャックされていく、チェスの乗る 『エントランス』。
そこに衝突しようと迫る、もう一方の 『イグジット』 も、不死者を狙う輩により壊滅的な状況だった。
その船上に存在したモノとは!? 惨劇のフィーロの新婚旅行の行方は!?
そして、物語は核心へと近づいていく──！
私の名前はコピーキャット（模倣犯）。
私は単なる模倣犯（コピーキャット）。
模倣すべきは悪意と偶然。
一つの世界を再現しましょう。
あの時の豪華列車を再現しましょう。
閉じられた世界を再現しましょう──。
双子の豪華客船は、未曾有の危機に瀕していた。
シージャックされていく、チェスの乗る 『エントランス』。
そこに衝突しようと迫る、もう一方の 『イグジット』 も、不死者を狙う輩により壊滅的な状況だった。
その船上に存在したモノとは!? 惨劇のフィーロの新婚旅行の行方は!?
そして、物語は核心へと近づいていく──！
424 pages, 文庫
First published November 10, 2007
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About the author
Ryohgo Narita
348 books383 followersRyohgo Narita (成田 良悟, Narita Ryōgo) is a Japanese light novelist. He won the Gold Prize in the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize for Baccano!, which was made into a TV anime in 2007.[1] His series Durarara!! was also made into a TV anime, which began airing January 2010
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
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August 7, 2023
A private investigator infiltrates a religious cult that revolves around child torture and murder. They torture children and eventually kill them to take away their own pain. But it’s clear from the start that the members of the cult know exactly who she is. And the leader of the cult has a proposition for her, one she isn’t allowed to refuse.
Elmer, Nile, Sylvie and Denkurou board a cruise ship. They have been summoned there by notorious terrorist and fellow immortal, Huey Laforet.
The religious cult watches the immortals on the two cruise ships like a hawk, but there’s one immortal in particular they can’t wait to get their hands on. Czes is an immortal but he’s also a young boy. He is like a god to them. Because he’s a child they can keep torturing and killing until the end of time.
It’s quite cool for a story set in 2002 to foreshadow the next book set in the 1700s. Because at the end of the book, the veil is slowly being lifted. We get a peek at what’s to come in the next couple of books, and in the grand scheme of things for the series as a whole.
The other side of the story from the previous novel and the continuation after the cliffhanger. Again, completely over the top chaotic craziness and simply highly entertaining. It’s a shame this timeline hasn’t been explored further, as it seems there’s still a lot left to explore. The series officially never ended, so there’s still hope. But the series has been on hiatus since 2016, so I’m not expecting too much from it.
Elmer, Nile, Sylvie and Denkurou board a cruise ship. They have been summoned there by notorious terrorist and fellow immortal, Huey Laforet.
The religious cult watches the immortals on the two cruise ships like a hawk, but there’s one immortal in particular they can’t wait to get their hands on. Czes is an immortal but he’s also a young boy. He is like a god to them. Because he’s a child they can keep torturing and killing until the end of time.
It’s quite cool for a story set in 2002 to foreshadow the next book set in the 1700s. Because at the end of the book, the veil is slowly being lifted. We get a peek at what’s to come in the next couple of books, and in the grand scheme of things for the series as a whole.
The other side of the story from the previous novel and the continuation after the cliffhanger. Again, completely over the top chaotic craziness and simply highly entertaining. It’s a shame this timeline hasn’t been explored further, as it seems there’s still a lot left to explore. The series officially never ended, so there’s still hope. But the series has been on hiatus since 2016, so I’m not expecting too much from it.
November 26, 2015
If the first part of the story left me unimpressed, and with the feeling that Narita had just written an introduction 300-pages long, with the second part he ups the ante, and we are all the better for it.
The story is very simple. We have some of the "undead" in one of the ships, the twin to the one that appeared in the first part. In this one the undead that are on board are Elmer Albatross, Sylvie Lumiere, Nile and Denkurō Tōgō, who are going to America after being some time in Japan. But two groups that are very interested in them board the same ship: a group that has the idea of hijack the ship, and which is the same group that is on board of the other ship, that already appeared on the first novel, and a cult, whose leader is very interested in Sylvie...
The plot of the novel is actually of not great importance, even if it expands a little the Baccano! mythology, as Narita goes for as much action as possible. His style is to make as movie-like as possible his books. As a result descriptions are constricted to colors and people smiling or not, and he centers on action and dialogues. And as those seem to be his strengths, he does well in doing so. What maters here is making the read non-stop, things happening all the time, in different places at the same time, with jumps from one place to the other. As if we were watching a movie. And he does a great job, as this バッカーノ！2002【B side】Blood is a great ride. The characters are interesting, the situations, reminiscent of a hundred movies, are exciting enough and bullets keep flying. He keeps making too many movie references, sometimes more than once to the same, but we can forgive him this little detail.
Don't expect high literature, and don't read as a stand-alone novel. But if you like your books to feel like a videogame or a movie, this book is for you. Fun and to the point.
6
The story is very simple. We have some of the "undead" in one of the ships, the twin to the one that appeared in the first part. In this one the undead that are on board are Elmer Albatross, Sylvie Lumiere, Nile and Denkurō Tōgō, who are going to America after being some time in Japan. But two groups that are very interested in them board the same ship: a group that has the idea of hijack the ship, and which is the same group that is on board of the other ship, that already appeared on the first novel, and a cult, whose leader is very interested in Sylvie...
The plot of the novel is actually of not great importance, even if it expands a little the Baccano! mythology, as Narita goes for as much action as possible. His style is to make as movie-like as possible his books. As a result descriptions are constricted to colors and people smiling or not, and he centers on action and dialogues. And as those seem to be his strengths, he does well in doing so. What maters here is making the read non-stop, things happening all the time, in different places at the same time, with jumps from one place to the other. As if we were watching a movie. And he does a great job, as this バッカーノ！2002【B side】Blood is a great ride. The characters are interesting, the situations, reminiscent of a hundred movies, are exciting enough and bullets keep flying. He keeps making too many movie references, sometimes more than once to the same, but we can forgive him this little detail.
Don't expect high literature, and don't read as a stand-alone novel. But if you like your books to feel like a videogame or a movie, this book is for you. Fun and to the point.
6
May 11, 2020
Left me emotionally in distress 10/10
December 7, 2022
Not sure how to rate this...
I mean, this most definitely isn't one of my favorites from the series as I found it too confusing at times with all those seajackers and who was teaming up with whom. And also, I wasn't specifically invested in most of the characters' fate, so I kinda... not really skimmed through the pages but almost.
Also, this felt too much like the Flying Pussyfoot/Rail Tracer arc, only more confusing, and less engaging?
The last few pages though (the ones after Narita's "middleword"/afterword), they kept me on my toes and kinda gave sense and hmm... purpose to the whole book.
And now I need to buy and read ALL the remaining books from the series to understand better what the hell is going on.
I mean, this most definitely isn't one of my favorites from the series as I found it too confusing at times with all those seajackers and who was teaming up with whom. And also, I wasn't specifically invested in most of the characters' fate, so I kinda... not really skimmed through the pages but almost.
Also, this felt too much like the Flying Pussyfoot/Rail Tracer arc, only more confusing, and less engaging?
The last few pages though (the ones after Narita's "middleword"/afterword), they kept me on my toes and kinda gave sense and hmm... purpose to the whole book.
And now I need to buy and read ALL the remaining books from the series to understand better what the hell is going on.
September 19, 2020
AS rest of the rest of the series, there are too many characters to follow from one story to the next. There are also lots of little subplots. This is similar to the others other Story Durrarrara. I wish there was list of characters and a summery of what happened previously. That said, the story was compelling, and action filled, also a bit gory and bloody. I am interested to know where the series is headed. Are we getting closer to a resolution?
July 10, 2021
The cult is really weird and groced me out a bit. Some new villains added (as if there weren’t enough already) and more and more questions to be answered. I’m really getting into this Arc of Baccano, it’s quite intriguing and weird!
December 11, 2021
Bardzo słaby tom.
Przeczytałam, a raczej przerzuciłam przez poszczególne strony, ale... po prostu za dużo się tego działo, za dużo nowych postaci, za dużo powtórzeń(typu cierpienie, piękno pewnych osób itd.)
A więc czas na przerwę w Baccano!
Przeczytałam, a raczej przerzuciłam przez poszczególne strony, ale... po prostu za dużo się tego działo, za dużo nowych postaci, za dużo powtórzeń(typu cierpienie, piękno pewnych osób itd.)
A więc czas na przerwę w Baccano!
July 6, 2021
アニメを見終えたところと同じ感覚で、「そういうことなのか！！！」って最高に興奮した。複数のキャラクターとストーリーを巧みに組み立てていく成田先生に改めて感心した。
February 5, 2022
A horrifying ride!
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May 17, 2023Best part of these 2 books was bringing back Fermet. And some little fun moments here and there ofc. Elmer gamer confirmed.
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January 16, 2015Maybe it's just me, or even the fact that I read most of it late at night in one sitting, but sadly I did not enjoy this book as much. It did not have my favourite elements in the genre, and there are simply too many new factions in the conflict (especially since I was hoping to spend some more time with the familiar characters); moreover, I find the weight given to the cult religion (and everything about it) too heavy for my taste, not to mention I simply don't want to see a certain someone coming back. The continual idea of the crossing of fate is enjoyable as always though, (I'm guessing the meeting of the sister ships could count as a symbol of it too?), with all the coincidences: the children, Vino's relatives (a little odd to see an aging character), the cameramen, Illness and Czes, etc. The image of Firo was pushed through, but not nearly vividly enough for me since hey, he did not get to spend all that much time with his family (like Ennis barely appeared). All these new characters with very little information too, are they foreshadowing future books? I wouldn't mind one on Charon and Claudia, to be sure~ :)
August 21, 2012
I went on Baka-tsuki's wiki, and I am horrified that there is no 2003 arc! By any chance did Narita-sensei publish anymore information on what happens after this volume?!
Anyways, this is the B side story aboard the ships Entrance and Exit, as different terrorist groups try to take over the ship all for the same goal - the immortals. As hinted by the mysterious 'copy cat' character, this is very much like a re-act of the 1931 Flying Pussyfoot incident.
Anyway, I see that untuned-strings is currently translating, but I'm worried as there seems to be no translations for the novels after Crack Flag.
More about the novel, I found I couldn't stop reading as this book was filled with lots of action. I've also found a liking to Charon, and I'm very glad his grandfather is still alive :D
Anyways, this is the B side story aboard the ships Entrance and Exit, as different terrorist groups try to take over the ship all for the same goal - the immortals. As hinted by the mysterious 'copy cat' character, this is very much like a re-act of the 1931 Flying Pussyfoot incident.
Anyway, I see that untuned-strings is currently translating, but I'm worried as there seems to be no translations for the novels after Crack Flag.
More about the novel, I found I couldn't stop reading as this book was filled with lots of action. I've also found a liking to Charon, and I'm very glad his grandfather is still alive :D
August 24, 2014
Baccano is a series that has kept me on my toes from the start. The vivid characterization and the beautifully twisted plot will ensnare any reader in the crazy, zany world that is Baccano. This book in particular was quite fascinating with its mish-mash of characters from all different eras of the universe. The reveal of Life/Demolisher/Viralesque was quite the jaw-dropper; I never saw it coming! I really cannot wait to read the rest of this series :)
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August 15, 2012
That was one hell of an evil cliffhanger.
Especially because the rest of the books are set back in the 1930s or the 1700s (so far).
Especially because the rest of the books are set back in the 1930s or the 1700s (so far).
March 7, 2014
アニメを見終えたところと同じ感覚で、「そういうことなのか！！！」って最高に興奮した。複数のキャラクターとストーリーを巧みに組み立てていく成田先生に改めて感心した。
July 7, 2023
Somehow, Fermet has returned.
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