Trinity Blood, Vol. 4

Trinity Blood #4

by Kiyo Kyujyo (Adaptor), Sunao Yoshida (Original concept), Kiyo Kyujyo

In a post-apocalyptic world after the destruction brought about by Armageddon, the war between humans and vampires continues, yet, amidst the bloodshed and violence, many desire a peaceful co-existence between the two species, but standing between them and this goal is the Rosenkreuz Orden, a group of vampire extremists who manipulate the two sides and pit them against each other.

Genres: Manga, Vampires, Fantasy, Horror, Comics Manga, Graphic Novels, Action

184 pages, Comic

First published June 17, 2005

About the author

A.k.a. Kyujo Kiyo 九条キヨ-

Reviews

[Khallandra]

This has to be one of my absolute favourites of this series. It continues the Night Lords saga but the ending and that last scene with Abel just leaves me heart broken. I have read this one easily twice as many times as the rest.

[Yv]

[8/10]

[Hana Eka]

Rosenkreuz Orden adalah group yang menginginkan perubahan dengan api membakar. Musuk semua pihak.

Nggak suka Marienettan Spieker dari Rosenkreuz Orden! Terran licik dan belagu yang berani menyakiti Radu!!

Crusnik 02 konfirmasi 80%. Total keren dan menakutkan.

[marisa.]

the action picks up a lot in this one and brother petros makes any tb volume absolutely worth it.

i would die for this overzealous weirdo.

[Kyle Rieman]

Such a great cliffhanger ending that makes you want to jump right into volume 5.

[Kirby R.]

4.5!

[Aaron]

Sensitive monster Abel, hunky zealot Petros, Tres wearing sunglasses...I'm beginning to remember why I liked this series so much haha

[Viridian5]

Sunao Yoshida and Kiyo Kyujyo continue an alternate telling of "The Ibelis" in Trinity Blood vol. IV. While I miss some of the things the anime did with Brother Petros and I miss Sister Paula, for the most part I'm happy with this version.

* I'm very happy with Radu as the saboteur directly and personally involved in the attack that made Ion's meeting with Lady Caterina go so sour. (Not that Ion needed much help, given his attitude toward Terrans in general and Caterina that night in particular.) Esther tries to fight him but his haste makes that very difficult. She's not superwoman. I appreciate and am entertained by Petros maintaining his moral compass, black and white as it may be, in his reactions to the scene that greets him.

* Wee Radu is adorable. I wonder if the manga will explain the visual physical discrepancies between him and Ion despite them being the same age and having been children together. The anime didn't.

* Esther with Ion upon his waking doesn't cloy as much in the manga. Perhaps because she's spastic and dorktastic, fully aware of both, and drawing from memories of Abel comforting her during her time of grief.

* Abel does see Crusnik as a separate part of himself, and it's a plural part. Nanomachines. Nice.

* Esther needs slapping here so bad. She knows Abel has orders not to tell her certain things but when he doesn't spill it's a sign he doesn't trust her. What a special snowflake she is. "Classified" doesn't apply to her!

Abel doesn't tell her that Petros pulverized his insides and that's why he's suffering because she can't know about Crusnik or that all he needs is uninterrupted time to shift over to it to repair himself. If she knew he'd been that badly injured and suddenly he's fine, that would have been suspicious. It's the situation of suck, not helped by how he's ashamed of his other side.

* Radu's lying to himself to help make his betrayal go over better. How utterly expected. *g* I see an almost sexual tinge to Dietrich's sadism toward him. Can he possibly still think the Rosen Kreuz Orden will help the Methuselah dominate the world when Dietrich is using an undead and lobotomized army of Methuselah as his shock troops, the Autojägers? Or maybe he thinks he's in too deep to get free now.

* Caterina kicks ass. Okay, not physically, but in the "putting your money where your mouth is" way. Deeply cool. Definitely an iron lady. Her word games with Petros also entertained me.

* Tres keeping his (blind) eyes on the prize and laying out the situation for Sister Kate slew me. His having a second plan because he figured that Caterina would reject the one that keeps her personal safety paramount over the peace process endears him to me even more. He has a better grasp of the thoughts of the people around him than a lot of the humans do.

* Esther as a maniac escape car driver is more entertaining in the manga.

* Caterina and the Professor's conversation reveals quite a bit. But grading papers is more important than restoring Tres' sight? Wow. And how frustrating it is for Tres to be forced to operate at subpar conditions in the service of the Vatican?

* Big-ass battle scene! Damn, did Abel get damaged, and his special abilities being classified means he can't save his ass against Petros. Fortunately, or unfortunately in some cases, Radu ups the stakes to the point where Abel has to set that aside.

* I love how alien and gross the nanomachine stuff is here, much more so than in the anime. The mouths are freaky.... Crusnik is much more simple-minded than Abel.

* And of course Esther can't deal with the revelation of the secret she'd been trying so hard to pry from him. Yes, it's gross and scary, but he's not even threatening her or Ion and she's freaking out. But it's all about her, isn't it? Hello, he's saving your life, Esther. She distracts him as he's about to take down Radu. She has a habit of butting in at the worst moments in the anime, so I shouldn't be surprised.

* Tres to the rescue! Linked into the ship so he can see, no less. Love you, Tres.

* Abel puts his fool's mask right back up as soon as Sister Kate notices him. Sad. Tres with the cords still inserted into his body does things for me. I just can't help it! I miss him and Abel as the team supreme. Abel has a little breakdown alone, and Esther looks likely to make more trouble. *sigh*


The mangaka's afterwords are still entertaining. Petros is the mangaka's avatar in the little comics, and it's hilarious seeing "Petros" dorking out here, breaking a toy tank, freaking out, excited over buying "research materials" that include softcore porn.... Kiyo Kyujyo also writes in "Outro" that "Host Club 'Rosen Kreuz' sounds like a name that would really exist, doesn't it?" Yeah, in your nightmares maybe. Do all mangaka mainline a concentrate of sugar and cocaine, or just the ones whose afterwords I read?

[Criizmeow]

This was the most action packed chapter so far, just unrelenting stressful painful action combined with the personality and anguish of each character personally, culminating with the first truly clear sight of Abel’s other form, much to other characters trauma, I loved the angst in this chapter, and how even the enemies are so interesting to watch.

[Miss Ryoko]

Woooo-eeee this volume was a page turner! So far, this has been my favorite volume. Abel seemed a lot less Vash-like (but still... he's so very obviously a Vash rip off) that I was able to forgive it a little bit. But a lot of great stuff happened.

But seriously, Esther is an idiot!! After seeing Crusnik, I'd be like "OH MY GOD! SO BAD ASS!!!" She's a wuss.

I mean, look at this: So. Flippin. Bad. Ass.

[Charmaine (CharmySketches)]

This volume surpassed my expectations in terms of story and character development. The art has always been gloriously detailed since the beginning but in so many ways it was even more amazing in this volume. The last chapter was fantastic, so much mystery and intrigue even though I've seen the entire anime series, this manga is very different, but in the best way! It looks like I'm going to be preferring the manga adaptation of Sunao Yoshida's novels over the anime adaptation. Rest in the Peace of Christ, Yoshida-sensei!
Looking forward to reading the next volume in this out of print series, I'm so glad I got all of the Tokyopop Volumes released here for a great price on ebay.

+JMJ+

[Holly]

Having learned my lesson from writing short little reviews for the Vampire Hunter D manga, I'm just straight up going to say that the art for this is gorgeous. My only complaint is that it's sometimes a little too heavy on the fanservice, but it's otherwise really well put-together. I love the characters and the plot – which builds itself as the volumes progress, revealing the world to us gradually and making it seem very, very real. Overall, this is one of my favourite mangas and I'm really disappointed that the English release hasn't been continued.

[Deborah]

I'm back reading and pondering this series of graphic novel. The artwork continues to draw me...no pun... I just love these characters.
Of all this type of book, imho, these are the best. Plus, they're about vampire hunters!!!!

[Logan]

Ohhhhh...!! *huggles Abel* Poor little sweetheart...

(yes, I know this is a completely useless and slightly ridiculous review...sorry ^_^)

[Rachel (Sfogs)]

Good but sad! Poor Abel~!!! He's NOT a monster! He's sooooooo cool!!

[Prisca]

Owh Abel... T.T Don't worry, Miss Blanchett will accept you the way you are :')

[Lete]

AW! Poor Abel. You're Not a MONSTER!! Ah very awesome battle scenes and so many participating in that battle. Cool

[Kristina]

The graphics still make it impressive and worth reading especially since I am a fan of Hellsing series.

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite)]

Good volume.

[Gustav Roccia]

4.0/5.0

[Audre]

better ! yes ! less non sense.less weird dialogues. an other bff treason is relou but outside of it I finally began to enjoy trinity blood again