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Garden of Avalon
- GenresLight NovelFantasy
104 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2015
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About the author
Kinoko Nasu
26 books103 followers奈須 きのこ, Nasu Kinoko, born 28 November 1973 is a Japanese author, best known for writing the light novel The Garden of Sinners and visual novels Tsukihime and Fate/stay night, and a co-founder of Type-Moon. Renowned for a unique style of storytelling and prose, Nasu is amongst the most prominent visual novelists in Japan. He graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
March 26, 2024
LOVED it! As a Fate fan, reading about Artoria's backstory, as well as having insights from Merlin and the other KOTR, was amazing. Nasu never disappoints. Good short read as well.
August 14, 2022
Beautiful prose and themes, but need to hold back on info-dumping.
May 9, 2024
Tragedy and Fate
by Yuki Kaijura
“A King without greed is even worse than a figurehead.
You said you would martyr yourself for your ideals, and
In life you must have been something akin to the purest of
All the saints.
A proud and noble figure at the very least,
But who can truly admire the rough and thorny path
That a martyr must follow in life
Who actually dreams of such an ending?
A King:
Must be greedier than any other
He must laugh more loudly
And rage for much longer
And embody the very extreme
Of all things good and evil
That is why his retainers envy his very existence
And adore him as well
And why the flames of aspiration
To be just as the king is
Can burn within his people
Proud King of Chivalry
The righteousness and ideals you embraced in life
May have indeed saved your nation and her people once.
However. . . Surely you must know
What became of those who were saved by you
But then were left to fend for themselves
‘What are you saying?’ She replied.
You may indeed have saved them
But you never led them
You never showed them all what a king should really be
You abandoned your men when they lost their way
Then alone and untroubled by that fact
You went on to follow your own pretty little ideals to the end
Thus you are no true king
You spend you life enraptured by a false idol of a humble king
Who always serves others.”
—On Kinghood, A Discourse at a Banquet of Kings, By Iskandar
Me🥲: “Do you see it? The Continuation of your Dream——?”
by Yuki Kaijura
“A King without greed is even worse than a figurehead.
You said you would martyr yourself for your ideals, and
In life you must have been something akin to the purest of
All the saints.
A proud and noble figure at the very least,
But who can truly admire the rough and thorny path
That a martyr must follow in life
Who actually dreams of such an ending?
A King:
Must be greedier than any other
He must laugh more loudly
And rage for much longer
And embody the very extreme
Of all things good and evil
That is why his retainers envy his very existence
And adore him as well
And why the flames of aspiration
To be just as the king is
Can burn within his people
Proud King of Chivalry
The righteousness and ideals you embraced in life
May have indeed saved your nation and her people once.
However. . . Surely you must know
What became of those who were saved by you
But then were left to fend for themselves
‘What are you saying?’ She replied.
You may indeed have saved them
But you never led them
You never showed them all what a king should really be
You abandoned your men when they lost their way
Then alone and untroubled by that fact
You went on to follow your own pretty little ideals to the end
Thus you are no true king
You spend you life enraptured by a false idol of a humble king
Who always serves others.”
—On Kinghood, A Discourse at a Banquet of Kings, By Iskandar
Me🥲: “Do you see it? The Continuation of your Dream——?”
December 28, 2021
While fragmented, it is a beautiful story for the center character of the Fate franchise. The different point of views were enjoyable in their diversity in their own way. I recommend listening with the soundtrack, it is beautiful and made the experience much better. The fan translation was a bit rough at some points, but it didn't simplify the style, the spirit was there and there were no major grammar mistakes.
August 23, 2022
Prose was beautiful, but could have been a novel.
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