星界の紋章Ⅱ: ささやかな戦い [Seikai no Monshō II]

The Stars Series Light Novel #2

by Hiroyuki Morioka, 森岡 浩之

故郷の惑星が帝国の領地となったため、意に反してアーヴ星間帝国の貴族となったジントは、帝都へ向かう船で、ラフィールという名の少女に出会った。ジントがただの見習い士官だと思っていた少女が、実は皇帝の孫娘にして帝国を継ぐ王女だったとは……少年と王女の冒険がいま始まる！　新世代のスペース・オペラ

Genres: Light Novel, Science Fiction, Manga, Fiction, Romance, Space

288 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 1996

Reviews

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5
Another fun book that continues the adventures of Jinto and Lafiel. Slightly lower rating because of the nonending.

[Maverynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is hte part of the story that really cranks out the whole tsundere princess needs a man to teach her the ways of the world and she needs to "be a woman" and wear a dress and garbage that really kills any kind of seriousness that the character has. Morioka talks about how Lafiel came to him as a muse and what we get is a stereotype of a person than an actual person.
I will say however that Lafiel is smart and is ready to shoot people when she needs to so it's not totally ruined by her always being in distress and needing Jinto to save her. Jinto of course treats her as if she is always going to be falling into distress and it's rather painful to watch.

We also get to know the Abh origin story that the anime doesn't quite relate clearly (if at all?) and we also have a dump truck load of Baronh to learn as well... joy. Mixed in with TokyoPop's need to take the easy way out, well, I hope you memoried all that.

[Chris Duval · Rating 4 out of 5]

The original trilogy won the Seiun in 1997. It's a fun space opera, very light. In English the flow is somewhat disturbed by parentheticals that give Baronh transliterations for the words whose meaning was just rendered in English. (The editor said, in Volume I, that the Japanese version put the Baronh in "rubi" (furigana) above the kanji, so the linear flow was less obstructed.) When just the Baronh transliterations are given, which is quite common, a reader has to jump to the glossary or commit the term to memory. These two factors make the book slightly less of a quick read than it otherwise would have been.

[Hyperion · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still love the relationship and witty banter between Jinto and Lafier. I don't remember the anime being as funny as the books have been. I may need to give it a rewatch at some point. The surprise inspection scene was my favorite and cracked me up. We also get the history of the Abh, which was interesting. I look forward to the next volume. Great stuff.

[Ayman Teaman · Rating 4 out of 5]

It has been so long since I have watched & read this, but it was very enjoyable with credible settings, lovable characters, good action and plot twists.

Not much else to say!

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable read, highly recommend this series.v