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| Trinity Blood, Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Author: Sunao Yoshida
Creator: Kiyo Kyujo
Publisher: TokyoPop
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 338864
Media: Comic
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1598166743
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5952
EAN: 9781598166743
ASIN: 1598166743
Publication Date: November 7, 2006
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Condition: Brand new and unread, from our store stock.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Gothic Novel January 12, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A great gothic novel for any vampire enthusiast. Exquisit illustrations and a great story line. A real good read and an enjoyable fantasy comic.
A Must-Have Collection April 30, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Okay, for anyone who doesn't know, Trinity Blood started out as a science fiction novel, of the same title. The funny thing is, unlike most people, I started with reading the novels, then watched the show, then read the manga. I recommend reading the novels and manga after you watch the show, because each starts in a different place in the story, and the show is easiest to follow. An observant reader would notice the the titles of the chapters in the novels are also names of episodes, which follow these storylines. In the first novel, it starts with the two first episodes "Flight Night" and then "Witch Hunt", but then skips to "From the Empire" and then skips back to "Sword Dancer". So the story and what is and isn't revealed varies between each series.
Not Jeff but his kid
 Methuselas and Crusniks and Terrans, Oh My! July 23, 2007
Most of you anime otaku will be familiar with the story of Trinity Blood by now. It centers around a Catholic priest named Abel Nightroad, a crusnik (a vampire that feeds off of other vampires), Tres Equis, a super cyborg controlled by the church and designed for combat, and Sister Esther, a [mostly] innocent young nun caught up in the sweep of world affairs.
In the U.S. the anime has been out since September 26, but the manga was released five weeks later on November 7. Although the stories are similar, there are some key differences between the two that make the manga superior.
The comic starts where episode three of the show begins. Father Nightroad is ostensibly a visiting priest in the city of Istavan. In actuality, he is an elite agent of the Catholic church investigating the activities of the cities ruler, a vampire named Count Gyula. Gyula is bent on destroying the Catholic church, which he blames for the death of his terran (that is, non-vampire) wife.
The manga is worth your time if only for the expanded story elements. Mother Vitez, Esther's mentor and mother figure, features prominently and Tres Equis is a Vatican spy in Count Gyula's personal army. The plot hasn't changed, but the story is refreshingly different.
The art is at times impressive and at other times confusing. The action can be enthralling, as when Abel first reveals his crusnik powers, or impossibly hard to follow--without a second or third reading--such as the opening scene when Abel first meets Esther.
Despite these flaws, the story carries the whole manga admirably. That should come as no surprise as the comic and anime are an adaptation of a series of novels written by Sunao Yoshida in 2003. Unfortunately Yoshida died in 2004 at the age of 34 and left the novels unfinished until his friend and Ragnarok author Kentaro Yasuri completed them in 2005.
Tokyopop has done a fine job with this manga.
 Could not get into this book November 8, 2007
I was not captured by the story at all. It seemed too cliche and the story was not immersing. There is a vampire who feeds on vampires and is employed by the Vatican. However, if vampire wars and Vatican is your deal then I suggest Hellsing. It is not the story but it is how the story is told, and I was not impressed by this manga.
When a character dies in this book, you don't really care. the dialogues, character development makes you want to flip pages,- but without reading-. The art is beautiful but in some action scenes you don't really understand who is hitting who. 3 stars for the artwork. I am only reviewing the first book, mind you, perhaps the series get better but I am not planning to pick up volume 2.
Solid concept with a shaky start. January 28, 2008
I've been told by quite a few people that I should check out Trinity Blood. After reading a plot overview on the internet, I was definately intrigued so I went out to my local bookstore and bought volume 1. Just a few pages into the book, I was utterly confused and found myself re-reading lots of parts. This was mainly due to the artwork which is very elaborate but fails at giving the reader a clear visual explanation. I also felt like I was plunged into the story way too fast and that everything was rushed. The reader isn't given enough time to get to know the characters, so I didn't really care for their well-being during times of impending danger and it wasn't sad or shocking when this person betrayed that person. It was too much too soon too fast. I guess now that I'm already into the series I'll see what happens next, but there are definately better manga series you can read. 3 1/2 stars for Trinity Blood (which rounds up to 4).
P.S. I found the artwork to be really overrated. Of course, I am really hard to please when it comes to art. :)
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