Nov 20, 2024
If you’re here, I imagine you’re curious about Tachibina’s (Date A Live’s author) first series. I’ll start by saying that, whatever you might have heard about this novel around the internet, this is a good series, sometimes (or rather I should say oftentimes) better than DAL even.
The first volume is the most different out of all 8 volumes here, that’s because, according to the author himself, this was originally a one-shot that got extended into a series. As such, you’ll notice that volume 1 feels a lot different from the rest of the series, and some parts of it get retconned later in the story.
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can’t really comment on the story because honestly it’s all over the place. That said, it does come together nicely at the end. If you’ve read Date A Bullet, it’s basically that. While I’m at it, I’ll mention that you’ll see a lot of elements from this story that were later repurposed to Tachibana’s other series. Well, I say repurposed, but some are ripped straight from here and just have a few details changed. Chances are your favorite parts of Tachibana’s novels are originally from here.
The series is 8 volumes long, each volume has a certain focus, or maybe theme is more correct. The main character is Karuma Takasaki, a girl who is part of the Blue Sky Knights and is really infatuated with her niece, Arisa. Other important characters are the magician Astena, the demon (android?) Uta, the twin goddesses Amayura and Reiyura, a fellow knight Makina Tobiichi, as well as Arisa herself and a few others I can’t say for the sake of spoilers.
Some places put it as a yuri series, but it really isn’t. Yes, there are some moments where Karuma gets perverted thoughts about her niece, but honestly I feel like those moments are more comedy than ecchi. Speaking of comedy, this lands really well, again, comparable to the best DAL stories. Most volumes are good, some are great, there’s only one I’d say it’s meh, and I can’t think of any I’d call bad, so on average it’s a pretty good series.
So, to make a long story short, if you’re curious about the series it is one I can confidently recommend. That said, as I write this there’s no translation for it, so you’re kinda screwed if you can’t read japanese. But who knows, maybe someone will pick it up in the future…
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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