Owari no Seraph: Kyuuketsuki Mikaela no Monogatari

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Another great and worthwhile addition to the Seraph of the End franchise. These two novels are up to the same high standard of quality as the Guren Ichinose novels, but feel a little less essential to the overall plot by comparison.

I was really surprised that the story of these novels mainly revolved around Crowley's backstory, which isn't a complaint because I happen to like Crowley's character a lot, but I just expected it to center more on Mika. The story is really interesting and I honestly couldn't help but be fully invested in it. It gives a good inside look at the characters of Crowley, ... Ferid, and Mika which made them much more interesting characters than the manga has made them out to be in my opinion. I especially love seeing Ferid mess with the other characters as his presence always makes things more interesting. I also really liked how it specifically developed the vampire side of the Seraph of the End universe, which made many aspects of the manga make much more sense now to me, and goes to show how well though out the entire franchise is.

To read this I had to rely on some English fan translations, which were well done, but I really think that this deserves an official localization as it stands up to the series high standard of quality in my opinion.

Overall, I don't really have any problems with these novels, they add a lot of depth to the Seraph of the End lore and characters, making the rest of the franchise more interesting after reading. I do feel like these novels aren't as essential to the overarching narrative as the Guren Ichinose novels are, but they certainly left a good impression and I'm very glad I read them.

Keep in mind that I have given these novels a 10/10 because I am extremely biased (ONS is my main interest), so if I were your average reader, I would give these novels an 8/10.
Although MAL has this title listed as completed, as far as we know, it’s just on hold. Kagami has said that he plans on releasing another novel to this title that centers around Ferid Bathory.

The name suggests it will be about Mika’s time between becoming a vampire and reuniting with Yuu, however that’s not completely the case. It does show some scenes of Mika right before he became a vampire and ... a brief scene when he was 14, however, the two books that are out at this moment focus on Crowley’s life as a human and how he met Ferid and became a vampire. [Manga spoiler in next sentence] That’s why I like to think of the title as “The Story of Vampire Michaela” since Ferid, Crowley, and Mika are classified as Michaelas.

These two books go into detail about Crowley’s character - he’s very lovable...a bit naive but that’s part of his charm. They also tell us a lot more about Ferid, even illuding to his past in certain parts. I find anything that has to do with Ferid extremely interesting since he’s one of the most eccentric and confusing characters in Owari no Seraph. General warning since there are some topics that may make some people uncomfortable, such as mentions of p//doph//lia, child ab//se, and mentioned r//pe. I didn't personally find anything too graphic, but I put a warning just in case you need it.

I believe that when Kagami releases the next installment of this title, it will answer a lot of questions that I have about ONS - I can’t wait till the release. Generally speaking, I think if you want to know more about the vampires in ONS or just want to know more about Crowley, Ferid, and their relationship, you should check out these books.