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A review by dee2799d
Juni Taisen: Zodiac War by NISIOISIN
3.0
L gave me their copy after reading, saying they had no sympathy for any of the characters and I was prepared for the worst. But actually it wasn't so bad?
So it looks like Juni Taisen is a prologue to a manga illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura (who also drew the cover for the novel) and I guess that makes sense considering how fast Juni Taisen just... went down. You get a few sub-chapters for each 'fight' and the battles don't usually last long. A blessing, from what I've seen of NisiOisiN's fight scenes to be honest, but also doesn't really give me the feeling that these people are the world's greatest fighters. We could chalk it up to 'well all of them are good so it's a matter of who's better right?' but honestly? After the hype we saw of Boar and how deadly she was, how femme fatale, how strong, and then bam she's just dead--I kinda feel cheated you know?
Two specific points I like: the combatants' bio that appears before their chapters. I like some of them and think they're interesting characters from their bio. Too bad the actual novel doesn't really show much of any of that.
Another is Tiger's disappointment about life in general. I didn't really think I'd like her as much as I did but her chapters were pretty good. It shows how an innocent and naive person can react to war and death and I liked that.
All in all the novel's not too bad, but I'm glad I didn't have to pay for it.
So it looks like Juni Taisen is a prologue to a manga illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura (who also drew the cover for the novel) and I guess that makes sense considering how fast Juni Taisen just... went down. You get a few sub-chapters for each 'fight' and the battles don't usually last long. A blessing, from what I've seen of NisiOisiN's fight scenes to be honest, but also doesn't really give me the feeling that these people are the world's greatest fighters. We could chalk it up to 'well all of them are good so it's a matter of who's better right?' but honestly? After the hype we saw of Boar and how deadly she was, how femme fatale, how strong, and then bam she's just dead--I kinda feel cheated you know?
Two specific points I like: the combatants' bio that appears before their chapters. I like some of them and think they're interesting characters from their bio. Too bad the actual novel doesn't really show much of any of that.
Another is Tiger's disappointment about life in general. I didn't really think I'd like her as much as I did but her chapters were pretty good. It shows how an innocent and naive person can react to war and death and I liked that.
All in all the novel's not too bad, but I'm glad I didn't have to pay for it.