Before I describe this incarnation of Pita-Ten, I must admit that I
ended up with this book by mistake. I meant to order the manga volume
3, but mistakenly ordered the novel. In the end, it turned out to be
a good thing. Now I'm going to order the other two volumes of the
novel, too!
The book is split into two main parts. First and shorter part is
more-or-less original and is light-hearted and cute. It's about
Misaki, a "Tenshi no Tamago," who gets lost in the human world and
goes through some interesting ordeal. Of course, everyone--Kotarou,
Misha, Takashi (Ten-chan), Koboshi, Hiroshi (Dai-chan)--is involved.
Oh, "Tenshi no Tamago," literally "Angel Egg," is basically a child
from the Heavens.
Second and the longer part is about Shia's past. The story starts
with how Shia ends up on the human world, who Klaus Rosenberg
(Nyaa-san's real name!!) is and why he becomes involved with Shia, how
Shia and Tarou meets, and goes all the way to Shia and Tarou's
farewell. Note that this is not at all a repeat of the manga story.
By all accounts, this is an original work. Everything connects up
nicely with the original manga, though, which is why I decided to buy
the other two volumes of the novel, too.
It's fairly long, at least for a slow reader like me, but it's
remarkably easy to read. In fact, I know I didn't miss anything in
the story unlike when I read "Mahoutsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto"
novels. The only complaint I have is that it doesn't go into details
about Kotarou and Shino (the original ones). I wanted to know more
about their lives, too. Oh well, what's an imagination for, anyway?
Do you realize that $50 spent on an R2 anime DVD gets me 30 minutes
of often-crappy-these-days content, whereas $5 spent on a novel gets me
weeks of enjoyment and self improvement? What a deal!!! Of course,
manga is a good middle ground.
