5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Intense Novel, Feb 6 2011
By Blue Umbrella - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Full Metal Panic! (Novel) Volume 4: Ending Day By Day -- Part 1 7 (Paperback)
Another great novel by Shoji Gatoh. If you enjoyed the first three novels, or the anime, there's no reason you won't enjoy this one too. The author does a fantastic job of ramping up the excitement until you feel like you want to jump out of your seat.
This particular novel was the basis for the FMP Second Raid anime, however you will notice some differences between this and the anime. I won't spoil it for you; You'll have to read it to find out what was changed for the anime.
This will probably be a limited print run, so you should snap up a copy while you still can!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Correction, Jan 18 2009
By A. Lewis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Full Metal Panic! (Novel) Volume 4: Ending Day By Day -- Part 1 7 (Paperback)
I should point out that the review and description given are for the 4th volume of the -manga-, not the novels. This volume is the source material for more or less the first half of the FMP: The Second Raid anime version.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Buy it, whether you want to or not., Feb 19 2011
By Grant Beaudette - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Full Metal Panic! (Novel) Volume 4: Ending Day By Day -- Part 1 7 (Paperback)
I was doubting it would ever happen...
Almost 3 years after it was supposed to be released in North America, The Ending Day by Day finally has an English release. With both halves combined into one volume no less.
Compared to it's anime counterpart Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid, The Ending Day by Day is a touch anemic. Fans of the show will feel like crucial parts have been eliminated, even the book came first. However though the anime expanded and intensified things, the book does contain small details that'll interest the hard-core fan.
Even if you're not all that interested in reading a novel of something you've already seen in anime form, buy it anyway. Maybe then us Westerners will get a chance to see the remaining 7 FMP novels released in English.