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| Author | Kōtarō Isaka |
|---|---|
| Original title | マリアビートル (Maria Beetle) |
| Translator | Sam Malissa |
| Language | Japanese |
| Series | Hitman |
Release number | 2 (novel) 4 (overall) |
| Genre | |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
Publication date | September 2010 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | April 2021 |
| Pages | 465 |
| Awards | University Readers' Award |
| ISBN | 9784048741057 |
| Preceded by | 3 Assassins Maoh: Juvenile Remix Waltz |
| Followed by | AX |
Maria Beetle (Japanese: マリアビートル, Hepburn: Mariabītoru) is a Dark comedy crime novel by Japanese author Kōtarō Isaka published in 2010 and later translated to English as Bullet Train. It follows several hitmen aboard a Tōhoku Shinkansen Hayate train, each on a different mission, interconnected in some way. The novel was well reviewed, and was adapted to the Japanese stage in 2018, as well as a 2022 American film.
It is the second novel in Isaka's Hitman trilogy, after 3 Assassins (original Japanese title: Grasshopper), published in 2004,[1] and before AX in 2017,[2][3] with characters from the novel also being incorporated into the spin-off manga series Waltz, serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday from October 10, 2009,[4] to February 10, 2012.[5]
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