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Trinity Blood Tarot Card Collection

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Collection of decorative tarot cards depicting characters from the Japanese light novel series Trinity Blood. It was written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto. It ran from 2001-2004 and spanned 4 volumes. It was adapted into a manga in 2003 and an anime series in 2005. It follows two races, humans and vampires, who are embroiled in a cold war. A young nun working for the Vatican teams up with an undercover vampire to prevent war from breaking out. 

Thores Shibamoto is a Japanese artist known for her intricately gothic painting style. She worked mainly on illustrating the original light novels as a character designer as well as on various supplemental material including merchandise and marketing.