It's a shame I never read past the gargoyle arc in the novel (to be fair I don't think it was Translated when I was going through a tough time and thus forgot about this till the manga came out) because one thing I have liked about this story is that it does actually flesh out the characters and kind of pick them and their motivations apart, examines them, comments on the good and bad, and then takes them beyond the typical end of a story to show even after the end, there is much to see and experience.