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[First chapter spoilers only]

If you are fine with works that end partway through and will never be finished, and you enjoy good yuri, this is worth reading. The characters are interesting, and the love story is compelling. The main characters actually marry in the first chapter due to an arranged marriage, and the rest of the story is about the two trying to learn to love each other (and for Nina to learn to accept her role in being forced to move away from home into a political marriage). Unfortunately, the manga was cancelled abruptly, and it ends mid-scene. If you're on the fence, it's ... fairly short - 13 chapters of only about 30ish pages apiece.

To be honest, this is a case where I prefer the spin-off over the original. One of the largest complaints people have with TenSura is how overpowered the protagonist quickly gets. Trinity in Tempest, on the other hand, has protagonists that are only slightly above average, and it's all the better for it. Trinity is definitely a companion to TenSura - if you go into this without knowing what's going on in the main series, you'll probably be confused by some of the plot points or feel that things are glossed over.

But where this spin-off shines is giving a spotlight to the side characters ... without losing the fantasy action feel of the original work. While Phos is the only new character who is really fleshed out, she and her friends are mostly there to give us the perspective of the more normal citizens of Tempest during peacetime and some of the crazier events of the main series.

At the end of the day, TenSura is a story about a man trying to create a utopia. And while the story of creating that utopia is an interesting one, for me, the story of those who get to live in that utopia - those who have to deal with the fallout when the gods fight around them - that's the more interesting story. And even if you don't find the simple slice of life stuff enjoyable, it definitely helps give more weight and meaning to when you start reading about the actors on bigger stage once you've seen how their actions affect the little guys.