The series originally started serialization in volume five of mediaworks nowdefunct light novel magazine dengeki hp on march 17, 2000. Kino no tabi book one of the beautiful world novel 1. Kino no tabi book one of the beautiful world volume. Kino heard that there is a wonderful country, but everything has changed by the present king. Kinos journey volume 1, chapter 1 the country where one perceives others pain i see you.
First volume of the original japanese release of kinos journey. So ive discovered recently that the official english release of kino no tabi was heavily edited from the original japanese text. Tl is there a fan translation of kino no tabi volume 1. The main theme of kino no tabi is summed up by its most famous quote. Tokyopop released the series under its romaji title of kino no tabi and rearranged the chapters of the first volume. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Autogenerated bakatsuki kino no tabi volume 01 summary bakatsukiautogenerateddark. Translation so, ive recently remembered that the tokyopop release of the novel was quite heavily edited, on top of some other blatant changes. The light novel series has also been translated into chinese, korean, and german. I have to say that kino no tabi is one of those book that worth to read. Kinos journey is a japanese light novel series written by keiichi sigsawa, and illustrated by. Book one of the beautiful world, which was the inspiration for the anime series kinos journey.
Kino no tabi the beautiful world volume 1 chapter 5 the country of adults natural rights when i met the traveler who was called kino, i was eleven years old and still living in the country where i was born. Due to issues with the licensor, the remaining volumes have been canceled. Japanese novel, english manga and anime available now. Kino arrived at a country where kino has wanted to visit. Its thirteen episodes long and based off of a series of japanese light novels. Kino no tabi, or, kinos journey, follows the adventures of the namesake traveler and her talking motorbike companion, hermes, as they journey from country to country.
I watched the original anime series years ago, when i was in highschool, so listening to the light novel version, gives you more details. Kino is a traveller who explores a vast world with a unu kinos journey is probably my favorite anime series of all time. Kino wanders around the world on the back of hermes an unusual, talking, anthropomorphic motorcycle only staying in each. Novel kino no tabi book one of the beautiful world novel 1 20061010 kino no tabi book two. Truth be told, i can no longer remember what i was called back then.