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Kino travels with the trusty talking motorrad, Hermes. The duo are always together, with Hermes providing speed, and Kino providing balance. They stay in each country for no more than three days, as a rule—enough time to learn about each destination's unique customs and people. And so Kino and Hermes journey ever onward..."
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(3.99/5)Kino no Tabi (2003) is one of my favourite animes. It has one downside though: It has a limited number of episodes, and there's obviously a lot of content that is not adapted. And I wanted more. So for a few years I've been thinking to myself: I'm gonna read the LN in its original language once my Japanese is finally good enough. Needless to say, that's a lot of anticipation.
And well... I don't know what exactly it is, but I liked the anime much more than this volume. Maybe it's because I reme
Surprisingly dark content matter
And I don't mean that in a bad way or anything; I came into this book knowing only two things: the series was popular and generally recommended as a good first book for a Japanese learner. The subjects of some of Kino's travels were far more serious than I originally anticipated, and I think it helped quite a bit in forming my impressions of the book. They left more of an impact that a generally light-hearted book would have, I think.
But I will echo other reviewers here: I don't think this is
Vibes™
This book is a collection of short stories, where Kino and his motorcycle travel to different "kingdoms" and spend three days getting to know each one. Every kingdom has a single defining feature (for example, a kingdom where everything is determined by a majority vote of the populace) and the stories basically show the current state of the kingdom as the logical yet extreme conclusion of that system.
It's a book that just kind of makes you think. At the end of several stories I had a feeling
Not the best choice for your first book
This used to always be recommended as a "first good book" and I would strongly disagree with that. Even without mentioning children's books, there's a lot of easier LN, novels, etc out there.
The series consists of stories about Kino's travels to different countries. Expect a lot of descriptive text on the way to these places and once our characters arrive there. In addition, this book is rather notorious for the amount of "gun words" you end up picking up. Not sure how useful those will be fo
Guns everywhere
I have no idea why this is so highly rated. The story is fine, the grammar used is easy enough... but the vocabulary is borderline useless at times. Some pages are riddled with terms used to describe guns, and I'm not American enough to have any need for those words.