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Kino No Tabi Volume 1: Book One of the Beautiful World
by Keiichi Sigsawa
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9781598164558 |
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, is is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is."
Review:
"Part of manga publisher Tokyopop's launch of its Pop Fiction imprint, this first entry in an eight-volume The Beautiful World series features an 11-year-old unnamed narrator who lives with her parents in the Land of Grownups. Here, children are carefree — until age 12, when they must undergo an operation that will transform them into grownups ('We'll open up your head and take out the child inside of you.... Then your mommy and daddy can relax, too'). Two days before her operation, the narrator meets an enigmatic man named Kino, a 'professional traveler' who 'cures' a broken-down motorcycle in a junk heap and raises doubts about her village's rituals. When the girl shames her family by questioning the necessity of the operation, and her father, in turn, attempts to kill her (since parents in the village 'have every right to dispose of a flawed one'), Kino steps in and is killed. The girl escapes on the 'cured' motorcycle, which now has the ability to talk with her, and she adopts the name Kino. From there it's an odd road tale of the girl and her talking bike, delivered in episodic manga-esque style with a new setting every few dozen pages, including a town filled with telepaths, and another built around a gruesome spectacle that's a kind of real-life violent video game, used to settle scores between feuding factions. Many ideas are introduced, few of them fully explored, but manga fans seeking more substance in their reading will likely embrace this series. Ages 12-up." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Review:
"The uncomplicated writing style pulls no punches in showing the world's horrors, but in doing so, gives light to the wonderment of human nature." VOYA
Synopsis:
Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, and discovers that the world's imperfections hold its true beauty.
Synopsis:
The world is not beautiful, therefore it is. And destination is a state of mind...Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle. During their adventures, they find happiness and sadness, pain and decadence, violence and beauty, and above all, truth. Through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom.
About the Author
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1972, Sigsawa-sensei was a finalist in the 6th Dengeki Novel Awards. His hobby, not surprisingly, is traveling on this motorcycle. His major works include Kino no Tabi, Alison, and Lilia and Trais.
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Bridget Colontonio, September 7, 2007 (view all comments by Bridget Colontonio)
The book KINO NO TABI is destined to become a favorite among young readers. From the very beginning, the reader gets to follow Kino on her new life path, with Hermes, her motorcycle, and the many sensational adventures that await them. The diversified people and places they come across on their journey are told in vivid detail, you feel as though you too are riding Hermes and can almost feel the wind in your face and smell the "forest perfume; like incense in a shrine". Kino's sense of calm and coolness pervades all she comes into contact with, and her fearlessness in the face of danger is inspirational. There are many colorful characters in this story that the reader will not soon forget, and some they can relate to, and some they would rather forget. But more importantly, Kino and Hermes, teach us to trust and believe in ourselves in the face of great opposition.
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elphie1313, June 21, 2007 (view all comments by elphie1313)
This book is amazing!! I picked it up by accident and couldn't put it down. The characters are created well and I was continuously interested in where the plot line is going. The only downside to this novel is that it is part of a series that its publisher, Tokyopop, is taking forever to translate. I suggest picking it up and looking forward the rest of the series with as much aticipation as I am!
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781598164558
- Subtitle:
- Book One of the Beautiful World
- Author:
- Illustrator:
- Kuroboshi, Kouhaku
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- TokyoPop
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Fantasy - General
- Subject:
- Graphic Novels - Manga
- Subject:
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Publication Date:
- October 2006
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 205
- Dimensions:
- 7.04x5.02x.57 in. .43 lbs.
- Age Level:
- 08-12
