キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- III

Kino's Journey #3

by Keiichi Sigsawa

真っ白だった。　上も、下も、右も、左も、ただ白かった。　「見事に何も見えないな」　「見事に何も見えないね」　「でも、すぐにまた、見えるようになる」　「見えるようになるだろうね」　「ねえ。見えるようになって、目の前にきれいさっぱり何もなかったらどうする？　ちょっと嬉しくない？」　「ああ。でも、そんなことはありえないことを、ボクは知ってるからね」　「晴れたら、どうするつもり？」　「そうだな……、ここにいても仕方がないし、ボクにできることもない。出発するだろうな。それだけだ」　人間キノと言葉を話す二輪車エルメスの旅の話。短編連作の形で綴られる、大人気新感覚ノベル第３弾!!

Genres: Light Novel, Japanese Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Manga, Science Fiction, Adventure

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 10, 2001

About the author

Pen name of Keiichi Shigusawa (時雨沢恵一).

Reviews

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another batch of powerful short stories.

[Kakuzō Akutagawa · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Do you know? Do you not know? Do you know? - Where is the terminal?"


My thoughts after reading "Kino No tabi III"
Written by Keiichi Sigsawa
Illustrated by Kuroboshi Kohaku

This is my second time reading the book, and my first time reading it in Japanese.

Hey, this book is amazingly short (so why did it take me like 4 months to read!!?), being just shy of 210 pages I'm quite sure it is the shortest Kino volume to date.

I love Kino so much, and reading it in Japanese has been such a fun experience, the pages are short and not very dense on text and the overall prose of Sigsawa just makes things flow so smoothly while throwing some difficult kanji or words in the mix.

I always find myself learning so many words when reading this series, and I've read some difficult books (believe me) and this being aimed at a younger audience has made me learn so much more than those! Oh, how funny life can be.

In any case, the stories on this volume are also a banger, my favorites being "the country without walls," "the country with the same face," "the country where discrimination is prohibited," and "a tale in the end" (note these were translated by my lazy-ass instead of searching the actual translations).

So light, so fun.

Kino no Tabi - The beautiful world - III is an 8/10

[Rolaka Pisarka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genialny tomik, przeczytałam go z przyjemnością!

[Đào Kiên · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chưa gì đã tiến vào giai đoạn cliche rồi

[Parasite-Z]

dnf at 70%

[Tsljukic · Rating 4 out of 5]

great collection of light short stories that make you think and consider morals and the world we live in.

[Shrivrae · Rating 5 out of 5]

★10/10