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キノの旅 ｔｈｅ Ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ Ｗｏｒｌｄ [Kino no Tabi] (Comic) #5
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World, Vol. 5
In the end, Kino broke down.
No, maybe "broke down" isn't the right way to put it. "Gave in" is more like it. "Fine, then! If you insist on refusing to see your child as her own person -- that she's such an impediment you really don't need -- then I'll bring her on my journey with me! That's all right with you, I'm sure!"
Haughty officials. Evil kids. A miserable land. Kino and Hermes head to a country that is known as "the worst of the worst," but the country's people, who were rumored to be cruel and uncaring, turn out to be the kindest people that Kino and Hermes have met on their journey. Despite the country's kindness and warm hospitality, something "warmer" might be brewing deep beneath the surface...
No, maybe "broke down" isn't the right way to put it. "Gave in" is more like it. "Fine, then! If you insist on refusing to see your child as her own person -- that she's such an impediment you really don't need -- then I'll bring her on my journey with me! That's all right with you, I'm sure!"
Haughty officials. Evil kids. A miserable land. Kino and Hermes head to a country that is known as "the worst of the worst," but the country's people, who were rumored to be cruel and uncaring, turn out to be the kindest people that Kino and Hermes have met on their journey. Despite the country's kindness and warm hospitality, something "warmer" might be brewing deep beneath the surface...
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 15, 2019
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July 30, 2025
Kino and Hermes visit a city that has a reputation for being extremely mean to visitors and are pleasantly surprised.
This mangaka always has a little twist that makes me turn around and re-read the story to enjoy it with the additional knowledge. The additional three short stories from the points of view of Kino's master, who changes how a town deals with being afraid to look at each other's faces, is continued well with both Kino and Shizu later seeing just how good (or not) that turned out.
This mangaka always has a little twist that makes me turn around and re-read the story to enjoy it with the additional knowledge. The additional three short stories from the points of view of Kino's master, who changes how a town deals with being afraid to look at each other's faces, is continued well with both Kino and Shizu later seeing just how good (or not) that turned out.
March 31, 2024
I'm not really gonna bother with a proper review. I adore this character when I found the original anime adaption. This has a chapter that was the set as the final in the show, but this dosen't feel inpactful on a page compared to seeing it on screen for the first time.
It's still a great series, and it needed a proper manga treatment which nicely ties things from the original light novel but giving kino themselves a bit more emotion
(but not too much like the reboot anime series)
It's still a great series, and it needed a proper manga treatment which nicely ties things from the original light novel but giving kino themselves a bit more emotion
(but not too much like the reboot anime series)
July 6, 2026
This entry in Keiichi Sigsawa's series was okay, but a good 44 pages of it is taken up by an extended action sequence where Kino is being hunted down in a ruined city by a group of unknown men. "That sounds interesting," you might say, and no, it's not. Sigsawa writes action like it's a screenplay, in the clinical method you would use for choreography notes. It's agonizing. There are even multiple cutaways to Hermes the motorcycle being bored while the gunfire in the background continues. I hope the anime director(s) got some use out of that chapter, because I certainly didn't.
May 10, 2021
It seems that at each village that Kino travels to sparks a bit of a philosophical thought. In this volume, we see a village that prompts the question, if you only had a short time left to live, how would spend that time?
June 12, 2024
My favorite aspect of these mangas have been the reading the stories about a city’s past, the present with Kino and seeing the future with Riku. It’s our chance to peer in and see how each traveler has influenced the people for better or for worse.
May 15, 2021
I think this is my favorite so far. And there are many great stories from the previous volumes but I just really liked the themes presented in this one.
October 7, 2022
Cute slice of life stories involving a traveler and their talking Motorrad and the wacky towns they visit.
June 7, 2023
Probably the most beautiful and intriguing volume so far. The masks country was especially fascinating.
February 5, 2024
Love these books. Kino's journey is my feel good place.
May 11, 2020
WOOOOW You guys. Ok, I'm warning you - don't sleep on this installment.
I've been a fan of Kino no Tabi since high school - the least anime-like anime series out there, and more literary in nature. Each episode explores the downfalls of society with subtle depth through allegory, and though it becomes formulaic after a while, it's still a breath of fresh air. Some volumes of the manga have been rehashing episodes of the previous animes. This one, as far as I can tell, hasn't. And whoaHOLYSMOKES (no pun intended) did this volume knock my socks off. I definitely recommend that you keep pushing forward with this series.
I've been a fan of Kino no Tabi since high school - the least anime-like anime series out there, and more literary in nature. Each episode explores the downfalls of society with subtle depth through allegory, and though it becomes formulaic after a while, it's still a breath of fresh air. Some volumes of the manga have been rehashing episodes of the previous animes. This one, as far as I can tell, hasn't. And whoaHOLYSMOKES (no pun intended) did this volume knock my socks off. I definitely recommend that you keep pushing forward with this series.
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