การเดินทางของคิโนะ เล่ม 6

Kino's Journey #6

by Keiichi Sigsawa

よくない道だねえ、と走ってきたモトラド（注・二輪車。空を飛ばないものだけを指す）が言った。後輪の脇には箱が、上には大きな鞄と丸めた寝袋とコート。旅荷物をたくさん積んだモトラドだった。でもやっぱりこれは近道だよと、モトラドの運転手が言った。黒いジャケットを着て、帽子とゴーグルをした十代中頃の若い人間だった。腰を太いベルトで締めたジャケットの前合わせは、初夏の風が入るように大きく開けていた。その下に、白いシャツを着ていた。　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6弾!!

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

216 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2002

About the author

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

Reviews

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning was incredibly repetitive (purposely so), which made it hard to get into. After the rocky intro, things settled into the regular fun formula.

[Giang Nguyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm biased. Any Kino no Tabi book will automatically get 5 stars if there's nothing disturbing me. This volume is no exception. For a long while, I could only describe Kino no Tabi as a twisted collection of stories about human society in the form of an adventure, fantasy story. Now with the viewpoint of a 'new' me, I can finally name the 'twist' - the many conflicts in social behavior.

Things were figuratively discussed in volume 6:
+ atone for sins or selfish acts to relieve oneself, the suffering of the victim's family;
+ violence vs non-violence;
+ resource surplus, no communication -> misinterpretation;
+ living to others' expectations;
+ self-enhancing triad (people normally overestimate their good points, overestimate their control over events and are unrealistically optimistic) -> bad things will not happen again;
+ real danger - weapons or human?
+ selfish vs selfless

[Managing my virtual footprint · Rating 5 out of 5]

素晴らしかったです！特に初めての「彼女の旅」と最後の「祝福のつもり」と言う話はお勧めします。「旅の途中」も面白かったです。

[Rolaka Pisarka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genialne opowieści. Polecam każdemu!

[Freeread · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Cecille · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this was one of the better batches of short stories. Still don't think this one tops the first or second volumes, but there were a few really good chapters that hit similar highs.

[Shrivrae · Rating 5 out of 5]

★10/10