(L+CR) New Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (Kino's Journey)

[ArrowSmith]

Originally Posted by Applehell

A moving country is a pretty neat concept. Shame about the environment destruction it's causing just by moving around tho but they do try limit by having the thing run on steam instead of gas and mostly sticking to roads. With how technologically advanced they are perhaps it's people develop flight tech at one point to reduce that issue.

It's interesting they have that laser, advanced camera tech and who knows what else. I got the impression such a thing was possible from the 'robot country' in the 2003 version.

[Renchan]

Originally Posted by Applehell

A moving country is a pretty neat concept. Shame about the environment destruction it's causing just by moving around tho but they do try limit by having the thing run on steam instead of gas and mostly sticking to roads. With how technologically advanced they are perhaps it's people develop flight tech at one point to reduce that issue.

The country is nuclear powered actually (not sure why the anime omit this). Which is also why they can't have a long stop, since the country and reactor won't be able to withstand the excess energy and temperature.

[Anh_Minh]

Irrelevant. The reactor continuously produce energy - that's the important bit, not the "how". For that matter, nuclear reactors can be and regularly are shutdown.

I do question the physics of the thing, where they have no way to use the energy without moving, though...

[Ghostfriendly]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I do question the physics of the thing, where they have no way to use the energy without moving, though...

Rather than hard sci-fi, I think the reactor represents the idea that any energy source, hence, any civilisation, will be 'bothersome' in some way. In the real world, nuclear power doesn't use up fossil fuels, but generates nuclear waste. The moving country's people seek to minimise the damage they do by every means except for stopping the reactor and ceasing to move around. Their assumption that 'every country is bothersome in some way' rings hollow, if they're not researching a new reactor that doesn't require them to move around, and haven't tried expending the reactor's energy into windmills instead of wheels. Most of the countries in Kino's Journey have some odd solution to human problems based on their distinctive assumptions, which challenges us to look at the assumptions and injustices in our own society.

The militaristic nation was probably worse than the travelling country, but does that justify the latter's behaviour? The General was quite right to ask for an apology, even after the travelling country had verbally apologised, since they're clearly not sorry or self-critical in the least. Don't think it's possible to shoot rockets with a bolt-action rifle, but Kino's just being Kino.

[Enternal]

Originally Posted by ArrowSmith

Kino in this version is much more bad-ass than the 2003 version which was more existentialist in approach. Seems to be following a general trend in anime the last few years of more 'flash' than 'substance'.

So far, I like both. So... if they decide to license this in the US, I'm definitely buying it just like I did with the 2003 version

[sion21]

I heard about Kino many times before but i just realise Kino is not a guy...

[Ghostfriendly]

Originally Posted by sion21

I heard about Kino many times before but i just realise Kino is not a guy...

The swordsman prince made the same mistake, you're in good company.

[BloodyKitty]

Originally Posted by sion21

I heard about Kino many times before but i just realise Kino is not a guy...

If this is any consolation for you, in-universe many people make the same mistake . Some viewers of the original anime didn't realize until they watched the final episode of the original anime (and Kino's flashback ep was already in ep 4 )

[Kanon]

Spoiler for episode 4:

A Shizu episode, nice. He proved once again he's a really great guy. He tried to do what was best for the people of this country, but there's no saving people who don't wish to be saved. At least he gained a loli out of the whole ordeal.

Kino remembering Riku's name but not Shizu's was funny.

[Kamieichi]

And so, fans started calling Shizu a lolicon stalker swordsman. Actually the author was the first one who started.

[BloodyKitty]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Spoiler for episode 4:

Kino remembering Riku's name but not Shizu's was funny.

The novel was much funnier at this part.

Spoiler for difference in the novel:

The Colosseum story is in novel vol 1, while The Ship Country is in vol 8, so it gave the sense that Shizu hadn't met Kino again after a very long time. In the novel after knowing Kino is his opponent Shizu was very ecstatic for getting to see her again, but Kino just had to be like "uhm, what was your name again? The cute white dog is Riku, that I remember", which left Shizu shell-shocked (and brokenhearted) for a while before saying his name

Originally Posted by Kamieichi

And so, fans started calling Shizu a lolicon stalker swordsman. Actually the author was the first one who started.

Poor guy. In truth the loli was stalking him, not the other way around.

Tbh as someone who read the novel i feel this episode was very lackluster. This was adapted from the second longest chapter in all hundreds of Kino's stories, much much much longer than the Colosseum one. So to squeeze it all into one episode they just had to cut a lot of meat and just left the nearly barebone. At least new viewers got to know more about Shizu's viewpoint.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep4:

When you try to get a loli wife... only to find out she's a Yandere.
Well, just make sure you never get close to death and she won't try suiciding with you... I guess.

[HandofFate]

don't get why she stabbed him in the first place

[ArrowSmith]

I think Kino was implying at the end that she's reveal her gender to Shizu the next time they meet. I guess she has the hots for him now.

[Anh_Minh]

He already knows she's a girl.

Originally Posted by HandofFate

don't get why she stabbed him in the first place

I don't get why she had a handgrenade.

[Renchan]

Originally Posted by HandofFate

don't get why she stabbed him in the first place

Because Ti thought Shizu was going to abandon her in that sinking ship whe he told her to return to the ship country, either that or because Shizu didn't do more to stop the ship country people from returning.

Most likely the former though, since in the novel, Shizu is about the only person she interacted during the story (the rest of the people ignored her, and the Tower people weren't even human).

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I don't get why she had a handgrenade.

For what I had read of the light novels, she seem to like those.

[Roxanne]

İ watched episode 4

Spoiler for Shizu:

Thanks God! Shizu isnt dead

after episode 4 I start to ship Shizu and Kino and I want to know about Shizu and Kino relationship in the LN

[Renchan]

Originally Posted by Emilia

İ watched episode 4

Spoiler for Shizu:

Thanks God! Shizu isnt dead

after episode 4 I start to ship Shizu and Kino and I want to know about Shizu and Kino relationship in the LN

They have yet to meet again, unless you count "joke" chapter and Gakuen Kino. Though, Kino will probably forgets Shizu's name again.

[BloodyKitty]

Originally Posted by Emilia

İ watched episode 4

Spoiler for Shizu:

Thanks God! Shizu isnt dead

after episode 4 I start to ship Shizu and Kino and I want to know about Shizu and Kino relationship in the LN

It might be good for you to read The Ship Country in the original novel then, the anime cut out quite a lot of their interactions.