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Now, a question - Is there going to be a consensus in this thread for what pronouns to use for Kino? It's my understanding that Kino was born female, but as we saw, now presents as male and uses the male "boku" pronoun. The plot summary at the top of this thread, on the other hand, refers to Kino as "she." And just to make things even more complicated, I've already read one reviewer who was complaining that Crunchyroll didn't use a singular "they." ![]() |
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One of the most thoughtful and philosophical anime out there, beating Ghost in the Shell by quite a margin. Multi-faceted and ambiguous parables in each episode's new country, plus a tough and thoughtful leading lady with her snarky talking motorbike. The pace is often quite relaxed, with pastoral scenery, a little humour, and some good action, but a fairly consistent theme of death and human cruelty. Unlike a series where evil has to be defeated, though, Kino thoughtfully accepts the good and bad of everything she meets. She's far from inactive, helps some people but not others, as she travels, and when she does show emotion you know it's serious.
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Love the Gatekeepers's look a when Kino still yes in-matter-fact way even after all he just said.
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So it looks like they might be following the lead of the old series by not showing us Kino's back-story (which the first book started with) until a few episodes in?
That's a good (and chilling) story so I hope they're going to include it to show new viewers where Kino came from and why they travel. |
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The thing I really loved about the original series was how every place she visited was always presented in a very neutral, non-judgmental fashion. The story really tries to avoid imposing some idea of universal norms, instead showing the cultures of each area she visits very matter-of-fact-ly, even the ones where their daily lives and laws feel very idiosyncratic. Like this one.
Great first episode. That said I had completely forgotten that Hermes talks and people she meets find this natural. I think I need a refresher course of the first season.
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I hear the first episode is anime original, so that was pretty good. It managed to catch the feel of the other stories, wonder how many originals we're going to have this season.
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It's a long time since the old series, so I'd not be surprised if they do show the backstory as it's an important part of the character. Quote:
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Next episode preview tells that this is a reboot. Actually which episodes from the novel will be animated has already been announced. https://twitter.com/kinonotabianime/...57016801320961 (Spoiler if you can read Japanese.) No, it's not anime original. The future episodes are not too. |
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I'd consider this series a partial reboot, in that they'll try to make it friendly to new viewers by reintroducing the side characters and probably retelling Kino's backstory while at the same time limiting the numbers of "duplicate" episodes/stories as much as possible. I think the majority of episodes will be new, meaning the first series will still remain a must watch since it will have stories the new series will never adapt.
But maybe the list posted above proves me totally wrong.
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![]() If Kino was a real person, we could just ask, "What pronouns do you go by?" Unfortunately, that's not an option, so we'll just have to guess. Like I said, coming from my experiences it feels most natural to use "he" - but it's not a big deal, so in the end I'll go with whatever the board consensus is. |
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Yes, but there are two major caveats. First, no one has military-style assault weapons. I only saw handguns and single-shot rifles. Second, there's an underlying social contract in place. No one shoots first, but only shoots after a clear and present threat appears. I doubt the NRA would like either of those points.
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Sounds like the first guy should have traveled to the country where the second guy came from. Love how he thought asking if that country is serving huge mountains of crepes is weird. XD
I think I gonna watch the 2003 series, maybe the movies as well. The first episode got me hooked, feels like a good series to me.
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Like everyone said, it's a great first episode for the new Kino series. Sure it's not as stylish and the new Kino is (debatably) not as adorable as the one in the 2003, but this new anime is a lot more beautiful and detailed to look at compared to the (intentionally?) drab and simplistic visual of the 2003 anime that's only meant for SD instead of HD. This new Kino surely make good use of the HD era to make a visual that's a lot more natural, detailed and realistic while the old series looks like a world of simplified paintings. Both are good in their own ways, but I surely prefer this new Kino to play on my HDTV than the older one.
I'd say with episode 01 of the 2003 anime (way back then) where Hermes worried that Kino was about to accept the pseudo-proposal from the telepathic guy after he broke up with his old wife, the old show already established that Kino is female. At least other characters in her universe see her as such even with her boyish outer look.
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