| That's the point. You're supposed to see kino as a guy |
| Well, I too thought the same thing. |
jimmyfishhands said: Animeguineapig said: I thought Kino wasn't either (in the original at least) in the original, they had lines implying kino was neither a boy or girl, "Please don't call me 'little boy'. I'm Kino." "Please don't call me 'miss'. I'm Kino." (or something like that i dont remember lol) in the Coliseum episodes, but the second line was removed in the remake. not sure why they did this though its pretty strange I believe the idea behind these lines is Kino is objecting to bad manners rather than being mistaken for the wrong sex, although there is probably a deliberate playfulness on the part of the author. Regardless, the prequel story "The Land of Adults" makes Kino's sex quite clear. I believe Kino is supposed to be symbolically androgynous and of ambiguous age to cement her position as an observer (usually!) not personally involved in anything she witnesses, but as there logically would have to be an answer to this question, the answer simply provided the answer and then proceeded to have it matter little except for occasional jokes. |
jimmyfishhands said: ojou-san is fairly formal?Fronzel said: I believe the idea behind these lines is Kino is objecting to bad manners rather than being mistaken for the wrong sex, although there is probably a deliberate playfulness on the part of the author. Regardless, the prequel story "The Land of Adults" makes Kino's sex quite clear. I believe Kino is supposed to be symbolically androgynous and of ambiguous age to cement her position as an observer (usually!) not personally involved in anything she witnesses, but as there logically would have to be an answer to this question, the answer simply provided the answer and then proceeded to have it matter little except for occasional jokes. >kino objecting to "little boy" and "miss" because theyre informal possible, but unlikely both english and japanese seem to imply that "im kino" is more of a rebuttal, and if theyre rejecting out of informality then simply "being kino" isnt exactly antithetical to that. also, miss (or the japanese "ojosan" which was used) are both fairly formal, so i dont think thats possible for that one >kinos sex was made clear yeah it sure was. their birth name was also heavily implied if you paid close enough attention. this has nothing to do with my point of kino being non binary >kino is simply a neutral observer i guess? maybe its a choice to make it easier for any audience to project themselves onto. this would probably give more credence to kino being non binary though lol edit: looking back and i think the line has also been translated as "missy" instead of "miss", which is more informal, so thats possible it was in terms of manners. still, i really dont think its likely that it is. ojosan is fairly formal, and still saying "im not missy. im kino" just seems strange to me nope, not at all especially when kino is an adult woman |
| Pretty obvious Kino is a girl through some interactions. Kino's insistence on being called "Kino" has to do with how Kino came to be called Kino. Lerche's adaptation does make Kino look more boyish though. |
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