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Snow-Drop said: TowardsTheStars said: I thought Kino was going to die like the original Kino, but that was not the case. 7/10 So you want her to die before you give this anime a higher rating, what an amazing person. lol i know it's old post but that was funny ot : unique and atmospheric got that mushishi vibes in some eps. |
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| I guess.. Kino's real name is a bit similiar like Sakura's? Awwww, Sakura knew :( Bittersweet end again I guess Not what I liked, but people seems to like it Yabusaki Aoi, first voice acting role xD She sounds so different Now she's going to act as the new Kino Can't wait for it! |
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| Ouch, that was sad, at least they made happy their last visitors. 8.5/10 from my part, good stuff, looking forward for the upcoming anime! |
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| beautiful episode and a wonderful anime, really enjoyed it. |
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| It was a quite good ending, but Kino not interfering with things when it's easy (remember the 3 train guys?) but interfering with things like who will make the new rule for the kingdom and assassinating the king? Pretty inconstistent. All in all, it was a great journey. Low 8/10 |
| Trying to watch all available anime series so you won't have to anymore, the list of anime I can recommend is still in progress, tho |
| What an ending, didn't expect it to be so heartbreaking :/ |
| Quite the finale there. It was both a surprisingly pretty. The world sure can be beautiful type town story. And an intensely dark and tragic one. Hit all the notes a Kino "finale" should. This kind of story should be familiar to anime fans. Not the strongest example. But I remember when Avatar the Last Airbender and Dragon Quest VII did their shadow of a volcano story. But Kino's approach to it was pretty novel and in keeping with this weird little series. I love how Kino again makes a rare judgment call. I almost thought the series was praising their decision to die rather than uproot. And Kino's bitter declaration that it was just egotism sticks with me. I like how the letter she got from the little girl didn't make it anymore poetic or resonant. It was just a senseless tragedy. Caused by a population unwilling to change with the times. Kino was a wild journey of a series. At the risk of using the most cliche terms imaginable. It had a few stories that didn't click with me as much. But it was at various points. Emotionally wrenching. Fascinating in its folk tale approach to narrative. And quite trippy when it wanted to be. Both in its eclectic stories. And its animation and presentation style. I give it a 9/10. Wish it had been a little longer. But what we got was damn near perfect. |
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| this anime really just consist of kino's adventure , i was expecting some big plot , but none . but her adventure is interesting to watch . gonna go watch the new 1 from lerche . but i doubt the story will be as interesting as this. |
| I almost cried at this episode too. This was a great episode to end this series. Kino felt bad for herself, she couldn't save the country. If I was a traveler, I would prefer to live there. All those people have been blessed such as well-behaved attitude and a wonderful community. |
| I really enjoyed this series, I regret not picking it up back then but oh my god this episode had me crying. |
| Sakura knew what was going to happen. JerryKen10 said: I almost cried at this episode too. This was a great episode to end this series. Kino felt bad for herself, she couldn't save the country. If I was a traveler, I would prefer to live there. All those people have been blessed such as well-behaved attitude and a wonderful community. They had a reputation for being assholes until they learned about their fate. Damn.. Kino found a utopian version of her home town and it all fell apart. It was ego, they put the place and buildings over the people and their own lives. |
| kind of bothers me that there wasn't even one person who decided to skip town then again they probably already left by the time kino arrived overrated anime, but still good |
| "I like young-girl sexual creations, Lolicon is just one hobby of my many hobbies," he says. I ask what his wife, standing nearby, thinks of his "hobby". "She probably thinks no problem," he replies. "Because she loves young boys sexually interacting with each other." |
| Just when I thought that there couldn't be any more types of tragedy...I was wrong. I get you love your country/city but if you are alive you can rebuild. I know, I've done it! ARGH the ending leaves me frustrated...7/10 for the series though. |
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| the sweetest, yet most tragic episode. sakura was the only person during her travels whom she connected with on a personal level. |
| I liked the conclusion, even though the previous two episodes were rather uninteresting. |
| Overall, I give this episode a 4/5 or maybe a 5. It is pretty ironic, just when Kino wanted to stay, he cannot and is forced to travel. Fate really is harsh. |
| Overall, a pretty solid series. It had like three uninteresting episodes, but I can look past those. I will give this series an 8/10. |
| Kinos Journey 2003 is truly a unique experience. A unique anime that doesnt hold back. This anime makes you want to watch each episode, mainly due to the "plot-twists" of each episode at the end. Its captivating. HOWEVER, Because its an episodic anime, and it can be a bit slow paced, I recommend that you watch Kino's Journey 2003 in English dub. It has a great English dub. I can see why some people would be bored with this anime due to is episodic nature, and some episodes were "weak", which is why I recommend the English dub. A complaint that I have is that I would have liked if they had shown us Kino with her Master (the lady that appeared on episode 9) and I would have liked if the anime had expanded on how the Master taught Kino everything in terms of fighting and stuff. I mean, the anime did show us the female MC Kino interacting and how she met the male Kino on episode 4, so it would have made sense if they had added an episode based on the Master as well (I know there is an OVA based on Master teaching Kino, but that should have been added to this TV series). |
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| I thought I've seen enough of sad / drama story of countries but this is devastating!! I'm so confused why there's nothing weird in this country but the last scene make my heart breaks </3 I really love how cute Sakura is!!! I feel sad for the people of that country :( they find their own happiness in that country so it's hard to leave it :( |
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| meh, another so so episode, it was ok until the end, felt like it was being edgy for the sake of being edgy like a lot of these 00s animes. As far as the anime as a whole, I was really enjoying it for the first 7 episodes, but after that two part story seemed to be where the show peaked and then it went down hill from there. Sad really. |
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| A good show which was thought provoking but, like others here, I didn't like all the episodes. I feel like it went downhill after episode 5 but there were some good episodes after that too. 7/10 |
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| Very sweet final episode, did anyone else get North Korea vibes? It felt like it was maybe going to be a bit of a critique on their way of masquerading for tourists, but it turned out they were being genuine because they knew they were about to become Pompeii. But even still, it felt like things were off, why wouldn't they just tell the traveler that the volcano was going to blow at any minute...? I'm not exactly sure what the writers were going for there, but regardless, the moment Kino's attention was caught by the obviously genuine Sakura while all the adults were wayyy too excited to help Kino find a place to stay... that was such a wholesome moment. Overrall, this show was very hit-or-miss, some episodes were deeply resonant, some were paper-thin and uninteresting (and took themselves too seriously), some were just kind of generic. And the art and animation were often lackluster, sometimes downright bad. There's an overall dinginess to it that I don't think was intentional, and the character models usually looked awkward. There were some nice moments visually, but they felt few and far between. I feel like I'd give this show a 6 because it has some episodes I'd say are 8s, maybe 9s (episode 1, 10) and also some episodes that are 4s, maybe 3s (episode 4, 5). Can't really judge it like a more serialized series. |
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| Damn that ending... it was really sad, poor Sakura. This anime was truly a journey, loved how they show some "beautfiul worlds" with philosophy, 8/10 very good |
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| A haunting episode, to cap off an amazing show. Glad to have rewatched this gem, tons of interesting and philosophical stories to tell and I enjoyed all of them. Fantastic directing too from the legend himself, Ryutaro Nakamura to capture the grim, adventurous and philosophical undertones beautifully. |
| Sad episode. I saw the remake"the animation", 3 years ago. I remember that I cried when I saw this episode's remake :'( I wasn't sure, but I did know the end, so 4/5 I wished to see 2003 version before the remake, but at this moment, I didn't find it. I prefered episode's order of 2017, with Colloseum at the beginning, and Kino's origin at the end. but the different storys choice was better on 2003 |
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| The way small things from previous episodes contribute here really make this a great finale to an episodic series; no mean feat. We see Kino get her semi-automatic pistol which was pointed out so emphatically in the climax of episode 2 aside from further appearances in other episodes, ensuring the audience won't forget it and so realize that this story takes place before others, implying Kino's lesser experience which sets her up to be blindsided by negative consequences of caring for people and might explain her more aloof attitude throughout most of the rest of the series. The consistency of Kino's three-day limit through the series gives weight to her wanting to stay longer; if it only came up a few times it'd be easier for the audience to forget how remarkable it is that she wants to disregard it this time. The parallel between Kino and Sakura is very obvious due to the same scene of being jeered at for her name playing out as it did for Kino in episode 4. This implied similarity explains why they get along so well without anything else required; it also implies Sakura maybe should be like Kino and travel so there's a mite of tension when her parents suggest it and it's more meaningful when she declines. This adds something to the dynamic the audience learns later where her parents are trying to get her out of town so she survives the volcano and she knowingly gives up this chance. My favorite small details: -when Sakura is first shown she's wearing coveralls but wears a pretty dress to be Kino's tour guide, implying how seriously she's taking it. -when Sakura brought Kino to her parent's hotel she was pushy about doing things herself, even shoving her father aside; this is because this is her only chance to run the hotel and care for a guest as she knows she only has two more days to live. Her parents' toleration of this otherwise disrespectful behavior makes sense in this context. -at points when Sakura is showing Kino around she's shown wearing Kino's hat without explanation; this shows how remarkably well they're getting along. A child's curiosity in something like a hat and its owner's willingness to indulge is understandable without it being shown. |
| Damn I would watch more of this if I could. What a tragic way to end the series :/: Definitely not watching the newer version of this. |
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| My 19th completed series chronologically. For the record, I extended it an 8/10 rating. |
| unbelievable absolutely majestic and heart wrenching too many viewers get caught up in the end goal of things, they want a to contrive a clear meaning out of the episodes, or the series, and while that's all well and good for them they'll miss the real beauty in that the whole purpose of this show seems to be one of reflection and growth rather than some clean and fast interpretation and wrapping it up nice in a bow absolute masterpiece |
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| Very disturbing episode chosen as final one, if you think previous episode felt disturbing then this is on whole next level. I really like episodes like these and wish more made me feel the same way in Kino no Tabi as a whole, but sadly it didn’t this show had super potential with its world building but didn’t manage to deliver to me at least as much as Mushishi did. |
| What an ending, leaving Kino in despair like that. I liked it |
| What a great little series this was, I was a little skeptical after the first episode, but everything afterwards was mostly brilliant. Intelligent story telling that draws you in with it's many underlying themes, mostly revolving around the human condition, 9/10. |
| Opening and Ending songs were beautiful. I like this series, but the philosophy behind is just BS sometimes. But this last episode, when on Earth has people ever know Pompeii (NOT EVEN HURRICANE WHERE IF YOU PREPARE YOU CAN SURVIVE) is happening and stays for it? The majority with even a married couple, cut this BS and just evacuate. |
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| damn it was pretty unexpected |
| https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ [WATCH THIS^^^] |
| Damn. A town that doesn't harbour some sort of heinous secret for once, and it gets totalled by a pyroclastic flow. Fantastic anime. It can convey in two minutes what some series can't in multiple episodes. The artstyle is subdued and elegant, and both of the main characters are likeable. The insanity of some of the people in this anime did seem farfetched at times, but I can rationalise it being a product of the universe. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ㊎   ㊰☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
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