A Kirin's Life

Posted April 19th, 2008 by Nick
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Demon ChildDemon ChildI had finished The Twelve Kingdoms Volume Two: Sea of Wind novel a while back, and I have to say that I've enjoyed it1. Like most books, it goes further into Taiki's thoughts and experiences than the anime does. Too bad it doesn't have Takasato's experiences in modern Japan, which is told in Demon Child, the actual first book by Fuyumi Ono in the Twelve Kingdoms world before Ono was encouraged to build a fantasy world. Unfortunately, it looks like Demon Child was released by a different publisher than her other Twelve Kingdom novels, so it's likely Tokyopop was unable to license it. Fortunately, there are always fan translations2.

In other news, I did stumble on what would be a very good t-shirt...

  1. 1. As expected
  2. 2. Hey! That Prologue is very familiar after reading Sea of Wind.

T-shirt

On April 19th, 2008 Author (not verified) says:

I dunno, it seems a little too obscure to me.

Re: T-shirt

On April 19th, 2008 Nick says:

Of course, this was more "amusing" to me than "good". More of a side effect of me being up far too late, I guess. For those not too hip on the latest Twelve Kingdoms lingo:

Shozan - Journey to Mount Ho see if one is chosen by the Kirin.

Of course, I doubt this would make much sense to you if you haven't watched too far into The Twelve Kingdoms series or read too far into the novels. And I'm trying to be vague as to not spoil too much.

Re: A Kirin's Life

On March 31st, 2009 midspace (not verified) says:

I want to finish reading Demon Child too.
I heard the Fuyumi Ono was supposed to be working on a new Twelve Kingdoms novel. heard anything about it?

The Polaroid of me with the nyosen was blurry too.
Darn waste of 3 months.