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did anyone else feel differently when they realised Kino was a ...

posted 17 years ago by freefall79
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Hi all, having rented this anime on a whim i have to admit that after getting over thinking this would be no different from say King of Bandit Jing i have to admit my perception changed when it was established that Kino was in fact a she. having only watched the first 4 episodes i have to ask did anyone else feel the same when they realised. it doesnlt really matter since it's such a well crafted anime but now i know her reason for changing her gender, the more obvious being a woman on the road and all. it brings i think a new depth to the anime

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[–] shenmue2007 17 years ago

Well, that kind of the reason as to why she cut her hair. You're in the begining, right? The 30 mins movie she's you why she cut her hair.

[–] Dang58 17 years ago

I thought she was a woman right from the get go.

[–] nofan 16 years ago

she's a lesbian.

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[–] kungfucowboy83 16 years ago

i have to agree i thought she was a girl from the start

[–] philipknowles1 15 years ago

Maybe it's harder to tell depending on whether you watch the dubbed or subtitled version. I watched it dubbed and it seemed pretty clear Kino was a girl. I just did a very quick Google search and it seems that Kino is a girls name so I don't think that it was intended that the audience think she was a boy. As I typed this I remembered that the first Kino was male, so maybe I am talking total rubbish.

[–] ng_480 14 years ago

What matters in the end, IMO, is that Kino is just that, 'Kino'.

I don't feel any differently, at all, when seeing her backstory in the fourth episode.

[–] chilicheeze 14 years ago

In the land of Visible Pain (Episode 1) there is a point at the end when Hermes questions the unspoken look Kino received "were you all lovey-dovey" and then "I thought you were going to marry him" - I was like WHOA HOLD ON! Damn what a freaky SHOW!

Then of course later on when it WAS determined that Kino is a chick - when the Mage/Aviator Nimya HOPS on Kino! Hermes says "Now its becoming interesting" I was like WHOA HOLD ON! He he he... what a freaky show. ;)

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[–] tbonesays 12 years ago

2 years later, it's a bit hard to tell with anime characters. Is there a reason why they draw the Japanese with blue eyes?

[–] Ray_BLOODY_Purchase 8 years ago

the characters sometimes aren't meant to be Japanese; in the case of Kino, it's fictional humans living in fictional countries. The Japanese names are simply used for ease of understanding.

Also, cosmetic beauty is seen differently in Japan. Coloured lenses are pretty popular, even without need for a prescription. so a character with an obviously Japanese name can have what we'd see as non-standard Japanese features.

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[–] girl_on_wire 12 years ago

Bisexuality and gender fluidity is a lot more common in anime than in Western TV. Which I find awesome ;)

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[–] !!!deleted!!! (4524359) 11 years ago

I like that too. Essentially I like it because the gender doesn't really matter. Kino is Kino, her sex is irrelevant. I thought it was a guy as well at first but finding out she wasn't didn't really make me feel any different towards the character. She didn't change after all.