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''Kino no Tabi'', given the English name ''Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World'', is a [[Light Novel]] series by Keiichi Sigsawa which was adapted into a fourteen-episode anime series and an OVA. It follows the travels of a teenager named Kino and a talking motorcycle named Hermes as they travel from country to country. Each land they visit contains unique and eccentric peoples and customs, sometimes helpful and sometimes dangerous.

See also ''[[Allison and Lillia]]'', a more lighthearted action-adventure series from the same author-illustrator team. Compare ''[[Shoulder a Coffin Kuro]]''. See ''[[Gakuen Kino]]'' for the [[High School AU]].

 

 

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Kino's hair, jacket, pants and eye color were all changed for the anime adaption.

* [[Adventure Towns]]: Though frequently subverted when Kino passes through without affecting anything.

* [[Boyish Short Hair]]: Kino. It helps disguise her gender.

* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: When Shizu and Kino meet each other again, Shizu is ecstatic to meet Kino again, as Kino was the one who saved his life. However, Kino is apathetic to their reunion, and even has trouble remembering Shizu's name.

* [[Celibate Heroine]]

* [[Character Gender Confusion]]: King Yukio, somewhat. And Kino herself (overlapping with [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]), as she's mistaken for a boy several times in the anime. Her character design in the novels is noticeably more feminine.

* [[Fan Service]]: Nimya in the "Land of Wizards" episode; it's the only time it really shows up in the anime. Also played straight in some of the illustrations.

** The [[High School AU]] spinoff ''Gakuen Kino'' is basically a fanservice series.

* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: King Yukio's reaction to a rocket-propelled grenade being launched at him is to grin eagerly, as if being presented with his heart's desire.

* [[Gratuitous German]]: Hermes is called a ''motorrad'' throughout the series. "Motorrad" is the German term for "motorcycle". Kino's name is also German for 'theater'.

* [[No Export for You]]: [[Tokyo Pop]] released the first of the books, but unfortunately hasn't released any of the others to date, with no word as to whether they ever will.

* [[Noodle Incident]]:

'''Kino:''' ...I don't even want to think about that anymore. }}

* [[No Name Given]]: Master/Shishou and her partner have no given names. Instead, Shishou is referred to as 'the woman' or described as 'the beautiful woman with long hair'. Her student is referred to as 'the man' or described as 'the slightly short but handsome man'.

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** In the preview for episode 9, Hermes asks Kino what she would do if she had a typewriter that was a [[Naked Lunch|talking cockroach]]. And Episode 9's subtitle, "Nothing Is Written", and opening in the desert, may be references to ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]''.

* [[Sink or Swim Mentor]]: Kino's "Master", in the first movie, in the series' usual brutal, understated fashion.

* [[Steampunk]]: Several countries have this distinct feel to them.

* [[The Stoic]]: Kino is often (though not always) portrayed as being this.

* [[Telepathy]]: One country has developed a concoction that would allow citizens who drink it to read the minds of others who also drank it. Then they forced ''everybody'' in the country to drink it. This turned out badly.

* [[Three Kinds of Science Fiction]]: ''The Land of Wizards'' episode is the gadget variety.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: A country Kino encounters in episode 5 was ruled by majority rule, and began to kill off the minority voters. Eventually only two people were left alive because of it.

 

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