Kino's Journey: Difference between revisions

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* [[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.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: In the "coliseum" episode, Kino fights knockoffs of [[~~Batman (Comic Book)|~~Batman]], [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]]. To be fair to the creator, this wasn't so in the original novel where the fights were only briefly described.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: In the "coliseum" episode, Kino fights knockoffs of [[Batman]], [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]]. To be fair to the creator, this wasn't so in the original novel where the fights were only briefly described.

* [[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.

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* [[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.

* [[The Farmer and ~~The~~ Viper]]: The trio of slavers aided by Kino before she knows their profession.

* [[The Farmer and the Viper]]: The trio of slavers aided by Kino before she knows their profession.

* [[Getting Smilies Painted On Your Soul]]: Kino's hometown does this via an operation on everyones's brain before they become adults. She just barely escapes the same fate.

* [[Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul]]: Kino's hometown does this via an operation on everyones's brain before they become adults. She just barely escapes the same fate.

* [[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'.

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* [[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]]''.

** In the episode "Her Journey", a king offers a boon to an old man, whose only request is that the king move out of the way of the sun. This is a common folklore attributed to several philosophers and mathematicians. Also, the alleged wise hermit was part of country's experiment with [[The Ludovico Technique]]. As in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (~~Film~~)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', it ended very badly for him.

** In the episode "Her Journey", a king offers a boon to an old man, whose only request is that the king move out of the way of the sun. This is a common folklore attributed to several philosophers and mathematicians. Also, the alleged wise hermit was part of country's experiment with [[The Ludovico Technique]]. As in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', it ended very badly for him.

* [[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.