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Fantasy » alt.fan.dragons » The Twelve Kingdoms
| The Twelve Kingdoms [message #204670] |
Sa, 21 Januar 2006 14:52 |
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Last night I finished watching an amazing anime called Juuni Kokki, or
The Twelve Kingdoms. It starts out with the oh-so-common story of a
Japanese school girl being transported to another world. In this new
world, based on medieval China, there are twelve kingdoms, and twelve
mystical kirin (the asian equivalent to unicorns) whose purpose is to
choose the rulers of each kingdom and then aid them. The kirin can of
course shapeshift into human form. Aside from them, there are many
other beautiful magic creatures. The Youma and Youjuu are beast demons
of all shapes and sizes, from tiger- and wolf-like mounts to beautiful
mergings of several creatures, such as Sanshi, a character who has the
head and torso of a human connected to the body of a leopard and the
tail of a lizard. The only thing it lacks are dragons.
The girl finds out that she's supposed to be the queen of one of the
twelve kingdoms, and naturally must go through a big adventure to claim
her throne. What sets this anime apart from others I've seen is that,
whereas in most stories, once the character is finally crowned queen,
everything is smooth and fine from there on. In Twelve Kingdoms,
however, Youko becoming queen is only the beginning.
>From that point, though, the anime does spread its focus and tell the
stories of a few other characters, each seperate yet effecting each
other at the same time, and eventually coming together to help each
other. There are no "filler" episodes, but there are entire episodes
devoted to Youko's character developement, which goes through many
twists and turns.
There are ten volumes, and what confused me last night was that Youko's
story came to a great conclusion at the end of the ninth, and the tenth
was all a side story that really could have been placed anywhere in the
later half of the anime. I did not understand why it had been stuck at
the end until I got to the very last scene of the final episode. It is
just a conversation between Shouryu, the king of the kingdom called En,
and Enki, his kirin.
Somehow, the music, the mood, the images, the dialogue, and the very
idea of that final scene combined to make something so beautiful...
After finishing it the first time last night, I painted a picture of
it, watched that single scene three more times over, wrote down the
dialogue, and finally cried myself to sleep just thinking about it.
That is how touching it is. It made perfect sense to arrange the anime
so that that scene was the very last one.
Here is the dialogue to give you an idea. It's not like it gives away
anything.
Enki: "Shouryu... I was wondering if you would be able to create a
place for me, too. A special place, like the one you promised to
create for Kouya."
Shouryu: "And what kind of place would you like, ideally?"
Enki: "A land of green meadows. A prosperous kingdom where no one will
ever starve, with houses where the people inside them are never cold.
What I want is a peaceful land, where the citizens feel safe and don't
have to worry; where there is no famine or war. This is what I've
always wanted. I want a kingdom where parents will not have to abandon
their children in order to survive."
Shouryu: "You have done your duty, and you gave me this kingdom to
rule. In return, I make this promise to you. I promise that I will
give you a peaceful kingdom - one filled with green meadows."
Enki: "Thank you. I'll keep dreaming of that day, until it comes."
and I'm crying again. Ironically, a couple days ago I had a joking
conversation that involved that "silly old Miss America idea of world
peace. Honestly, I've never seriously thought about the idea of place
like the one Enki describes. I guess it seemed so out of reach that I
never even bothered to consider, but when I listened (and wrote down)
Enki's words, I think the true meaning of the term world peace finally
made sense to me, and the idea is so incredibly beautiful, yet so far
off. It's the only reason I can think of that would make me cry like
this every time I think about it...
--
Dreamseeker
Bearer of one Ponder Point from Scott L
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