Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World

What’s more important, the journey or the destination? Usually this type of question requires a level of context to be able to answer properly. Sometimes the journey is nothing more than simple steps required in order to achieve something. Other times it’s the paths you take that leave the most impact overtime. If you were to ask me, I would generally say that the journey holds more weight as the journey is where one is able to grow and learn about themselves and the world around them. The destination, to me is a by-product on one’s journey and what they acquire from it. Because a journey... read more

Rather than do a summary, I'd like to point readers to the previously posted review - I think it's fairly solid. I just want to emphasize a few things that I valued in Kino 2003 (not to be mistaken with the more recent remake) that might help viewers decide whether they want to watch:

1) Although the English subtitles come down on the side of female, and there's no denying that Kino was AFAB, the narrative in the original Japanese is more tolerant of the idea that Kino in the present day is nonbinary or some other form of trans identity. Kino, when asked, describes themself as simply... read more