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ThefollowingarealistofdifferencesbetweenTokyopopsversionandtheJapaneseversion
ofKinonoTabiVolume1ascompiledbyaJapanesefaninthispage:

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Disclaimer:SinceIwanttolistthedifferencesasobjectivelyaspossible,theexampleswillbe
givensansthecommentariesandopinionsoftheoriginalwriterandmyown,asmuchas
possible.

Note:TokyopopsversionislabeledTPwhiletheoriginalversionislabeledJP.Excerpts
takenfrombookareitalicizedandhighlightedgray.

Changesinterminology:

*Persuader>Gun/Rifle
*Motorrad>Motorcycle
*Hovee>Hovercraft

Chapter1:GrownupCountry(JP:Chapter5:LandofAdults)

Kuni(theplacesKinoandHermesgoto)
JP:Country
TP:VillageorTown

Kinosoriginalname
JP:xxxxx
TP:LittleFlower

ReferencetodaysbeforeyoungKino's12thbirthday/operation
JP:"threedaysleft"
TP:"threemoredays"

WhenthefirstKinotookthejunkmotorradtorepairit,
TP:HeobtainedpermissionfromKino'sfather
JP:Therewasnomentionofwhogaveittohim.

TheknifeusedtokillthefirstKino
JP:Kitchenknife
TP:Carvingknife

SentencesnotintheJapaneseversion:

o WithahorriblesuckingsoundthatIstillhearsomenightsinmysleep,theknife
slidoutofKino'scorpse.

o So,webeganourtravelsknowingnothing,leastofallwhereweweregoing.

(Changedfromoriginal,Afterthat,wedecidedtogotoanearbycountrybutgot
lostinsidetheforest.AndthereImet,bypurechance,anoldpersonwhothought

mevariousthings.Ifitwerenotforthatperson,Iwouldntbealivetoday.Iamtruly
grateful.Butthatisanotherstory.)

Chapter2:TheLandofSharedPain(JP:Chapter1:LandofVisiblePain)

ChronologicalOrder
JP:Asentenceindicatesthat'TheLandofMajorityRule'happenedbefore'Landof
VisiblePain'.
TP:Sentencewasreplacedbythispassageinstead:

"Youmean,they'reallintheresidentialarea?"
"Probably"
"Thenlet'sgothere!"
Kinoshookherhead."No.Nottoday.Wewouldn'tgetbackuntilafterdark.Wemay
beinawalledcityanemptywalledcitybutIdon'twanttodriveinthedark."
"Ah!So,youthinktheremightbesomeoneorsomethingthatcomesoutatnight,
afterall."
"Idonot!"

WoodsmansBackstory
JP:Woodsmanhasnobackstoryinvolume1(itwillberevealedinvolume2)
TP:Kinonamedthegunafterthefirstpersonshefirsttookdownwithit,a
highwayman.

Mansname
JP:ThemanKinometinthischapterwasnotnamed.
TP:Hewasgivenaname,Kyoshi.

Chapter3:TheLandofMajorityRule(JP:Chapter2:TheLandofDecisionbyMajority)

ChronologicalOrder
TP:Asentencewasadded,

"Youthink...youthinkthesamethinghappenedhere?"

...hintingthatthischaptercameafter'LandofVisiblePain'.

JP:Asmentionedbefore,theorderintheoriginalisimpliedtobe'LandofMajority
Rule'>'LandofVisiblePain'

Kinosfood
JP:portablerations
TP:ProteinEnergyBar

PassagenotintheJapaneseversion:

"Sleepingalready?"
"Nothingelsetodo.Keepwatchforme.Goodnight,Hermes."
KinohadalmostdroppedoffwhenHermesmurmured,"Ihatekeepingwatch."

"Sorry,"shemuttered.
"Ireallyhateit."
"Hermes..."
"It'sboring."
HewassilentjustlongenoughtoallowKinotodrifttowardsleeponcemore.
"Boring...boring...bo"
"HERMES!"
Silence.

Mansname
JP:Themantheymetherewasnotnamed.
TP:Hewasgivenaname,Kanaye.

PassageisinJap,butchanged:

"We'releavingnow,Yourmajesty.Noneofyouroffersistheleastbittempting.ButI
dothankyoufortheconversation."Shebowedherheadonce.
"Whatdidyoucallme?"
Kinoshookherhead."Notimportant.Goodbye,Kanaye."
(Intheoriginal,Kinodoesn'tcallhim'Yourmajesty'.Hermesdoes.)

Hermesblunder
JP:Inthefinalpart,Hermesmakeshisusualslipuponanexpressionwhichwould
meansomethinglike,'whatsortofwindblewtomakeyouchangeyourmind?'
TP:Itwastranslatedas:

"Haveyouturnedoveranewpetal?"
Sheglanceddownatthebike."Youmeananewleaf?"
"Oh...right...leaf."

Chapter4:ThreeMenontheRails(JP:Chapter3:ThreeMenontheRails)

SentencesnotintheJapaneseversion:

o "Youhaveacompass,Kino."

o Andtheforestperfumetreeandearthit'slikeincenseinashrine.Youfall
intoastateof...prayer."
"Hello,"saidHermes."Placestogo.Peopletomeet."

Chapter5:TheLandofPeace(JP:Chapter3:APeacefulLand)

Minornamechanges
JP:TatataandVeldelval
TP:TatanaandVeldeval

SentencenotinJapaneseversion:
"Veldevalwonthelastengagement.So,they'reconsideredthedefensiveforce."

Names
JP:Theyoungsoldierhasnoname
TP:Hewasgivenaname,Yasuo

SentencesnotintheJapaneseversion(Note:Theexplanationsareratherlongso
mostwillnotbeincluded.ThemainpointhereisthatKinowasmademore
sympathetic,whennormallysheisemotionallydetachedtothecountriesand
peopleshemeets.Moreover,itwasimpliedthatshewasheavilytraumatizedwith
theoriginalKinosdeath.)

Rightfullyproud,Kinothought,ifitistrue.
Kinonodded,unabletospeakafraidofwhatmightcomeoutofhermouth.
Thesmellofblooddriftedup,andforamomentshesawalongknifeblade
gleaminginthesunasitprotrudedfromatwistedbodythatlayatherfeet.But
thehovercraftmovedawayandthemomentwasgone.
"Werefertothemas'thekill'."
"Ican'tdoanythingaboutit,"shetoldherselfandrememberedthewordsofa
villageelderwhohadoncespokentotheotherKino:"Traveler,ineveryvillage,
ineveryhome,therearedifferentcustoms.Youknowthis.Inthisvillagetoo,we
haveourcustoms.Thesecustomsarenottobealteredbyanyactionsyoutake.
I'mcertainyouseethat."
"Idoseeit,"Kinomurmured.

Hewasgroggy;heseemedtoneedmoresleepwheneverhesensedKinowas"in
adangerousmood."Shehadtoacknowledgethatshewasinsuchamoodnow.
Hecamewideawakewhenshesaid,"We'regoingbacktothehistorymuseum."
"Areyousureyouwanttodothat?"heasked.
"No.Butwe'regoing."
"Andwhatareweplanningtodowhenwegetthere?"
"Idon'thaveaplan."
"Okay...andIthought'Ihaveaplan'werethescariestwordsI'deverheardyou
say."

o KinothoughtoftheTatanamotherswhohaddiedcradlingtheirchildreninjust
thatway.

o Kinoschooledherfaceandvoicetoshownoemotionandholdnoinflection.

o "YouproposedtheslaughteroftheTatanapeople?Thatwasyouridea?"The
wordsleftKino'smouthbeforeshecouldstopthem.
(OnlyThewordsleftKinosmouthbeforeshecouldstopthemwasadded)

o "Curator,Idon'tunderstandyourreasoning.Perhapsinthenewversionofwar
thecombatantsdon'tdiebutinnocentsdo.Atleastwiththeoldway,thosewho
diedwerethosewhofought.Andtheirdeathswere,inaway,oftheirown
choosing.TheTatanapeoplehavenotchosentofightortodie."

(Modified,originalsimplysaysIdontknowwhetheryouarewrong,orthe
peopleofthepastwereright.)

Shehadmeantonlytobreakthestaff,butthebullethaddeflected.Shestarted
tosaysomething,todenythatshe'dintendedtokill,butshecouldonlywatch
silentlyasthethirstyearthswalloweduphisblood.
"What'sthat?"heasked.
"Agift...forthespiritofthedead."
Kinokneltbythedeadmanandplacedhersilvercuponhisbreast.

Chapter6:Coliseum(JP:Chapter4:Colosseum)

PassageswhichareintheJapversion,butmodified:

o "Kino!"heshrieked."Cutitout!"
Kinoreleasedtheaccelerator,s lllaughing."WhatYou'veneverwantedto
fly?"
"Fly?"fumedHermes."Fly?I'mamotorcycle,forgoodness'sake!Ibelongonthe
ground.Fly,mytailpipe.Ithoughtmyframewasgoingtobend!
(ExpandedfromImnotfine,Kino!Ithoughtmyframewasgoingtobend!)

o "KnowwhattheotherKinosaidaboutamotorcycle'stopspeed?"
Shepausedabeat,thenasked,"No,whatdidhesay?"
"Hesaidthatamotorcycle'stopspeedisthespeedatwhichitcomesapart."
(HermesdoesntmentionanythingabouttheoriginalKino)

o "Idon'tknowwhenthisplacewasbuiltorbywhom,"Kinosaid,coveringhis
uneasewithsarcasm,"buttheydidaterriblejob.Thedesignerhadaslittle
talentasthebuilderhadskill.Shoddy,shoddyworksmanship."
(ItsnotKino,butHermeswhocriticizedthebuilding,andtheresnocovering
ofuneasewithsarcasm)

Names
JP:TheKingandthepalaceguard(nonames)
TP:KingYukioandTaro

SentencesnotintheJapaneseversion

o "Say'hello'totheWoodsman.D'youthinkitqualifiesasaweaponboy?"

o "Yeah.Fun.Yourememberfun?"

o "Sooo,"saidKino,exhalingslowly,

o Iftheawardedpointsforstyle,Kinoreflected,Imightbeintrouble."

o Ooo,thoughtKino.Scary.

o Adarlingchild.Apreciouschild,buthetoldmehehadnomotherorfather.

Awoman'snature.Perhapssheshouldunderstand.Perhapsshemerelywanted
tounderstand.Shethoughtofherownmotherandshrugged.
"Sorry,"saidKino,"onemotherwasmorethanenoughforme."
Isthatthewayofthebeautifulworld?Doesserenityalwaysreturnevenafterthe
mostdevastatingofshockwaves?

PrologueandEpilogue(notitle)(JP:IntheForestb&a)

ThefollowingisanextensionofHermesbloopertime,notfoundintheJapversion:

"Isthatlikeagoblinorsomething?"Shesatup."You'renotafraidthatthere's
somethinglurkingintheforestthateatsmotorcycles?"
"No!Youknow,asyllosomething.It'sasortofargument.Youknow:allpenguins
arebirds;birdsfly;thereforepenguinscanfly."
"Penguinscan'tfly,"Kinoobserved.
"Okay.So,itdoesn'tworksowellforpenguins,butyougettheidea.What'sthat
calledaSyllo"

(ThepunusedinTPissyllogogsyllogism;originalpunisdifficulttopreserve:
sandankenpousandanronpouorinEnglish,threepartconstitutionsyllogism)

Sheneverknewwhenshemightencountersomethinginthedarkofnight,especially
inthegreat,leafy,whisperingwoods.Maybeevenamotorcycleeatingsyllogog.