#kino26

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And that's the show.

Holy shit. I'm SO MAD! Those monsters! They murdered their children! And forced Kino to suffer the knowledge of their fates and the burden they placed on them! God damn.

Mind you, I'm pissed in a complimentary way. Great art makes you feel things, and this has me in a way, let me tell you. God, seeing the look on Kino's face as they watched that town die...it was really rough.

Something I like about this series is that it presents you with facts, not opinions. The narrative generally doesn't judge the characters within it; it simply presents them, and all but explicitly invites you to judge them. It's an approach very rarely taken, and it's pretty interesting. It's also reflected very neatly in its protagonist; Kino is very carefully, deliberately neutral and apathetic in their interactions with most characters, and the times they drop that mask and care are among the most interesting moments in the series. I'll confess, I don't like Kino as a person very much; that kind of apathy doesn't sit well with me, especially when it's a deliberate choice, as it is in Kino's case. But as a protagonist? They're very, very interesting. I like thinking about what makes them tick.

This is NOT the end of Kino on this blog! The patron who picked this show wants me to do the pilot ("Episode 0") and the two movies, so we're not done yet. Look forward to that!

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Thank you all for tuning in, and thank you to my 36 blog patrons, who make it so I can do this for a living!  I’ll see you next time!

IN OTHER NEWS:

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WELCOME BACK AT LONG LAST TO KINO'S JOURNEY

It's been far too long! Depression and anxiety have been kicking my ass and keeping me from blogging, but I'm going to knock some out tonight and try to get back on the horse. We're coming back with the second half of the final episode of the main series of Kino's Journey!

And a prediction, since I just rewatched the first half of the episode: I think the townsfolk are so excited about the traveler and getting married and trying to send stuff off with them (including, notably, *an actual child*) because the volcano's about to go off. I'm a little surprised I didn't figure that out when I liveblogged the first half of the episode.

Anyways, ONWARDS!

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This is the most emotion Kino has EVER shown. Crushing, shocked helplessness in the face of horrific disaster.

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just absolutely zonked out

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Whoa, Monica Rial and Chris Ayres? That's really cool to see. This must have been very early in their careers.

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Cleansing rain...

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That's a hell of a note to end the show on! Holy shit!

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good art makes you feel things and this show is making me feel some things right now

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NO NO NO NOT A SOUL-DESTROYING LETTER FROM LILY

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How dare you force this on them.

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So even your kindness was a little bit selfish.

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...You monsters.

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AND YOU STAYED, LIKE MORONS

WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE WITH LILY!? SHE WASN'T OLD ENOUGH TO CHOOSE TO STAY, AND YOU WERE SHITTY PARENTS FOR MAKING THAT CHOICE FOR HER

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Holy shit. This just DESTROYED Kino.

Not that it wouldn't destroy me, too, but damn.

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NOT HELPING, HERMES.

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Jesus. It's just fucking gone.