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76. Twelve Kingdoms/Juuni Kokki
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@MartinFF7

Ahh, the good old days when isekai anime all starred girls instead of boys (Digimons kinda isekai too I guess?) (Escaflowne did not hold up when I watched it after growing up though) (From Far Away anime adaptation when mirite). 12K has an awesome protagonist who grows over time rather than starting out as the coolest person around. Yoko basically carries the anime for me. Every episode where shes the focus is really good, and the episodes where she isnt aroundarent as good. The world she gets transferred to is cool in a lot of ways, with fun justifications for women being warriors (babies grow on trees rather than coming from women), and all sorts of neat political machinations that Yoko sticks her neck into after coming to the realm. The first and third arcs were the highlight of the show for me, since those are the ones where shes the star. The first is a neat journey of Yoko being a scared child (she did just get sucked into a strange world where everythings trying to kill her) to a powerful woman. The last few episodes especially are excellent. The third arc has her more sure of herself and dealing with politics and such. Every episode in this arc was great. I didnt really like the protagonists of the second and fourth arcs (one of them is a little boy IIRC, and hes pretty lame). Their stories are also cut short in the adaptation so we didnt even get much of a feeling of conclusiveness. Apparently the novels are still going on? Didnt realize that the author also did Shiki, which I obviously like more than this one. I feel like if the novels have been going on for 27 years, theres a good chance theyll never actually finish. her husband also wrote Another, lol
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