Kino no Tabi:Volume10 Chapter5 - Revision history

Ella.servantes at 13:43, 15 September 2013

2013-09-15T13:43:28Z

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	~~In A~~ Place Like ~~This~~		==“In a Place Like This” — Preface —==

	~~—Preface—~~		Hey, Kino. Is there really a country here?”

			Hermes asked Kino this while he ran.

	~~“Hey, Kino. Is there really a country here?”~~

	As Hermes ~~ran along, it~~ asked Kino this.

	“Dunno…”		“Dunno…”
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	Kino and Hermes were in a desert. The hard-packed white earth stretched from horizon to horizon, as far as the eye could see.		Kino and Hermes were in a desert. The hard-packed white earth stretched from horizon to horizon, as far as the eye could see.

	Clouds covered the sky without fail ~~and it was only~~ a sheet ~~of white~~. A white sky and a white earth. The farther you looked, the blurrier the distinction between the two. In such a blank world stood a lone ~~Motorad~~.		Clouds covered the sky without fail; a single white sheet. A white sky and a white earth. The farther you looked, the blurrier the distinction between the two. In such a blank world stood a lone motorrad.

	Kino wore her yellow goggles and a bandana was wrapped around her face. She also had a long, brown coat on, with the ~~extra-~~long hem rolled up to her thighs.		Kino wore her yellow goggles and a bandana was wrapped around her face. She also had a long, brown coat on, with the excess of the long hem rolled up to her thighs.

	“Whaddya mean, ~~Ms.~~ Dunno?”		“Whaddya mean, Miss Dunno?”

	“Actually, I don’t even know why I’m even driving here. It’s strange.”		“Actually, I don’t even know why I’m even driving here. It’s strange.”
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	“Yeah, that’s it! —Nice work.”		“Yeah, that’s it! —Nice work.”

	~~"Uhm~~, ~~but...~~ What is this ~~'camouflage'~~ for?"		“Uhm, but… What is this ‘camouflage’ for?”

	“If we go along further, we’ll figure it out.”		“If we go along further, we’ll figure it out.”

	As Hermes said these things and made Kino tip her head again, she drove along. The scenery hardly changed, so it became even more doubtful whether they were moving at all. When some time passed in		As Hermes said these things and made Kino tip her head again, she drove along. The scenery hardly changed, so it became even more doubtful whether they were moving at all. When some time passed in this manner,
	this manner,

	“Ah…”		“Ah…”
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	This was what Kino found.		This was what Kino found.

	It was a very big sign. Half-buried and slanting in the white desert. ~~The~~ huge letters inscribed on		It was a very big sign. Half-buried and slanting in the white desert. There were huge letters inscribed on it—
	it—.

	Kino stopped Hermes before the sign. She let down the kickstand and got off, wobbling over to ~~the sign~~,		Kino stopped Hermes before the sign. She let down the kickstand and got off, wobbling over to it,

	“Uuugh…”		“Uuugh…”
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	And at length sunk down to her knees. On the sign was written thus:		And at length sunk down to her knees. On the sign was written thus:

	“The afterword of Volume X begins here, so best regards.”		''“The afterword of Volume X begins here, so best regards.”''

			‘How can this be?’ Kino muttered as she beat her gloved fists into the white desert.
	~~How~~ can this be, Kino muttered as she beat her gloved fists into the white desert.

	“‘So this was an afterword! —dammit, that blasted author did it after all!’”		“‘So this was an afterword! —dammit, that blasted author did it after all!’”
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	So Hermes yelled enjoyably for and behind Kino. And then it whispered quietly.		So Hermes yelled enjoyably for and behind Kino. And then it whispered quietly.

	“An afterword all of a sudden in the ~~book—. It’s~~ within the ~~realm~~ of ~~some authors~~, though. This is just one of them.”		“An afterword all of a sudden in the book—it’s within the expectations of many readers, though. This is just one of them.”

	“Not only in the last volume but this one, too—how can he do this to a character?!”		“Not only in the last volume but this one, too—how can he do this to a character?!”
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	Kino became angry, but we’ll ignore that as the afterword begins.		Kino became angry, but we’ll ignore that as the afterword begins.


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	In all that time, Kino got a drama CD, an anime, video game, a signing at Entama, an anime movie in theaters, a speech on that stage, a signing in Taiwan, a second game—lots happened.		In all that time, Kino got a drama CD, an anime, video game, a signing at Entama, an anime movie in theaters, a speech on that stage, a signing in Taiwan, a second game—lots happened.

	~~The book’s application~~ manuscript ~~that was originally~~ the ~~grand-prize winner of~~ Dengeki Game Novel.		That a manuscript initially entered into the Dengeki Game Novel Prize came this far is because of the support of all of you, readers.
	~~That it~~ came this far is~~, by far,~~ because of ~~reader~~ support.

	~~For this turning point as the tenth volume~~, ~~I am gratified again. Thank you~~.

			I am grateful once again as I reach this turning point of a tenth volume. Thank you.

	~~However…… I~~ must deliver some very disheartening news.		However…I must deliver some very disheartening news.

	I’ve started to run out of material for the Kino series.		I’ve started to run out of material for the Kino series.
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	I’ve been doing my best writing this far, but…I can’t go on any longer.		I’ve been doing my best writing this far, but…I can’t go on any longer.

	I can’t think up any ~~more...~~		I can’t think of any more…

	~~For an interesting afterword~~!		Interesting afterwords!


			October 2006

	~~October 2006~~		Keiichi Sigsawa, the Afterword Author Who Dreams of the Future
	Keiichi Sigsawa, ~~The~~ Afterword Author Who Dreams of the Future


	P.S. I’ll try my best.		P.S. I’ll try my best.

			<noinclude>
			{{Navigation
			\| Kino no Tabi
			\| [[Kino_no_Tabi:Volume10_Chapter4\|Chapter 4]]
			\| [[Kino_no_Tabi:Volume10_Chapter6\|Chapter 6]]
			}}
			</noinclude>

Dammitt: added missing line

2012-08-14T16:38:29Z

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	“Yeah, that’s it! —Nice work.”		“Yeah, that’s it! —Nice work.”

			"Uhm, but... What is this 'camouflage' for?"

	“If we go along further, we’ll figure it out.”		“If we go along further, we’ll figure it out.”

Matt122004 at 02:36, 11 February 2009

2009-02-11T02:36:17Z

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198.140.202.1 at 16:28, 14 July 2008

2008-07-14T16:28:36Z

Matt122004: New page: Some day, some month, in the year 2001. A phone rang in Keiichi Sigsawa’s apartment. Sigsawa: [pick up the phone] “Hello, who is this?” Mysterious man: “Is this the Sigsawa resi...

2008-06-06T03:34:04Z

New page: Some day, some month, in the year 2001. A phone rang in Keiichi Sigsawa’s apartment. Sigsawa: [pick up the phone] “Hello, who is this?” Mysterious man: “Is this the Sigsawa resi...

New page

Some day, some month, in the year 2001. A phone rang in Keiichi Sigsawa’s apartment.

Sigsawa: [pick up the phone] “Hello, who is this?”

Mysterious man: “Is this the Sigsawa residency?”

Sigsawa: “I don’t deny that, but who are you?”

Self claim Kino: “Sorry for not introducing myself. I am Kino”

Sigsawa: “… I don’t get what you mean.”

Self claim Kino: “I said I am Kino, the same Kino in your novel. Nice to meet you.”

Sigsawa: “… sorry but I am going to hang up now.”

Self claim Kino: “Don’t do that, I hardly got the chance to speak with you! Isn’t that very rude!”

Sigsawa: “Well… sorry but you sound too old to be Kino.”

Self claim Kino: “Yes, I am already fifty four years old. I work as a lecturer in a university for economics, I am quite popular
with the students and received a lot of chocolate on valentine.”

Sigsawa: “I didn’t ask for that! How did you get my number anyway?”

Self claim Kino: “I could still find out even if no one told me, I am Kino after all.”

Sigsawa: “… if you are Kino, then where is Hermes?”

Self claim Kino: “I ran into Caesar and Hermes was having a duel with his dog.”

Sigsawa: “… a duel with Hun? How?”

Self claim Kino: “They have been insulting each other for three days and three nights, they say they are going to settle it with a
50 meter back stroke. Hermes has left for the sea with a pair of diving goggles, but he hasn’t returned yet, he could have been
swept out to open sea.”

Sigsawa: “… what about Caesar?”

Self claim Kino: “Someone on the forum said Caesar is pedophilic stalker of Kino, that man has went to get any explanation out of
them. It will take sometime cause there is a number of them”

Sigsawa: “… what about your master?”

Self claim Kino: “She’s been charged under the Fire Arms Act and is in police custody at Shibuya station. I bet she will escape in no time. She will be more then a match for the police, maybe they will need to mobilize the armed forces.”

Sigsawa: “… you don’t talk like that in my works”

Self claim Kino: “Fu--- you are something.”

Sigsawa: “What do you mean by that?”

Self claim Kino: “Of course I meant ‘For His Safety’ being rejected again. Will it ever be used in a novel?”

Sigsawa: “Wait! How did you know that? Only my editor and that spider that I talk to in my room know.”

Self claim Kino: “Because I am Kino.”

Sigsawa: “…”

Self claim Kino: “I know a lot about you. For instance, ‘Even a Dog Doesn’t Eat’ was edited from a rejected short story from
book 2. The version of ‘Avenger’ you submitted to Denki Games Novel prize has a scene where I was wounded and lying half-naked for treatment, not to mention sewing up my jacket. My name was taken from a male character from another story, you were worried that the name would fail after the first chapter.”

Sigsawa: “Wow!”

Self claim Kino: “Wow’?”

Sigsawa: “Yea! … Wow! I never thought Kino really did exist! You are Kino right?”

Kino: “I already told you that… Just because you are the author doesn’t mean you have to be suspicious all the time.”

Sigsawa: “Sorry! I shouldn’t have doubted you… ”

Kino: “I will be leaving now.”

Sigsawa: “No wait! Don’t go! Please! Let’s chat a bit more! Tell me which country is the most memorable, please tell me so I can
write it down.”

Kino: “Sadly… my three days are up.”

Sigsawa: “… please five more minutes!”

Kino: [Loud engine noise]”Come on, Hermes. Let’s go. Goodbye.”

Sigsawa: “No wait!”

Kino: [Voice getting distance]“Hermes, is that seaweed?”

Sigsawa: “Ah… Wait! Please don’t leave.[tears flowing]”

[Do---Do—Do---]

Keiichi Sigsawa Jan 2002

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	Sigsawa: “I don’t deny that, but who are you?”		Sigsawa: “I don’t deny that, but who are you?”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “Sorry for not introducing myself. I am Kino”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “Sorry for not introducing myself. I am Kino”

	Sigsawa: “… I don’t get what you mean.”		Sigsawa: “… I don’t get what you mean.”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “I said I am Kino, the same Kino in your novel. Nice to meet you.”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “I said I am Kino, the same Kino in your novel. Nice to meet you.”

	Sigsawa: “… sorry but I am going to hang up now.”		Sigsawa: “… sorry but I am going to hang up now.”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “Don’t do that, I hardly got the chance to speak with you! Isn’t that very rude!”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “Don’t do that, I hardly got the chance to speak with you! Isn’t that very rude!”

	Sigsawa: “Well… sorry but you sound too old to be Kino.”		Sigsawa: “Well… sorry but you sound too old to be Kino.”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “Yes, I am already fifty four years old. I work as a lecturer in a university for economics, I am quite popular		Self-proclaimed Kino: “Yes, I am already fifty four years old. I work as a lecturer in a university for economics, I am quite popular
	with the students and received a lot of chocolate on valentine.”		with the students and received a lot of chocolate on valentine.”

	Sigsawa: “I didn’t ask for that! How did you get my number anyway?”		Sigsawa: “I didn’t ask for that! How did you get my number anyway?”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “I could still find out even if no one told me, I am Kino after all.”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “I could still find out even if no one told me, I am Kino after all.”

	Sigsawa: “… if you are Kino, then where is Hermes?”		Sigsawa: “… if you are Kino, then where is Hermes?”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “I ran into Caesar and Hermes was having a duel with his dog.”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “I ran into Caesar and Hermes was having a duel with his dog.”

	Sigsawa: “… a duel with Hun? How?”		Sigsawa: “… a duel with Hun? How?”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “They have been insulting each other for three days and three nights, they say they are going to settle it with a		Self-proclaimed Kino: “They have been insulting each other for three days and three nights, they say they are going to settle it with a
	50 meter back stroke. Hermes has left for the sea with a pair of diving goggles, but he hasn’t returned yet, he could have been		50 meter back stroke. Hermes has left for the sea with a pair of diving goggles, but he hasn’t returned yet, he could have been
	swept out to open sea.”		swept out to open sea.”
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	Sigsawa: “… what about Caesar?”		Sigsawa: “… what about Caesar?”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “Someone on the forum said Caesar is pedophilic stalker of Kino, that man has went to get any explanation out of		Self-proclaimed Kino: “Someone on the forum said Caesar is pedophilic stalker of Kino, that man has went to get any explanation out of
	them. It will take sometime cause there is a number of them”		them. It will take sometime cause there is a number of them”

	Sigsawa: “… what about your master?”		Sigsawa: “… what about your master?”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “She’s been charged under the Fire Arms Act and is in police custody at Shibuya station. I bet she will escape in no time. She will be more then a match for the police, maybe they will need to mobilize the armed forces.”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “She’s been charged under the Fire Arms Act and is in police custody at Shibuya station. I bet she will escape in no time. She will be more then a match for the police, maybe they will need to mobilize the armed forces.”

	Sigsawa: “… you don’t talk like that in my works”		Sigsawa: “… you don’t talk like that in my works”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “Fu--- you are something.”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “Fu--- you are something.”

	Sigsawa: “What do you mean by that?”		Sigsawa: “What do you mean by that?”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “Of course I meant ‘For His Safety’ being rejected again. Will it ever be used in a novel?”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “Of course I meant ‘For His Safety’ being rejected again. Will it ever be used in a novel?”

	Sigsawa: “Wait! How did you know that? Only my editor and that spider that I talk to in my room know.”		Sigsawa: “Wait! How did you know that? Only my editor and that spider that I talk to in my room know.”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “Because I am Kino.”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “Because I am Kino.”

	Sigsawa: “…”		Sigsawa: “…”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “I know a lot about you. For instance, ‘Even a Dog Doesn’t Eat’ was edited from a rejected short story from		Self-proclaimed Kino: “I know a lot about you. For instance, ‘Even a Dog Doesn’t Eat’ was edited from a rejected short story from
	book 2. The version of ‘Avenger’ you submitted to Denki Games Novel prize has a scene where I was wounded and lying half-naked for treatment, not to mention sewing up my jacket. My name was taken from a male character from another story, you were worried that the name would fail after the first chapter.”		book 2. The version of ‘Avenger’ you submitted to Denki Games Novel prize has a scene where I was wounded and lying half-naked for treatment, not to mention sewing up my jacket. My name was taken from a male character from another story, you were worried that the name would fail after the first chapter.”

	Sigsawa: “Wow!”		Sigsawa: “Wow!”

	Self ~~claim~~ Kino: “Wow’?”		Self-proclaimed Kino: “Wow’?”

	Sigsawa: “Yea! … Wow! I never thought Kino really did exist! You are Kino right?”		Sigsawa: “Yea! … Wow! I never thought Kino really did exist! You are Kino right?”