The Twelve Kingdoms Forum

Amazon has it listed for March 2008, if you want to pre-order this early

It is going to be Taiki's story, so that is cool.

Oh... too long to wait! But as long as it's coming, it's okay

It seems like release announcements aren't usually made more than 3 or 4 months ahead of time, so who knows if it's true or not? But I hope so.

It probably refers to "Sea of Wind, Shore of the Maze". This would be the 10-year-old Taiki's story.

I think the first novel did fairly well. It even ...

The book is #1400 rank on Amazon. That's pretty good, actually - I'm really happy about that A lot of people are buying it. My copy comes next week (I picked the cheapest shipping but that's okay) I hope it doesn't take long for the rest of the books to be released!

Here is a press release about the book. Apparently it really is a hardcover - the first Tokypop has released.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-r ... e-kingdoms

There is a description of the book on Tokyopop -
http://www.tokyopop.com/S-1787/

It appears the first book will be about Youko. It's out of order from how the book are published in Japan, but, well, as long as we get the books, who cares?

No, he didn't die :D Read it again. It just says he disappeared and no one has seen him for several years. He was tricked into going off to another province to suppress a rebellion and then attacked. Gyousou and a couple of his generals disappeared. The whole plot is very intricate and makes a ...

The book detailing the fate of Gyousou hasn't been written yet. So no one knows what has happened to him. Could have been imprisoned or in hiding. We know he is not dead because Taiki would have known he was dead. At the end of the last book Taiki is returned to the kingdoms and he and Risai ride ...

I'm glad you're back.

If it's possible maybe you could e-mail people (at least those who posted for a couple months before it went down) and let them know, I bet some people gave up and stopped looking

It's being offered on www.Amazon.com and www.BarnesAndNoble.com , but the titles they are giving is "The Twelve Kingdoms 1". Volume 1 isn't very descriptive.


The release date: March 13, 2007 (Amazon)
February 27, 2007 (Barnes and Noble)
Hardcover: 240 pages
ISBN: 1598169467
List Price: 16.99 ...

I saw that episode with Sara recently - I don't think he ever actually saw her, but he remembered hearing the flute. At the end, after she turned to dust he puts her flute in the dust pile and tells her that she can play for him all she wants in the afterlife and walks away. Inuyasha and company are ...

Well, I think his heart belongs to Kagura, and Sara, and that woman from the Panther Demon tribe. Not to mention the "custody battle" he and Kagura had over Rin :wink: Sounds like he has all kinds of girl problems.. Unlike Inuyasha who has a Kagome and a dead woman after him, and, well, actually it ...

He didn't have a kid. Just a wife. He was making the point that he could have a kid from one of the other concubines his family retained. The emporers of Japan and China didn't marry - they chose their heir from one of the children he fathered from a concubine. Probably a similar tradition happened ...

I agree - Inuyasha does seem to be loosing control. More and more it appears that Sesshomaru shows up to reign his brother in and correct him instead of trying to kill him like in the first few episodes. Also, Inuyasha seems to be getting more and more eager to fight before understanding the ...

Here's a link to a thread that discusses one very small part of the book:

viewtopic.php?t=384&highlight

I also would like to learn more of the book version

[quote="Shanonn"] I could be wrong but it would be hard to pull off to have Kikyou end up being Kagome's great, great grandmother or something.
Sharon[/quote]

I was wondering about Rin being her grandmother, not Kikyou :D But I did find it interesting that the three girls resemble each other ...

So Jamanji the half-demon herbalist thinks 7-year-old Rin looks like 15-year-old Kagomi. And Kagomi is a dead ringer for Kikyou. Interesting... I'm sure this isn't going anywhere as a plot device, but still, it's like Sesshomaru now has his own little "Kagomi/Kikyou". We'll probably never know why ...

March 2007? That my b-day! I actually get something I want for my b-day next year! How cool is that?


The waiting begins...

Did anyone search for Taiki the first time he went missing? Enki sort of did, but he takes his "vacations" in Horai every year anyway (he mentioned this to Youka after En-ou brought her to his palace for the first time). So if he didn't go it sounds like no one else would have. Then, the Nyosen ...

I bought all four soundtracks on amazon.com - they have a "buy used" option, but a lot of those are actually new, never opened. And not as expensive.

There was a kirin born, but he or she is no longer in Mt. Hou. Kyou-ou said that there was a shoku that occurred shortly after the kirin was born and it came from the yellow sea accross to Kyou. Kyou-ou then sent a message to Mt. Hou asking if the kirin was okay but received no reply as they had ...

Keiki brought Asano and Sugimoto using his Shirei. They landed on the coast of Kou and were immediately attacked by Kourin's shirei. She didn't show up in person until they had all landed (seperately) on the coast.

I think the script writers screwed up :shock: . When Keiki returned Sugimoto he told her there was no guarantee she would arrive alive. I think that was a bit of back-peddaling on the writers part. On the other hand, would that also mean that there was no guarantee they would arrive in the 12 ...

[quote="tiaopiak"]On Kingdom of Ryu,
We can see the King of Ryu while he is interogating Shokei and know he is corrupt. They also never reply about En's request for help in searching for Taiki. Speculating that the long absent of kirin and appearance of youma at the borders signify that the kingdom ...

What happened to Kagome's father? They talk a lot about everyone else's family (I'm up to ep 15 I think), but never Kagome. Anyway, just wondering...

No. He's just not in this story is all. I guess we can assume he is in school in En.