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by kurone.rin
Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:37 am
Forum: The Twelve Kingdoms Discussion
Topic: the one biological problem...
Replies: 31
Views: 21439

mindstalk, i suppose you're right about the kaikyaku's fertility being suppressed.
and silk probably grows like cotton over there.
by kurone.rin
Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Introduce yourself
Replies: 29
Views: 38439

well, i consider myself lucky already ^^ i have the full animation (VCDs), 1 to 15 of the anime manga (without book 13, in japanese), the official guidebook, kaze no banri meirei no sora part 1 (in japanese) and 2 soundtrack CDs XDDD will keep my eyes peeled for more stuff!
by kurone.rin
Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:45 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Introduce yourself
Replies: 29
Views: 38439

hello!
like everyone else here on the forum, i have a room chock full of twelve kingdoms paraphernalia.... not ^^"
i shall just dangle here from this riboku and be a well-behaved ranka until somebody plucks me (instead of messing around with kanris and shoguns)
hope to be able to read all the novels ...
by kurone.rin
Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:34 am
Forum: The Twelve Kingdoms Discussion
Topic: the one biological problem...
Replies: 31
Views: 21439

Taiki was very weak even when he had just a trickle of blood flowing from his forehead...
i personally think that it would be quite an ordeal if a female kirin were to menstruate! even if there weren't that much blood, the smell is overpowering (um, yes, personal experience).

oh ya, do you think ...
by kurone.rin
Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:01 pm
Forum: The Twelve Kingdoms Discussion
Topic: the one biological problem...
Replies: 31
Views: 21439

... even if it was the case the Mrs. Ono just decided to make things up or, more likely, took from Chinese and Japanese mythology. In fact, more information about those myths would probably be helpful

nope, i don't know any Chinese or Japanese myths Ono Sensei might have referenced from. well ...
by kurone.rin
Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:12 am
Forum: The Twelve Kingdoms Discussion
Topic: the one biological problem...
Replies: 31
Views: 21439

Gosh, have you had your coffee yet?

Rain comes from an ocean in the sky.
Personally, i think Ono Fuyumi just got inspiration to have rain coming from an ocean in the sky on a literary whim. The Chinese characters for "an expanse of clouds" can be rendered as 云海 (yun2 hai3), literally, cloud sea ...
by kurone.rin
Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:43 pm
Forum: The Twelve Kingdoms Discussion
Topic: the one biological problem...
Replies: 31
Views: 21439

haha, thanks Zitch!


I do wonder, they do have chicken (or some other bird) eggs, right? Hens can produce eggs without being fertilized (hence, those eggs will never produce an embryo), so maybe all Tentei did was sterilize all male animals?

so he sterilized all male animals, so nothing comes ...
by kurone.rin
Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:26 pm
Forum: The Twelve Kingdoms Discussion
Topic: the one biological problem...
Replies: 31
Views: 21439

Jinx999 wrote:Sorry if I came across a little abrupt - I'm not a nice person without my coffee and weatabix.
Please consume lots of coffee and weatabix before coming to the 12k forums! *kowtow*
by kurone.rin
Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:43 am
Forum: The Twelve Kingdoms Discussion
Topic: the one biological problem...
Replies: 31
Views: 21439

thanks! i'll read around a little more before starting new threads! :oops:
by kurone.rin
Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:36 am
Forum: The Twelve Kingdoms Discussion
Topic: the one biological problem...
Replies: 31
Views: 21439

the one biological problem...

new here, so hajimemashite!

there was one thing which i have always thought weird about the system in 12k and that's the fact that they have brothels (er, well, at least in the anime, not sure about the novel).
so, if they have brothels, it means some sort of uh... sexual intercourse must take ...