Twelve Kingdoms Novels - Confused

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hqkd
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Twelve Kingdoms Novels - Confused

Post by hqkd »

I'm about to purchase the translated novel by Tokyopop. From what I know there's only 1 volume released, but why are there two different book cover images and the number of pages released? Which is the right one?

What is the correct order of TK? There's Shore of twilight, Demon Child, Sea of Shadows, etc. Although I really love TK, consider it to be one of the best and watch the anime for at least 5 times, I still can't recall all the names. I'm really confused.

BTW, does anyone know if there's a TK 2008 calendar?
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Post by Hikoto »

Hi, I *think* the two covers you saw, one belongs to the hardcover edition while the other the paperback vers. (:

As for your second question, I *thin* (again lol) that Sea of Shadows come first because well...that's the subtitle of the first volume!

Volume out in March 2008. (: Yay! *^^*
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Post by mindstalk »

Order, hah.

Demon Child was the first written, I think. 16 year old Taiki in Japan, except no one knows it's Taiki, just that weird shit happens, with no real explanation in the end.

After that, eh, let me spam my own page:
http://mindstalk.net/jk/Books/

so you can follow the anime, or read the Youko novels together then the Taiki novels, presumably capping with the Youko/Taiki novel, which is ongoing.

Also http://community.livejournal.com/juuni_ ... tml#cutid1

And I should update my page, there's been progress.
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Post by FireMotion »

In the Tokyopop shop the paperback and the hardcover of volume one both have the same covers though...
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