The Twelve Kingdoms Forum

Courtesy of this post by Chiwara

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2007-03-18/fuyumi-ono-author-of-the-twelve-kingdoms

Thanks Chiwara for pointing that out!

Here's a teaser that should make waves:

The last novel, so far, was released in 2001. Do you plan to revisit the world of The Twelve Kingdoms and write more stories for it?

Yes, I do.

zitch wrote:Thanks Chiwara for pointing that out!

You're welcome. I'm glad I was able to contribute.

THx, im glad to see the confirmation that it'll conteniue, thats just even more i have yet to read in this serie.

Awesome news!

WOW. Good news keep coming. First it is the english book, now (at least) Ono-san said that she will continue JK. What a great month.

But a bit dissapointed with the content of the interview because lack of JK related content. They should ask her "when are you planning to publish the next book of JK" or "Are you in the progress of writing JK" or " Why are you rewriting non-JK related story instead of writing JK?"

Truthfully, I'm not so sure I care as much about when it would come out (Yeah, I'd like it to come next month... ). I'd rather wait several years and have an amazing finish to the Taiki arc.

Writing a novel isn't something you can just go out and do. And with the extreme complexity of the Twelve Kingdoms novel, there's a lot of technical requirements to maintain a good story (LOTS AND LOTS OF NOTES!). It isn't something you can just go back to and pick up again. I have a feeling she had writer's block at that point in the novels, and instead of forcing something half-baked out, she decided to put it on hiatus to come back to later. I highly respect a novelist that can do that, and her interview really made me a fan of hers.

Seriously, I'm just excited that she still has interest in continuing The Twelve Kingdoms. I haven't heard anything but rumors and speculations of that up until that interview.

Even though I would like to have a proper finish of the Taiki story, but I am even more interested in the countries that she has not yet touched upon, she has only scratched the surface of Ryu, Ren and Han, not to talk about the mysterious Shun.

Yeah it is to bad, but if for instance that other book is a part of the Ghost Hunt serie or something simmilar... Then thats highly acceptable from my side...even though i have no say in the matter

Yeah, I have just read that interview. Hope Ono sensei will give us more story about the other countries.

zitch wrote: Writing a novel isn't something you can just go out and do. And with the extreme complexity of the Twelve Kingdoms novel, there's a lot of technical requirements to maintain a good story (LOTS AND LOTS OF NOTES!). It isn't something you can just go back to and pick up again. I have a feeling she had writer's block at that point in the novels, and instead of forcing something half-baked out,

From what I've heard of the ending of TKAS, it kind of sounded like she was hitting the half-baked point already. Lots of weirdness.

Though I did notice, in the Tokyopop translation, explicit statements about most kaikyaku dying in shoku, and a statement that the Stories about demons and wizards crossing over always have just themselves crossing over, no passengers. Which sets up some of the TKAS weirdness. On the other hand, RENRIN'S MAGIC CORD and HE'S THE TAIHO ALREADY!

6 years or so is a long time, I'm afraid Ono sensei has forgotten about Juuni kokuki. I presume it's not easy to start again from where she left off. I used to enjoy Ghost Hunt a lot but when I knew it's one of the reasons why Ono sensei stopped writing JK, I cant help but despite it a bit. just a bit.

mindstalk wrote: From what I've heard of the ending of TKAS, it kind of sounded like she was hitting the half-baked point already. Lots of weirdness.

Though I did notice, in the Tokyopop translation, explicit statements about most kaikyaku dying in shoku, and a statement that the Stories about demons and wizards crossing over always have just themselves crossing over, no passengers. Which sets up some of the TKAS weirdness. On the other hand, RENRIN'S MAGIC CORD and HE'S THE TAIHO ALREADY!

I agree that there are some strange things, but considering Taiki's return and the giving of En's Chousai's rank to Taiki:

Taiki is a Taiho already indeed, but unlike other high rank officials, his power was there from birth and not granted becoz of his position as Taiho. To survive the shoku, people actually need the 'power', not the rank. Because he lost his horn, he lost his power and they were afraid to bring him back for fear he would not make it. So Gyokuyou told them to give him a high rank, thus automatically giving him the powers granted by heaven through the emperor, so he would not die while crossing over. This idea was given by Hanrin, if I'm not mistaken. Or another Kirin, when they were having an argument whether they should bring him back etc.

As for the Gogoukanda(Renrin's magic cord), it was clearly stated that it cannot transport humans, and could only crossed over beasts etc (which could probably mean those who possess You(ma) power), Kirins included). They were afraid that Taiki was no longer a Kirin, so they didn't dare to try that as well.

Well, that's all from TKAS. I think the problem (of logic) lays more on books to books (and future books) and not inside one book.

I think it's time people wrote to her en masse to let her know the support is out there for a new novel sooner rather than later

If only there was a way.