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reviewed The Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono (The Twelve Kingdoms, #1)

Fuyumi Ono: The Twelve Kingdoms (Hardcover, 2007, TokyoPop) 3 stars

For high-schooler Yoko Nakajima, life has been fairly ordinary--that is until Keiki, a young man …

Review of 'The twelve kingdoms' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

It was okay. There was a lot of time listening to the main character thinking to herself since she travelled alone so long. Several typical Japanese themes mentioned, but none explored in any satisfying way (feeling an alien in your own world, what makes someone human, etc). Quite a bit of violence, but no other objectionable material, really.