![]() ![]() Yoko travels to the world of the Twelve Kingdoms, develops as a person and starts to embrace her new destiny. " Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi" ( Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow), episodes 1-13.The anime closely follows Yoko and is divided into the following parts. Notably, the anime introduces the events of the fourth novel, The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn, before the third novel, The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas. Several events and existing characters in the series were expanded in the anime series, though the series general maintains the overall plot and themes introduced in the novels. The rest of the kingdoms are only introduced by name and a brief description of the current ruler and taiho. Several of the other countries are introduced, the most prominent being Kou, En and Tai, while Kyou, Hou, Sai and Ryu play a minor role compared to the other three. ![]() The anime focuses on the Kingdom of Kei and the events surrounding it. Their role is to externalize some of Youko's problems that were internal in the novels. The anime also introduces the characters Ikuya Asano and Yuka Sugimoto to accompany Youko to the Twelve Kingdoms. Like the novels, Taiki, Shoryu, Enki, Shoukei, and Suzu are key characters in the anime, with others like Keiki and Rakushun, as important supporting characters. In the novels, Youko is only one of many main characters and her story is focused upon in only two novels as a result, Youko narrates and acts as a framing device to whom the story is told for arcs that do not feature her in the novels. The anime casts Youko Nakajima, a Japanese girl who is suddenly transported to another world and eventually discovers that she is the ruler of the kingdom of Kei, in the role of the main character. ![]()
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