Reviews and Summaries 0-9 As stated, this is the section that contains the titles we have reviewed and or summarized starting with NUMBERS. (Amazing isn't it? Even I wonder at the genius of such a system!) Please note that all descriptions that are in yellow come from the box or other materials that come with the movie/OVA/series, green comes from me, and purple comes from Karmie-chan. 0 1 3 8 12 O8th MS Team See Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team 1 + 1 = Paradise (2 episodes) ~in the works~ 3 X 3 Eyes (4 episodes) ~also in the works~ 8-Man After A PI working a routine case involving stolen technology is mortally wounded. His only hope for survival comes from sacrificing his humanity to become 8-Man, a powerful, cyborg crime-fighter enhanced with a living human brain. Resurrected as the ultimate high-tech vigilante, it is up to 8-Man to bring the lawless to justice and put an end to the escalating cycle of violence. (Action/Drama) (Movie) It's fairly reminiscent of Robocop (although 8-man came decades before Robocop). It's an OK series to watch. Grab some popcorn too when you rent this one! 12 Kingdoms (Juuni Kokki) In a world reached through the doorway across the sea much different from our own exists the world of the Twelve Kingdoms. Here, people are born from trees and the lands are ruled by twelve near immortal rulers guided by twelve Kirins. Here, there is a different law of nature and balance that is kept. It is a world where monsters roam and magical artifacts exist. (Adventure/Drama) (45 episodes) What can I say about Twelve Kingdoms? It's awesome. It's almost like a real fairy tale. Buy it! You must buy it and watch it many times over! If you don't, your life would have no meaning, Karmie-chan! It took me forever to finally get sick of Bon's nagging and watch this series....and, as always, he was dead right about this series! Omg, it's soooooooo good. The characters come alive, the story is completely unique from any other anime ever made, and the animation's awesome! BUY it. 40 something episodes seemed like suuuuuuch a long, drawn out series, but after watching it I wanted MORE. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 1: Yoko Nakajima is extremely demure. She is the class president even because people saddle her with the responsibility, not because she wants to be. She is also strange in the fact that she has a dull red hair even though both her parents are Japanese. Her life up until now has been spent trying to please every one else other that herself without her even realizing it. Her life as she knows it is about to end when a strange man named Keiki, commanding a group of monsters, appeared before her and kneeled pledging his loyalty before her throne and whisks her away along with her childhood friend Asano and his girlfriend Sugimoto, as a monstrous bird attacks her. Now, Yoko Nakajima finds her old life gone as she wanders alone in a strange land. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 2: Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 3: Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 4: Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 5: Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 6: Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 7: Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 8: Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 9: Yoko has managed to reach the Kingdom of En and there, she meets up with Rakushun again who has taken up work in the docks in order to finds her again. They head out for the office dealing with kaikakyu to register Yoko. At the same time, Sugimoto wanders the lands trying to make sense of thing as she can no longer understand the language. She too manages to find her way to that same office and misses meeting Yoko by a few moments. Yoko and Rakushun heads out to a kaikakyu who has been in En for a very long time. He is a teacher who helps out new kaikakyu learn bits of the language. Upon probing more of the circumstance that lead Yoko to the land of the twelve kingdoms, the figure out that Yoko actually belonged somewhere in the lands of the twelve kingdoms and that Keiki might actually be a Kirin and Yoko could be the next chosen queen of Kou. Together, Yoko and Rakushun head on to meet the King of En to confirm things. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 10: Yoko is surprised that the man who has appeared before her to help her kill of all the youma is actually the king of En. He takes her to the hotel room that he is staying in under an assumed name and explains a few things to her. He confirms that she is the next queen of Kei and that the sword she wields, Suigu, is the proof. He has been told a few years ago by a previous ruler of Kei that the sword is a treasure of Kei and can only be wielded by the true ruler of Kei. While the king of En explains, Enki, the kirin of En, appears and Yoko is surprised to learn that she has met him before in Japan, the night before she met Keiki. The king of En also decides to take Yoko to his castle to keep his people safe from Youma and Yoko decides to take Rakushun with her, but she has to convince him to go with her first. In the castle, the king of En begins to explain more about the circumstances of royalty, what it means to be a ruler, and the false queen in Kei and that she has Keiki imprisoned at her feet. Torn apart by the yearning to go back home and the new revelations given to her, the minister of law decides to tell her an old, old story about the king and Kirin of En, both of whom are Taika just like Yoko. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 11: 500 years ago, during a time of much war and bloodshed in Japan, there was a boy who lived with his family in the capital. As the capital burned down, everyone was forced to flee, and the boy became sickly. His family can barely take care of themselves much less a dying boy, so they left him behind by the road. Meanwhile, in Mount Hou, the ranka of En is missing and people have been searching for it for four years now. Finally, the kirin of En's nyoiko has finally find her Kirin lying on the side of the road dying from illness and starvation and whisks him away to Mount Hou where begins to grow into a proper kirin. After much searching and Enki's refusal to allow for a ruler, he returns to Japan searching for his parents. There he meets a man whose father, the ruler of a clan of seafaring warriors has recently died, is trying to save his people from death at the hands of a rival clan. Upon meeting him, he realizes that this is the man who is destined to be the next Ruler of En and decides to watch him carefully and judge his actions-whether he will be a proper ruler or one that will bring disaster. He saves him just before he and his entire clan is slaughtered and gave him a choice. He can stay in Japan all alone or Enki could give him a kingdom to rule, but he can never see Japan again. Having nothing left, he decides to accept Enki's offer and together, they head out for the kingdom of En. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 12: After having heard the story of how Enki and the king of En came to power, Yoko is still uncertain about taking the throne of Kei for herself. When she began to wonder about the previous queen of Kei, the sword Suigu showed her how You-oh, the previous queen fell in love with Keiki and how that affected her judgment. She became hysterical and suspicious of every woman and in the end, when Keiki began to suffer from Shitsudou brought about by her actions, she decides to resign her throne by dying in order to save Keiki. After knowing this and hearing from Enki the sad fates of kirins, Yoko decides to go back to town where commoners dwell in order to help clear her mind and there she runs into Sugimoto again who has been given another order by the king of Kou. Meanwhile, The king of Kou and En meets and the subject wanders off to the fate of Kei as each king tries to figure out what the other is planning. After having run away from Sugimoto, Yoko cries by herself thinking that she is a bad person when Jyouyou, the hinman living inside her, decides to talk to her and assure her that after having been witness to everything that she has been through, that she is not a bad person and the she is fit to be queen. Yoko thanks her and asks a favor of her. When Sugimoto catches up to her, she fights her without her hinman and in the process, Suigu reveals to Sugimoto that the king of Kou is just using her for his own selfishness and that she really doesn't belong there. She breaks down with Yoko comforting her. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter 13: After Sugimoto realizes the truth, Kourin, the kirin of Kou, shows up to convince the king of Kou to return and give up her plan to kill Yoko. In the process, the king of Kou becomes even more enraged and tries to kill Yoko himself and kills Kourin instead when she shield Yoko from king Kou's sword. With that episode behind her, Yoko decides that she doesn't want Keiki suffering the same fate as Kourin although she still isn't sure about being queen. The night before Yoko along with the king of En and his royal army are to leave for the royal palace of Kei and rescue Keiki, Rakushun talks to Yoko and tries to convince her as well and that he would like to see what kind of kingdom Yoko would be able to create. When the reach the palace where Keiki is being held, the king of En and his royal army holds of false queen's militia as Yoko sneaks in and rescues Keiki. After having rescued Keiki, he proclaims his loyalty to her once again and in the coming weeks, Yoko begins the process of taking back the throne from Jyoue, the false queen. after having finally accomplished that, she fulfills her promise to send Sugimoto back to Japan and there, Sugimoto visits Yoko's mother and tells her the whole tale. While there, she finds out that there has also been another like her who has been whisked away, but managed to return-the missing kirin of Tai! Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow Chapter of Recollection Yoko has already beaten Jyoue, the pretender queen of Kei. She is visiting Rakushun and learning a bit more about the world of the twelve kingdoms. From Rakushun, Yoko learns how Tentei destroyed the world once before and from its ruin, created thirteen lands and of the thirteen lands, gave twelve rulers selected by twelve beings of mercy called kirins. Along with the lands, Tentei also gave each ruler a branch with three fruits. The fruits became the land, the kingdom, and the throne which represented virtue, history, and. The branch itself became a pen which gave rise to law. As Yoko reminisces about the events that led her to the throne of Kei, Rakushun asks her is she has any regrets. Yoko doesn't answer and instead gives him a bird that can record voices and has the ability to find Yoko so that she may hear his voice from time to time. After she has left, the bird began to convey to Rakushun Yoko's response. Until, she has done what needs to be done, she will have no regrets. Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth Chapter 1 Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth Chapter 2 Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth Chapter 3 Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth Chapter 4 Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth Chapter 5 Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth Final Chapter Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth Chapter of Reminiscence Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth Chapter Correspondence Rokuta, the kirin of En explains more about the world of the twelve kingdoms and introduces us to the various countries, what they are famous for exporting, their rulers and kirins. He also tells of the recent history of Tai, the kingdom to the north east of En. Taiki, the kirin of Tai is a taika and it took 10 years to locate him in Wa (Japan). After finally returning he had many difficulties, but finally manages to choose a new ruler for the kingdom of Tai. Then, after just one year, Taiki just vanished and Enki is unable to feel his presence in Japan anymore after that. He still hopes that he will be found again one day and return to his kingdom. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 1 80 years before Yoko was born, Ooki Suzu, a poor country girl fell into the river and washed in the shores of Kei. She spent 3 years with the traveling Shusei before she ends up in Sai and became a servant Lady Suibikun, an oppressive and twisted higher sage. She will spend almost a hundred years serving her and bearing her abuse. In the kingdom of Hou to the northeast, Shoukei, the princess of Hou lives an oblivious life while her father, sends people to their deaths for petty crimes in the hope that it will make the kingdom crime free. The people can no longer bear it and they rebel. The king is killed as well as the kirin and her mother. Shoukei's immortality is taken away from her and she is forced to live as a peasant. In Kei, Yoko is about to go through the ceremony to ascend the throne of Kei. Three similar, yet different girls are about to have their stories intertwine. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 2 Yoko has ascended the throne of Kei, but problems are still there. She has to decide the fate of the provincial lord of Baku province and decide if he is a traitor or not. She seeks the advice of the King of En when he comes to see her ascension to the throne and he gives her the best advice that he could. In Sai, Suzu learns of the queen of Kei who is a kaikyaku and similarly in Hou, Shoukei learns of Yoko as well. While, Suzu places her hopes on Yoko, Shoukei despises her for having everything that she has lost. Yoko has troubles of her own as well as she is forced to deal with the situation concerning Koukan, the provincial lord of Baku. She decides to relieve him of his position and summons him to the royal palace to answer the allegations himself. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 3 In the Kingdom of Sai, Suzu daydreams of meeting Yoko and Yoko, in turn, saving her from her misery. In the kingdom of Kei, Yoko is having difficulties running the kingdom since she knows nothing of it and is learning more about the kingdom from her three advisors. In the kingdom of Hou, Shoukei dreams of Yoko and believes that she has stolen everything from her. In Sai, Suzu, forced o clean at such a late hour collapses and breaks a precious vase. Lady Suibikun forces her to undertake a dangerous task to make up for it. At the same time, the citizens living in the same rike as Shoukei discovers that she is the daughter of the much hated late king. While all of these are happening, Yoko, is visiting the home of one of her three advisors. When the imperial guard storms the house, she is shocked to learn that Uikyo, the advisor is plotting to assassinate her. Before she could ask Uikyo, she is killed by the guards. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 4 Yoko learns that Kaki, the Tenkanchou or the man in charge of palace security as well as the Sankou or three advisors all conspired with Koukan to have her killed. Kaki has committed suicide as a sign of his guilt and Yoko must decide on the punishment. In Sai, Suzu falls of the cliff and forces the kijyuu that is guarding her to take her to the royal palace of Sai. In Hou, the people living in the rike that Shoukei is in is about to execute her. She is saved when provincial soldiers under Gekkei, the lord of Kei province comes to rescue her. Back in Kei, Yoko makes a decision. The remaining Sankou are banished, the council leader is demoted to Tenkanchou and the bickering ministers are reduced to Sankou with Keiki replacing Seikyou as the council leader. She then decides to leave the palace. Meanwhile, Suzu awakens to find that she is the guest of the queen of Sai and the Sairin. At the same time, Shoukei awakens and confronts Gekkei, the lord who led the rebellion against her father who decides that for the good of the people of Hou, she is to be banished to the kingdom of Kyou to the south of Hou. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 5 In the kingdom of Kyou, the queen of Kyou takes custody of Shoukei and makes her a servant girl in the palace. At the same time in Sai, This is happening, Sairin is entertaining Suzu while the queen of Sai confronts Lady Suibikun and her treatment of her servant. She takes custody of Suzu. She tells Suzu that she needs to grow up a little bit more and to do that, she has to travel the world a bit to understand people some more. She is given a passport bearing the crest of the queen of Sai and a mark that allows her to access any withdraw as much money as she need. In Kei, Yoko decides to leave the palace to know more about how the kingdom of Kei is. Keiki asks that he at least choose the place for her to stay as she lives in her kingdom as a commoner. He also commands Hankyou to keep an eye on her and keep her safe. Meanwhile, Suzu lands in the port of Boku in the kingdom of Sou. There she is surprised that the leader of the Shusei troupe is someone that she once traveled with nearly a hundred years ago. She also learns that this particular troupe has sheltered several kaikyaku before. On of them was Yoko and now, they have a kaikyaku named Asano with them. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 6 Asano seems to be going insane as Suzu tries to persuade him to go with her to the kingdom of Kei. She learns from the Shusei how paranoid he has been. In En, Rakushun while meeting with Enki and preparing for an education field trip to the kingdom of Ryuu, is shocked to learn that Yoko has vanished from the imperial capital. In the rike that Yoko is to stay in, several youma attacks it and Yoko arrives just in time to save Enho, the elder and Rangyouku and Kei-kei, her little brother. In the kingdom of Kyou, Shoukei still dreams of her old life. Unable to bear the shame of being a mere palace maid, steals from the queen of Kyou and runs away. Meanwhile, on the ship bearing for Kei, Suzu discovers that Asano had stowed away in it to go to Kei himself. They meet a boy little boy named Seishu who helps them a bit. At the same time, Rangyouku and Yoko pray and mourn for those that were killed by youma in the rike. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 7 Yoko is starting to learn about the kingdom of Kei from Enho. She is trying to absorb everything from how people earn their daily bread, to how land is divided, to how people live. On the way back to the rike from her lesson, a strange mail is received by Enho. Later that night a strange man visits Enho and Kaki's name is mentioned. On the ship that Suzu is on, Suzu is taking care Asano. She also starts to befriend Seishu who is a refuge from the kingdom of Kei and is returning home. With his help, Suzu is slowly starting to realize that unfortunate people are only truly unfortunate because they allow themselves to be that way. Asano, on the other hand is becoming quite delusional and thinks that Seishu is an enemy out to get him. In the northern kingdom of Ryuu, Shoukei checks into a hotel using the jewels that she has stolen from the queen of Kyou. The hotel is full as she is forced to share the room with a rat hanjyu named Rakushun. Later that night, the authorities catch up to Shoukei and she blames Rakushun for giving her the stolen jewels. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 8 The visions that the sword Suiguu is giving to Yoko is disturbed when Rangyouku walks in on her disturbed by people who seem to be hanging out outside the rike. Yoko orders Hankyou to follow them and see what they are up to. In Ryuu, Shoukei manages to bribe her way out of being captured by officials and sent back to Kyou. She also finds that Rakushun, who has figured out who she really is, waiting for her outside. He decides to accompany her into En and begins acting as a sort of teacher to her who knows almost nothing about the world. In the port of Goto in the kingdom of Kei, Suzu, Asano, and Seishu disembark for the Gyouten, the capital of Kei so that they can meet the queen. On the way there, they are attacked by bandits and rescued by a group of mercenary. As she blames herself again, she realizes her own folly. In Ei province, Yoko follows one the strange men and is surprised when Koshou, the man she followed is the older brother of Sekki, one Enho's former students. While there, Yoko and Suzu paths cross momentarily when Seishu is run over and killed by the district prefect's coach and left to die. A Thousand Miles of Wind. the Sky of Dawn Chapter of Reminiscence While Shoukei is traveling with Rakushun, she learns more about the history of her own country from him and how the world truly works. With his help, she realizes things that she has always failed to see and looks back to the times when she used to live in the palace as a princess and realizes that for all of her father's good intention, it was still the wrong way that he approached the problem. After talking so much to Rakushun she learns that Rakushun is a friend of the queen of Kei and is surprised that she didn't just get everything handed to her, that Yoko also had her share of suffering. After hearing everything she can from Rakushun, she decides that she wants to live in Kei after all. At the same time, Asano, is being kept as a guest of the district prefect. He tells him of how he got there and of the girl named Suzu. He believes that the world is all wrong and Shoukou, the district prefect, agrees with him. He too does all these evil deeds out of the desire if the heavens can punish him for his crimes. Interested in the gun that Asano wields, he takes him in promising to help him help the queen of Kei, who Asano believe to be Yuka. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 9 Mourning at Seishu's grave, Suzu meets Sekki and is taken in by him and his brother and inform her that it was Shoukou that had run Seishu over. As Suzu vows to take vengeance, Yoko is wondering about the incident in the rike that she is staying at and learns from Rangyoku about Shoukou. Infuriated about it, she talks to Enho only to learn that with the corruption running as deep as it is, there is nothing that she can do even though she is the queen. Meanwhile, Asano, a guest of Shoukou, becomes allied to him. At the border of Kei and En, Rakushun bids farewell and good luck to Shoukei. While resting, Shoukei hears the complaint of the people about having a queen again and how bad the situation remains in Kei. There, she confirms the rumors of the district of Shisui, ruled by Shoukou, is taking people and giving them land. As Seikyou and the minister of law tries to figure out where Yoko is from the rumors of where Keiki has gone of to, he meets with Yoko. While together, she begins to express doubts that Koukan could have been a traitor. At the same time, in the Wa province, Suzu is searching for people who witnessed Seishu's death only to find that people are too scared to admit it. She surmised that the queen of Kei is also responsible for it since, Shoukou is remains in power and leaves Asano behind as she plans to go to the royal palace and assassinate Yoko. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 10 Suzu has managed to make her way to Kinpa palace only to find that the queen is not there and is forced to return to Takuho. In Ei, Yoko, while putting her seal on some official documents, is informed by Kei-kei of some strange men lingering outside. As she leaves to investigate, Suzu once again meets Sekki and is taken in by him and his brother once more. Sneaking out at night to attack Shoukou, Suzu is stopped by Koshou and learns that she is not the only one who hates Shoukou and wants to do something about it. At the same time, Asano is with Shoukou and Gahou, the provincial lord of Wa in Meikaku. Shoukou and Gahou are plotting something sinister against Yoko in front of Asano with the information he just provided them without him realizing it. Gahou then invites Asano and Shoukou to witness an execution. At the same time, Shoukei has just arrived and witnesses the man being executed and throws a rock at a soldier. Yoko sees her and pulls her to safety as Hankyou takes the man being executed to safety and Asano chases after her. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 11 After splitting up with Yoko, Shoukei is further saved by a mercenary named Kantai. He takes her to where he and other mercenaries live. Form him, Shoukei learns the horrible truth why Shisui is taking refuges and giving them land. Meanwhile, Suzu becomes a part of the group that Koshou leads who has dedicated themselves to toppling or killing Shoukou. Yoko returns to Takuho and meets Suzu once more in the inn where Koshou and Sekki are and learns more rumors from her as Sekki and Koshou suspiciously watches her from the shadows. Believing that she is a spy, they tell Suzu that she will be getting some weapons for them the next day. Back at the rike in Ei, led by the information provided by Asano, Shoukou and several men assault the rike. They discover and capture Enho and Asano accidentally shoots Kei-kei as Rangyoku runs away. She runs into Yoko's room and discover the seal of the queen of Kei and hides it as she was about to be murdered. When Yoko and Keiki returns, Enho is already missing, Kei-kei is dying, and Rangyoku dead. Later that night, the gates to the city of Takuho opens up in an unusual hour and lets a carriage through carrying Enho as prisoner. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 12 Yoko, unable to trust in her ministers to do her commands, decides to investigate Rangyoku’s murder and Enho's abduction herself. Sekki and Koshou asks Suzu to go to Houkaku to picks up some more weapons. At the same time, Saibou, the advisor to the provincial lord of Baku visits Kantai. He informs Kantai about Enho's kidnapping and tells him that they need to deliver something to Houkaku. In Houkaku, Suzu arrives to pick up the weapon and is told that half of it hasn't arrived yet. Soon Shoukei arrives with her share of the weapons. Suzu and Shoukei instantly bond with each other and the two learns that their goals are similar as well. After Shoukei has returned, Kantai explains to her about Enho and the School of Morality where he used to teach and how it became a nuisance to the corrupt ministers and was destroyed with many of the teachers murdered. Asano is also being informed of the school in a different light by Shoukou. At the same time, Sekki is telling Suzu about the plan when Yoko attacks the place holding a hostage in order to get information about Enho since she believes that they are the ones who abducted him.. When she learns of their mistake and what they are planning to do, she joins their cause. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 13 Keiki learns that there is nothing that he can do to help Yoko out. Seikyou, on the other hand, decides to make a move by preparing the imperial guard to go to Takuhou even though it is treason to give such orders to the imperial guard without Yoko's permission. Back in Takuhou, Koshou, Sekki, Suzu, and Yoko make their move against Shoukou and takes on the name Shuon. They attack, feint, and retreat to Ei. Back to where Shoukei, Kantai and Saibou determines the moves that Shuon will take and Shoukou's reaction and Kantai decides to help them out in some way. Back in Takuhou, Yoko leads a hundred rebels to lure out the provincial army away from Shoukou and meets Asano once more. She learns more about Shoukou from him. Disgusted at how he has become, she leaves him there as a prisoner of the rebels. Later that night, she heads out to help Koshou, Sekki, and Suzu assault Shoukou's residence after giving Hankyo and Jyuusako the order to discreetly lower the provincial army's numerical advantage over the 100 rebels that she has led. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 14 The soldiers dispatched to Shoukou's safe house soon discovered that they have fallen for a diversion and that the rebel force has taken siege of the district palace. There, Yoko has captured Shoukou and asks the rebels to leave him alive so that the ones above him can be toppled as well. Back to where Asano is, Suzu meets him by chance and finds out that Yoko, whom Suzu knows as Youshi is the one that came to that world with him. With Suzu's help, Asano is sent to go to Meikaku to ask for help from the rebels there. With his pass from Shoukou and a forged letter carrying the seal of Shoukou, he is successfully able to escape until he runs into the vice minister of military affairs. Branded as a coward and refusing to kneel before him, the vice minister stabs him in the chest. Back to where Yoko is, the provincial army's aerial riders sent by Gahou attacks them. Just as they are starting to fight back, allies from Meikaku on Kijuu takes on the aerial riders. After the battle, they learn that a rebellion is also being mounted in Meikaku and Yoko and Suzu learns the fate of Asano and hopes that he's going to be fine. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Chapter 15 Although only the queen may order the mobilization of the Imperial Guard, Seikyou, knowing that it is treason to do so, orders them to march and help Gahou out in order to cover his part of the crimes committed before Yoke’s appointment as queen and to keep hold of his power and position. In Shoukou's palace where the rebel army has barricaded themselves, Yoko with the rest of the rebel leader plan their strategy and afterwards, she Suzu and Shoukei talk about the situations of their lives and what led them to come to that corner of Kei. Yoko then reveals to them that she is the queen of Kei that they were hoping to meet and reveals to them her feeling of powerlessness. When the village is set on fire, the rebels are forced to act and try to rescue the villagers from the soldiers of Gahou. Just as when things are starting to look up with the villagers now on their side, the Imperial Guard appears to support Gahou's troops and the panicked villagers all lose hope thinking that the queen has sent them to kill them all. Suzu and is forced to reveal herself as the former princess of Hou to quell the fear of the people and Suzu backs up her claims by showing to them her passport with the seal of the Queen of Sai. Later on, Suzu and Shoukei helps Yoko why and how the Imperial Guard is there without Yoke’s orders and who else might be involved. A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn Final Chapter Yoko finally reveals herself as the Queen of Kei by riding on Keiki's back and challenging the imperial army to the charge of treason. Having the proof she needs before her, she sends the generals of the left and right division to lay siege to Gahou's stronghold, capture him alive and rescue the elder Enho safely. She also sends the general of the central division to go back to the capital and arrest Seikyou who has commanded the Imperial Guard to take action and help cover his crimes. With her identity revealed, her fellow rebels kneels before her and she asks them for forgiveness for failing them as a queen and not being able to do anything about their suffering as a queen. In Meikaku, Yoko, with Suzu and Shoukei discover that Asano has died and Yoko mourns him and decides to bury him in Kei. She then asks what the two of them are planning after this and asks if they would like to help her out. With Enho back unharmed, Yoko asks him to teach her about her kingdom and how to rule wisely. Upon her return to the imperial palace, she gives Seikyou's title to Koukan, the lord of Baku province, the sole command of the imperial guard to the hanjuu general of Baku province, the lordship of the Wa province to the advisor of the Baku province, and abolishes the practice of having to constantly kneel before someone's social superior with the intent of giving the people of Kei the freedom to be masters of themselves and be a people free from tyranny of those who would abuse their power. Ally of the Moon As Yoko and Rakushun visits En's royal capital to seek an advice from the king of En, they discover that he is on a pilgrimage that he takes every year. Kantai, now as sole general of the imperial guard, heads towards the kingdom of Hou with Shoukei. After four years, Hou is still without a ruler as Gekkei, the lord of Kei province refuses to take the throne himself. His heart is full of guilt for the rebellion he incited six years ago against a king he had admired. Kantai sympathizes with him and helps him realize that there was nothing wrong with what he had done. Reading a letter from Shoukei addressed to him about her own foolishness, he realizes, with Kantai's aid as well, that people can change for the better as time passes on. Staring upon the moon, Gekkei bids farewell to Retsu-oh as he makes his resolve after 4 years. If a court with a king is one of the sun, then this court, one without a ruler or absence due to false ones or shitsudou, will the court of the moon-one that awaits the return of the sun. With that, he writes a letter to the queen of Kyou asking for leniency for Shoukei as the temporary king of Hou. In Kyou, the queen of Kyou decides to punish Shoukei by banishing her from the kingdom. As Kantai and Shoukei heads home for Kei, Yoko finds Naotaka, the king of En, visiting an old, old grave. He already knows that she has come to seek advice on what would be a suitable punishment for Shoukou who has challenged the will heaven. Sea God of the East, Azure Sea of the West Chapter 1 Sea God of the East, Azure Sea of the West Chapter 2 Sea God of the East, Azure Sea of the West Chapter 3 Sea God of the East, Azure Sea of the West Final Chapter Sea God of the East, Azure Sea of the West Chapter of Reminiscence 801 TTS Airbats Meet the fighter pilots of the 801 Tactical Training Squadron, codenamed the Airbats. With their sleek curves and lightning fast moves, they give a new meaning to the term “friendly skies”-and I’m not talking about their jets! The Airbats are the hottest, wildest team of female flyers you’ll ever meet, and when they climb into the cockpit, the clear blue skies of Japan aren’t big enough to contain all the aerial action these ladies get into! Whether it’s ghostbusting the spirit of a dead kamikaze Zero pilot, facing off against a team of world famous aeronautical acrobats, or winning a year’s supply of noodles in a ramen-noodle-eating contest, you’d better believe the Airbats have the “right stuff” to get the job done! (Action/Comedy/Drama) Back Next Reviews Page Main