Kino no Tabi - The Beautiful World (Novel) 
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Description
From Tokyopop:
Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is.
Type
Novel
Related Series
Gakuen Kino (Novel) (Spin-Off)
Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World (Spin-Off)
Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World (Gou) (Spin-Off)
Associated Names
Kino's Journey (Novel)
Kino's Journey: the Beautiful World (Novel)
キノの旅
キノの旅-the Beautiful World-
Groups Scanlating
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Latest Release(s)
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Status in Country of Origin
23 Volumes (Ongoing)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1 (2003/2017)
Ends at Vol 7 (2003 + Movies) Selected chapters adapted / Vol 20 (2017) Fan-voted chapters adapted, Colosseum readapted in EP 2
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Last Updated
October 29th, 2025 4:01pm PDT - 1 month ago
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Original Publisher
Media Works (Dengeki Bunko)
Serialized In (magazine)
Dengeki hp (Media Works)
Dengeki Bunko Magazine (Media Works)
Licensed (in English)
No
English Publisher
TokyoPop (Canceled / 1 Vol)
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