12 Kingdom (Anime Review)
The story of the anime centers around a girl named Youko Nakajima from Japan, who is suddenly transported to another world and eventually discovers that she is the queen of the kingdom of Kei. This part of the story is based on the novel Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi (Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow). This novel, and thus anime, follow the general Monomyth pattern, but several twists and inversions of the pattern give them originality.
Unlike Fushigi YÅ«gi, Twelve Kingdoms is not a romance anime, but closely traces the development of the heroine, Youko, describing how she finds a place for herself in this strange new world.
The anime focuses on the Kingdom of Kei and the events surrounding it. Several of the other countries are introduced, the most prominent being Kou, En and Tai, while Kyou, Hou, Sai and Ryuu play a minor role compared to the other three. The rest of the countries are only introduced by name and a brief description of the current emperor and taiho. The anime also introduced the characters Asano and Sugimoto to accompany Youko to the twelve kingdoms. Their role is to externalize some of Youko’s problems that were internal in the novels
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