Taiki, the young black-haired Kirin of the kingdom of Tai is presented with an impossible task. A noble beast shouldered with the duty of selecting the next ruler, he was stolen away by a storm and sent to Japan, where he would be born to a human mother. It’s now taken ten years to return Taiki to the land he should’ve been calling home, but can he truly take up the mantle of Kirin and choose the kingdom’s next ruler?
The epic novel series that inspired a hit anime, now with an all-new translation and new illustrations!
Fuyumi Ono is a novelist in Japan best known for her series The Twelve Kingdoms.
Akihiro Yamada is an award-winning manga creator and illustrator in Japan known for his series Last Continent and his artwork in The Twelve Kingdoms and Legend of Lodoss.
Taiki, the young black-haired Kirin of the kingdom of Tai is presented with an impossible task. A noble beast shouldered with the duty of selecting the next ruler, he was stolen away by a storm and sent to Japan, where he would be born to a human mother. It’s now taken ten years to return Taiki to the land he should’ve been calling home, but can he truly take up the mantle of Kirin and choose the kingdom’s next ruler?
The epic novel series that inspired a hit anime, now with an all-new translation and new illustrations!
Creators
Fuyumi Ono is a novelist in Japan best known for her series The Twelve Kingdoms.
Akihiro Yamada is an award-winning manga creator and illustrator in Japan known for his series Last Continent and his artwork in The Twelve Kingdoms and Legend of Lodoss.
