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Interview: Keiichi Sigsawa

Kino herself is the heart and soul of the story to many people. People often talk about how unique she is because she doesn't care if people see her as either male nor female, only "Kino". How does Kino see herself in regards to her gender, since she doesn't seem to act as either a girl or boy?

Kino really doesn't think of herself too deeply when she uses pronouns. Depending on the circumstances, she may use "boku" or "atashi", it kinda depends on the situation she finds herself in. In the first story, Kino always referred to herself as "boku", because it was meant to be like a little secret. At the end of the story, it was treated as a reveal to surprise the readers, because they had probably assumed someone using "boku" was a guy. So it was more of a trick at the beginning. It's not that I wanted to write a story about a girl who lives like a boy directly, it was just an interesting way to start the story, and her character's personality has continued that way since then.

So its not a sequel but a "remake", if thats what u wanna call it?
Either way im quite disappointed. Screw remakes

I hate that they recast Kino. No reason for it.

Saying that is a remake is a bit strange, because unless they are doing the stories covered in the old Anime, there would be no sign that it is a remake. Aside from the prequel episodes, there is no beginning or end, you could shuffle all the episodes and it would make no difference.

cannonfodder4000 wrote:

I hate that they recast Kino. No reason for it.

We don't even know if Ai Maeda would be available 14 years later. I kinda doubt it. It was her only anime voice acting overall and she isn't a voice actress to begin with.

...a short picture drama on Nico Nico Douga with Aoi Yūki doing the voice acting, and it was a hit. Based on that, he wanted to make a new series with Aoi Yūki playing the part of Kino.

It's not that I wanted to write a story about a girl who lives like a boy directly, it was just an interesting way to start the story, and her character's personality has continued that way since then.

MarshalBanana wrote:

Saying that is a remake is a bit strange, because unless they are doing the stories covered in the old Anime, there would be no sign that it is a remake. Aside from the prequel episodes, there is no beginning or end, you could shuffle all the episodes and it would make no difference.

They literally said they were doing that in the interview.