Kino's Journey - the Beautiful World manga volume 4 features story and art by Keiichi Sigsawa and Iruka Shiomiya.

"Wow, that's an awfully large bird."

Kino's voice sounded deeply impressed. Hermes hesitated for several seconds, but couldn't quite reach a decision. Sometimes, your only option is just to open your mouth and ask directly. Hermes had no mouth with which to ask, but decided to ask Kino anyway.

"Kino...are you being serious?"

"Huh? What do you mean, Hermes?"

"I mean, do you seriously think that airplane is a big bird?"

"'Airplane'... Is that what that bird's called? Or are you mixing up your words again?"

"Oh dear..."

Kino's Journey - the Beautiful World manga volume 3 features story and art by Keiichi Sigsawa and Iruka Shiomiya.

“The new queen put the twisted kingdom back on a proper path, but she decided to carry on the tradition of the tournaments that the people were wildly enthusiastic about. And she’s always been fond of vehicles.”
“I see…”
“Makes sense to me!”
“Anyone who wants citizenship can receive it now. But if you win this race, the queen herself awards you with a medal. That’s the moment I want for myself.”
“Why’s that?”
“Because I want to see her looking shocked to death.”

In a vast forest lies a certain country, a place blessed with abundance, so wonderful that all travelers want to visit at least once. The country is so popular, in fact, that anyone who wishes to stay must enter the tournament held in the coliseum and battle for citizenship and the right to create a new law for the land…

Kino's Journey - the Beautiful World manga volume 2 features story and art by Keiichi Sigsawa and Iruka Shiomiya.

"So basically, none of these people wants to be prsident, huh, Kino?"

"Yeah, nobody wants to do it..."

"This 'vote' is just a way of forcing the job on someone else, then.""It sure is."

"So, when should we run?"

Kino and Hermes travel to a country where the government took the concept of "majority rule" to such an extreme that hardly anyone was able to live there. The next country has figured out how to live peacefully with their neighbors: by taking out their aggression on a third party. While the residents of each land tend to be welcoming, Kino's rule to stay in one place for only three days allows them to avoid becoming dangerously mired in local conflicts, but sometimes leaving comes at a price...

Kino's Journey - the Beautiful World manga volume 1 features story and art by Keiichi Sigsawa and Iruka Shiomiya.

“So, who’s the kid?”

“My name is…”

××××× hesitated for a moment, turning slightly to look back along the road they were traveling. Beyond the red horizon, her homeland’s gates sank into the distance, never to be seen again.

Facing forward once more, ××××× looked past Kino’s side to focus intently on the path ahead before answering.

“My name is—”

Kino travels with the trusty talking motorrad, Hermes. The duo are always together, with Hermes providing speed, and Kino providing balance. They stay in each country for no more than three days, as a rule—enough time to learn about each destination’s unique customs and people. And so Kino and Hermes journey ever onward…