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  • Well, I don't know what a gronom is, but I know a kirin is a sort of Japanese unicorn who has something to do with chiising an/or identifying future rulers.

    HH Com 296 (295 was a duplicate) Miss Snark 2006

  • I think one of the really appealing things about Enki in particular is that he has this sarcastic, blunt personality but that he's fundamentally a kirin, so more than Keiki (who is quite stoic) and Taiki (who is a boring, personalityless golden child) he's really interesting to me.

    Sea of Wind - Fuyumi Ono karenhealey 2010

  • A sweet, simple story of a boy's efforts to grow into his magical self as a kirin of the Twelve Kingdoms, destined to choose and guide the king of Tai.

    Sea of Wind - Fuyumi Ono karenhealey 2010

  • TAIKI: But I was born in Japan and have only recently come to this world, and don't know how to take on my kirin form, or tame demons, or anything.

    Sea of Wind - Fuyumi Ono karenhealey 2010

  • And all this was without bringing in the Chinese kirin, which looked more like a dragon, so far as she was concerned!

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • Since Tai has no king, a lamia hatches to care for the imminent kirin of Tai.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Kristen 2009

  • Taiki begins as a fairly weak protagonist since he is very apologetic and cries a lot, not at all like the typical kirin.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Kristen 2009

  • Taiki begins as a fairly weak protagonist since he is very apologetic and cries a lot, not at all like the typical kirin.

    Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009

  • For instance, when he is told there are eleven other kirin in addition to him, he then wonders if that means there are twelve in all.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Kristen 2009

  • This book is the story of Taiki, the kirin of the kingdom of Tai.

    Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009

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