Fantasy is often described as escapism, but the genre has great potential to expose a reader to different perspectives on their own society while drawing them into an exciting new world. The Twelve Kingdoms novels by Fuyumi Ono truly show this. The world of the Twelve Kingdoms is a masterful example of a fully developed, politically complex, colorful and varied fantasy world. The post [Feature] No One is Born to Be a Slave: How The Twelve Kingdoms questions social systems appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
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