4 Season
45 Episode
The Twelve Kingdoms - Season 1 Episode 12 Shadow of the Moon, Sea of the Shadow - The Twelveth Chapter
Youko and Rakushun are shown outside their room talking about how Youko will become queen and save Keiki. Later on Youko looks into her sword and it shows her visions of how the last ruler of Kei failed to be a good queen and how it saddended Keiki.. Youko is afraid she will make the same mistake. Back in the village Heki explains to Sugimoto how he was once like her.. And how she should change her ways and soon. Sugimoto ignores him and runs off only to find King Kou.. He tells her that Youko must still be killed, Sugimoto agrees. Back at the palace Enki explains to Rakushun and Youko how what King Kou is doing is against the wills of the heavens and can't be allowed. Youko goes to town and sees visions in her sword of Sugimoto arguing with Heki. At the palace, King Kou goes to meet King En.. King Kou argues that Youko is a fake queen and King En tells him he knows about how he set up the false queen of Kei and kidnapped Keiki. King Kou denies it and leaves. Back in the town Heki is t
- Year: 2003
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
- Studio: NHK BS1
- Keyword: magic, supernatural, fantasy world, anime, isekai, fantasy, chinese mythology, based on light novel
- Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi, Sho Aikawa
- Cast: Takehito Koyasu, Kenichi Suzumura, Masaki Aizawa, Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Ishizu, Yuji Ueda
