Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World Episode 1 English Subbed Episode Title:Land of Visible Pain —I See You.—.Episode Description:Kino and Hermes find themselves in a country that seems to be inhabited only by servile machines. After exploring the country for one day, Kino notices that there are people living alone in cottages in the outskirts of the country. Kino befriends a lonely man there who tells her that the entire human population drank a special liquid which enabled them to understand each other's thoughts with the aim of creating harmony across the country. However, being able to read each other's minds only brought disharmony to society through being aware of the unfiltered thoughts of every other person, even between the lonely man and his wife. The only solution for the population was for everyone to live a short distance from each other. The lonely man asks Kino to stay, but she declines and continues on her way, passing by the cottage of his wife living nearby.