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Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito

This is one odd, yet cool looking, anime I want to see, yet I can't figure out the name. I know it deals with books (hon), and I'd like to know what the english name for this is. Thanks in advance.

A more english sounding version of that would be Dark, Hat, and Traveler's book, although that makes very little sense as well...*does not know of the anime in question*

Lol. Those links don't help much. I tried there before posting. I wish the name was less confusing xd .


Also, what does "Ore ne horen da yo?" mean?

Traveler's hat, book, and darkness sounds good to me, but I don't think that's how it's read. Tricky for me.

All I knew was yami.
oh well.

"Hon no" also means "Mere, only, just" according to my dictionary.

So, I'm thinking it might be "The darkness, a hat and a mere traveler" or "A mere traveler with a hat and the darkness"

That's not the same kind of swap though. "Pupil of Wolf" and "Wolf's Pupil" both have "Wolf" as the thing that's possessing, for lack of a better word. Changing "The Darkness's, Hat's, and Book's Traveler" to "The Traveler's Darkness, Hat, and Book" changes what's possessing what.

Speaking of using "of" instead of "'s," some other possible ideas (some more likely than others) for the translation could be:

"A traveler of books, hats and darkness"/"A traveler of a book, a hat, and the darkness"/Combination of any of those
"The darkness, a hat, and a traveler of books/a book"
"The darkness and a traveler of hats/a hat and books/a book"
"The darkness and a traveler of a book with a hat"
"A traveler of a book with a hat and darkness"

And I'm sure there are some other variations.

And just so we're clear, here's the kana version of the title: ヤミと帽子と本の旅人
I do think it's interesting that the "yami" part is written in katakana rather than kanji or hiragana. I looked it up and it's not the name of any character. I don't know why it might be written that way.