Forget whatever drugs Grant Morrison is seemingly on...

[Kevinroc]

I want the drugs that the women that make up CLAMP are seemingly on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamp_(manga_artists)

Why?

One of their current titles, "Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle" has gone from a seemingly cute adventure series about a group of people running around the multiverse to recover the memories of a princess to a convulted mess about... I don't even know anymore...

The revelation that the main character had been using a clone of himself since before the story began and set out on seemingly romancing an alternate reality clone of his own mother for years

has made this series weird even by CLAMP standards (and that's saying something).

[heystacy]

I want the drugs that the women that make up CLAMP are seemingly on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamp_(manga_artists)

Why?

One of their current titles, "Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle" has gone from a seemingly cute adventure series about a group of people running around the multiverse to recover the memories of a princess to a convulted mess about... I don't even know anymore...

The revelation that the main character had been using a clone of himself since before the story began and set out on seemingly romancing an alternate reality clone of his own mother for years

has made this series weird even by CLAMP standards (and that's saying something).

CLAMP knows how to bring the crazy. Have you ever read X/1999? :eek:

[K-DoG7p7]

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle <-- they make an anime out of that... right?

[Kevinroc]

CLAMP knows how to bring the crazy. Have you ever read X/1999? :eek:

I've seen the tv series.

CLAMP is weird...

[heystacy]

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle <-- they make an anime out of that... right?

I think they did.

[Kevinroc]

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle <-- they make an anime out of that... right?

They have. A lot of people weren't happy with the TV series for various reasons (too many "filler" episodes and subverting one of the primary rules of CLAMP that a later episode had to retcon).

Ah, about the CLAMP rule...

The dead can't come back to life. A filler episode of the anime had Sakura reviving the dead of an entire town. This violated a primary rule of the series and they quickly had to make another episode where those "revivals" were shown to only be temporary and the people all had to go back to being dead.

[K-DoG7p7]

I think they did.

I think i saw the first few episodes of that..
something about dimensional travels..

[Kevinroc]

I think i saw the first few episodes of that..
something about dimensional travels..

I said in the opening post that the series started out as that before becoming so convulted that you wonder what kind of drugs these women are on and where you can get some of them. :wink:

[heystacy]

I've seen the tv series.

CLAMP is weird...

Saw the TV show and movie. They never finished the manga. The movie is shorter, bloodier, and more tragic.

A lot of CLAMP's manga has turned to anime. Chobits, Card Captor Sakura, Magig Knight Rayearth (twice). I am sure there are others.

I think i saw the first few episodes of that..
something about dimensional travels..

I saw a very short movie tied to CLAMPS other manga series turned anime xxxHolic.

[Kevinroc]

I saw a very short movie tied to CLAMPS other manga series turned anime xxxHolic.

xxxHolic is tied to Tsubasa in a huge, spoiler-filled way that really makes both series extremely convulted.

Watanuki was created as a result of the deal Syaoran originally made with Yuko. Since Syaoran basically erased himself from ever existing in his world, Watanuki was created to fill the void and had all the various relationships with people that Syaoran would have had if he had not made that deal with Yuko.

What drugs are these women on and where can I get some of them?

[heystacy]

xxxHolic is tied to Tsubasa in a huge, spoiler-filled way that really makes both series extremely convulted.

Watanuki was created as a result of the deal Syaoran originally made with Yuko. Since Syaoran basically erased himself from ever existing in his world, Watanuki was created to fill the void and had all the various relationships with people that Syaoran would have had if he had not made that deal with Yuko.

What drugs are these women on and where can I get some of them?

Whoa! That is convoluted. CLAMP is know for torturing their characters, and for the convolution.

Tsubasa is a massive crossover of all their characters. I suppose it would get a bit crowded.

[Kevinroc]

Whoa! That is convoluted. CLAMP is know for torturing their characters, and for the convolution.

Tsubasa is a massive crossover of all their characters. I suppose it would get a bit crowded.

This is CLAMP we're talking about. I mostly know them for their homosexual... (it feels wrong to call it "subtext" since it is so blatant) text and rather disturbing romances (Tsubasa's doesn't disappoint but don't forget the rather positive light shown for the romance of a 4th grader and her 20-something teacher in Cardcaptor Sakura).

The power of love overcomes all, no matter how disturbing it seems to be. :tongue:

[heystacy]

This is CLAMP we're talking about. I mostly know them for their homosexual... (it feels wrong to call it "subtext" since it is so blatant) text and rather disturbing romances (Tsubasa's doesn't disappoint but don't forget the rather positive light shown for the romance of a 4th grader and her 20-something teacher in Cardcaptor Sakura).

The power of love overcomes all, no matter how disturbing it seems to be. :tongue:

What if Grant Morrison wrote a story CLAMP drew? :eek:

[Alex Scott]

That would rip a hole in the space-time continuum worse than anything the Large Hadron Collider could hope for.

[heystacy]

But a good rip! :cool: :biggrin:

[Corrina]

One of their current titles, "Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle" has gone from a seemingly cute adventure series about a group of people running around the multiverse to recover the memories of a princess to a convulted mess about... I don't even know anymore...


I know that plot!

It's a Heinlein plot!

[Adam C]

That would rip a hole in the space-time continuum worse than anything the Large Hadron Collider could hope for.

And destroying all of reality as we know it....

...AND IT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!

I know that plot!

It's a Heinlein plot!

Are you saying that the girls in Clamp are licking the same toads Heinlein did?

[Samurai]

I have a lot of CLAMP books, but they are all in Japanese. I just like their artwork. Of the series I own, it seems Magic Knight Rayearth is the most straightforward and least weird/exotic... it's pretty much a "magical girl fantasy" story. Some of their single issue stories also seem pretty normal. Other series I can tell they are quite convoluted and complicated, but with the cheap prices of used manga in Japan, I figured it was worth getting just for the pretty pictures.