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Summary: Woot!
Review: I was not aware this was originally a male-on-male manga. And Well, if they had kept it that way, I would not have read it. Just because I don't believe in that sort of stuff. You know what really annoys me, is all the people who like male-on-male stuff who think that those who don't, need to grow up. FYI, I don't need to grow up. Well I mean, obviously we will all grow up and must accept that, but why should we compromise our moral beliefs for you? All you have done is say how much I need to grow up and get with the times or whatever. I could say the same thing to you, that you need to grow up, because to be quite frank. But unlike you, I'm not going to say "Oh! You have to believe what I believe!!!" even if I think you should, I'm not going to try to force you into it by calling you immature and sex-brain, I prefer a more subtle approach. hehe But you get the point. With that put aside: I thought "Wish" was a very good Manga series. Granted I've only just started reading manga, however I had to read all 4 volumes extremely fast. It was really good. So, that's really all I have to say. The romance was done well, and I wanted to get to the next Volume at the end of each one. Its pointless giving a synopsis, with all these other synopsises. :p God Bless ~Amy
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Summary: the best!
Review: If you want good artwork, a good story, magic, good and evil, and a love story twisted together, this is the manga for you! This book has ONLY ONE nude picture, (but there are no words on that page, so you can skip it if you want) and they talk about hell *excuse me* as a place, not a swear word. (It's actually necessary to do so, since there are angels and devils and... yeah.) There is also a 4 page extra in the story, featuring CLAMP themselves! All in all, this is one of the best graphic novels I have ever read. It says for 13+, but I think it's suitable for 11-12 year olds, like me.
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Summary: Bleck, sorry clamp
Review: In genaral I absolutely adore Clamp, I've read Rayearth, chobits, cardcaptor, angelic layer, clover, and a couple more so when I heard that clamp had a new realease i was all a twitter so i went out and bought it, and what a waste of money it was. First off the chatracters are horribly drawn expessically for clamp secodn off the plot sort of plods along and gets absolutely no where. The characters arn't loveable like Chi from chobits, in fact there isn't a single character i like in the whole book! So if your're loooking for interersting manga I would try chobits of angelic layer, these two are good and tightly ploted.
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Summary: Pretty good, but I'm sure the gender issue confuses people
Review: It has a pretty good storyline, but not the same as X/1999, Clover, MKR etc. It's amusing and light, especially after something like X/1999. One thing that might confuse alot of people, is the gender issue. In this book, the angels are given genders "he or she" but in fact that angels have no gender. Jake(i dunno remember last name) states that they did not change the gender to suit American audiences, it's because we have no "it" pronoun that well...doesn't sound like "it" He stated that also there were several cases that the angels(gomen I forget the spelling of the names so I'm keeping away from that) state that they are neither girl or boy. But besides that, if you like a light, kinda humorous story of angels, demons, humans and a wish that cannot be fulfilled alone, pick this up.
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Summary: A nice story, with a different lead artist
Review: It took me a while to start reading Wish. Originally, the "teen" rating discouraged me (but now I read "teen" manga all the time, and occasionally even "older teen" such as Chobits, Love Hina, etc.) Second, I wasn't exactly into reading romance stories. And third, I just didn't feel like sitting down to read things page by page from the beginning. With Wish, you have to settle down and actually want to read the manga to get interested in it (but once you do, it's a very nice manga!).
Wish is the manga that features Mick Nekoi as the main artist. Since it's usually Mokona Apapa who does the drawing, it's only natural to expect the art to be a little less detailed. However, the artwork can still be very beautiful on some pages, such as the full pages when Kohaku (and later Koryu as well) turns into the larger, human-like form.
However, I did have a couple of confusions with genders. I was quite convinced that Koryu (the demon that chases Kohaku and yells "Inazuma shouraii!") was female, and I ended up visiting the TOKYOPOP website to confirm. Even now, I'm still a bit confused.
Shuichiro's face looks a bit odd, but the overall art is still pretty good, unless you compare it to some of CLAMP's other series, like Magic Knight Rayearth or Clover. The characters are pretty appealing though, and you probably won't end up hating any one specific character a lot.
There's even a couple of color/high qauality paper pages in the beginning of each book (6, if I remember right), which is more than usual (probably to make up for the less detailed art).
The series itself is very humorous, but it goes by pretty fast in terms of volumes. The whole series is over in just 4 graphic novels of about 180 pages each. (Not to fear, this is one of those manga stories where you tend to read a little slower than usual.)
Overall, good with a nice and slightly tangled story, but not CLAMP's best. However, it's still worth reading/buying if you're a fan of CLAMP, or if you don't feel like devoting yourself to purchasing a looong series. :}
(Also, I believe that "Inazuma Shourraii" means "Lightning summon" or something of the sort, based on the fact that it appears in both MKR and CCS.)
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Summary: A nice story, with a different lead artist
Review: It took me a while to start reading Wish. Originally, the "teen" rating discouraged me (but now I read "teen" manga all the time, and occasionally even "older teen" such as Chobits, Love Hina, etc.) Second, I wasn't exactly into reading romance stories. And third, I just didn't feel like sitting down to read things page by page from the beginning. With Wish, you have to settle down and actually want to read the manga to get interested in it (but once you do, it's a very nice manga!).
Wish is the manga that features Mick Nekoi as the main artist. Since it's usually Mokona Apapa who does the drawing, it's only natural to expect the art to be a little less detailed. However, the artwork can still be very beautiful on some pages, such as the full pages when Kohaku (and later Koryu as well) turns into the larger, human-like form.
However, I did have a couple of confusions with genders. I was quite convinced that Koryu (the demon that chases Kohaku and yells "Inazuma shouraii!") was female, and I ended up visiting the TOKYOPOP website to confirm. Even now, I'm still a bit confused.
Shuichiro's face looks a bit odd, but the overall art is still pretty good, unless you compare it to some of CLAMP's other series, like Magic Knight Rayearth or Clover. The characters are pretty appealing though, and you probably won't end up hating any one specific character a lot.
There's even a couple of color/high qauality paper pages in the beginning of each book (6, if I remember right), which is more than usual (probably to make up for the less detailed art).
The series itself is very humorous, but it goes by pretty fast in terms of volumes. The whole series is over in just 4 graphic novels of about 180 pages each. (Not to fear, this is one of those manga stories where you tend to read a little slower than usual.)
Overall, good with a nice and slightly tangled story, but not CLAMP's best. However, it's still worth reading/buying if you're a fan of CLAMP, or if you don't feel like devoting yourself to purchasing a looong series. :}
(Also, I believe that "Inazuma Shourraii" means "Lightning summon" or something of the sort, based on the fact that it appears in both MKR and CCS.)
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Summary: Sometimes bittersweet, always beautiful
Review: P>I honestly don't see how it can get less than five stars. Why? Plenty of reasons. Firstly, in true Clamp tradition, the artwork is beatiful. There was a different key artist for this series, and I loved the slightly different style: more linear, with a lovely focus on crisp detail, and on contrast, which suited the series perfectly; I found myself greatly admiring the pages that had a gorgeous contrast of black devils against white angels.
Also, for a four-book graphic novel series, this story has a fair bit of depth and character exploration. I think there must be at least one character for everyone. I myself fell in love with Koryu, a meanie devil who is incredibly cute as well as gorgeous and evil at various times. And how can anyone take one look at the different angels and not love them? Kohaku, the main angel, is just so cute, while 'her' naivete is realistic in how its portrayed, and in how it is challenged during the story. There are innovative aspects, too, like the idea of the angels going into 'energy saving mode' at night, in other words turning chibi, while the devils are that way in the daytime. Also, the idea of devils and angels being genderless makes it interesting to interpret what kind of relationships there really are in the story. There are many little things like that that make this an original and thought-provoking series, not content to stick with hackneyed or traditional ideas. Overall, I found this an enchanting and beautiful series, with unexpected plot twists, involving characters and gorgeous artwork. And with only four volumes to buy, who can't afford to get this great set of manga? Go for it. You'll love it.
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Summary: ANOTHER must have manga from CLAMP
Review: personally I'm a huge CLAMP fan WISH has got to be my favorite story by CLAMP so far. I only have volumes 1,2 right now and I can't wait to get more! as I said this is a MUST OWN MANGA!! awesome artwork and awesome story: kohaku being an angel, turns into a chibi-like 'minature' when the sun sets, being caught in a tree a mysterious bird attacks kohaku (the angel) but is rescued by a man. and refuses to leave his side until he wishes for something.... what will he wish for when he's got it all?
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Summary: What would you think if you found an angel?
Review: Shuichiro Kudo is walking along, minding his own business, when he ends up saving a tiny angel, a tiny angel stuck in a tree being attacked by a crow. Is she real? How can something that small have SUCH a huge head? Anyway, after saving her she offers to give him a wish. The problem is that he does not WANT one. His life is OK, his work is going well, he has no money problems and he believes in fulfilling his own dreams! What can an angel do? Well, Kohaku (that's the angel's name) decides that the best thing to do is hang around and help him till he DOES think of a wish she can grant. Can some wishes be fulfilled alone or do you sometimes need help?
If you didn't need help...why bother to fall in love?
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Summary: Just to clear up the gender issue
Review: The angels in Wish have no gender, and the original dialogue deliberately avoids using gender-specific terms for them. In English this isn't possible (unless you want to make up words, or call them "it"), so Tokyopop chose a gender to use when referring to each one, and stuck with it. The editor, Jake Forbes, has specifically said that this is the only reason this was done, and that even in the English version the angels are actually genderless (there's even dialogue in later volumes that makes this clear). It's a heavy oversimplification, if not a complete lie, to say that the two main characters were originally both male and they changed one of them to female to cover up a homosexual relationship. The gender ambiguity leaves plenty of room for homosexual subtext, but there were no overtly homosexual relationships in the original Japanese version of Wish. Also, Tokyopop are releasing several series with gay characters (including two that revolve around gay main characters) - isn't it a bit implausible that they would intentionally cover up a relationship between two men?
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