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Summary: Excellent pre-Prequel
Review: All right, this is a little bit confusing, but bear with me:
Clover 1 and 2 are a complete story. Clover 3 is a prequel to Clover 1 and 2. Clover 4 is a prequel to the prequel. Now, with that out of the way, let's talk more about Clover 4.
This takes place, as stated above, before the events in the rest of the Clover books. It's the story of how a very young Ran escaped his government captors and came to meet Gingetsu. On the cover are Ran and his brother (then known as A and C). His brother is jealous and crazed and wishes for Ran to only be near him, never to venture away, but Ran doesn't want to work for the government.It's a very nice pre-prequel, and has appearances by Sue, Ora and Kazuhiko. The art is, as with the rest of Clover, exceptional, and there are some, shall we say, interesting scenes between Kazuhiko and Ora (not for the very young, methinks). Clover 4 feels just slightly (SLIGHTLY) more flat than the other Clover books, but this is perhaps because of the fact that it's a pre-prequel, and we know what happens to some of the characters. Still, I gave it 5 stars because even with that slight flaw, it's still far above many other manga out there, both in it's layout, art and story.
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Summary: Clover #4
Review: Although this is may not seem like a prequel it is. I thought this was a very touching story of A and his twin brother C. This where everyone is introduced in a strange but effective way. Also, I personally thought the art was amazing and beautiful. This work especially this volume isn't your usual action pack novel, but i felt it was worth the money. So better buy it since I spent the time to write this! ^_^
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Summary: Clover #4
Review: Although this is may not seem like a prequel it is. I thought this was a very touching story of A and his twin brother C. This where everyone is introduced in a strange but effective way. Also, I personally thought the art was amazing and beautiful. This work especially this volume isn't your usual action pack novel, but i felt it was worth the money. So better buy it since I spent the time to write this! ^_^
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Summary: Gorgeous
Review: CLAMP has done it again. I love this manga. Too bad it's so short! I'm still trying to get #3, and it's driving me batty, because the story is so addicting that you just have to know what happens, but you don't want to skip ahead and read #4! It's so gorgeous, I recommend it to anyone who likes anime. Especially if you like X or any of the darker CLAMP mangas.
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Summary: presentation counts
Review: Clover # 4 is short, like all other books in the four-part series, but that hardly matters at all. In the last intstallment of Clover, an unusually light-hearted Kuzuhiko, Ora, and Sue all have cameo roles, although the story features Ran (C), and his brother, A. Gingetsu gets a large part as well, but not as great as I expected after reading the summary. Reading through #4 the first time left me feeling slightly let down, because I had the impression that the story would be a follow-up on the breif appearance Ran and Gingetsu had in the first book. (I haven't read 2 or 3.)I was annoyed, because Clover is one of the more expensive mangas and I felt I could have invested my money more wisely. But then I went through it a second time and realized that it was good as a prequel, as well. The presentation is in very crip chairascuro (black and white), which gives it a very classical feeling. (I'm aware manga is typically printed in black and white anyways, but Clover has heavy contrast and large areas filled in with simple black or white, aka negative space.) This may appear cheap- but in actuality it's skillful oraganization and presentation that makes Clover so unique, and aesthetically pleasing. In truth, pantoning (using little dots for shading) would lessen the somber, repessive tension that emphasizes the theme of captivity so well. In the end, I was glad I bought Clover, although I'm still irritated by the length..
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