A quick post, so that I can chain myself to my English paper

[laceblade]

Firstly, a couple of links:
A post, and comments, dealing with the issues Heroes has been having this season when it comes to gender and race. It is not just me, I swear!

Borders plots to ruin my book-perusing experience in every way imaginable. And I had gotten so excited, too, because at the Madison location, they just moved the manga section to be right next to the young adult.


My Real Reason for Posting:
There should be a CLAMP manual. (For those who are confused, and curious, CLAMP is a 4-person team from Japan that writes manga. Lots of manga! They are so prolific that they have their own tropes!)

I’m working on reading all of CLAMP’s manga, and there’s a lot to cover, as they are quite prolific. I just finished reading Clamp School Detectives and Tokyo Babylon. I know that it isn’t necessary to read every other CLAMP title in order to read Tsubasa Chronicle/xxxHOLIC, but I would like to read as many as possible in order to enjoy maximum appreciation. Also, I'd like to read many of the series for the sake of themselves. Still, I think that they’ve written over 20 series, or something equally absurd.

My “must” list so far is X/1999 (yes, I know it isn't finished, but I own half the series, and I want to get to it now that I'm done with Tokyo Babylon anyway), Chobits, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Cardcaptor Sakura. Does it matter what order I read these series in?
For that matter, when I finally start reading Tsubasa Chronicle and xxHOLIC, does it matter what order I read those two series in? Start with one, reach a certain point, and then alternate? (As I’m doing with the Buffy/Angel series)

Also, are there any other series I should check out, first? RG Veda? Angelic Layer? Miyuki-chan in Wonderland? Clover? Clamp School Defenders? Man of Many Faces? Suki? Wish? Legend of Chun Hyang?

My God, how is it possible to write so much manga?!


Note to Self: What You're Blogging About Next
* Beowulf movie
* Clamp School Detectives manga
* Tokyo Babylon manga

Comments

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the Heroes link! I'm glad there is discussion about this.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Have you joined bobthehaitian? You should!

[were-duck.livejournal.com]

I've read Wish and Jaci owns them, it's not very long, but you should hit her up for borrowing purposes. She might have other CLAMP stuff too, I think some Chobits at least. I think there are 4 volumes. I'm not sure how it fits in the CLAMP catalog, though.

Beowulf was frickin awesome, even if the English major in me did a lot of wincing at the plot liberties. It was worth it for the 3D spectacle. Thanks for doing the spur-of-the-moment thing!!!

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Beowulf was great!

Annnnd, yeah. I do own the first volume of Chobits, and mooched volumes 2-8 off of Bookmooch (hopefully they get here soon!). I might have to hit Jaci up on Wish, if people think it's prudent to read it. I'll probably do most of my manga-getting through the Madison public library (and possibly Green Bay's!).

[springgreen.livejournal.com]

I've actually not read most of CLAMP before xxxHolic and Tsubasa, and it seems to be ok? I do like X/1999 a ton, but have just avoided the rest because of the art.

I think I ended up reading Tsubasa and xxxHolic in lumps when they first came out, and then alternately as I had to wait for releases. I suspect it might work if you read it like that? The series are intertwined from the start, but only of late have they been reaaally intertwined.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that is encouraging, that you were okay without having read much.

I actually kind of like their art, :) I seem to be enamored with shojo manga of the 1990s? I dunno. Sailor Moon will always be my favorite, I think. I'm not sure why I didn't read more CLAMP before. All I've read so far is half of Cardcaptor Sakura.

There should be some guide online somewhere, like "Read chapters x-y of Tsubasa, and then z-5 of xxxHolic." I'll try to go for chunks at a time, maybe. If I figure something out....I will make my own guide! Which probably only I will ever use!