Even knowing how this manga series ends - I mean, this is one of the most famous stories in the history of manga, after all - it's strangely alluring. Subaru Sumeragi and Seishiro Sakurazuka, the healer and the killer... Hokuto, Subaru's twin, kinda gets on my nerves though. But the juxtaposition of Seishiro - the good-hearted vet vs. the cold-blooded Sakurazukamori... Wow. Clamp really knows how to push boundaries.

My favorite drawing? Seishiro standing by the window with the shikigami, the shad More...

Despite working at the same company that is compiling Tokyo Babylon in an omnibus release, I decided to read the Tokyopop editions of these books because the smaller size is easier for my aching hands to hold. TB is a typical CLAMP title in that the artwork is gorgeous, but also a bit alienating in the classic shoujou style (massive shoulders on the "masculine" males; the "feminine" males identical to girls) but also has fun with those very same tropes: Subaru, the very girlish-looking hero of t More...

biasanya saya nggak terlalu suka manga, tapi saya suka CLAMP. dan sejak SMA emang ada semacam passion buat baca seluruh karyanya mereka, yang akhirnya baru mulai kerealisasi waktu liburan semester kali ini :)). terus biasanya saya nggak masukin komik atau ebook ke list baca goodreads saya, tapi ternyata saya suka (banget) Tokyo Babylon, jadi saya masukin sajalah :").

di volume pertama masih lebih ke perkenalan tokoh-tokohnya, Subaru, Hokuto, Seishiro. tapi dibanding plot dan hubungan antar tokohn More...

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I won an omnibus edition of Tokyo Babylon from netgalley consisting of volumes one through five. Since it's a whopping 600 pages, I've decided to break down my review into its component parts and review each volume separately.



In this volume, we are introduced to Subaru Sumeragi, who's sort of like a Japanese Ghostbuster. He goes around finding restless spirits and possessed humans who can't move on, talks them down, prays over t More...

My review for the whole series:

Overall
Originally I saw the anime that is based on this, and was amused, but not really impressed. However, my friends promised the manga was better and they loaned it to me. They were putting it lightly! Although the majority of the volumes are about Subaru's job putting restless spirits to peace, within the stories is the development of the relationship between Subaru, his sister, and their friend Seishiro.

Each volume only took about 45 minutes to read, as they w More...

still trying to find more in Clamp to love.... this is an early work, a neat premise (peace to the dead, the ghosts of Tokyo nightlife), and appealing (though unlikely) central characters. and there's plenty (the ancient family of assassins, for instance) here for them to expand on in future books. all the little homely details - what they eat casually in the city, for instance - are charming - but in the bigger picture the three characters seem mismatched and one-note here, and nothing goes any More...

Tokyo Babylon Review

Art: It's CLAMP As always the noodle style is here full force with amazingly beautiful people. However this time there is a nitpick and that is that two of the characters a boy and a girl look exctly alike making it hard to distinguish who is who at times. B

Characters: Subaru, seishiro, hakuto. Subaru is a excoristi of sorts, seishiro is also one and a vet and hakuto...is an annoying boy love fangirl. Sadly character wise this is not one of CLAMP's best we get no characteriz More...

Clamp gets of to a slow start in this manga. The story slowly establishes the characters and their relationship to each other while adding different morals to each chapter. While I feel this worked just fine for Petshop Horrors this gimmick does not work for this series until mid way through book two.
The male lead of this series is a spiritual sorcerer who exorcises ghosts taking a compassionate approach to their tragic reasons and gently guiding them back. His 'lover', unbeknown to the other ch More...

I probably shouldn't be surprised that the sister annoys the hell out of me, since she annoys me in her far fewer scenes in X. More of her would thus equal more annoyance. I'm dying over Subaru's hat! No wonder Seishirou thinks he can get somewhere with the come-ons. Or maybe he's just amused by the "whaaaaaaat?" reaction they get.

I read this series back before it was licensed in America, and was scanlated and posted on the internet so as to get some extra story in the X/1999 universe. Since I started with X/1999, it was really interesting for me to see the history between Subaru and Seishiro. The art definitely isn't as amazing as in X/1999, but it was a great story!

"Where else on Earth do so many people enjoy their descent into destruction?" Yes, there are some intersting ideas in this manga and it actually makes you think (besided all those silly shonen-ai undertones). Not a bad start of the series. Slightly enjoyable. I wonder what will come next..

El manga que más agradezco a CLAMP junto con X conforman una gran historia, aún sigo esperando el final que le deparan estas autoras a Subaru en X

This series by Clamp is my all time favorite. The art is beautiful, the plot is exciting, and the characters are amazingly charismatic! I fell in love with the series and have read them over and over so much its beginning to show in the pages!

Thought I know how Subaru and Seishiro relationships will progress and what will happen with Hokuto, I find this manga interesting.

I recommend reading this before X. The ending is really depressing and it's rather complex, the storyline.

I'm always love CLAMP's art style. It's unique after all!

Un manga que j'adore. Le meilleur des Clamp.

No he podido evitar la tentación y ya he empezado a disfrutarlo de nuevo :)

"Art" people might get offend at this; i think this series is a IS a work of modern art. Speaking as an admirer of literature, the simplistic black-white style vs. the intense psychological themes make for a master work.

People say they're disappointed by the ending, but I believe its part of CLAMP's brilliance, just like silence in a piece of music can have the greatest impact.

So far in my casual reading of manga I've never seen anything quite like it.

This series started out so well. I mean Seishirou was definitely creepy from the beginning, but Subaru and Hokuto are absolutely adorable. It could have gone so many ways other than the way it did. I certainly wouldn't have minded a few more volumes before it ended. Aside from the creepy factor, it does have some violence and sexuality.

it was recommended to me by a friend a while ago. i can't say that it was a terrible storyline, i might pick up the series again someday, but it's unlikely. the story is like descendants of darkness, but not as good.

Primer tomo de uno de los principales clásicos de CLAMP, con dos personajes que posteriormente se recuperarán en X. Si bien, puede resultar un poco empalagoso, conocer como se desarrollará la relación entre los tres protagonistas hace que se vea y se disfrute desde otra perspectiva.

Hokuto's matchmaking is vaguely creepy, and the character designs are awful. But they're hilariously awful (the outfits! especially the hats!) so it gets one extra star just for that.

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Still my favourite series. I guess that makes me old-fashioned.