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Clamp 学園 怪奇現象 研究会 事件 ファイル [Clamp Gakuen Kaikigenshō Kenkyūkai Jiken File] #1
CLAMP School Paranormal Investigators, Vol. 01
It's back-to-school time... CLAMP School that is! In this latest volume, something mysterious is about to happen at Clamp School, and the cause may be out of this world! The school is plagued with a series of mysterious vampire attacks and it is up to an enigmatic boy by the name of Kei to help put a stop to the attacks before the whole school is infected.
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1999
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Clamp
747 books3,141 followersŌkawa Nanase 大川七瀬
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
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May 16, 2020
It's so good to be getting to a CLAMP title I've not read before, and especially one tied to the CLAMP School Universe, because heaven knows I've been needing fun, fluffy little reads with a lot of humor. First things first though, if you ever pick up this light novel, I highly recommend you read the afterward from the author before you read the rest of the book. It gives insight into how the chapters are broken up and the ways in which they interconnect, as well as the origins of this particular aspect of the CLAMP School Universe.
Let me be the first to say I already love and adore this gaggle of oddballs trying to take their "association" to new heights in hope of reaching "official club status", and constantly enduring everything that that entails, especially considering the speed bumps they hit along the way. At present, I worry that two of the characters somewhat fade into the background due to less focus on them (and it doesn't help that one of those two looks almost identical to Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth,) but perhaps the following two light novels will remedy that and ease my concerns.
A big thing I mentioned in one of my status updates that I have to express here: the elected leader of this association is trans MTF. An issue I will state right now, go into this expecting her to be constantly misgendered in pronoun use, and have the narrative and the other characters point out that she was AMAB. I'm not sure why this was a choice, either by the writer Tomiyuki Matsumoto or by the Tokyopop team that translated and adapted this for English readers, but while Yuki herself makes the effort to remind her friends (and the reader) that she is a woman on the inside and that she did not choose to be born into a male body, she is constantly referred to as "he/him" and is constantly called a boy. This is not a case of a male character cross-dressing, as both Yuki and the narrative blatantly state that she has always known on the inside that she is a girl. But for all the writing is borked (and keep in mind this was originally written in Japan in 1998, so there IS some age on it) it was really nice to see Yuki's character, to have her leading the association, and to see her efforts to ensure her true gender is acknowledged and accepted by those closest to her.
That's about all I have to say for the moment. I do have the other two light novels, and I hope to get to them very soon!
Let me be the first to say I already love and adore this gaggle of oddballs trying to take their "association" to new heights in hope of reaching "official club status", and constantly enduring everything that that entails, especially considering the speed bumps they hit along the way. At present, I worry that two of the characters somewhat fade into the background due to less focus on them (and it doesn't help that one of those two looks almost identical to Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth,) but perhaps the following two light novels will remedy that and ease my concerns.
A big thing I mentioned in one of my status updates that I have to express here: the elected leader of this association is trans MTF. An issue I will state right now, go into this expecting her to be constantly misgendered in pronoun use, and have the narrative and the other characters point out that she was AMAB. I'm not sure why this was a choice, either by the writer Tomiyuki Matsumoto or by the Tokyopop team that translated and adapted this for English readers, but while Yuki herself makes the effort to remind her friends (and the reader) that she is a woman on the inside and that she did not choose to be born into a male body, she is constantly referred to as "he/him" and is constantly called a boy. This is not a case of a male character cross-dressing, as both Yuki and the narrative blatantly state that she has always known on the inside that she is a girl. But for all the writing is borked (and keep in mind this was originally written in Japan in 1998, so there IS some age on it) it was really nice to see Yuki's character, to have her leading the association, and to see her efforts to ensure her true gender is acknowledged and accepted by those closest to her.
That's about all I have to say for the moment. I do have the other two light novels, and I hope to get to them very soon!
August 20, 2019
Written before light novels were a “thing” in the US, Tokyopop referred to these as “manga novels.” Fun enough, although it’s jarring they use male pronouns for Yuki, who is clearly presented as transgender.
The collection is confusing, as the stories are presented out of order. This is explained by an author’s note, but not well enough in my opinion.
These characters are apparently based on role playing that the members of CLAMP did, along with the person who authored the books.
It was nice to return to CLAMP School, and it makes me wonder whether any of these character appeared in the CLAMP School Detectives anime; I’ll be looking for them when I eventually watch!
The collection is confusing, as the stories are presented out of order. This is explained by an author’s note, but not well enough in my opinion.
These characters are apparently based on role playing that the members of CLAMP did, along with the person who authored the books.
It was nice to return to CLAMP School, and it makes me wonder whether any of these character appeared in the CLAMP School Detectives anime; I’ll be looking for them when I eventually watch!
October 12, 2016
Meh.
I was a pretty big fan of CLAMP back in the day. As I got older I realized that my interest in their works dwindled. The art may be pretty but I was not invested in the stories as much anymore. However, I still had a soft spot for CLAMP's older works such as Rayearth, the original CCS, ect.
Reading this, I thought I would enjoy it is from the younger CLAMP days.
Boy, was I wrong.
The stories felt clunky and the characters did not feel defined enough. Also, for a "paranormal" group, the book had them dealing with aliens for both of the main stories.
The breakup of the different sections was also strange.
I might keep going cause, hey, why not. But yeah, my hope for this series being a fun thing has dwindled greatly.
I was a pretty big fan of CLAMP back in the day. As I got older I realized that my interest in their works dwindled. The art may be pretty but I was not invested in the stories as much anymore. However, I still had a soft spot for CLAMP's older works such as Rayearth, the original CCS, ect.
Reading this, I thought I would enjoy it is from the younger CLAMP days.
Boy, was I wrong.
The stories felt clunky and the characters did not feel defined enough. Also, for a "paranormal" group, the book had them dealing with aliens for both of the main stories.
The breakup of the different sections was also strange.
I might keep going cause, hey, why not. But yeah, my hope for this series being a fun thing has dwindled greatly.
May 23, 2014
The stories are as cute and silly as one might expect of a light novel in which CLAMP is involved, but my enjoyment of them was incredibly hampered by the fact that they’re not set in order on the book.
An author’s note at the end explains that this was done to reflect the way they were originally published in the Japanese magazines, but I don’t see what harm could be done in placing them in such a way that the story doesn’t jump around with no rhyme or reason.
An author’s note at the end explains that this was done to reflect the way they were originally published in the Japanese magazines, but I don’t see what harm could be done in placing them in such a way that the story doesn’t jump around with no rhyme or reason.
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