# クランプの読書会 📚 CLAMP Book Club **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Tags:** clamp, bookclub\ **Created:** [August 29, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152 "2024-08-29T18:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![p.james99](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@p.james99](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/p.james99)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/1 "2024-08-29T18:54:41Z")
_ **Welcome to the CLAMP Book Club!** _ This is newly-formed book club for those who enjoy manga created by CLAMP. > **CLAMP’s Bio** > > CLAMP is an all-female Japanese manga artist group, consisting of leader and writer Nanase Ohkawa (born in Osaka), and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi (all born in Kyoto). > > ![CLAMP](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/347bf7346f502a8a07c4acf5d081ef80f8266faa.jpeg) > > Clamp was first formed in the mid-1980s as an eleven-member group creating dōjinshi (self-published fan works), and began creating original manga in 1987. By the time the group made its mainstream publishing debut with RG Veda in 1989, it was reduced to seven members; three more members left in 1993, leaving the four current members of the group. > > Notable works by Clamp include X (1992), Magic Knight Rayearth (1993), Cardcaptor Sakura (1996) and its sequel Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (2016), Chobits (2000), and xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (both 2003). Various series by the group cross-reference each other, and characters reappear in multiple works by the group, with Tsubasa, a series set across multiple dimensions, featuring multiple alternative versions of characters from past works. Clamp are noted as among the most critically and commercially acclaimed manga artists in Japan, and as of 2007, have sold nearly 100 million books worldwide.\* > > [CLAMP (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamp_(manga_artists)) ![IMG_9322](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/9/9803b2e3a9abe60e9f81234a1009476af47797f9.webp) **Reading** 📖 | Status | Natively Page | Home Thread | | --- | --- | --- | | Complete | [https://learnnatively.com/series/a9d115c95b/](https://learnnatively.com/series/a9d115c95b/) | [Home](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/magic-knights-rayearth-home-thread/11223) | | Next | [東京BABYLON | L26](https://learnnatively.com/series/2317af4a48/) | [Home](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/babylon-tokyo-babylon-home-thread/12816/2) | | Future | [CLAMP学園探偵団[愛蔵版] 1 | L24](https://learnnatively.com/book/68962a4458/) | | | Future | [CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION X 1 | L20](https://learnnatively.com/book/760c220620/) | | Feel free to use this thread to discuss CLAMP and share recommendations. This thread will continuously be updated with more information as we read through CLAMP’s works and discuss their influence on manga. Set this thread to ‘Watching’ to be notified of future updates. > **CLAMP works in chronological order of release** > > _ **Bolded and italicized titles are currently halted.** _ > > - [聖伝-RG VEDA| L24??](https://learnnatively.com/series/a0e5053594/) > - [20面相にお願い!! | L27??](https://learnnatively.com/book/381e49cb4a/) > - [東京BABYLON | L24??](https://learnnatively.com/series/2317af4a48/) > - [学園特警デュカリオン| L24??](https://learnnatively.com/book/d1c885708f/) > - [CLAMP学園探偵団 | L25??](https://learnnatively.com/series/440ab6edae/) > - [白姫抄 | L15??](https://learnnatively.com/book/4f4e13871b/) > - [_ **X/1999 | L19** _](https://learnnatively.com/series/e38b86323e/) > - [新・春香伝 | L25??](https://learnnatively.com/book/f4e40a4553/) > - [魔法騎士レイアース | L23](https://learnnatively.com/series/a9d115c95b/) > - [不思議の国の美幸ちゃん | L24??](https://learnnatively.com/book/be2bc22213/) > - [わたしのすきなひと | L23](https://learnnatively.com/book/7a2ac96e71/) > - [魔法騎士レイアース2 | L21](https://learnnatively.com/series/53ba8ddad1/) > - [Wish | L24](https://learnnatively.com/series/f62497b566/) > - [カードキャプターさくら | L21](https://learnnatively.com/series/8e78f00e1a/) > - [_ **CLOVER | L24??** _](https://learnnatively.com/series/e827fbfc67/) > - [ANGELIC LAYER | L24??](https://learnnatively.com/series/af6f93b5a4/) > - [すき。だからすき 1 | L24??](https://learnnatively.com/book/eeb646e152/) > - [_ **合法ドラッグ | L25??** _](https://learnnatively.com/series/dec7f61a85/) > - [ちょびっツ | L26](https://learnnatively.com/series/69c0cda971/) > - [_ **×××HOLiC | L25** _](https://learnnatively.com/series/089e81e1ec/) > - [ツバサ | L24](https://learnnatively.com/series/66932b73ef/) > - [ツバサ -WoRLD CHRoNiCLE- ニライカナイ編 | L25??](https://learnnatively.com/series/43eb8269fc/) > - [こばと。 | L20??](https://learnnatively.com/series/f64acbde5f/) > - [_ **GATE 7 | L24??** _](https://learnnatively.com/series/ddffe4fe7d/) > - [カードキャプターさくら クリアカード編 | L19](https://learnnatively.com/series/910822c5e1/) ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/seanblue/32/3251_2.png) [@seanblue](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/2 "2024-09-23T23:13:01Z")
I’m all set for Kobato if the club ever picks that! I’ll probably give it 6 months to a year before I just read it on my own. ![IMG_5921](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/9/98cebcf288f65c0540d2401d71b3596f390b7966.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/3 "2024-10-13T16:05:44Z")
ＣＬＡＭＰ学園探偵団 is half off at Amazon right now (which is admittedly still not all that cheap at ¥513 each) [https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B00GD4GMHC/](https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B00GD4GMHC/?tag=natively0d-22) ---
**Author:** ![shablul](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shablul/32/2226_2.png) [@shablul](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shablul)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/4 "2024-10-19T23:21:48Z")
There is a clamp sale as well as some temporarily free to read versions of clamp manga over at bookwalker > **[CLAMPデビュー35周年フェア](https://bookwalker.jp/select/3241/)** > > CLAMP先生のデビュー35周年を記念して、BOOK☆WALKERではCLAMP作品を大特集！期間限定無料＆対象作品はコイン50％還元！※"コイン50%還元"は「読書の秋コイン大還元祭」の対象として還元されます。CLAMP作品の他、8/18までに… ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/5 "2024-11-14T21:15:38Z")
What do we want to do for our next book? I had [a short poll](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/magic-knights-rayearth-home-thread/11223/18) over on the MKR thread, but we only have a few participants. I’d be fine either continuing with MKR 2 (or doing it as an offshoot) or starting something new. ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/6 "2024-11-14T21:22:55Z")
I’m down for anything but CCS. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/7 "2024-11-14T22:01:24Z")
I’d be interested in either xxxHolic (and/or Tsubasa), Chobits, CCS, or X… Mainly bc they’re the only ones I have passing familiarity with. Open to others of course. Note: xxxHolic and Tsubasa ran concurrently and have some connected scenes, but also work fine being read on their own. (You might occasionally be mildly confused later on… But it’s CLAMP and that’s par for the course anyway) ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/8 "2024-11-14T22:26:22Z")
X pulls characters from Tokyo Babylon and I think Clamp Gakuen Detectives, and maybe some more (it’s been a really long time since I read them). So one could potentially make the case for reading those first, but also, Clamp be Clamp sometimes (aka I totally read X before I even knew about the other series). ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/9 "2024-11-14T23:16:53Z")
Acc to Wikipedia, it’s the same [star system](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka%27s_Star_System) method that Tsubasa uses (same/similar char designs, names, similar general relationships and personalities, but no actual relation to CCS). So probably fine either way. Btw for anyone who liked Mokona, there are 2 Mokona in Tsubasa, and they talk and are quite adorable and hilarious, and the main one is actually a solid character Anyway I’d probly be up for any of those ---
**Author:** ![p.james99](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@p.james99](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/p.james99)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/10 "2024-11-15T16:34:49Z")
It would be nice to read those before X/Tsubasa, but as you say it’s not totally necessary (I also read X before School Detectives). That being said, I think the only prereq before reading X is Tokyo Babylon since the story from Tokyo Babylon carries into X and from what I remember Subaru is a pretty central character. ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/11 "2024-11-15T16:42:58Z")
Yeah, I’d agree with that. I did read it without knowing who he was at the time and I mostly just had a feeling of “hmm, now I want to read the story that he comes from” and not that I felt entirely lost. With all the talk of which books we should read before others, is it worth thinking of what long read we might want to work up to and then read any “prerequisites” for it first? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![p.james99](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@p.james99](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/p.james99)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/12 "2024-11-15T16:59:35Z")
In that case, building up to X would be easier than Tsubasa since to my knowledge it would just be School Detectives and Tokyo Babylon, and those are both relatively short series. It would also make sense to read those before Tsubasa because the world of X is heavily used in Tsubasa as one of the settings if I am recalling correctly. ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/13 "2024-11-15T17:11:25Z")
Seeing that I have all of X, Tokyo Babylon, and Clamp Gakuen I can’t say I’m opposed to this idea 😅 I also read Tsubasa ages and ages ago (xxxHolic doesn’t have furigana so I didn’t even try at the time), but I feel like I also remember it pulling in CCS? Which is a big prerequisite commitment ~~also not me trying to not read CCS~~ ---
**Author:** ![Voi](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/voi/32/4150_2.png) [@Voi](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Voi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/14 "2024-11-15T17:19:19Z")
All of CLAMP’s works seem to exist in a giant multiverse that occasionally crosses over with each other and different versions of characters exist within them. That said while Tsubasa in particular is the most direct example of it, I don’t think reading any of their other works is necessary to enjoy it. The closest would be xxxHolic since they run parallel stories with each other. ---
**Author:** ![p.james99](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@p.james99](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/p.james99)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/15 "2024-11-15T17:25:35Z")
So should we run another poll on what to read? As I see it, the choices now are Clamp Gakuen, Tokyo Babylon, X, xxxHolic, and Tsubasa. I know someone also mentioned Kobato previously as well. ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/seanblue/32/3251_2.png) [@seanblue](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/16 "2024-11-15T17:38:07Z")
I’m fine deferring Kobato for now. I have plenty else I’m already in the middle of. ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/17 "2024-11-15T20:44:07Z")
> [@shitsurei](#): > > I also read Tsubasa ages and ages ago (xxxHolic doesn’t have furigana so I didn’t even try at the time), but I feel like I also remember it pulling in CCS? It pulls in the character designs, names, and general relationships, in an abstract sense. There is one arc that’s a clear tribute to CCS, which if you know you’ll be like “that’s cute”, and if you don’t, you’re not missing anything. No connection otherwise. > [@Voi](#): > > That said while Tsubasa in particular is the most direct example of it, I don’t think reading any of their other works is necessary to enjoy it. The closest would be xxxHolic since they run parallel stories with each other. Yes exactly > [@shitsurei](#): > > xxxHolic doesn’t have furigana so I didn’t even try at the time) It does have some, but it’s mostly for names, or for words that have some sort of deeper/double meaning (願い、店、etc, get katakana). Still, words like 清浄, 相方, 宿酔い have regular furigana as well - but they’re definitely in the minority > [@p.james99](#): > > It would also make sense to read those before Tsubasa because the world of X is heavily used in Tsubasa as one of the settings if I am recalling correctly. Cool, definitely in favor of postponing Tsubasa then, especially since it’s 29 volumes, I think it’s a much better “later on” read. ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/18 "2024-11-15T20:53:17Z")
> [@p.james99](#): > > So should we run another poll on what to read? as an aside, I think we’re missing [ツバサ -WoRLD CHRoNiCLE- ニライカナイ編 | L25??](https://learnnatively.com/series/43eb8269fc/) in the chronological list (it’s the follow-up series to Tsubasa) ---
**Author:** ![p.james99](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@p.james99](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/p.james99)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/19 "2024-11-15T23:00:52Z")
Then maybe we can do something like Tokyo Babylon – \> X/1999 – \> Tsubasa. We can obviously do a check in between each to see if we want to take a break and read one of the shorter ones, like Clamp Gakuen etc. If that sounds good, I can throw a poll up to decide when we want to start and what a general timeline should be for reading. ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152/20 "2024-11-16T00:01:24Z")
> [@p.james99](#): > > Tokyo Babylon – \> X/1999 – \> Tsubasa Clamp Gakuen should be short (if I’m looking at the right entry), and is apparently important to X/1999, right? Could we add that in? [Next page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/clamp-book-club/11152.md?page=2)