[ SECRET POST #277 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #277 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 120 secrets from Secret Submission Post #040.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [1] repeat
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 10th, 2007.
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Comments

14, 16, 27, 34, 38

[atelierlune.livejournal.com]

14. Thank you for that moment of sanity and intelligence.

16. I can see that... I like the way you think.

27. Rule Four (it is Rule Four, right?) or no, that shit is still disturbing. I have to watch stuff like Hello Kitty and Pokemon to scrub my brain.

34. Don't feel bad! I'm a native English speaker and I can barely understand all of the fandom vocabulary!

38. Tough, but true. My general consensus regarding CLAMP these days is that their works are overhyped. As an example of talented doujin artists making it big though, I still hold them in high regard.

Re: 14, 16, 27, 34, 38

[floralcloud.livejournal.com]

38. I really respect them too, but it seems like most of their works are now catered to the majority of what people like, not what they want to do. CLAMP had always been humorous, but not like XXXholic or Tsubasa...

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[atelierlune.livejournal.com]

What series would you say is most evocative of classic CLAMP? I recently bought their manga The One I Love and found it a little old-fashioned and lacking focus. Perhaps Rayearth?

Re: 38

[floralcloud.livejournal.com]

For me, Tokyo Babylon resonated in my heart the most because of its dark and brooding themes of decline in society (prostitution, lack of humanity, religious imperialism). Also, I think that Man of Many Faces did a very good job in terms of themes of love without going to sugary/rainbows like CCS. I didn't really like Rayearth that much, and therefore didn't read much, so I missed any profound meanings.

CLOVER was very profound as well, but that manga didn't attach well with me.

And you?

Re: 38

[atelierlune.livejournal.com]

I haven't read or watched anything enough to be super sure... I know the most about Rayearth and can infer from it the humor and the elegant character designs that CLAMP is sort of famous for.

Re: 38

[floralcloud.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Rayearth is a really good example of classic CLAMP- it shows off the sense of humor that CLAMP used to have- cute, sweet, and based on puns and such. But now, it seems more snarky than cute.

Re: 38

[atelierlune.livejournal.com]

It may be telling that I haven't been able to finish anything other than The One That I Love, and that because it was so short that none of the stories ever take off.

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[queenie-z.livejournal.com]

Rule 34, actually.

Thank you

[atelierlune.livejournal.com]

I thought I might be getting it wrong. You understood what I was referencing though, right?

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[(Anonymous)]

That's good to hear. <3

Re: 16

[atelierlune.livejournal.com]

Not that you needed my approval... but it's a cool idea.