*g* That's Sumeragi Subaru, from CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon and X 1999 - a very troubled young man in love with a sociopathic assassin who likes to feed the souls of his victims to his demonic cherry tree. The hand in the icon belongs to Seishirou - said assassin - and we can assume Subaru is mostly upset that he actually likes being pawed.
It's all kind of fucked up and very hard to explain. You should just watch it or read it - the manga are out in German translations... *tempt*
Hm. Chronologically, this (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3551780110/qid=1125181005/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/028-8223859-3869334) is the first manga - Tokyo Babylon #1. There are 5 volumes of TB; the series recounts the early years of our twisted couple.
TB is not for everyone, though... but even if you don't like it, I urge you to give the not-exactly-sequel a try. In X, our heroes from TB join many other fascinating and screwed-up characters in the battle over the end of the world, as it has been foretold (or maybe not).
X 1999 1 (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3551749116/qid=1125181435/sr=1-15/ref=sr_1_11_15/028-8223859-3869334) is the first manga of this pseudo-sequel. Although there are many other characters in X, and the Subaru/Seishirou time is therefore sadly limited, the series is worth reading both for the sake of the development of the S/S relationship and for its own sake.
There's also a movie version of TB (not particularly bad, but nothing that needs to be watched), a movie version of X (stunningly horrible), and an X TV series (extremely good indeed). All animes.
Give the manga a look and tell me what you think - I'm curious to know what you make of this couple. *g*
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Date: 2005-08-26 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-26 11:28 pm (UTC)It's all kind of fucked up and very hard to explain. You should just watch it or read it - the manga are out in German translations... *tempt*
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Date: 2005-08-26 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-27 12:33 pm (UTC)OK, you've done it. I need to read this. Where should I start?
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Date: 2005-08-27 10:33 pm (UTC)Yay! A convert! ;-)
I need to read this. Where should I start?
Hm. Chronologically, this (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3551780110/qid=1125181005/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/028-8223859-3869334) is the first manga - Tokyo Babylon #1. There are 5 volumes of TB; the series recounts the early years of our twisted couple.
TB is not for everyone, though... but even if you don't like it, I urge you to give the not-exactly-sequel a try. In X, our heroes from TB join many other fascinating and screwed-up characters in the battle over the end of the world, as it has been foretold (or maybe not).
X 1999 1 (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3551749116/qid=1125181435/sr=1-15/ref=sr_1_11_15/028-8223859-3869334) is the first manga of this pseudo-sequel. Although there are many other characters in X, and the Subaru/Seishirou time is therefore sadly limited, the series is worth reading both for the sake of the development of the S/S relationship and for its own sake.
There's also a movie version of TB (not particularly bad, but nothing that needs to be watched), a movie version of X (stunningly horrible), and an X TV series (extremely good indeed). All animes.
Give the manga a look and tell me what you think - I'm curious to know what you make of this couple. *g*