CLAMP (the all-girl orchestra) finally ran out of ideas. So they decided to recycle all their old ones for a new manga and anime series.

Shaoran and Sakura star, but it's not the ones we know. They're older. Sakura is a princess of the Clow kingdom. Shaoran is a commoner, her childhood friend. Some bad guys try to steal Sakura's magical power, and as a result she loses her memory. It's fragmented and spread all over the place (as tattoos on naked elves) in alternate universes, and with the help of the mystic Mokona they have to travel from alternate to alternate and try to recapture the pieces.

And just what are all these alternates? Well, they're revamped versions of all of CLAMP's old series. For instance, Chii is listed in the credits. (Different voice actress, however.) I don't see anything listed from Angelic Layer but I bet that's just because the list isn't complete.

52 episodes later they ended it, but they're still traveling. Then there was a 3-ep OVA, which also doesn't finish the story.

No thanks.

CLAMP has given me some good times, but there comes a point where their "be weird just for the sake of being weird" act starts to grate. This show sounds like a total case of author-gratification, cynically foisted off on an existing body of fans "because those idiots will buy anything we do."

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Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Never Watch at 10:22 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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