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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Clover is different to a lot of Manga's made by CLAMP - it's not bouncy happy like Rayearth or Cardcaptor Sakura. But it is not so angst ridden that its a bad read. The amount of shonen-ai is definatly more visible and if you don't like that don't get this. The art work as always is beautiful and well worth the money! Hats off to CLAMP yet again!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sweet story of love, loss, and seeing the world.
28 Mar 2002
By Tom Kelly
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The second volume of Clover finishes off the main story. In fact, you'd be best of reading it just after finished volume one as it literally picks up where the first one left off.
This volume also has the real emotional wallop of the story. Volume One sets up the world the characters live in and the basic plot: former government agent Kazuhiko is assigned to take a young girl of unknown origin to an amusement park in a dark, future society. En route, of course, they run into opposition and a couple allies.
The real pay-off is when the two arrive at Fairy Park, and we learn why Kazuhiko was chosen, his connection to the girl, her desire to go to the deserter park in the first place, and her connection both to a song constantly playing in the background, and the singer, Kazuhiko's dead love Ora. There's some action, some destruction, some death, but the focus is clearly in this volume on the girl Gingestsu, who hasn't really seen too many other people, and the reasons why. The themes are similar to the desires of David the robot in Spielberg's movie A.I., though for different purposes and less "happy" ending, leaving the characters feeling haunted by the young girl, what she could do, and why she did what she did.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
CLAMP Hits a Perfect Note Again
13 Jan 2002
By A Customer
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Format:Paperback
A cyber-fantasy, Clover is all at once symbolic, touching and astonishing. Playing on a familar theme of people with special powers who were once experimented on by the government, Clover cleverly sidesteps cliches. As is common with other CLAMP works, CLAMP tries to throw an interesting art twist into their story, with Magic Knight Rayearth they played off of the style of RPG video games. Clover uses the style of a film, with an airy arrangemnet of panels and scart-yet-detailed art. There is lots of white and black space and panels seem to float on the page. The plot itself is haunting, with anghst, love, and sensuality. The lives of the characters and delicately interwoven and they break obsticals that are infact themselves. The relationships are interesting and bring the plot together with a crechendo. There is no shortage of twists to pull you along and it promises not to disapoint.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not for everyone
28 July 2007
By Belder
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Format:Paperback
This is one of the more artistic manga I've read, both stylistically, prose and storywise. This is not a 'beginning at the beginning and read through the end' story, there are jumps, gray areas, things left unexplained that the reader has to put together, etc. Overall, I like it, but someone who is used to a more straight forward style may find it pretentious, annoying, or just plain bad.
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