Clover #2 [Paperback]

CLAMP (Author)

Book Description

Series: Clover

Withdrawn and seemingly fragile, Sue is a Four-Leaf Clover who possesses unique abilities and is feared by a militaristic government that isolates her from the world. Her confinement ends when Sue insists that she must journey to a fabulous playground called Fairy Park. Fearing subversive organizations that would kill to capture the "Clover" and exploit her abilities, the government asks Kazuhiko, a noble and dejected soldier, to come out of retirement in order to escort and protect Sue on her journey.

Later, Sue regrets having ever left the cage after she reveals to Kazuhiko her connection to her guardian, and Ora, the woman that Kazuhiko loved. Now Kazuhiko is even more determined to protect Sue even if it means giving up his own life battling a surrounding Azaien army!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Grade A, Clover is host to a well drawn, mysterious futuristic world with believable characters and an intriguing story. -- AnimeNewsNetwork.com - George Phillips

It's one of the most unusual, and effective, CLAMP manga ever. -- J-POP.com - Jason

From the Publisher

CLAMP is an all-female team and one of the hottest groups of manga creators in Japan today. Credited with bridging the gap between male and female comic fans, Clamp has many other series to their credit, including X, Magic Knight Rayearth, as well as Cardcaptor Sakura. All followed fanatically by readers wherever they're available.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (September 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189221394X
• ISBN-13: 978-1892213945
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,557,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story of love, loss, and seeing the world., March 28, 2002

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Tom Kelly "film fan" (Keyport, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clover #2 (Paperback)

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, January 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Clover #2 (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, July 28, 2007

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Belder (Minneapolis, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clover #2 (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.