X/1999, Vol. 5: Serenade [Paperback]

CLAMP (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2003

More members of the Seven Seals reveal themselves — Yuzuriha, a young girl with a dog spirit companion, and Karen, a beautiful woman with power over fire. Meanwhile, Sorata shares a shocking secret with Arashi — Kamui isn’t the only one with the knowledge of his own destiny. As part of the X/1999 series, this adventure features breathless action and stunning art.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591160790
• ISBN-13: 978-1591160793
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #702,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Manga > By Creator > Clamp

More About the Author

Clamp, stylized as CLAMP, is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader Nanase Ohkawa, who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively, and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. Almost 100 million Clamp tankōbon copies have been sold worldwide as of October 2007.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLAMP's Magic, December 7, 1999

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Jennifer Mondazzi (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X/1999, Vol. 5: Serenade (Paperback)

I should begin this by admitting that I am an avid CLAMP fan. Their artwork has always been fabulous, their stories detailled and dreamy. This series, "X/1999", is no different. CLAMP combines together various elements from numerous religious interpretations of the "End of the World" masterfully in this series. The fact that many of their older works ("Tokyo Babylon", "Clamp Campus Detectives", "20 Faces Please", etc.) crossover into this story allows for die-hard fans another chance to see their favorite characters one last time, as well. Pure BONUS!

Viz does a fair job of translating this work for the reader, attempting to explain in understandable words the various Japanese cultural phrases that most English-speaking audiences wouldn't understand. I *am* disappointed, however, that they do not print the character tarot card references that the original Japanese releases have on their inside covers. Perhaps Viz has plans to release the tarots for the readers to see at some later point? I would hope so, as the Cabbalist mysticism surrounding "X/1999" is a very important aspect to understanding the plot.

Overall, this is an excellent series, and this volume continues that tradition nicely. This is a nicely bound book, a convienent carrying and reading size, and the price is not bad, considering the print quality. Highly recommended!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story-Heres the order, May 21, 2000

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This review is from: X/1999, Vol. 5: Serenade (Paperback)

This is a great story, and i highly recomend it but for all you people that don't know anything about music-like me-here is the order of the books. The First is:prelude,the second:overture,the third:sonata,the fourth:intermezzo, and the fifth:serenade.--Hope this helps you out!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fuma is the evil twin, January 6, 2000

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Rei Ayanami - See all my reviews

This review is from: X/1999, Vol. 5: Serenade (Paperback)

I love Clamps style and I love this manga. In this story we find out about how Kamui has a choice about the future. He can either choose to save the earth or destroy it.( Now lets think, hmmm what a real tough decesion) Kamui is determined not to partake in his destiny, but he does want to save Fuma and Kotori. Our dashing young hero also trips down memory lane with his dareling Kotori. We also learn about the sad fate of our funny man Sorata. This particular volume of X was published in AnimericaExtra which is continuing to publish the rest of the story. Luckily AnimericaExtra is doing so or I would go crazy waiting for the next graphic novel to arrive.