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X/1999, Vol. 9: Requiem

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Halfway through the currently published volumes of X, and the story is only beginning to pick up. All the characters have now been introduced, and now the story can continue on its angsty way!

This volumes mainly deals with Kamui coming to terms with Kotori's death by retreating Within like the spineless he is until about volume......12 i think. Subaru-kun (he's -kun to me b/c Viz's translations don't put honorifics in, and even though he's -san for the most part in X, b/c of Tokyo Babylon, he'll always be -kun)has to go save him from himself. We get flashbacks to Tokyo Babylon, and lovely little mentions of how much Subaru-kun loved Sei-chan (Seishiro-san, or if you want to be really distant, Sakurazuka-san). There's also a moment that made me giggle, which it probably wasn't supposed to, but when Subaru-kun collapses from exhaustion on Kamui (I adamantly refuse to belive there's anything between those two....), Kotori's head is squished between them. hehehe.

Fun things, (aka things that made me smile for various reasons): Kakyo looking very much like Yue with short hair in Kotori's vision, and then like Yue w/o the cat eyes in real life, Subaru-kun looking so delish throughout, espeically while angsting over Sei-chan, everyone in shock about how Subaru-kun is part of the Sumeragi family, loads of feathers EVERYWHERE (now, if only they were sakura petals.....), the CCD boys showing up out of nowhere, and the cute omake chapter for Kusanagi-san. oh, and Subaru-kun cementing his position as Bishonen of Angst.

Kamui reminds me so much of Subaru-kun at that age....and it really shows in this volume. hints are made at that over and over in this volume, which makes it loads of fun to read.

Poor poor Kamui....Requiem is one of my favorites...This manga might not be mandatory but this book gives so much insight to the older and less known Tokyo Babylon series. The crossover character Subaru Sumeragi saves Kamui from mental isolation. This shows off Subaru's older character and gives some rare information about his past (in Tokyo Babylon). Subaru is my favorite character from Clamp so maybe thats why I love it so much but...it gives us a clue as to what for and why Subaru and Seishiro are fighting. If you have read X/1999 before you saw any Tokyo Babylon anything this is a good introduction to Tokyo Babylon and it's characters...and by knowing Tokyo Babylon you get to know more about X! This book is so beautiful (no less from clamp) as well as the drama.