CLAMP is really weird.

[snarp]

I just finished the first arc of Magic Knight Rayearth.

...

This makes something like four times that CLAMP have done a story that's some variation on "I have summoned you... to destroy me!" Is this a self-made tradition for them, or is there a manga ur-narrative they're working from?

Comments

[mikkeneko]

Karen is still alive, isn't she? In the X manga.

[mikkeneko]

And so is Arashi, come to think of it.

[branchandroot]

I do not expect this state of affairs to outlast the end (supposing it's ever released). The only one standing is going to be Yuzuriha. Clamp girls get to have all the romance, love, power, and agency they like, but adult women are screwed, most especially if they're major characters. Karen has been too significant to survive, most especially as this appears to be another "rocks fall everyone dies" Clamp special. *sighs*

[mikkeneko]

Oh, I see. So really, you've got no idea, you're just assuming the worst. Are you sure it's CLAMP that has the issues?

[branchandroot]

*faintly disgusted* Yes, I'm assuming that they will follow an established pattern that shows up in the vast majority of their other work. MKR, the subject of the OP, is the flagship example, but it is far from the only one. If I thought you were seriously interested in discussing the topic, as opposed to making snide assumptions, I might continue, but you'll excuse me if I doubt that on the evidence presented so far.