#Nokoru Imonoyama

[the-corvus-luna]

https://clamp-ex.jp/

Information on the art exhibition in Japan.

(Key Illustrations Complete)

COLOR:

LOVE:

ADVENTURE:

MAGIC:

PHRASE:

#clamp #x1999 #kamui shirou #cardcaptor sakura #sakura kinomoto #rg veda #ashura #hikaru shidou #magic knight rayearth #xxxholic #yuko ichihara #nokoru imonoyama #clamp school detectives #Syaoran #kohaku #tokyo babylon #subaru sumeragi

[landofanimes]

CLAMP EXHIBITION

2nd (and last) set of key visuals showcasing the 5 themes of the 2024 exhibition:

C for COLOR. CLAMP colors the world.

L for LOVE. CLAMP draws the forms of love.

A for ADVENTURE. CLAMP weaves the stories of adventure.

M for MAGIC. CLAMP casts its magic.

P for Phrase. CLAMP spins the phrases.

1st set: [x]

#clamp #clamp exhibition #tsubasa reservoir chronicle #tokyo babylon #Clamp School Detectives #chobits #wish #trc #syaoran #chii #Nokoru Imonoyama #Subaru Sumeragi #kohaku #I wanted kobato in the Love poster... #but I get that chi is more iconic I guess #but we got syaoran! yay ^^

[vestal-spirit]

23 entangled/ intricate

#april clamp fanart challenge #april clamp fanart challenge 2023 #CLAMP #clamp fanart #clamp school defenders #clamp school detectives #Clamp gakuen tanteidan #duklyon #gakuen tokkei duklyon #special guards duklyon #nokoru imonoyama #takeshi shukaido #kentaro higashikunimaru #eri chusonji

[shiiko529]

#idk who else to add #CLAMP #CLAMP manga #CLAMP poll #poll #miyuki-chan in wonderland #miyuki-chan #kamui #kamui shirou #X #x1999 #x/1999 #watanuki #xxxholic #mokona #mokona modoki #tsubasa reservoir chronicle #trc #CLAMP school detectives #nokoru imonoyama #suoh takamura #akira ijuin

[occhurus]

I really need to read some headcanons of this wonderful series :') (The image does not belong to me)

#abrazaderagakuentanteidan #CLAMP #clampgakuentanteidan headcanons #i really need this #También en español #Nokoru Imonoyama #Akira Ijyuin #Suoh Takamura #Fans here?

[noa-ciharu]

Which CLAMP animal companion do you hate the most?

No animal companion hate here, only appreciation. At first I had hard time recalling any 'animals' beside Mokona (I can basically hear "Mokona is Mokona!" inside head) and those animal-like creatures Watanuki befriended in xxxholic. I forgot their names :<

Also look at this cute Mokona pic I've found 🥺 they're adorable

In TRC there aren't additional side animal characters I think? In CCS Kerberos was a legend, I still remember when he wanted to play online games with Yue and Yue just, went offline. Legends, both of them. In Chobits we have some animal like creatures but those are actually persocons. In TB/X we have Inuki who barely has personality (well, Inugami dog so) and Nandarou, who also has no personality but I believe bird is either 😎 or 300% done with its master, no in between. I know there are some animals in Kobato too but I haven't read it.

So the best animal? Pochi.

No, not those poor puppies in Seishirou's vet office that he killed. No, not Subaru either.

Peacock from Clamp School Detectives.

Not only was Nokoru floored, but Suoh and Akira busted their cover too. I need extra TB chapter where this girl brings Pochi to vet office. He needs to get in fight with Nandarou and trust me, Pochi will win.

Thank you Nokoru for your endless supply of money. Pochi confirmed womanizer however, or Nokoru is projecting his host club skills. Still, him and Suoh - sus I say.

Pochi the legend appears!

Nothing can top this moment. The emotions, the built up, the shojoness - simply everything.

#clamp #clamp school detectives #nokoru imonoyama #pochi the peacock #but really i don't dislike any animal character

[sophieslittlecorner]

Kindly scanned by @azoozkiller-787

#cuties #my lovely Nagisa #im in love #clamp gakuen tanteidan #clamp school detectives #clamp #nagisa azuya #utako ohkawa #akira ijuin #suoh takamura #nokoru imonoyama #anime #manga #kawaii #adorable #90s

[bunnimew]

Show Me the Money!

"Don't worry about anything, Kamui," Imonoyama was saying. It was hard to hear him through the fog. "I will take care of you. I'll make sure you never have to do anything again."

Kamui didn't bother to look up. He knew what surrounded him.

Devastation.

It wasn't worth the price.

#TheBunni #x/1999 #Kamui Shirou #Nokoru Imonoyama

[mrsleestranger]

Have a nice weekend 🤩

#clamp #clamp school detectives #clamp学園探偵団 #imonoyama nokoru #takamura suoh #ijyuin akira #clamp fanart #caramelldansen #Spotify

[pluckingstarsoffmoontrees]

https://x.com/clamp_ex/status/1763217703748415588

#clamp #clamp school detectives #imonoyama nokoru #clamp art exhibition #clamplove #four more pieces of promo art to go !

[engshoujosei]

Clamp School Detectives

3 volumes.

Originally licensed by Tokyopop, who lost the license, it’s now owned by Viz Media digitally.

Meet the CLAMP school detectives: Nokoru Imonoyama, the world's smartest kid, who can detect a woman in distress from two kilometers away; Suoh Takamura, a martial arts master who's cool as ice; Akira Ijyuin, detective by day, master thief by night. Wherever there's a young lady in distress, they'll be there. After all, when you're as smart as they are, you don't have to study.

Related Series

Man of 20 Faces (Prequel, licensed by Tokyopop, then Viz Media digitally) Tsubasa - Reservoir Chronicle (Alternate Story, licensed by Del Rey, which is now defunct, and then Viz Media)

Status in Country of Origin 

3 Volumes (Complete) 2 Volumes - CLAMP Classic Collection (Complete)

Tags:

Age Gap

Bodyguard/s

Bromance

Childhood Love

Cooking

Cool Male Lead

Detective/s

Elementary School

Episodic

Genius/es

Rich Kid/s

#Clamp School Detectives #CLAMP #OHKAWA Ageha #APAPA Mokona #comedy #mystery #romance #school life #shoujo #manga #viz media #viz select #tokyopop #completed #Mystery DX #kadokawa #1992 #1990s #Clamp Campus Detectives

[landofanimes]

CLAMP EXHIBITION (2024)

Key Visuals: Color. Love. Adventure. Magic. Phrase.

Kamui Shirou (X/1999)

Nokoru Imonoyama (Clamp School Detectives)

Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Chii (Chobits)

Ashura (RG Veda)

Syaoran (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)

Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knight Rayearth)

Kohaku (Wish)

Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHolic)

Subaru Sumeragi (Tokyo Babylon)

#clamp #clamp exhibition #cardcaptor sakura #tsubasa reservoir chronicle #magic knight rayearth #xxxholic #rg veda #x 1999 #tokyo babylon #wish #chobits #ccs #trc #mkr

[seishiroumostfuckedupsakurazuka]

You dead, bro. Why should either Kamui care about what you wanted? They have the potential to be part of the hottest threesome in Tokyo 🤣

Wrong, the hottest thressome in Tokyo would include Nokoru Imonoyama ( as an adult), Yuuko the dimensional witch and Karen.

[ellayuki]

we're all made of glitter and nightmares (and baby, we thrive)

Tsubasa Chronicle Month 2023 

- Day 26: Futuristic

~

Mokona doesn’t think she likes this new place all that much, as shiny as it might be.

“Heh, you just don’t like it that they made a doll that looks and talks like you that doesn’t actually annoy people to death,” Kurogane says, smirking in that mean way of his that has Mokona feeling like dropping him alone in another world for a day or six. “Maybe we should replace you with one of them.”

Mokona puffs her cheeks in indignation where she’s still perching on Syaoran’s shoulder. “Maybe we should replace Kurogane with one of those droids we saw on the way here. They look more useful than a meany, drunkard father.”

“Now, now, Mokona,” Fai says, finally joining the conversation after having spent the past half hour on the holographic communicator with this world’s version of Imonoyama Nokoru, their current host and the head of the local technological development and enhancement facility. “Nobody’s getting replaced. We are all getting… CEPH monitor bracelets is what I think they’re called? We’re getting them sometime later today.”

“CEPH?” Syoaran asks, echoing Mokona’s puzzlement. 

Fai nods. “Umm, I think he said it was something like, Communication, Entertainment, Paiements and Health. According to Nokoru-kun, it will be easier to go about our day to day lives while we’re here.”

At that, something clicks in Mokona’s head. “Mokona thinks she saw something like that in one of Yuuko’s TV shows a long time ago. They’re very useful, yes!”

Syaoran smiles. “That’s good to know.”

#tsubasachroniclemonth #tsubasa reservoir chronicle #mokona #fai d flourite #kurogane #li syaoran #clamp #by moi #fic #my fic #2023 fic #trcfic #on ao3

[b-else-writes]

The Great CLAMP Re-Read Part 5: CLAMP School Detectives

Part 1 (RG Veda) | Part 2 (Man of Many Faces) | Part 3 (Tokyo Babylon)| Part 4 (Duklyon)

I don't know about all of you, but one of my first fond fanfic-adjacent writing experiences was painstakingly creating a magical school rip-off story where mine and all my friends self-insert OCs could go on adventures. And we wrote all this by hand in a notebook! I bring this up because CLAMP School Detectives says so much about CLAMP's doujinshi roots and how that thinking, of a vast playground for their characters to mess around in, was going to shape the road to Tsubasa. I also bring it up because this is self-indulgence to its core, in the way the best and frankly, worst of fanfiction is. Despite having an expanded anime adaptation, CLAMP School Detectives did not have the lasting cultural memory that their other adaptations did.

CLAMP School Detectives ran from 1992 to 1993, concurrent with all of their early series, and is in many ways the glue that bridges all of them. It provides the backstory for Duklyon, features Akira from Man of Many Faces, is in the same world as Tokyo Babylon and X, includes RG Veda characters as AU cameos (reflecting their admiration for Tezuka's Star System), and dozens of other references to their doujinshi and uncollected early abandoned works. It is out of print and only had a 2000s Tokyopop English release, of 3 volumes comprising 13 chapters. Again, I read this entirely online and wouldn't pick up a copy unless I wanted to be a completionist. "Spoilers", I guess?

Synopsis: Imonoyama Nokoru, Takamura Suoh, and Ijuin Akira are members of the Elementary School Student Board at CLAMP School. Nokoru has the incredible ability to detect when a woman needs help, and the three precocious children decide to form a detective team that solves the problems of fair maidens everywhere - if only Nokoru could get his paperwork done, to Suoh's despair!

The Story: If Dukylon and Man of Many Faces had barely a story, this is even less than that - it's a bunch of barely mysteries that the trio solve every chapter, with the finale being a flashback to explore Suoh and Nokoru's past and bond. It's a gag manga that relies on whether you think the gimmick of Nokoru being able to sense a woman in danger is funny, and find the little adventures cute, and it just did not land for me. It feels like an overly saccharine attempt at Enid Blyton type school boys solving mysteries (but in Japan), and it was just plain boring. Mostly because they're barely even mysteries - I felt cheated as a huge mystery lover! This is either going to read as really cute, or really boring to you, and it was the latter for me.

The Themes: Uhh.....help out fair maidens. It's a gag manga, if you're doing analysis on this, good for you, but I have a very packed life and I don't think CLAMP wants me to learn anything but "Nokoru cutie".

The Characters: As always, the characters are largely enjoyable but quite plain. Nokoru is basically perfect, the little boy of an elementary school dream, but it's done in a sweet enough way that he reads as funny rather than irritating. Suoh is textbook tsundere who devotes his life to Nokoru (Ashura & Yama you will always be famous), and Akira is the ditzy one. There's not much here beyond Nokoru secretly feeling a bit distanced from people because he doesn't want to hurt others and Suoh being a ninja (interestingly he had his own series that never got finished or compiled into tankoban). If you like cutesy wacky elementary school stories, you'll like them. I found them fine.

The Art: I find this some of CLAMP's weakest character design - Nokoru and Suoh look too similar to me beyond the colour palette, and the different women featured feel unimaginative. It's overall decent art, but nothing special or groundbreaking. As someone who devoured RG Veda, Tokyo Babylon and even Man of Many Faces for just how damn pretty and creative they could get, it's lacklustre.

Questionable Elements: I don't know if this is just a translation issue, but Nokoru's behaviour is referred to as "feminist", and it is not. This is Victorian era paternalism that women need taking care of and can't be held responsible for our actions because we're the emotional and fairer sex. It's mostly played for satire, but it can get irritating. Also there's another "older person x literal minor bad, but only because older person is a woman". Are CLAMP ageist? One wonders.

Also. There is overt fascist imagery in CLAMP School Detectives:

CLAMP draws them in Nazi uniforms on another cover, and there are MULTIPLE images of the Rising Sun Flag (which is a symbol of fascist WW2 imperial Japan). It's abhorrent and there is much to discuss frankly about how fascist imagery is so ubiquitous in manga.

Overall: Putting aside the REALLY bad elements, CLAMP School Detectives is probably the weakest so far of CLAMP's oeuvre. The characters are charming and the premise itself is not bad, but it never quite lands. It's a very cutesy, almost slice of life manga, which is just really not my thing, which is way it took me so long to read through it. Not something I'd recommend to anyone beyond devoted CLAMP fans.

#clamp #clamp school detectives

[omgbeebeestuff]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Manga Clamp School Detectives Book volume 1 Limited Edition 2003.