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Wish #1
Wish, Vol. 01
When Shuichiro rescues an angel he is granted a single wish. The problem? Shuichiro can’t think of any wishes that he couldn’t grant himself. Refusing to leave Shuichiro without granting a wish Amber, the angel, moves in with the young doctor to help out around the house and wait for a chance to return the favor. Of course, angels aren’t the only supernatural beings wandering the Earth. Soon, demons and archangels alike are stopping by Shuichiro’s house, making things difficult for his angelic roommate.
200 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1996
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Clamp
744 books3,138 followersŌkawa Nanase 大川七瀬
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
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December 25, 2016
My first experiment with downloading manga to read on my computer/tablet. Technologically and aesthetically successful. I read all four volumes, completing the story arc.
Very pretty artwork, questionable theology. It seems to be a weird sort of amalgam of Western and Eastern notions of angels, served up in CLAMP's gonzo style. (Well, the notion of angels being born/hatched from eggs growing on the Tree of Life in Heaven was new to me altogether.) A young and somewhat airheaded angel comes to Earth and is rescued from danger by a human, with whom s/he falls in love; after that, things go stranger. A secondary supernatural couple is even more interesting, because not airheads. We do eventually get a happily-ever-after of sorts, courtesy of reincarnation and some other slight-of-hand, which I will not detail due to spoilers. I suppose one could dub it paranormal or fantasy romance, on the magical-girl side, but... different.
I was led back to this work from Legal Drug, which I am going to have to go back and look at again, because Wish really, really changes how I was led to frame the other story.
There's a coinage I devised -- "cognitive torsion" -- for the sensation of having one's narrative (or cultural) expectations, not to mention one's head, turned inside-out by the course of a tale or some other new piece of knowledge. Anime and manga frequently supply it, very much part of why I enjoy them.
Ta, L.
Very pretty artwork, questionable theology. It seems to be a weird sort of amalgam of Western and Eastern notions of angels, served up in CLAMP's gonzo style. (Well, the notion of angels being born/hatched from eggs growing on the Tree of Life in Heaven was new to me altogether.) A young and somewhat airheaded angel comes to Earth and is rescued from danger by a human, with whom s/he falls in love; after that, things go stranger. A secondary supernatural couple is even more interesting, because not airheads. We do eventually get a happily-ever-after of sorts, courtesy of reincarnation and some other slight-of-hand, which I will not detail due to spoilers. I suppose one could dub it paranormal or fantasy romance, on the magical-girl side, but... different.
I was led back to this work from Legal Drug, which I am going to have to go back and look at again, because Wish really, really changes how I was led to frame the other story.
There's a coinage I devised -- "cognitive torsion" -- for the sensation of having one's narrative (or cultural) expectations, not to mention one's head, turned inside-out by the course of a tale or some other new piece of knowledge. Anime and manga frequently supply it, very much part of why I enjoy them.
Ta, L.
February 4, 2019
A little silly but cute and wholesome. Could've done with out the girls-all-make-mean-comments-about-each-others'-weight (how do the angels even have weight? they don't eat) but otherwise it was a pleasant, forgettable read that helped remove some of slight sliminess left behind by The Smell of Starving Boys.
December 10, 2019
Rilettura. Un altro manga Clamp che rileggo volentieri.
March 21, 2022
2.5/5stars
meh
meh
October 22, 2025
Review for complete series
The young doctor Shuichiro rescues what turns out to be an angel who is now determined to repay him by granting a wish. But Shuichiro does not believe in having wishes granted, after all, he can look after himself. But the angel Kohaku is persistent and promptly decides to stick to Shuichiro's side until the debt is paid. It is not long, however, until Kohaku's presence attracts a series of other supernatural creatures.
Wish is one of CLAMP's more lighthearted series - in fact, even despite a couple of darker themes, it is fluffy and almost carefree throughout. Kohaku is a little clumsy and dense but perfectly likeable. Even the villains, such as the demon Koryuu are pretty likeable, there's no serious animosity between the angels and demons. If anything, they like to tease one another but can work together when it's required.
I wouldn't consider the art as one of CLAMP's best, but it is nonetheless a nicely drawn manga. This is really a manga you'd want to read for its characters and lighthearted atmosphere. There's a decent amount of suspense that keeps the reader going and the pacing is generally well handled. I only felt that the ending was either rushed or dragged - by that, I mean that Kohaku is meant to meet a character at the very end; personally, I think it would have been better if the manga had ended the moment these characters met or if a few chapters would have been dedicated to fleshing it out. Instead, we get a brief chapter that deals with the said meeting and it feels a bit like a half-baked cake.
While Wish is a nice manga in its own with only a few flaws that are easily ignored, there's quite a glaring issue that lies in translations from the Japanese original. The majority of the supernatural cast, such as Kohaku, is genderless. In Japanese, that is easily transmitted, but many European languages don't function without the male and female pronoun. As a result, several versions of this manga were moved to appoint the characters to a gender. True, they could have stuck to what is now used as they. But given that this is a relatively old manga, I can't fault publishers for not going with this rather new usage. So while I am not strictly against giving these characters a gender, I feel as though many of them have been mismatched - Kohaku being the biggest issue. Yes, Kohaku has feminine qualities, but no matter how you twist and turn it, Kohaku strikes me as a masculine character. If you compare his physical appearance with other CLAMP characters, you will notice that his body is much more in line with male characters than with the female ones.
May 10, 2020
3.75
This was pretty funny. The overall story is compelling and interesting.
Shuichiro, a surgeon, is walking home from work after taking a very long shift. He sees what he thinks is a doll in the bushes. The doll gets attacked by crows so Shuichiro saves the doll. It turns out to be an angel (in miniature form) and they owe Shuichiro a wish because he saved them. But Shuichiro doesn't really want anything.
I think most of the characters were pretty well developed. Except for Shuichiro, which I find strange. Shuichiro is more of a logical man than anything else and then it gets pretty vague. The angel Kohaku is an airhead but means well.
• The "angels and demons don't have genders" is a pretty cool idea but the author or translator ruined it by giving them gender specific pronouns. Typically, the angels went by the female pronouns, devils male. Angels looked slightly more feminine than the demons, but still looked male. The demons leaned towards the opposite side.
• A lot of the characters were cliche but had some unique elements to them.
For a shojo manga to have a male main character (I think? I could be wrong) is pretty rare. This is the only shojo manga I've read like this before and so I enjoyed it.
The art style is pretty iconic. It looks really good, except for the male foreheads and shoulders. The attention to details is well done. The wings look realistic, which happens when you know how to do it.
• Male foreheads are pretty small. They are like three-four inches. That's what really bugs me the most out of all of this.
• The very wide male shoulders is straight from the '90-'00s, which is when this series was released. Annoying, but understandable.
Quite a good reread. I'll have to search around to see if I can find the next volumes.
This was pretty funny. The overall story is compelling and interesting.
Shuichiro, a surgeon, is walking home from work after taking a very long shift. He sees what he thinks is a doll in the bushes. The doll gets attacked by crows so Shuichiro saves the doll. It turns out to be an angel (in miniature form) and they owe Shuichiro a wish because he saved them. But Shuichiro doesn't really want anything.
I think most of the characters were pretty well developed. Except for Shuichiro, which I find strange. Shuichiro is more of a logical man than anything else and then it gets pretty vague. The angel Kohaku is an airhead but means well.
• The "angels and demons don't have genders" is a pretty cool idea but the author or translator ruined it by giving them gender specific pronouns. Typically, the angels went by the female pronouns, devils male. Angels looked slightly more feminine than the demons, but still looked male. The demons leaned towards the opposite side.
• A lot of the characters were cliche but had some unique elements to them.
For a shojo manga to have a male main character (I think? I could be wrong) is pretty rare. This is the only shojo manga I've read like this before and so I enjoyed it.
The art style is pretty iconic. It looks really good, except for the male foreheads and shoulders. The attention to details is well done. The wings look realistic, which happens when you know how to do it.
• Male foreheads are pretty small. They are like three-four inches. That's what really bugs me the most out of all of this.
• The very wide male shoulders is straight from the '90-'00s, which is when this series was released. Annoying, but understandable.
Quite a good reread. I'll have to search around to see if I can find the next volumes.
September 30, 2017
The Good: The artwork was excellent--especially in the color pages--and the story drew me in. It's also great to see a manga that mentions God in a positive light.
The Bad: Unfortunately, the theology of angels and demons was a bit skewed; don't trust this book as a guide to spiritual warfare. Some profanity and one dirty joke were also present.
Conclusion: This is the start to an odd little manga series I found at a garage sale recently. Despite its incorrect presentation of spiritual warfare, I still enjoyed it; I just have to remember that it's fiction. I'm glad I have the rest of the series on hand.
The Bad: Unfortunately, the theology of angels and demons was a bit skewed; don't trust this book as a guide to spiritual warfare. Some profanity and one dirty joke were also present.
Conclusion: This is the start to an odd little manga series I found at a garage sale recently. Despite its incorrect presentation of spiritual warfare, I still enjoyed it; I just have to remember that it's fiction. I'm glad I have the rest of the series on hand.
January 19, 2011
Mariel wrote: "Maybe you should make it gayer?"
No problem!:
this is gay*! This is really really really gay**! I mean seriously! I thought that movie Bruno was the gayest*** thing I’ve ever seen! But this is even gayer**** than that! is like the color pink and a rainbow had a baby! God damn! This is gay*****!!!! But the Clamp did it… I swear they are trying to turn me gay*****!!!!! It’s adorable too! And funny! I will be reading the rest of this!!!
*:no that there is anything wrong with gay of course!
**: seriously! Nothing wrong!
***: it’s a free world! If something is gay I say let it be!
****: I’m not joking! Nothing wrong with gay!
*****: do I really need to repeat myself???
******: fine I will! Nothing wrong with gay stuff!!!
No problem!:
this is gay*! This is really really really gay**! I mean seriously! I thought that movie Bruno was the gayest*** thing I’ve ever seen! But this is even gayer**** than that! is like the color pink and a rainbow had a baby! God damn! This is gay*****!!!! But the Clamp did it… I swear they are trying to turn me gay*****!!!!! It’s adorable too! And funny! I will be reading the rest of this!!!
*:no that there is anything wrong with gay of course!
**: seriously! Nothing wrong!
***: it’s a free world! If something is gay I say let it be!
****: I’m not joking! Nothing wrong with gay!
*****: do I really need to repeat myself???
******: fine I will! Nothing wrong with gay stuff!!!
May 18, 2023
2,5
Süß aber irgendwie ohne Plot.
Süß aber irgendwie ohne Plot.
April 10, 2022
J'aime bien c'est mignon et réconfortant ça me permet d'oublier que j'ai envie de crever parce que la France est un pays de fachos
January 22, 2024
3.5/5
Review of the entire series HERE
Review of the entire series HERE
August 20, 2020
Kalau dicermati lagi, kisah ini sebenarnya punya pesan yang sangat manis: kalau janji ya harus ditepati, entah mau butuh berapa lama sekali pun.
Setelah ditolong Shuichirou dari gangguan serangan iblis, Kohaku "sang malaikat" berjanji akan mengabulkan keinginan Shuichirou. Sayangnya, dokter bedah mapan ini bilang kalau semua keinginannya sudah terpenuhi. Maka, demi bisa membalas budi, Kohaku pun tinggal di rumah tradisional ala Jepang milik lelaki tinggi besar itu. Namun, karena dia ceroboh, yang terjadi justru berbagai kekacauan. Misalnya saat Kohaku memanggil roh air demi menyiram halaman Shuichirou yang luas, tapi akhirnya malah menyiram lelaki itu. Haha....
Kohaku turun ke bumi karena suatu misi rahasia. Namun, di bumi dia sering diganggu oleh Kouryuu, iblis bermata merah yang jahil luar biasa dan punya pesuruh dua siluman kucing bernama Hari dan Ruri.
Lucunya, jika di malam hari, tubuh Kohaku akan menyusut dan jadi chubby kayak bakpau karena kekuatannya melemah. Kebalikannya, di siang hari, Kouryuu-lah yang menyusut.
"Baik siang atau malam, ukuran manusia bumi tetap sama besar, ya?" (Kohaku to Shuuichirou, halaman 115)
HAHAHAHA! Makanya, enak jadi manusia, kan? Hahaha....
Bisakah Kohaku akhirnya membantu Shuichirou memenuhi "permintaan yang takkan bisa dipenuhi seorang diri"? (apa hayo?)
Ngomong-ngomong, meskipun terlihat pure dan manis, sebenarnya komik ini mengandung elemen dewasa, loh. Hanya saja sudah dieufimismekan dengan sedemikian rupa jadi sangat halus dengan istilah "memakan". #DOR Elemen dewasa itu berkaitan dengan alasan mengapa Kohaku sampai turun dari dunia langit ke dunia manusia. Dari dulu pun aku sebenarnya nggak paham kenapa Animonster bisa ngasih keterangan rating "Semua Umur" buat serial ini :v
Tapi kalau ingin menikmati serial CLAMP yang bisa dibilang lumayan "polos", yah komik ini bisa jadi alternatif.
Setelah ditolong Shuichirou dari gangguan serangan iblis, Kohaku "sang malaikat" berjanji akan mengabulkan keinginan Shuichirou. Sayangnya, dokter bedah mapan ini bilang kalau semua keinginannya sudah terpenuhi. Maka, demi bisa membalas budi, Kohaku pun tinggal di rumah tradisional ala Jepang milik lelaki tinggi besar itu. Namun, karena dia ceroboh, yang terjadi justru berbagai kekacauan. Misalnya saat Kohaku memanggil roh air demi menyiram halaman Shuichirou yang luas, tapi akhirnya malah menyiram lelaki itu. Haha....
Kohaku turun ke bumi karena suatu misi rahasia. Namun, di bumi dia sering diganggu oleh Kouryuu, iblis bermata merah yang jahil luar biasa dan punya pesuruh dua siluman kucing bernama Hari dan Ruri.
Lucunya, jika di malam hari, tubuh Kohaku akan menyusut dan jadi chubby kayak bakpau karena kekuatannya melemah. Kebalikannya, di siang hari, Kouryuu-lah yang menyusut.
"Baik siang atau malam, ukuran manusia bumi tetap sama besar, ya?" (Kohaku to Shuuichirou, halaman 115)
HAHAHAHA! Makanya, enak jadi manusia, kan? Hahaha....
Bisakah Kohaku akhirnya membantu Shuichirou memenuhi "permintaan yang takkan bisa dipenuhi seorang diri"? (apa hayo?)
Ngomong-ngomong, meskipun terlihat pure dan manis, sebenarnya komik ini mengandung elemen dewasa, loh. Hanya saja sudah dieufimismekan dengan sedemikian rupa jadi sangat halus dengan istilah "memakan". #DOR Elemen dewasa itu berkaitan dengan alasan mengapa Kohaku sampai turun dari dunia langit ke dunia manusia. Dari dulu pun aku sebenarnya nggak paham kenapa Animonster bisa ngasih keterangan rating "Semua Umur" buat serial ini :v
Tapi kalau ingin menikmati serial CLAMP yang bisa dibilang lumayan "polos", yah komik ini bisa jadi alternatif.
February 22, 2017
Summary- An angel is on a mission but gets stuck in a tree because she was attacked. A guy finds her and rescues her from the tree. She is super grateful and grants him a wish (hence the title). But the guy doesn't doesn't know what to wish (again, the title) for, but he agrees to let the angel stay with him until he finds out what to wish (seriously, the title) for.
Problem and Solution-One problem was that the angel wanted to help the guy by doing chores around the house; the thing is, she's a little clumsy. The solution is that she never gives up and still keeps trying to do as good as she can. Another problem is that a devil wanted to spy on the angel. His solution was to send his friends to do it for him.
Review- I thought it was okay. It wasn't as good as the other manga I've read. It's kind of religious and I'm kind of agnostic so I had trouble not screaming "THAT'S CRAP!" in my head. But other than that I enjoyed it. It was okay.
Problem and Solution-One problem was that the angel wanted to help the guy by doing chores around the house; the thing is, she's a little clumsy. The solution is that she never gives up and still keeps trying to do as good as she can. Another problem is that a devil wanted to spy on the angel. His solution was to send his friends to do it for him.
Review- I thought it was okay. It wasn't as good as the other manga I've read. It's kind of religious and I'm kind of agnostic so I had trouble not screaming "THAT'S CRAP!" in my head. But other than that I enjoyed it. It was okay.
February 18, 2009
Man saves an Angel and as a reward, is granted one wish. The man realizes there's nothing he really wants, so the Angel is stuck on earth until the wish is made.
Cute idea and the two main characters are likable, but every time something happens it felt like I'd seen it before in other manga and done better.
It all feels a bit flat and by the numbers. The art is nice and the cast is decent, but it lacks energy and feels like they are just hitting every manga cliche as they meander to the end of the story.
Might work better as an anime. I'll have to see if they did one for Wish.
My biggest disappointment with Wish is that I wanted to like it more than I did.
Cute idea and the two main characters are likable, but every time something happens it felt like I'd seen it before in other manga and done better.
It all feels a bit flat and by the numbers. The art is nice and the cast is decent, but it lacks energy and feels like they are just hitting every manga cliche as they meander to the end of the story.
Might work better as an anime. I'll have to see if they did one for Wish.
My biggest disappointment with Wish is that I wanted to like it more than I did.
December 16, 2007
the angel will take your hear away, youll never be able to stop reading it
February 14, 2021
Non ce l'ho fatta a finirlo. Una delle opere più noiose delle clamp, piena di momenti senza senso e melensi.
October 29, 2023
(Aviso: lectura hecha en ejemplar en español, publicado en México. La presente nota se modificará cuando se dé de alta en GR la edición correspondiente).
April 30, 2022
Aquí vuelvo con otro manga de mi querido club de Monitos Chinos, en este caso de la mano de las iconicas Clamp, en una historia de humanos con ángeles y demonios.
Nunca me imagine que iba a leer una historia de ángeles y demonios, no es que no me gusten, para nada, pero quien sabe por que nunca me atraen y en esta ocasión esta a sido una grata sorpresa, ya que en este primer tomo vemos la historia de un ángel que llega a la tierra para poder convertirse en un arcángel, pero para eso debe aprender sobre los humanos, sobre como viven y sus costumbres y mientras trata de ver a uno queda atrapado en un árbol, ese chico se da cuenta y lo salva y a partir de ahí vemos las aventuras que ellos tienen juntos, por que van a tener que lidear con un pequeño demonio que es el nemesis de este angelito.
Se que es el inicio de esta historia que es desarrollada en 4 tomos, pero debo decir que se me hizo un poquito floja, pero no por eso no es una grata sorpresa, por que el angelito me gusto y el ir descubriendo todos los secretos que esconde, pero aun así se me hizo un poquito floja y dispersa la historia, tanto que en ocasiones me distraía en otras cosas.
Pero creo que tiene sus puntos rescatables, por que queda muy interesante que te dan ganas de continuar con los siguientes tomos, las peleas entre el ángel y el demonio se me hicieron divertidas y en ocasiones me esta riendo de algunas cosas que decían jejeje.
Sin duda algo fresco y que no estoy acostumbrada a leer, les digo yo nunca había leído, sea en el formato que sea manga o libro sobre ángeles y demonios y debo decir que fue interesante aunque en general estuviera algo flojo, pero se o espero que sea solo por ser el primer libro, por que si me llamo la atención, aunque si tengo algo de medito, por que no se que esperar de las Clamp, fuentes seguras me han dicho que se puede esperar lo que sea de ellas, así que ya veremos, pero por el momento vamos bien.
Si quieren leer algo diferentes y salir de su zona de confort creo que este manga es una muy buena opción que creo vale mucho la pena, se los recomiendo, recordemos que este es el primer tomo, así que ya veré como van los demás, pero por lo mientras léanlo, esta bueno.
Entrada completa en: http://calderoliterario7.blogspot.mx
Nunca me imagine que iba a leer una historia de ángeles y demonios, no es que no me gusten, para nada, pero quien sabe por que nunca me atraen y en esta ocasión esta a sido una grata sorpresa, ya que en este primer tomo vemos la historia de un ángel que llega a la tierra para poder convertirse en un arcángel, pero para eso debe aprender sobre los humanos, sobre como viven y sus costumbres y mientras trata de ver a uno queda atrapado en un árbol, ese chico se da cuenta y lo salva y a partir de ahí vemos las aventuras que ellos tienen juntos, por que van a tener que lidear con un pequeño demonio que es el nemesis de este angelito.
Se que es el inicio de esta historia que es desarrollada en 4 tomos, pero debo decir que se me hizo un poquito floja, pero no por eso no es una grata sorpresa, por que el angelito me gusto y el ir descubriendo todos los secretos que esconde, pero aun así se me hizo un poquito floja y dispersa la historia, tanto que en ocasiones me distraía en otras cosas.
Pero creo que tiene sus puntos rescatables, por que queda muy interesante que te dan ganas de continuar con los siguientes tomos, las peleas entre el ángel y el demonio se me hicieron divertidas y en ocasiones me esta riendo de algunas cosas que decían jejeje.
Sin duda algo fresco y que no estoy acostumbrada a leer, les digo yo nunca había leído, sea en el formato que sea manga o libro sobre ángeles y demonios y debo decir que fue interesante aunque en general estuviera algo flojo, pero se o espero que sea solo por ser el primer libro, por que si me llamo la atención, aunque si tengo algo de medito, por que no se que esperar de las Clamp, fuentes seguras me han dicho que se puede esperar lo que sea de ellas, así que ya veremos, pero por el momento vamos bien.
Si quieren leer algo diferentes y salir de su zona de confort creo que este manga es una muy buena opción que creo vale mucho la pena, se los recomiendo, recordemos que este es el primer tomo, así que ya veré como van los demás, pero por lo mientras léanlo, esta bueno.
Entrada completa en: http://calderoliterario7.blogspot.mx
December 14, 2018
I love dumbass angel-falls-for-devil stories, hell YES
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 26, 2022
que monada
December 30, 2023
My inner teen is thrilled I’ve reconnected with Manga again. My 8 year old kiddo has discovered manga which has compelled me to read a few of my favorites and ones I’ve wanted to read but never got around to. Wish has been on my reading list for 19 years and I'm finally getting around reading it.
March 11, 2025
Makes less than zero sense why a buncha angels would be so perturbed about their own weight when they’re literally divine beings
September 4, 2025
Se duvidar o senhor Shuichiro também está com muita vontade de devorar esse anjinho.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 12, 2012
The story itself would have gotten a 3, maybe, but it feels like Tokyopop butchered the translationm, thus the 2.
Except for the human characters, everyone is genderless and thus androgynous. My guess is that in the original, they never said whether anyone was male or female, but because of how the English language is structured, Tokyopop felt it needed to use pronouns, which means assigning genders. While it's difficult, it is possible to make it impossible to tell the genders of characters. The American translation of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles proves this with Mokona.
Thing is, they keep referring to Kohaku (among other angels) as "female," and while super feminine and an angel (thus, "no gender as we know it" according to Tokyopop note on page 42, though this is an earlier translation from Tokyopop, so it's likely more complicated or different than what they say), as far as CLAMP art goes, Kohaku seems more manly than the average female CLAMP character. As seen below.
Which ones are female? I'll give you a hint, the ones in the bottom right corner.
Standing next to these other CLAMP characters, doesn't Kohaku look like the average CLAMP male? Though, Kohaku is said to be "neither male nor female" on the wiki for Wish, and they use female pronouns as well. Maybe I'm just being picky with the translation.
More likely is that Tokyopop was trying to avoid controversy by making a totally androgynous character female so as to avoid complaints from worried parents about what their children were reading. I don't know. I don't remember the 90s very well except for Sailor Moon and Pokemon... But considering what translation did to both of those, even in manga, it's easy to guess why they made the changes they did.
Anyway, let's get away from my rant that is really just me interpreting stuff probably as incorrectly as a 4Kids animation. *cough*
The story felt like... a fluffy fanfic. Not much substance, a lot of cuteness, and playing with things we've all seen before.
The characters were a little more interesting, especially Hisui and Kokuyo, though we don't see much of them in volume one. Kohaku on the other hand... Oh, what to say about that one...? It feels like that angel is just there to be... wimpy. Crying all the time, constantly screwing up... when did CLAMP's main characters get so--I don't want to say wimpy because Kohaku's really trying--...anime cliche?
Overall, I felt like read a manga that I'd already read somewhere before years ago but never really heard of until recently.
Except for the human characters, everyone is genderless and thus androgynous. My guess is that in the original, they never said whether anyone was male or female, but because of how the English language is structured, Tokyopop felt it needed to use pronouns, which means assigning genders. While it's difficult, it is possible to make it impossible to tell the genders of characters. The American translation of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles proves this with Mokona.
Thing is, they keep referring to Kohaku (among other angels) as "female," and while super feminine and an angel (thus, "no gender as we know it" according to Tokyopop note on page 42, though this is an earlier translation from Tokyopop, so it's likely more complicated or different than what they say), as far as CLAMP art goes, Kohaku seems more manly than the average female CLAMP character. As seen below.
Which ones are female? I'll give you a hint, the ones in the bottom right corner.
Standing next to these other CLAMP characters, doesn't Kohaku look like the average CLAMP male? Though, Kohaku is said to be "neither male nor female" on the wiki for Wish, and they use female pronouns as well. Maybe I'm just being picky with the translation.
More likely is that Tokyopop was trying to avoid controversy by making a totally androgynous character female so as to avoid complaints from worried parents about what their children were reading. I don't know. I don't remember the 90s very well except for Sailor Moon and Pokemon... But considering what translation did to both of those, even in manga, it's easy to guess why they made the changes they did.
Anyway, let's get away from my rant that is really just me interpreting stuff probably as incorrectly as a 4Kids animation. *cough*
The story felt like... a fluffy fanfic. Not much substance, a lot of cuteness, and playing with things we've all seen before.
The characters were a little more interesting, especially Hisui and Kokuyo, though we don't see much of them in volume one. Kohaku on the other hand... Oh, what to say about that one...? It feels like that angel is just there to be... wimpy. Crying all the time, constantly screwing up... when did CLAMP's main characters get so--I don't want to say wimpy because Kohaku's really trying--...anime cliche?
Overall, I felt like read a manga that I'd already read somewhere before years ago but never really heard of until recently.
February 27, 2017
In this long day of cleaning out my manga collection, at least this one was worth the time it took to read it. It's still not great and I will not be reading on, as it does not meet my four-star minimum for reading on in a series.
The characters are cute and all, but still a bit two-dimensional.
The characters are cute and all, but still a bit two-dimensional.
February 26, 2017
Wish is a cute little manga about an angel who's sent to Earth and ends up being saved by a human when they are attacked by a crow. It's a short read, short chapters, and I wanted to read it because I am a fan of CLAMP after Tokyo Babylon, Vol. 1 and Legal Drug, Volume 01.
Wish is cute, but it doesn't hold much of a prospect. The characters don't have much depth and I feel like the plot is rushed very heavily. There isn't much offered by this manga, honestly. Angels versus demons, a bit of gay love thrown in there, a human caught up in it all. That's it, that's the plot really.
Wish didn't catch my attention really. It reminded me a lot of their manga, Clover, Vol. 01 at first, which I didn't really enjoy that much until the third volume. That being said, Wish may get better than this first volume.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this manga or not, other than saying, read it if you want and choose for yourself how you feel about it.
Wish is cute, but it doesn't hold much of a prospect. The characters don't have much depth and I feel like the plot is rushed very heavily. There isn't much offered by this manga, honestly. Angels versus demons, a bit of gay love thrown in there, a human caught up in it all. That's it, that's the plot really.
Wish didn't catch my attention really. It reminded me a lot of their manga, Clover, Vol. 01 at first, which I didn't really enjoy that much until the third volume. That being said, Wish may get better than this first volume.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this manga or not, other than saying, read it if you want and choose for yourself how you feel about it.
March 3, 2021
It's a very cute story. And that is basically it.
The basic idea was good, but it wasn't developed properly/ fully. The whole potential wasn't used.
The relationship between the main characters felt underdeveloped.
The basic idea was good, but it wasn't developed properly/ fully. The whole potential wasn't used.
The relationship between the main characters felt underdeveloped.
March 12, 2015
I try to be an open minded English teacher and reader, and I am very supportive of any means of encouraging kids to become readers, so I asked my librarian/friend, Sarah, to give me some books to introduce me into the world of Manga. The Wish series was her suggestion.
Maybe if I were younger, or less traditional, or if it didn't constantly throw me off to read a book from right to left, I would appreciate this book more. As it is, I felt like I was reading the rough draft of a cartoon show....all flat dialogue and one dimensional characters. I couldn't imagine reading all four volumes, so I read the first and the fourth volume hoping for a great ending. Wellllll.......
I am a Manga Misfit I guess. Thanks for trying Sarah!
Maybe if I were younger, or less traditional, or if it didn't constantly throw me off to read a book from right to left, I would appreciate this book more. As it is, I felt like I was reading the rough draft of a cartoon show....all flat dialogue and one dimensional characters. I couldn't imagine reading all four volumes, so I read the first and the fourth volume hoping for a great ending. Wellllll.......
I am a Manga Misfit I guess. Thanks for trying Sarah!
December 24, 2015
One night Shuichiro finds and saves an angel. To repay him, the angel wants to grant him a wish. But Shuichiro can't think of anything he wants. So, the angel moves in with him until he can think of a wish.
And Shuichiro soon learns angels aren't the only beings around.
I've read most of the Card Captor manga, which I love. I decided to check out what other series Clamp has. I figured I'd give this one a try.
At first, it was just okay. But I think the first volume gets much better as it goes on and now I can't wait to read the next volume to see what happens next. I like the characters and the story. I am definitely going to continue this series. 3 and a half stars for this volume.
And Shuichiro soon learns angels aren't the only beings around.
I've read most of the Card Captor manga, which I love. I decided to check out what other series Clamp has. I figured I'd give this one a try.
At first, it was just okay. But I think the first volume gets much better as it goes on and now I can't wait to read the next volume to see what happens next. I like the characters and the story. I am definitely going to continue this series. 3 and a half stars for this volume.
February 18, 2009
I really like the style of art, and the whole idea of the story really sparked my childish imagination. In general, this mangaka is good at creating suspense and surprise, and making you really curious. I do want to find out what happens, but it's pretty predictable and generic. A lot of the time I ask, "Why is this happening?" in regards to the social situations.. like, why are so many people and strange beings gathering in this guy's house, and he is just okay about it? There's no developement, and it's too casual. It's like they're all always good buds, and they really have nothing else in their life. I think that makes it horribly flat.
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