Wednesday, January 30, 2019

RG Veda: Ashura

To celebrate the New Year, I found this series from CLAMP and this main protagonist is an strange one to post because of the backstory of being the only survivor of the Ashura Clan and its leader by birth who is always with Yasha after the previous leader of Ashura clan was killed by Taishakuten, the main villain in the series. You see, Ashura was born without an biological gender despite being a male war entity based on the Asura from Buddhism and Hinduism. The lack of sex is justified as it's the result of a curse that will keep the Ashura clan from continuing living on. I don't know if you would consider this character as an female due to the appearance and voice. This is also CLAMP's first manga they wrote.
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13 comments:

  1. KingsSideCastleJanuary 30, 2019 at 6:34 AM

    How was this series? Do you recommend? Clamp animes usually fun to watch so it might be good.

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    1. Custom 958January 30, 2019 at 9:06 AM

      It was pretty good and the manga is even better if a bit slower.

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  2. shadowmandudeJanuary 30, 2019 at 10:02 AM

    Always nice when the leading female is a barefooter.

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    1. Dan BJanuary 30, 2019 at 4:59 PM

      Everyone is in this series.

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    2. Custom 958January 30, 2019 at 5:06 PM

      What do you mean, Dan?

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    3. Dan BJanuary 30, 2019 at 6:14 PM

      I mean everyone is barefoot.

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    4. Custom 958January 30, 2019 at 7:06 PM

      Oh, I heard of that but I wonder would you like that.

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    5. Dan BJanuary 31, 2019 at 9:51 AM

      Not particularly this. As the cast is all males, and Ashura is genderless (although voiced by a girl in both languages and sounding like a girl in both too). I prefer an an all barefoot female cast, as I'm sure most here would too.

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    6. Custom 958January 31, 2019 at 9:53 AM

      Ok. You sure know your stuff, Dan.

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    7. Dan BJanuary 31, 2019 at 10:06 AM

      I try. You know, at this time, Clamp actually had 11 members. Now of course that number has dwindled to four, but the work is better and more popular than ever.

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    8. Custom 958January 31, 2019 at 10:28 AM

      OK, which are your favorite CLAMP works?

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    9. Dan BJanuary 31, 2019 at 12:00 PM

      Rayearth, Angelic Layer, Chobits, and of course Cardcaptor Sakura is #1.

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    10. Custom 958January 31, 2019 at 2:25 PM

      Rayearth, Angelic Layer and Cardcaptor Sakura are my picks too. So much foot scenes.

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