Review:
Subaru Sumeragi is a 16-year-old onmyoji who lives with his twin sister, Hokuto. Subaru is heir to the Sumeragi clan and regularly exorcizes spirits as part of his clan duties. He and his sister are friends with Seishiro Sakurazaku, a veterinarian and member of a clan of assassins. Seishiro isn't involved in his clan's activities and is nothing but nice to the twins (in fact, he's downright flirty with Subaru).
In this volume, Subaru deals with the ghost of an actress at the Tokyo Tower, a comatose girl who turns out to be Subaru's first love, and three girls on a party line with Sailor Moon fantasies. There's also the start of a storyline involving something that seems to be a cult - this one doesn't finish up until the next volume.
Throughout all of this is a thread of mystery concerning Seishiro and his true motivations. Although he's always kind to the twins, there appears to be a darker and more sinister side to him.
I went into this not realizing the connection to X/1999 (it's a prequel to that series). Granted, I don't think I ever got too far into that one - I found it to be too dark and confusing. I'll have to give it another go sometime. Maybe I'd like it more now that I've read this series.
Seishiro is a 25-year-old adult who regularly flirts with 16-year-old Subaru, although his manner is so light that it's hard to tell if he's just teasing or actually serious. I think the connection to X/1999 dawned on me during one of the scenes that hinted he had a more sinister side.
Hokuto appeared to be this series' Tomoyo (or I guess it's the other way around, since Cardcaptor Sakura was published later) - an energetic side character who provided CLAMP with an excuse to incorporate outrageous fashion designs.
The artwork was beautiful, and overall, I really enjoyed the episodic stories in this volume, which reminded me of other supernatural CLAMP series I've loved.
Extras:
Several pages of bonus full-color artwork.
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