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Sep 01, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

まじで心が潰れる

Seriously, my heart is crushed

This review contains spoilers. まじで心が潰れる。毎度毎度わかっていてもラストがきついよぉ。先生Xのほうも、どうかお願いします。

This review contains spoilers. It really breaks my heart. Even if I know it every time, the last one is tough. Please go with Teacher X too.

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Apr 28, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

最後に涙腺崩壊

Lacrimal gland collapse at last

This review contains spoilers. 陰陽師の昴、桜塚森の清史郎、そして双子の北斗!2人をくっつけようとする北斗も可愛いし、昴もピュアで清史郎に惹かれていく昴もとにかく可愛い!!だけど、清史郎の本当の姿を知ってしまい感情を無くした昴。もうここで、涙腺崩壊ですが、北斗の最後に昴が感情を取り戻し…またここで涙腺崩壊です…!!胸がギュウってなりました。他にも救えなかった人達に昴が、辛い思いをして自己嫌悪になってしまう。だけど、それでも、偽りの幸せでも昴には幸せになってほしいと願う北斗。三人で幸せに、過ごしていた時間を見ていると最後には、涙腺崩壊してしまう…。私的にはものすごく読んで欲しい作品です!

This review contains spoilers. Subaru from Onmyoji, Seishiro from Sakurazuka Mori, and the twin Hokuto! Hokuto, who is trying to stick the two together, is cute, and Subaru is pure, and Subaru, who is attracted to Seishiro, is just so cute! However, Subaru lost his feelings after learning about Seishiro's true form. It's already here, the lacrimal gland collapses, but at the end of the North Star, Subaru regains his feelings... again here is where the lacrimal gland collapses...!! My heart is getting tight. Subaru has a hard time with other people he couldn't save, and he becomes self-loathing. But even so, Hokuto wants Subaru to be happy even with false happiness. When I watch the three of them happily spend time, at the end, my lacrimal glands collapse... Personally, this is a work I really want you to read!

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Nov 03, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

衝撃のラストから数十年…

Decades since the last shock...

社会の闇、人間の心の闇を、鋭く抉りとるような作品でした。公衆電話とか、時代を感じさせるアイテムはあるものの本質は変わらないので、今でもインパクトのある作品だと思います。

It was a work that sharply explores the darkness of society and the darkness of the human heart. There are items that make you feel the times, such as public phones, but the essence hasn't changed, so I think it's an impactful work even now.

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Oct 15, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

あの衝撃のラストは、もう30年以上も昔！

That shocking last one was over 30 years ago!

リアルタイムで読んでいました。ダイヤルQ2とか、さすがに色々時代を感じる点もありますが、1990年代の作品ですからね。社会問題や人の心の闇を鋭く描き出しつつ、昴流の手袋の理由や星史郎さんの正体などの謎も絡めて、最終話の残酷で衝撃的なラストまで、ぐいぐいと話に引き込む魔力のような魅力は、さすがCLAMP。初めてこの作品を読んでから30年以上経過していますが、今思い出しても少しも色褪せない魅力のある作品です。「人が人を裏切る」なんてことは、東京に限らずどこにでも転がっていることなんだけど、それでも人を信じることをやめたくないからこそ、最後の星史郎さんのセリフが心に突き刺さるし、忘れられないのかもしれません。

I was reading it in real time. As expected, there are points such as Dial Q2 where you can feel the various eras, but that's because it's a work from the 1990s. While sharply depicting social issues and the darkness of people's hearts, it also involves mysteries such as the reason for the gloves of the Suburyu Ryu and Shiro Hoshi's true identity, and has a magical power that draws you into the story in a jiffy until the cruel and shocking end of the final episode, CLAMP. More than 30 years have passed since I first read this work, and it is an attractive work that never fades even when I think about it now. “People betray people” is something that is everywhere, not just in Tokyo, but even so, it is precisely because I don't want to stop believing in people that the last line of Mr. Shiro Hoshi pierces my heart, and maybe I can't forget it.

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Apr 11, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

衝撃のラスト

Shocking last

This review contains spoilers. レイアースやXなどCLAMP全盛期な世代。今でこそ色んな作品があるので埋もれますが、あの頃CLAMPの漫画はけっこう衝撃的な内容が多かったと思います。懐かしい。これ読んだ時もラストのバッドエンドにすごく落ち込んだの覚えてます‥。昴が大好きだったので‥。そしてそれは今も変わらず、ただただ昴の幸せを望んでます。Xで、また落ち着いた昴が見れるかなーって期待してたんですがそれは難しそうですね⤵︎ 少し古い感はあるけど、絵もお話も今読んでも刺さるものがあるよい作品だと思います。

This review contains spoilers. The generation that was in the heyday of CLAMP, such as Rayearth and X. There are so many works now that they are buried, but I think there were quite a lot of shocking content in CLAMP comics back then. I miss it. I remember being really depressed by the last bad end when I read this... I loved Subaru, so... And that hasn't changed even now, and I just want Subaru to be happy. I was hoping that I would be able to see Subaru calm again in X, but that seems difficult ⤵ ︎ It has a slightly old feel, but I think it's a good work with pictures, stories, and something that sticks even if I read it now.

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Feb 15, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

『東京』では日常茶飯事ですよ

It's a daily occurrence in “Tokyo”

This review contains spoilers. これまで執拗に描かれてきた社会の歪み、いじめ、不平等はこの一言の為にあったのか、、、と放心するほどです。そう、この東京ならね。どんな裏切りもひどい事件もよくある事として片付けられてしまうでしょう。X読み返してからBabylonを読むとより一層残酷です。Babylonでの星ちゃんと昴流が交わすじゃれ合いのような会話一つ一つが、胸に杭を打つかのように響き、この後の展開を少しでも遅らせたいが為にページを捲る手を止めたくなりました。昴流はすっかり変わってしまったよ、星ちゃんは何も変わらなかったというのに。願いは叶わない。北都ちゃんが暗くなりがちなBabylon世界をいつも明るくしてくれた。本当にありがとう。

This review contains spoilers. I'm so relieved that social distortions, bullying, and inequalities that have been depicted relentlessly until now were due to this one word... Yes, if it's Tokyo. Any kind of betrayal or terrible incident will be dismissed as a common occurrence. It's even more cruel if you read back X and then read Babylon. Each and every conversation between Hoshi-chan and Subaru Ryu in Babylon sounded like hitting a stake in my chest, and I wanted to stop turning the page because I wanted to delay future developments even a little bit. Suburyu has completely changed, even though Hoshi-chan hasn't changed at all. Wishes don't come true. Hokuto-chan always brightened up the Babylon world, which tends to be dark. Thank you so much.

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Jan 05, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

やっぱり面白かった

It was interesting after all

もう20年以上前に読んだ作品です。当時のインパクトは強烈で、最近ふと思い出して読みたくなり購入。やっぱり面白かったです。ラストが好きな作品は数少ないので貴重です。

I read this book over 20 years ago. The impact at the time was strong, and recently I suddenly remembered and wanted to read it, so I bought it. After all, it was interesting. The last one I like is rare, so it's valuable.

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Aug 11, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

CLAMPのいろいろ

Various types of CLAMP

This review contains spoilers. 昴くんにせいしろうさん。この後のCLAMP作品にもなくてはならないキャラクター、なのに、他の話しとは全く違う二人の甘い世界なのか。東京という闇をCLAMPらしく切っていく。今後の話しにもつながる作品だなと思って幼い頃読んでました。懐かしすぎてまとめ買い。いやぁ、久しぶりに北斗ちゃんにも会えて、大満足。

This review contains spoilers. Subaru and Seishiro. Even though they are essential characters for later CLAMP works, is it a sweet world of two people that is completely different from the other stories? I'm going to cut through the darkness of Tokyo like CLAMP. I read it when I was young because I thought it would be a work that would lead to future stories. I was so nostalgic that I bought them in bulk. Well, it's been a long time since I met Hokuto-chan, and I'm very satisfied.

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Dec 30, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

面白い

interesting

アニメ化されると知ってから読ませていただきました。もっと早くに出会っていたかった…！と思わせるような作品です。色々と考えさせられます。

I read it after I knew it would be animated. I wish we had met sooner...! It's a work that makes me think. It makes me think a lot.

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Dec 26, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

CLAMPさんらしいお話し

CLAMP's typical story

This review contains spoilers. xに続いていくお話。可愛い3人を楽しんでいたいのに。だめなのね？なんでなの！？って幼い私にはすごく衝撃的なお話でした…読んでいて辛くなるのに。読み返してしまう作品でした。つらいけど、又読めるのはやっぱり嬉しいなぁ。

This review contains spoilers. A story that continues on to X. I want to enjoy these 3 cute people. it's no good, is it? why is that!? It was a really shocking story for me when I was young... even though it makes it hard to read. It was a work I would reread. It's hard, but I'm still happy to be able to read it again.

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Dec 19, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

CLAMP作品で1番好き

I like the most CLAMP work

紙版も持っていたのですが、電子版も購入しました。Xやツバサにも出てくる昴くんが主人公の物語。今の高校生が読むとだいぶ？？な設定もあるかと思いますが、この作品はCLAMPを語る上で外せないと思います。

I also had the paper version, but I also bought the electronic version. The story features Subaru, who also appears in X and Tsubasa, as the main character. How much do today's high school students read?? I think there are settings like that, but I think this work cannot be missed when talking about CLAMP.

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Dec 11, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

今読んでも

Even if I read it now

アニメ化されるとの話なので、再読しました。身近な日常生活の中にある、心の闇が題材になっている事が多いので、初見時も、心に差し迫る物があり、色々と考えさせられた作品です。伏線があるものの、ラストは、今読んでも、衝撃的でした。北都ちゃん……

It was said that it would be animated, so I reread it. Since it is often based on the darkness of the heart in familiar everyday life, even when I first saw it, there were things that were imminent in my mind, and it was a work that made me think about various things. There are foreshadowing, but the last one, even if I read it now, was shocking. Hokuto-chan...

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Dec 07, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

今、読んでも古さは感じない!!(*’▽’

Even if I read it now, it doesn't feel old! (*'▽')

他の方のレビューにアニメ化と有ったので、ちょっと検索してみました。本当なんですね。内容は最初はほんわかムードだったと思いますが、最後はかなりショッキングだったと記憶しています。（アニメでは最後まではやらないかな？）まぁ、それも魅力の一旦ではありますが……。（´・ω・｀）甘いだけじゃない、憎しみや慟哭といった負の感情もまた引き付けられます。Σ(￣ロ￣lll)アニメ化されたら見てみたいですね!!(*^▽^*)関連作品の『X』も読んでいましたが、あれってちゃんと完結しているんですかね？結構気になっています。(^^;

There was an animation in other people's reviews, so I did a bit of searching. It's true, isn't it? I think the content was warm and fuzzy at first, but I remember that it was quite shocking at the end. (Wouldn't they do it until the end in the anime?) Well, that is also one of its attractions... ('・ω・`) Not only is it sweet, it also attracts negative emotions such as hate and crying. I'd like to see it when it's made into an anime σ (lll)! (*^▽^*) I also read the related work “X,” but was that completed properly? I'm quite curious. (^^;

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Dec 05, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

懐かしいです…

I miss it...

This review contains spoilers. ずいぶん前の漫画なのに今アニメ化するなんてすごいですね。CLAMPは当時からインパクトの強い漫画が多かったですが、中でもこのバビロンやXは特に衝撃的だったように思います。Xでの二人の結末を知ってから読むと尚更切ないですね…

This review contains spoilers. It's amazing that the manga was made into an animation now even though it was a long time ago. There were many comics that had a strong impact on CLAMP from that time on, but I think Babylon and X were particularly shocking among them. It's even more sad when you read it after knowing the ending of the two in X...

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伏線はあったけど

There was a foreshadowing

初めて読んだのは小学生の時だったんで、終わり方にものすごいショックを受けました。昴くんと北都ちゃんと征史郎さん３人のやり取り好きだったんで。北都ちゃんが一番好きなキャラだったんで。オカルトが題材のマンガですが、人間の弱さとか怖さとかが基本一話完結で描かれてて面白いし、読みやすいです。

I first read it when I was in elementary school, so I was really shocked by how it ended. I loved the interaction between Subaru, Hokuto, and Seishiro. Hokuto-chan was my favorite character. It's a manga about the occult, but it's interesting and easy to read because it depicts human weakness and fear at the end of the basic episode.

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今になってのアニメ化

An anime adaptation of the present

まさかのアニメ化！びっくりしました。2021年バージョン、とても楽しみです。漫画は北都ちゃんが、本当に‥昴は幸せになれない、なりたくないんじゃないかと思います。

An anime adaptation out of the blue! I was surprised. I'm really looking forward to the 2021 version. As for comics, Hokuto-chan is really... I don't think Subaru can be happy or want to be.

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想像を絶する

unimaginable

終わり方が「まさか・・・！？」と言う最後。学生の頃にCLAMP作品にどハマリしましたが、どの作品もだいたいが終わり方に度肝を抜かれました。東京BABYLONは正にそれ。トラウマにならないようにご注意を・・・！

The way it ends is “no way...!?” That's the last thing I said. I was addicted to CLAMP works when I was a student, and I was blown away by how almost every one of them ended. TOKYO BABYLON is exactly that. Please be careful not to be traumatized...!

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懐かしい

nostalgic

このお話と関連作品「Ｘ」に学生時代めちゃくちゃハマっていました。当時、CLAMP作品はクールなファッションアイテムみたいな立ち位置だったと思います。今読み返すとまた新たな発見ができたり、新鮮な気分で楽しめました。かなりハードな世界観で独特なので、読む人を選ぶかもしれませんが、私は好きです。

I was insanely addicted to this story and the related work “X” when I was a student. At the time, I think CLAMP works stood out like cool fashion items. When I reread it now, I was able to make new discoveries again, and I was able to enjoy it with a fresh feeling. It has a pretty hard worldview and is unique, so I might choose people to read it, but I like it.

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Nov 19, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

大好きです。

I love it.

1話1話とても大切なお話ばかりです。主人公の昴流くんには幸せになって欲しい

Each episode is a very important story. I want the main character, Subaru Ryu-kun, to be happy

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Nov 18, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

購入して正解

I bought it and got it right

何度読み返しても飽きない本当に長く愛されてきている作品だと思いました。服も自分好みで毎回ドストライクでした。

I thought it was a work that has been loved for a really long time that you won't get tired of reading it over and over again. I also liked the clothes, so I had Dostrike every time.

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