They are my FAVORITE. And the reason I simultaneously love/hate CLAMP. They screw these two over so bad, throughout THREE different animes/mangas. What's THAT about? Sheesh.
Subaru in particular is so lovely here. His eyes are gorgeous.
It's really sad that more people don't know/remember these characters and the manga they are from. Especially CLAMP fans. Because Tokyo Babylon is the manga series that really put CLAMP on the map and was the number one selling manga in Japan for nearly ten years. It was also one of the first projects that CLAMP worked on, originally as a doujinshi. It's also a little annoying to see people say things like "oh, he looks like so and so from this other CLAMP series," but even more annoying how often I hear people say "He looks like Ceil"... That really kills me. I mean. I am a huge Kuroshitsuji fan, but no, Subaru does not look like Ciel, if anything, Ceil looks like Subaru. Because Tokyo Babylon and Subaru came more than 20 -years- before Ceil and Kuroshitsuji. Anyway. This is a fantastic piece. Subaru an Seishirou are my absolute favorite, especially because Tokyo Babylon was the first manga I ever read and collected (back in 1998, about 8 years after it first started running in Japan and 5 years after the series was completed) and it is still my #1 favorite.
Gosh, do I know what you mean! Seishirou and Subaru are one of the best yaoi couples of all time, if not THE best. Their relationship, the sheer psychological torment and tragedy is like no other couple I've come across except for Iason/Rikki (Ai no Kusabi) and Klaus/Taki (Maiden Rose).
Tokyo Babylon remains one of Clamp's best series ever, yet barely anyone remembers it. It's sad, because it's such a good story with such a powerful, heartbreaking ending. Not to mention the memorable characters and pretty artwork. And then of course, X (another AMAZING series that's underloved) follows up and these two again have the most powerful relationship in that.
I swear, if more people knew about these two they'd be incredibly popular. Come on...Their fandom has lasted for what, 20 years and their fans still love and know them how many couples can people say that for?
Anyway, do you know of the SeiSub club on livejournal? It's active and there's a TON of great stories on there. And great stories with them on Google as well!
Oh. It is also funny that more CLAMP fans don't know who these two are seeing as they either appear or are mentioned in several other manga and anime by CLAMP aside from Tokyo Babylon and X/1999.
But then they appeared in Tsubasa and I FANGIRLED <3
This is so beautiful~!
I love Subaru's kinda cold but lost stare and I have a soft spot for Seishirous little smirk... Thanks for making my day!
Subaru in particular is so lovely here. His eyes are gorgeous.
But... why does Subaru remind me of Ciel Phantomhive and Seishirou of Claude Faustus? O_O Not fair! T^T
Tokyo Babylon remains one of Clamp's best series ever, yet barely anyone remembers it. It's sad, because it's such a good story with such a powerful, heartbreaking ending. Not to mention the memorable characters and pretty artwork. And then of course, X (another AMAZING series that's underloved) follows up and these two again have the most powerful relationship in that.
I swear, if more people knew about these two they'd be incredibly popular. Come on...Their fandom has lasted for what, 20 years and their fans still love and know them how many couples can people say that for?
Anyway, do you know of the SeiSub club on livejournal? It's active and there's a TON of great stories on there. And great stories with them on Google as well!