Magic Knight Rayearth (with Asher Sofman)

Covers all of Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP (that's six volumes across MKR I and II) Take a trip to Cefiro, grab a sword, and get in a mech in this wild and beautiful Clamp classic. Asher and Ashley do a character walkthrough that’s mostly gushing about how pretty everyone is (Eagle! Lantis! Umi! Fuu! Hikaru! That's only 1/100th of the number of characters in this six-volume manga!), debate whether Princess/Pillar Emeraude committed suicide and how this relates to controversies over assisted suicide, and of course, fail to escape hitsuzen because everything is hitsuzen. Plus, the Ashes solve global problems that plague many nations, laugh at how many characters/places are named after cars (AUTOZAM! CLEF!), and fawn over how cute all the (problematic) ships are. LINKS Magic Knight Rayearth is available from Dark Horse Comics Other CLAMP works mentioned: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc (all available from Kodansha USA), plus Cardcaptor Sakura, Angelic Layer, Chobits (all available from Dark Horse Comics) Adolescence of Utena (available in iTunes) Assisted suicide in America Fahren means “to drive” in German Lots of characters are named after cars. A prime example is the “Autozam Clef.” Everything is hitsuzen Joe from Cyborg 009 Outro song: “Yuzurenai Negai” by Naomi Tamura (one of the Magic Knight Rayearth openings). Available in Japanese iTunes. SOCIAL Follow Shojo & Tell on Twitter @shojoandtell Follow Shojo & Tell on Instagram @shojoandtell Follow Asher on Tumblr @asherdashery Follow Asher’s project, The Thousand Tree, on Tumblr Follow Ashley on Twitter @AshMcD00 Follow Asher and Ashley’s other podcast Podigious (about Digimon) on Twitter @podigious