Chasing the Black Butterfly

Because Tokyo Babylon is the one and only manga, where you spend your time with an assassin for a year and have so much fun due to it.
And it's absolute love ♥

It so happened I was capable of putting my hands on a Clamp Newtype Platinum a little while ago.
I bought it because of the 18.5 X volume that came with it, but never expected what a gorgeous thing the magazine itself is *O* ~ ☆ (even better than the manga itself, I thought it would at least come with the hard cover or something).
So many pictures, including very rare ones (that I have only seen in very poor resolution or haven't seen at all)! Now I have to practice japanese more, since it would be a real waste to have it and not be able to read it (is ashamed =.=)

Anyway, I thought some people might like it if I shared some Tokyo Babylon pictures.
I scanned all of them myself, but you're free to take them *^_^*
Hope you like them.. ♥

[the pictures will be put here soon]
[sorry for not posting them yet, was feeling kind of bad lately]

Quote taken from the one-and-only polish manga publishing house called JPF (translated by me a little messy into english).
I hope they drown themselves quickly.

Likewise, there was another series who shared the same popularity - six-volume series entitled "Tokyo Babylon"; a story about demons, which was published since 1991 till 1994 in the South magazine; drawn in a very simple manner, almost looking like sketch. Both stories are very worth looking into, since anime producers were interested in them.

First of all, since when TB is a demon-hunting story? Maybe Ghostbusters already? (Or is Subaru-chan a demon? (￣▽￣)ノ＿彡☆)
Second of all, it so happens it's a 7 volumes series, not six.
Third, it was published in Wings Comics distributed by Shinshokan publishing company. South, yes, but South Shinshokan, not South Wings.
Fourth, what's with the sketch thing? I mean sketch? It's not Naoko Takeuchi for God's sake!
Fifth, there are much more important things when it comes to TB than that so-called anime. Is that anime even TB related? Besides for the fact that Hokuto is trying to kill everyone with her high-pitched voice but Subaru and Seishirou could care less staring at each other in such a lovey-dovey manner?
And sixth, as far as I know and as it is written in the last volume it was 1990 - 1993, not 1991-1994 (Though the annex things are from 1994, but I somehow doubt they were that precise =_=" Clamp says 1993).
Honestly, I wonder who wrote this stupidity, because I've never seen so many mistakes in two sentences only.
( 　ﾟ,_ゝﾟ)

To crown the workings of the four girls, a high-budgetary animated film entitled 'X The Movie' directed by the famous Rin Taro, was produced. Could somebody even want anything more?

Yes. You might want to kill yourself, when somebody encourages you that this kind of movie is a prize for all your hard work so far. Honestly~ （￣へ￣）...

There are times in your life when you just have to summarize some things and I quess it's high time for me too (・_・ ). That is if I want to truly cherish all of my Tokyo Babylon things collected so far. Also whenever I go on eBay I ask myself just why-oh-why did I ever create that account. But the thing is I could't be any happier even without some money left, I quess 八(＾□＾*)

So, not to delay anymore, here is the complete list of Seishirou x Subaru items I've put my hands on so far (divided into small sections). _〆(・∀・*)



Tokyo Babylon vol. 1, 3, 5-7 (japanese edition)
X Clamp vol. 1-16 (japanese edition)
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle deluxe version vol. 6, 7, 10 (Seishirou cover), 16, 17.
Clamp Newtype Platinum magazine with X Clamp vol. 18.5

Tokyo Babylon Photographs Artbook
Tokyo Babylon Postcard Book (+ 4 double postcards)
Tokyo Babylon 1992 Calendar
X Zero (Hard Cover edition with a box)
Clamp North Side (contains Clamp in Wonderland images)
Clamp in Wonderland Postcard Book

Tokyo Babylon Image Soundtrack
Tokyo Babylon Image Soundtrack 2
X Character file drama CD (1996) - Subaru / Satsuki

Clamp in 3D Land Seishirou figure (original japanese foil-wrapped in a box)
Clamp in Cardland official card binder B (with Subaru / Hikari illustration)
Clamp in Cardland series 2 rare promo card P007 (with Shoten illustration)
Clamp in Cardland series 2 four Tokyo Babylon cards
Clamp in Cardland series 3 two Tokyo Babylon cards (all Tokyo Babylon set!)
X Clamp Trading Cards Limited Edition packs I, II, III.

Tokyo Babylon shitajiki I (Seishirou x Subaru vol. 1 image, Clamp Original Goods 1992)
Tokyo Babylon shitajiki II (Seishirou x Subaru, two-sided)
Tokyo Babylon clear file (from Clamp in Wonderland event)
Clamp Su clear file blue version (with Subaru)
X Clamp Clear Poster (Seishirou x Subaru illustration)

Replica co doujinshi Sakana ha (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)
Replica co doujinshi Claim Cracker (X)
Replica co doujinshi Mind Darkness (Tokyo Babylon)
Replica co doujinshi Like Love (Tokyo Babylon)

added: Clamp in Wonderland Seishirou x Subaru Mouse Pad (1994)
added: Clamp in Wonderland Collectible Folder (with an illustration not published anywhere else).

All I can say is: wow ∑(O_O；)
And I am sooo not selling those ( ^ _ ^)∠☆

Last updated: 30.09.2008.

.. but it makes me so happy! (≧∇≦)



Actually the quiz was kind of hard, since it had some stupid non-manga questions, and I had to guess on those with what I've heard. A real TB test should be from the manga only, yep （｀ー´）
Still, I actually forgot Subaru's birthday (ﾟДﾟ≡ﾟДﾟ) which only made me think I've to re-read TB more (of course in the end I've choosen the right answer, but still it made me feel ashamed of myself).

(ﾟﾍﾟ) ...
(･_･ )Please forgive me on that one, Subaru-chan.