#takeshi shukaido

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Kentarou being a dedicated wife Duklyon compilation

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💙❤️Couldn’t resist lmfao 💙❤️

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The Great CLAMP Re-Read Part 4: Duklyon: CLAMP School Defenders

Part 1 (RG Veda) | Part 2 (Man of Many Faces) | Part 3 (Tokyo Babylon)| Part 5 (Clamp Detectives)| Part 6 (Shirahime)| Part 7 (X)| Part 8 (Chunhyang) | Part 9 (Miyuki-chan)| Part 10 (Rayearth)

Let's go a bit backwards in time to their fourth work, Duklyon: CLAMP School Defenders. It ran from 1991 to 1993, concurrent with all series mentioned in my past review, and in the same world as Tokyo Babylon/ X. It feels like the real start of CLAMP's interest with shared universes, meta-textuality, and self-reference, because so much of this series is tied to your knowledge of their other work. Proto-Tsubasa? Maybe that's a bit too much credit.

Like Man of Many Faces, I had never known this existed. It had no anime adaptation (but 1 drama CD). It's out of print and was released in English by Tokyopop in the early 2000s, in two volumes comprised of 13 chapters. I read this entirely online and like with Man of Many Faces, am not likely to ever get a physical copy unless I feel like completing my collection. "Spoilers", in the loosest sense of the word.

Synopsis: Higashikunimaru Kentarou and Shukaido Takeshi are freshmen students who lead double lives as masked sentai superheroes Duklyon, protecting CLAMP School from evil! Aided by the General and the fiery Eri Chusonji, they've got to fight the fiendish Imonoyama Shopping District from world domination (and also keep being main characters in their own story!).

The Story: Listen, this is a gag manga in the purest sense of the word. It starts off mocking the repetitive nature of tokatsu and kaiju shows, which made the first volume a slog. Satirizing repetition by being repetitive is not actually funny. Volume 2 improved by introducing a wacky alien love triangle and more CLAMP self-referential humour, which did land. The manga overall feels random and aimless, and while the latter chapters do manage to pull things together, the earlier chapters really struggle. The satire isn't particularly striking or witty, it's meant to ~cRaZy and poking fun for long-term fans. I'd rate this below average. When it leans into breaking the fourth wall and mocking themselves, it lands. When it parodies Super Sentai by just...being Super Sentai, it's a poor copy.

The Themes: There are no themes here. This is light and playful and silly and a way for CLAMP to poke fun at all the genres they like. I have learnt nothing from this and I think Takeshi and Kentarou would be proud of me.

The Characters: One thing I'm realising in these CLAMP re-reads is 1) the strength of CLAMP's character writing elevates their weaker material, and 2) they copy earlier character templates into newer characters. Takeshi and Kentarou are prototype Watanuki and Doumeki "stop saying we're close but actually they're in love". And it is charming to experience the second (first?) time, especially the flash-forward at the end where they're married (almost). I prefer the put-upon, fourth wall breaking Takeshi between the two, but their dynamic really holds things together. Sukiyabashi is pretty good as a fail villain with even more fail hair. There's nothing deep about the characters, but they're entertaining and carry the paper-thin plot.

The Art: It's competently drawn, comprehensible visual storytelling, and the detailing on the Sentai suits are pretty well-done (though something about how the codpiece connects to the legs bothers me anatomically). I do love the tokatsu villain costuming, but otherwise the character designs are quite plain. It was actually a little difficult to distinguish Takeshi and Kentarou at first. Like Man of Many Faces, it's fine, it gets the job done, but its lacking compared to CLAMP at their best. The colour spreads aren't even that fun!

Questionable Elements: I do think it's funny this is the ONE CLAMP series where an adult person-teenager relationship is treated as gross, and it's (so far) the only one where the adult is a woman and the teenager is a boy. Something something ageism misogyny. But otherwise there's really nothing to talk about here. Eri is portrayed as a lovesick harpy but it's mild, as sexism in shojo goes.

Overall: I can see why Duklyon is an obscure CLAMP work. Where Man of Many Faces had sweet charm to carry it, Duklyon treads the more fickle ground of comedy, and it just doesn't always work. There's some genuinely funny moments here, and I do like Takeshi and Kentarou, but I don't think it's a necessary read for anyone but the most dedicated of CLAMP fans. CLAMP can write a really dumb funny bit when they want to, but that's about it.

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Here I am to remind you all why Duklyon is a piece of art and how no-one in the entire cast possesses any brain cells. If they did, they’d surely be losing them fast though…

Anyway!! Enter Our Heroes! Protectors of the peace who must keep their identities a secret. No matter how many time Takeshi reminds him, Kentaro always seems to forget this;;;

The evil organisation that they protect the school (and by extension the world) from is the Imonoyama Shopping District Association, yet they fell victim to their own evil beast, a 100% wool sheep so cute you can’t resist touching its wool and being electrocuted. Our heroes too fell to the allure of evil beast wool-tar.

No-one has any clue who anyone is. The elementary school student council chairman is also the director for Duklyon, just wearing sunglasses, yet no-one makes the connection. His friend and fellow member of the student council is also the infamous masked thief 20 Faces. Despite specifically casting him in that role for the school play, he has absolutely no idea it’s actually him.

This lack of ability to recognise anyone less to this incredible reveal

In the end our heroes have to face their biggest foe yet: the most terrifying creature, the great and almighty!

Inuko-san

And before this gets any longer, I present serious working man Takeshi Shukaido who apparently applied completely obliviously for a job at a company with the same name as the last name of the boy he’s been glued to the hip with since high school.

Duklyon is great;;

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Im 100% convinced Takeshi did this on purpose but cant ever admit

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Takeshi wont admit it, but he is having fun

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CLAMP aesthetics

Duklyon: CLAMP School Defenders

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CLAMP in WONDERLAND II

Dando continuidade ao CLAMP in Wonderland, a seguinda animação musical traz os personagens dos trabalhos da CLAMP entre 1995 e 2006. MyAnimeList.net

Fansub: #Mirai Formato: MP4 Resolução: 704x400 Uploader: miruku-chan

Abertura: action! - Maaya Sakamoto Encerramento: Oh YEAH! - ROUNDTABLE feat. Nino

Personagens: Akira Ijyuuin (20 Mensou ni Onegai!!; CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X) Arashi Kishu (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X) Ashura (RG Veda; Shining Star; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Chii "Elda" (Chobits; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Chun Hyang (Shin Shunkaden; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Eri Chusonji (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Fai D. "Yuui" Flourite (Kobato.; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Fay Ryu Kazuhiko (Clover) Freya (Chobits) Fuu "Anemone Hououji, Anais Araujo" Hououji (Magic Knight Rayeath; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Fuuma Monou (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X) Gingetsu (Clover) Hideki Motosuwa (Chobits) Hikaru (Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knight Rayeath; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Hinata "Hina" Asahi (Gohou Drug; Kobato.; Suki. Dakara Suki; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Hokuto Sumeragi (Tokyo Babylon; X) Ichirou "Icchan" Mihara (Chobits; Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer) Ioryogi “Iorogi” (Kobato.) Kakei (Drug & Drop; Gohou Drug) Kakyo Kuzuki (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X) Kamui Shirou (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X) Karen Kasumi (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X) Karura-Ou (RG Veda; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Kazahaya Kudou (Drug & Drop; Gohou Drug; xxxHOLiC) Kendappa-Ou "Amaterasu" (RG Veda; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Kentarou Higashikunimaru (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Keroberos "Kero" (Cardcaptor Sakura; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Kimihiro Watanuki (Blood-C; Drug & Drop; Kobato.; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Kohaku (Drug & Drop; Kobato.; Wish) Kotarou Kobayashi (Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer) Kotobuki Sukiyabashi (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon) Kotoko (Chobits; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Kotori Monou (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; X) Kujaku (RG Veda; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Kurogane (Kobato.; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Lan "C" (Clover) Maru "Maru-dashi" (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Misaki "Misaki-Chi" Suzuhara (Chobits; Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer; Kobato.) Miyuki (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Mokona (Magic Knight Rayearth) Mokona "Larg" Modoki (Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Mokona "Soel" Modoki (Kobato.; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Mong Ryong (Shin Shunkaden) Moro "Moro-dashi" (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Nokoru Imonoyama (20 Mensou ni Onegai!!; CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Primera (Magic Knight Rayearth; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Rikuo Himura (Drug & Drop; Gohou Drug; xxxHOLiC) Ryuu-ou "Naga" (RG Veda; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Saiga (Drug & Drop; Gohou Drug) Sakura (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Satsuki Yatoji (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X) Seiichiro Aoki (X) Seishirou Sakurazuka (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; Tokyo Babylon; X) Shaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura) Shirahime "Yuki-onna" (Shirahimeshou) Shirou Asou (Kobato.; Suki. Dakara Suki) Shizuka Doumeki (xxxHOLiC) Sorata Arisugawa (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X) Souma (RG Veda; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Spinel Sun "Suppie" (Cardcaptor Sakura) Subaru Sumeragi (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; Tokyo Babylon; X) Sumomo "Plum" (Chobits; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Suoh Takamura (20 Mensou ni Onegai!!; CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Suu "Clover" (Clover) Syaoran (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Takeshi Shukaido (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Tomoyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Umi Ryuuzaki (Magic Knight Rayeath; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Utako Ohkawa (20 Mensou ni Onegai!!; CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan) Yasha-ou "Yama" (RG Veda; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) Yuuko Ichihara (Kobato.; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; xxxHOLiC) Yuzuriha Nekoi (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE; X)

Release #Mirai | download RAW h264.1280x720.ACC.MKV | download

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Superhero husbands.

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Dressed for success 

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Every morning at CLAMP campus

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T: It’s classified. K: Super classified. You wouldn’t even believe us if we told you. T: But to be fair, that’s how I feel about most of the things this idiot does anyway. K: Takepon, how cruel...! T: Don’t call me that!!

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CLAMP in WONDERLAND

Uma animação musical trazendo os personagens dos animes e mangás mais populares da CLAMP até o ano 1994. MyAnimeList.net

Fansub: #Mirai Formato: MP4 Resolução: 640x480 Uploader: miruku-chan

Abertura: Anata Dake no Wonderland (Your Very Own Wonderland) - Junko Hirotani Encerramento: Anata ga Shiawase de aru youni (I Wish for You to be Happy) - Junko Hirotani

Personagens: Akira Ijyuuin (20 Mensou ni Onegai!!; CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon; X) Arashi Kishu (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; X) Ashura (RG Veda; Shining Star) Ashura-ou (RG Veda; Shining Star) Chun Hyang (Shin Shunkaden) Eri Chusonji (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon) Fuu Hououji (Magic Knight Rayeath) Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knight Rayeath) Hokuto Sumeragi (Tokyo Babylon; X) Inuki (X) Kamui Shirou (X) Karura-Ou (RG Veda) Kentarou Higashikunimaru (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon) Miyuki (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan) Mong Ryong (Shin Shunkaden) Nataku (X) Nokoru Imonoyama (20 Mensou ni Onegai!!;  CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon) Satsuki Yatoji (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; X) Seiichiro Aoki (X) Seishirou Sakurazuka (Tokyo Babylon; X) Shirahime (Shirahimeshou) Shukaido Sukiyabashi (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon) Sorata Arisugawa (X) Subaru Sumeragi (Tokyo Babylon; X) Suoh Takamura ( 20 Mensou ni Onegai!!; CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon) Takeshi Shukaido (CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan; Gakuen Tokukei Duklyon) Umi Ryuuzaki (Magic Knight Rayeath) Utako Ohkawa (20 Mensou ni Onegai!!; CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan) White Rabbit (Fushigi no Kuni ko Miyuki-chan) Yasha-ou (RG Veda) Yuto Kigai (X) Yuzuriha Nekoi (Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan; X)

Release #Mirai | download RAW h264.960x720.ACC.MKV | download