RG Veda

rating -- 8

Another horrible, horrible series by Clamp.  RG Veda is ten mangas long, and full of the wonderful artwork only Clamp can do (the picture below is my fanart since Clamp does not like their images posted on the web).  The main character is Ashura, a 'boy' under the care of Yasha-ou (King Yasha).  Of course, Ashura isn't a normal child since he has the powers of a god and an evil split personality, not to mention that he's destined to cause hell.  It has been forseen that Ashura will kill Yasha-ou (this isn't a real spoiler considering it's annouced within the first twenty pages of the story), and yet Yasha-ou still wants to protect Ashura.
Along with the two main characters are wonderful side characters such as Ryu-ou (a boy with a sword bigger than himself) and the mysterious Kujaku (#1 question asked of him: "What are you?"  Favorite answer: <smile> "What am I?").  While the majority of the series is 'deadly' serious drama, silly scenes are always appearing such as Ashura calling the warrior Yasha-ou 'O-kaasan'. This is a story about tempting fate and the outcomes of doing so. A great Clamp tragedy.

Manga Information

Volumes available: 10 (completed)

Volume 1 ISBN4-40-361218-0 Volume 6 ISBN4-40-361295-4
Volume 2 ISBN4-40-361230-X Volume 7 ISBN4-40-361312-8
Volume 3 ISBN4-40-361244-X Volume 8 ISBN4-40-361350-0
Volume 4 ISBN4-40-361265-2 Volume 9 ISBN4-40-361387-X
Voume 5 ISBN4-40-361276-8 Volume 10 ISBN4-40-361416-7

Author: CLAMP

Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten

Company: Asuka Comics

Translations: RG Veda Scripts

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