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Tokyo Babylon (Manga)

Tokyo Babylon

Alternative Titles

English: Tokyo Babylon
Japanese: 東京 BABYLON

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 18
Status: Finished
Published: 1990 to 1993
Authors: CLAMP (Story & Art)
Serialization: Wings

Statistics

Score: 8.261 (scored by 3412 users)
Ranked: #4112
Popularity: #357
Members: 6,306
Favorites: 448
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Synopsis

Subaru Sumeragi is a 16 year old, cheerful and extremely caring Onmyou medium (the head of his family, the Sumeragi clan) who confronts and helps take care of ghosts and spirits with the help of his twin sister, Hokuto, and his gentleman friend, Seishiro. Subaru does his best to help anyone he meets, but the entire atmosphere of the polluted city of Tokyo in the 90s, brings about a feeling of desperation that threatens to drag Subaru's spirit down. (Source:ANN)

Related Manga

Sequel: X
Adaptation: Tokyo Babylon

Characters

 Seishirou
Sakurazuka, Seishirou
Main
 Subaru
Sumeragi, Subaru
Main
 Hokuto
Sumeragi, Hokuto
Main
 Kazami
Asou, Kazami
Supporting



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May 2, 2011
Suzuhana
My love of CLAMP spills out again. Tokyo Babylon is another beautiful tragedy that every CLAMP follower, and manga reader should try.

Story: Find yourself in Tokyo, the 90s, following Subaru, a young progeny onmyouji. Exorcist for all who don't know what that is. Sounds so ordinary, so very relative. You can't even begin to understand how absolutely tragic and emotional this manga is. Subaru's companions, Seishirou and twin sister Hokuto accompany him as he travels throughout Tokyo and what is ultimately the setting for X/1999. There's plenty of humor here, parallel with tragedy and drama.

If you're uncomfortable with shounen ai, you may not read more
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Oct 21, 2007
Altomare
I came upon the manga Tokyo Babylon in quite and odd manner, I found all seven volumes at a used bookstore for two dollars each. I had never heard of the series but fourteen dollars for seven manga was too cheap to pass up. I originally intended to later resell the seven manga for a higher price but the day after I bought them I was bored and decided to read the first volume. I don't think I moved until I had finished those seven volumes; I was enthralled with the characters, story, and just all around ideas of the plot. I read that whole read more
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User Recommendations

The same creators, and the storyline is similar. in both manga there are ghosts and spirint involed.
Both series are about protagonists who use their spiritual powers to help the living and the recently deceased. Both also start off relatively lighthearted and gradually get darker in tone, though Yami no Matsuei is a lot quicker about it than Tokyo Babylon. The situation between Subaru and Seishirou turns out to have some striking similarities with the Hisoka-Muraki backstory as well.

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