Clamp School Detectives (with Asher Sofman)

Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast

A discussion about all three volumes of CLAMP School Detectives by CLAMP.

We're rounding out the unofficial Clamp School trilogy with CLAMP School Detectives, which is actually a shojo series! Nokoru, Suoh, and Akira (from Man of Many Faces) make up the elementary student council representatives at Clamp School, and they're determined to help any maiden in distress. Shojo and Tell host Ashley and her husband, Asher, discuss how Clamp School is a dystopian totalitarian state disguising itself as a utopia, what it does or does not get right about going to prestigious schools, and how the council would react if a girl asked for help with period cramps. Ashley insists multiple times that you don't need to read volume 2 of this manga. It's superfluous!

REFERENCES

• CLAMP School Detectives is available from Viz Media digitally
• Other CLAMP manga mentioned:
  • X
  • Legend of Chun Hyang
  • Magic Knight Rayearth
  • Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
  • The One I Love
  • Tokyo Babylon
  • Man of Many Faces
  • Duklyon
  • Tsubasa
  • xxxHolic
  • RG Veda
  • Legal Drug
  • Cardcaptor Sakura
  • Chobits
  • Angelic Layer
  • Wish
• Other manga/anime mentioned:
  • Ouran High School Host Club
    • Bisco Hatori
  • Joe from Cyborg 009
  • Tai from Digimon
  • Neo Yokio
  • Danganronpa
  • Princess Jellyfish
  • Escaflowne (shonen manga version)
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Other books mentioned
  • Inclusify
  • The Hunger Games
    • Finnick
  • Throne of Glass
  • The Poppy War
• Chinese spy balloon
• You should probably just listen to the CLAMPcast in Wonderland episodes about this manga instead
• Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs

CONTACT US

• Asher on Archive of Our Own: @dashery
• Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram
• Ashley's Tales of Xillia fanfic: Well Suited

Join us next time for a discussion of the first half of Sailor Moon!