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Ashura from CLAMP's RG Veda. I need images either of him or of guys resembling him. I know this is old as hell, but I do hope /cm/ can help me.
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What do you mean 'guys like him'?
CLAMP guys?
Elves?
Wierd clothes?
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Pale, skinny guys with elf ears and long dark hair.
Elaborate clothing is a bonus.
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Protip: He's not a guy.
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>>1100687
He's a eunuch.
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>>1100687
not op but god dammit somebody please explain this entire ordeal. sometimes i'm told it's a guy, sometimes a girl. wtf?
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>>1100697
I'm fairly sure it's androgynous.

(and the real androgynous, not just dude looks like a lady androgynous.)
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>>1100697
"He" has no gender. Don't ask how that works, I really don't know. He's like, holy or something.
>> Anonymous
I believe Ashura is genderless, right?
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>>1100713
>>1100700

dudes,
he has no pickle nor vagoo. but he does have a mouth and an asshole so i guess that clears any doubts about his sexuality.
>> Anonymous
Ashura has been prophesised to destroy the world, as far as I can remember from the manga. It's been a while. His father tried to stop his birth and got punished for it by his child not having any genitalia, in effect ending their family line.
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>>1100764
I forgot to mention that punishment came for defying Fate or some similar CLAMP crap. Anyway, it was a fun read. I liked it.
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Spoilers for a butt-old manga, oh my god. *Don't read if you're in 1990 or haven't read RG Veda yet.*

Once upon a time, Ashura's dad, Ashura-ou, wanted a baby. However, he had been warning that breeding children would cause a bit of an apocalypse problem, as his race, the ashuras, are beings of destruction unless their blood is sealed. Still, wanting a son and a future for said son, he decided to defy fate. Son turned out genderless, sucks for him. Still, despite warnings that his son would become the god of destruction, he arranged for him to have a future by making a deal with a badass mofo from the heavens, Taishakuten, who wanted Ashura-ou's bum pretty hard. Ashura-ou gave him sweet lovings and Taishakuten promised to make sure the prophecies would not come true, no matter how much blood would run. Just to give you an idea of how far the promise went, Ashura-ou made Taishakuten eat him so he could take Ashura-ou's powers for himself, securing his position of power. Taishakuten overwhelms the heavens and takes over, becoming a ruthless dictator who would make sure all would go ACCORDING TO PLAN.

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The prophecy was pretty vague anyway. When six stars of fate come together around Ashura, Ashura will destroy evil and take over the heavens.

Self-fulfilling prophecies can be a pain of course, because Taishakuten's methods for preventing the prophecy would turn out to further its development: his cruelty inspired the six stars of fate - six legendary "kings" (the leaders or survivors of several godly bloodlines) to oppose him. All was set in motion when Yasha-ou, of the Yasha clan, found the dormant Ashura (do NOT confuse with Ashura-ou) in a forest. Despite CREEPY-ASS warnings of cosmic levels that Yasha should not persist on waking the baby, he did so anyway.

Ashura turns out quite a bit of a sweetheart when he's not giving you the Exorcist girl voice, really. "He" has no gender, but we can feel comfortable calling it a him because every other girl in RG Veda has some SERIOUS feminity to go along with their awesome badassery (note: everyone kicks ass in RG Veda.)

Rallying around sweet lil' Ashura, the stars come to raid the heavenly palace... but as all six stars come together, the tragic nature of the prophecy is uncovered. (cont)
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As soon as the stars gather, Ashura's less-friendly, dormant personality, that of his ashura-race blood, awakes. After killing his own mother (read it, you'll see why), Ashura lapses into an improvised cocoon reminiscent of your worst xenomorph nightmare, emerging in a full-grown, adult form, leaving behind all shotariffic goodness and all morality whatsoever. Ashura thus reveals his purpose: the stars were living sacrifice for him, and now they have gathered for the slaughter. With their blood feeding him, Ashura will destroy all that is evil-- that is, what ASHURA SEES AS EVIL, which is a pretty subjective thing, namely ALL THINGS LIVING. As Ashura goes through the heavens, killing any and all things, the cast falls one by one, until Yasha-ou is left to fight Ashura. Leave it to Yasha!

Oh wait, he gets beaten up quite good.

Taishakuten will stop him!

Not really.

So, it's all hopeless. The heavens and all creation are doomed. Ashura prepares to slaughter Yasha, the last of the six stars, to affirm his power... and then stabs himself instead. Yasha and Ashura's bond prevailed at the end, and Yasha's unwavering love for Ashura called out to the goodness in him: Ashura ends his rampage, falling into a timeless sleep, whilst Yasha promises to wait for him to wake, so that when he does, he won't be alone, and Yasha will be there to prevent him from becoming the god of destruction ever again.

Skimmed a lot of details here and there, but then again, READ THE MANGA for the rest. READ IT, you won't regret it. It's from the days when CLAMP actually finished their stuff, and boy did they do it well.
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thanks! I always wondered if I should read it. Sounds like a good one.
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>>1100856
>>It's from the days when CLAMP actually finished their stuff
PROTIP: CLAMP nearly always finish their stuff unless something happened that's out of their hands. They never finished four titles out of 21-22 titles and three of them was due to editorial issues that was out of their hands (and the only one they stopped due to disinterest is the Legend of Chung-Hyang).
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>>1101077
Moar?
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>>1101045
HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT'S DR. FUCKING NUSAKAN! Please tell me you have more.
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>>1101110
Sadly, no.
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Yeah, Death Trance was pretty much based off of RG Veda.
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>>1101077
Meanwhile, how long has Tsubasa been dragging on and on without them bringing things home?

What I'm saying is CLAMP used to be a LOT more concise.
CLAMP Campus Detectives was a three-volume jewel.
Duklyon was done in TWO. Yes, Duklyon and CCD were comedies, but they still showed that CLAMP could make a story come together in short packages if they so wanted it. Let's look at more dramatic stories, though:
RG Veda, an epic mythology story, took just ten to do it.
Card Captor Sakura was done in twelve volumes.
Seishirou made us love and hate him all at once with only seven volumes of Tokyo Babylon.

But how long has Tsubasa been going on, now? Over 20 volumes? I stopped paying attention when the number of character clones became directly proportional to the number of chapters.
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>>1101218
I really wanted to like Tsubasa but it's snail-pace crawl is pissing me off. Maybe I'm too ADD-ridden, I dunno.
Anyway, have some more delicious Ashura. That damned eunuch has enslaved with it's wiles and converted me to semi-bisexuality. Damn you, CLAMP.
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I agree, I can't stand the series. However, I'm a major fan of CLAMP, and their works, but Tsubasa could never strike a chord with me. I just see it as something like a Greatest Hits C.D bands release in their olden years~ giving us snippets of their hey-days, like, if you read this, read blah to find out who they are! I find the series ridiculous at times, and a lot of the pairings seem to be major wish fulfillment. "Hey, these guys will never end up happy in their own series, let's make them pair up in this one!". And don't get me started on Seishiro the Vampire Slayer searching for Subaru, one half of the vampire twins.
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>>1101605
Exactly, it seems like a cheap and self-indulgent way for CLAMP to sell their stuff.
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>>1101218

I lol'd, but sadly I'm still reading it for some reason. It started out alright, but than it seriously slowed the fuck down and is just now crawling. I will admit though, when it came to the fact that there where two of each main character EXCEPT Kurogane (Still the best character imo) , I was rather put off.
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>>1101940
I love how it's taken four months for Syaoran to just get halfway through whatever plot point he's trying to explain. 75% of it is Syaoran babbling mindlessly about how wonderful Sakura is, like it's the entire essence of his character.
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>>1101605

Oh thank you for saying it. I thought I was the ONLY one who thought this.

Their rehash of characters never set well with me. I know they do the occasional crossovers with a character or three, but this time it was just UGH.
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>>1101940
Two? More like three in one case, if you've read the latest spoilers.
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Some RG Veda to keep the thread from becoming a wall of text, even though it's fun text. Enjoy Ryuu-ou. Him and his deliciously small tunic.

Meanwhile, what IS so good about Sakura-hime, really? From day one I've been trying to figure that one out. At least in CCS she had balls and went out and got stuff done. Heck, they even had an episode where Shaoran confided with Tomoyo over how useless he felt because Sakura was all That, and he couldn't do shit with his powers, and Tomoyo gave him some lame comforting words: "oh no but you support her when she needs it." Which could just as easily have been, "But you're there when she comes home, tired from work, to bring her sandals and turn on the TV for her while you make dinner, diddums."
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>>1102060
>>More like three in one case

I am, btw, really pissed about, uh, "three". Fuck you, CLAMP.
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Umm, I'd say it's to do with the fact that, when you write, you form attatchments to the characters and hate to let them go... and now that CLAMP are so successful, they can afford to do what they want, rather than what their editor decides.

Waiting now for "Yay editors!", or something...

All I have even vaguely related to OPs request is this...
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I don't really care about or follow Tsubasa anymore, but I do want it to get the fuck out of Holic, which I still enjoy. For a while it felt like it was actually going somewhere, until Sakura decided to invade yet another Clamp story.

>>1102067

...I lol'd.
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Am I the only one who thinks it's ironic that the best characters Tsubasa has to offer are the original ones (Kurogane, Fai, etc.) despite the fact it has every possible CLAMP character present?
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>>1102440
It's only a shame they're stuck in that story. I mean, think of all the awesome you could have done with them. A burly angry ninja who is softer than he lets out and a blonde mage with a mysterious past and the personality of a parakeet? Together, they could fight crime in countless ways!

Heck, throw in Shaoran even, just remove the princess obsession and make him the bookwormy archaeologist with legs of TITANIUM that he was. I found him more endearing on that one episode where he had his face so buried in a book that he tripped and Kurogane had to fish him out of the snow than on every other episode full of "HIME" + wibbly face.

Even the premise of different worlds was used poorly. Every other show or series about alternative dimensions has shown us you can work that bitch like woah. I mean, just take typical scenarios:

* Western world. Kurogane in a black hat. Fye wants to ride a horse. Hilarity ensues. |||
* Grimdark transylvanian world. Kurogane's natural instincts tell him to go vampire hunting. Fye gets to look after the village. Oh, and we're talking real vampires here, not the Kamui/Subaru CLAMPIRES, etc.|||
* Pirate world. Fye, the gayest pirate to sail the caribbean, and Kurogane, the grumpiest guy on board. Needless to say it, hilarity ensues.|||

Or take it on their original flavor. Kurogane clearly comes from a world riddled with demons and monsters, and has a personal issue with them. How awesome would it be to have him as the resident demon killer with a vengeance? Fye's assorted knowledge of magic, even if he doesn't actively uses it, has potential. And their chemistry was good.

Sadly, no, they must LOOK FOR THE FEDDERS.
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>>1102451
>a blonde mage with a mysterious past and the personality of a parakeet?
>and the personality of a parakeet
>personality of a parakeet

...five full minutes later and I'm still trying to figure out what sort of personality a parakeet would have. Fuck, I'm trapped in an endless brain loop!
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>>1102451
My thoughts exactly.
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This thread makes me want to finally pick up TRC just to laugh at it.
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Screencap from Clamp in Wonderland 2
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They seem to be getting more and more masculine.
Discuss.
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>>1103803

From those pictures, I'd say the correct term is "lazy".
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>>1103803
That's a bit of an unfair comparison for the last picture, as that's also been through Sunrise's art filter.

Despite that, I'd still agree with the "lazy" assessment.
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>more and more masculine
>masculine
>Lulu
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>>1103990
Compare them. Just compare them. You can't possibly claim Ashura or Kamui are more masculine than Lelouch and be right.
>> Anonymous
I'd actually say that Kamui is at least as masculine than Lelouch, if we go off of art alone. If we go off of what they do in their respective series/manga/whatever, well... At least Kamui never wore a dress or a frilly pink apron.
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>>1104018
What happens in audio dramas, stays in audio dramas.
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>>1104038
Actually, the dress bit was from the picture dramas. But there's more than enough femininity and FABULOUS in the series proper.
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>>1104007
I'm going to come off as a dissenter here, but I never thought of Lelouch as masculine. In the dictionary of my head, Lelouch can fit many words, but it never occurred me to associate him with masculine, not by a long shot.

Also, it's an unfair comparison: Lelouch is Sunrise'd up, and he also has something in his bikini briefs, as in, you know, genitals, opposite Ashura who had none but still managed to rush into melee battles with Taishakuten's armies (and occasionally took the time to melt someone face in the process.)

Kamui is feminine in looks because he's from the age of classical ukes. "Gorgeous" young man, if you will. It was a stereotype. Do note that most of these men were made pretty because they had to look it next to their huge, hyper-masculine partners (Yasha, Fuuma.) I'm pretty sure Lelouch wouldn't have been half a boyish as he turned out if Suzaku had Yasha's shoulders and Fuuma's height on his side.
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Have some angry young Ashura for all your world-ending needs.
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>>1102067
Agreed absolutely. I have always wondered why moe-blob Sakura was so great. She just pissed me off. in CCS she at least did stuff.

Even when moe-blob Sakura went to that one country, heck if I remember it's name, when they all suddenly turned Goth and played Man-Chess she was only slightly better than usual, and everything was just smothered over by meaningless angst.
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>>1106204
Shoot, forgot pic. I dunno, not black haired, but does have elf ears under all that elaborate clothing, amirite.
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Ignore tits.
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What tits?
>> Anonymous
Tsubasa is drawing to a close, thus so is xxxHOLiC.

They've arrived back in Clow-koku to find everything... a bit of a mess. Not to mention the time-space continuum.
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>>1104007
Sure I can. Kamui is far more masculine that Lulu, besides, Kamui never got stuck in an EGL wedding dress with a girly-girly nickname.
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Pretty much everything I have left are wallpapers such as this.
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Ashura is the best ambiguously gendered world-destroying god-child ever.
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Anything else before it shuffles off the CM coil?
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>>1118097
My ammo is depleted as of now.
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>>1100609

"Pale, skinny guys with elf ears and long dark hair.
Elaborate clothing is a bonus."

Okay, Deimos is so there.
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Not the greatest quality, but it's the best I have at the moment.
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Yay, it's Kuronue.