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Not long ago, when the rice grain mother was packing up her things, she inadvertently pulled out a wave of "memory killing" - Kulo cards.
Remember, there was a time when I was a child, and the Kulo cards were particularly popular.
Girls are all proud to have a set of Kulo cards, in addition to which the use of Kulo cards for divination is also very popular.
Rice grain mother also studied for a period of time, so she often acts as a "wisdom bearer" among her friends, which is quite popular.
When it comes to the Kulo card, we have to mention the animation that brings fire to it - "Hundred Changeable Sakura".
In the view of Rice Grain's mother, as long as you talk about girl comics, you can't avoid the two major gods IP - "Sailor Moon" and "Changeable Sakura".
Sailor Moon is a milestone in the rise of female consciousness in the comic book world, telling all girls that blood is not the exclusive preserve of boys, and girls can save the world.
And "The Ever-Changing Sakura" breaks the stereotype of girls to a certain extent: before this, there was a rare short-haired heroine.
Not only that, "The Ever-Changing Sakura" also brings infinite healing, in this anime, whether it is family, friendship or love, it is both beautiful and pure.
However, when I grew up and watched "The Ever-Changing Sakura" again, My Rice Mother realized that it was actually particularly avant-garde!
In this simple picture, there are actually 6 emotional lines implied, and in addition to teacher-student love, it is not limited to heterosexuality.
What is even more surprising is that more than 20 years ago, an author dared to move these into his works?
But after getting to know the author of this anime, I found that "bold" has always been the background of their lives.
"Hundred Changes Sakura" is the work of CLAMP, which was first serialized in magazines in 1996, and became popular all over the world after being filmed and televisionized in 1998.
Melee's mother only met CLAMP because of "The Changeable Sakura", but after learning about CLAMP's previous works:
"The Legend", "Strange Thief with a Thousand Faces", "Tokyo Babylon", "X-Men"...
Only to discover that CLAMP has not only been famous for a long time, but also that each work is a classic!
Not only is the content of the work extremely extensive, there are detective reasoning, there are world crises, there are religious theology, there are competitive weird talk, and there is no shackles of trapped girl comics.
And the style of the work is changeable, whether it is sad and dark, or fresh and warm, it is properly held.
Hearing this, you might think CLAMP is a gifted comic book master?
No, CLAMP is not a single person, but a 4-member women's group with members: Nanase Okawa, Tsubaki Oni, Mokena, and Igarashi Kanzuki.
CLAMP officially debuted in 1989 and has been in the Japanese comic industry for 32 years. His works are exported to more than 20 countries such as the United States, France, China and South Korea, and the total number of local sales alone is far more than 100 million copies.
However, in terms of the total number of comic sales, CLAMP is not the strongest. But in terms of its position in the Japanese manga industry, Mirima feels that CLAMP is definitely the most special existence.
This has to start from their fame history, the birth of CLAMP is quite legendary:
At that time, the four members of today belonged to two different comic societies, and they met at a comic show.
In order to obtain a larger exhibition space, the two societies decided to urgently merge. Even the name "CLAMP" was set for site ordering and ad hoc dictionaries.
At that time, no one expected that such an accidentally established society would become a "miracle" in the Japanese comic industry in the future.
Originally CLAMP was a large army of 12 people, who were scattered in different schools, but insisted on meeting monthly to discuss creation.
It is not easy to create while reading and creating.
But how wonderful would it be if love could succeed in blossoming?
Out of this desire, the CLAMP12 group watched over each other all the way.
But until graduating from college, the manga club still had mediocre results, and the survival pressure of the members was getting bigger and bigger, so some people began to quit one after another.
Faced with an unseen future, CLAMP is finally left with only 4 people, Ōkawa Nanase, Mokena, Oni Tsubaki, and Igarashi Kanzuki.
In the eyes of others, the persistence of these 4 girls is very puzzling, because they could have had a "better" choice.
Nanase Okawa was born in 1967 in Osaka, Japan. She is not a simple comic book lover, but also a diligent and studious student.
Not only was he admitted to the University of Tokyo, but he often took the initiative to attend literature classes at Waseda University.
For Nanase Okawa, it's not hard to find a high-paying job. She had so many options, but she chose the hardest one.
Rice's mother felt that she was not entangled, but her courage and love overwhelmed her fear.
The other three Kyoto girls, Mokona, Tsubaki Oni, and Igarashi, all majored in fine arts and had experience in participating in manga clubs.
They can rely on their excellent professional ability to first apply for an assistant to a well-known cartoonist, and then step by step and steadily fight in the case that food and clothing are not a problem, and slowly achieve independence.
It is worth mentioning that this was also the "mainstream" career development path of comic book dreamers at that time.
But maybe they're too eager to make a name for themselves, or maybe they're reluctant to give up on like-minded friends.
In the end, the four of them shared a small two-bedroom apartment in Tokyo and began a truly "happy and bitter" struggle.
At work, they are a tough team with a clear division of labor, with Nanase Okawa in charge of conceiving and creating, Mokona in charge of dividing and painting, Igarashi in charge of drawing frame lines and stickers, and Tsubaki Oni in charge of final editing and finalizing.
In life, they are girlfriends who encourage each other to trust each other, and they are bothered to sit down together to drink and chat.
It is said that Mokona and Igarashi are quite good at cooking, and they feed their sisters whenever they have time on weekdays.
Rice grain mother feels that this is definitely another correct way to open "sentient drinking water warmth"!
It turns out that time does not fall short of those who work hard and dare to persevere.
3 years later, the success of "X-Men" made CLAMP really gain a foothold in the Japanese comic industry.
More and more magazines are lobbying for it, and they all want to sign CLAMP and recruit it.
But CLAMP refused without exception, even if it was aimed at the well-known Kadokawa Shoten, Kodansha and Shueisha.
At that time, there were almost no manga artists in the Japanese manga industry who separated from the publishing house and survived independently, because it was too dangerous!
Market competition is incentivized and rapidly changing, with a back to a big tree for shade, and it is too hard to fight alone.
But people have their own ambitions, and CLAMP, which has always gone the ordinary way, has greater ambitions and higher visions.
In 2000, CLAMP was no longer satisfied with the identity of a single cartoonist, and officially opened the road to Media Mix, that is, the full industrialization of IP.
Since then, they have transformed from a small comic book team into a super creative workshop.
In addition to producing their own IP and earning their own peripherals, they also take orders from the outside world, whether it is jewelry design, clothing design, wedding design, or novel illustration, game cards, creative settings, etc., as long as they have money to earn, they all take it.
It is precisely by relying on such a desperate work and single-minded effort to make money that CLAMP4 people have gradually become super rich and rich women.
Their residence has also changed from a small two-bedroom apartment to a large mansion, once 4 people squeezed into a bed, squeezed so much that some people had to be forced to sleep in the closet, and now there are not only their own separate offices, but also wine cabinets, dining bars and large living rooms.
Walking through the green years together, experiencing the bittersweet of the world together, and realizing the dreams in your heart together, for such a friendship, the rice grain mother only wants to call madly.
In addition to the history of blood struggle, CLAMP's attitude to love is also amazing.
The 4 people are now more than half a hundred years old, but they are still unmarried and not pregnant, and they have no plans to get married and have children in the future.
This is not to say that they reject love, but rather that they think that love is a beautiful thing, and that love does not distinguish between occupation, age, or even gender.
"There are indeed irreparable sins in the world, but there are absolutely no ones who cannot be loved."
However, love is optional but not necessary, for them, accidental love but dedicate everything to their dreams is the bliss of life.
"The happiest thing about a person is that when his wishes are fulfilled, everyone's happiness is different."
In reality, more and more women are beginning to reflect on the traditional and step-by-step life.
Rice mother also feels that getting married and having children is not a necessity in life, and it should not be regarded as a woman's obligation, or a shackle that binds women.
There are two sides to everything, and starting a family and staying single have their own sweetness and troubles.
There is no perfect choice, the most important thing is whether you have the ability to choose your own happiness?
In the view of The Rice Grain Mother, the ability of individual independence is a necessary prerequisite for happiness, and how much a person can be independent of the world can achieve a degree of happiness.
The spirit is independent enough to be brave enough to insist on one's own opinions, rather than going with the flow.
Just like CLAMP, from the age of 16 or 17, they dare to choose their dreams, go off the ordinary road again and again, and finally ask for benevolence.
The economy is independent enough to live freely, rather than to seek perfection.
No matter what state you are in, don't pin your happiness on others, your own strength is the truth!
Many people envy CLAMP's life, have money and career, have freedom and girlfriends to accompany, and stay away from love troubles and no family disputes.
But this kind of "fairy life" is bought by their extraordinary diligence and hard work.
From 1992 to 1994, in just two years, they created dozens of works, and at their busiest time, four people worked overtime and serialized five works at the same time.
Dare to insist on winning the possibility of realizing their dreams, but dare to struggle is the only way for them to win a wonderful life.
As they say, "Happiness is achieved through a lot of effort." Lazy people who don't make any effort and think that as long as two people are together, they will wake up one day, and at that time, they will regret why they wasted their time. ”
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