Saturday, July 12, 2008

How dare I compare angel feathers to heartless beings!

So, Tsubasa, it's proven itself to be a really enjoyable manga. However, Tsubasa reminds me of something.

Look at this, the premise of Tsubasa is characters from CLAMP series travel to all these different dimensions, many of which based off older CLAMP series, to look for angel feathers that belong to the Tsubasa version of Sakura. In the meantime, the gang encounters characters that are from other CLAMP series, or alternate reality versions of CLAMP characters. Consequently, the two lead protagonists, Shaoran and Sakura, are alternate reality versions of characters from Cardcaptor Sakura. Throw in a few original characters (Fai and Kurogane) to make the series its own, and BAM! You have the premise of Tsubasa.

But, this whole visiting worlds from other comic series sounds an awful lot like the premise of a series of videogames I played on my PS2 not too long ago.

This game series I'm thinking of has you traveling to other universes to do things. One of your characters is all original, while the others are alternate reality versions of old characters. Every universe is based off a movie, and features the actual characters from said movies. Also, you sometimes encounter characters from a videogame franchise, and these videogame characters are alternate reality versions of said characters from their own games. Gee, that sounds an awful lot like Kingdom Hearts, doesn't it?

Oh my God. Tsubasa is Kingdom Hearts redone with CLAMP characters and worlds! What have I gotten myself into!?

And I like both Tsubasa and KH. Which one is better? Well, the child within me says "KH!" as well as the gamer within me, while the comic enthusiast says, "Tsubasa!" Hmm. Isn't that something, readers?