X Clamp

Characters:
Dragons of the Heaven
Dragons of the Earth
Dreamers

Manga Guide:
Facts

Chinese/Japanese Version

English Version

Quick Synopsis

Dragons of the Heaven [Seals]
	Name: Shirou Kamui
	The only character who has the ability to choose his owned destiny; of being a seal or a minions. If he chooses to be a seal, he will represents the Majesty of God, however, if he chooses to become a minion, he is the one who will hunt the Majesty of God (seal) and destroy them. But in the end, he still chooses to become one of the Seals or Dragons of Heaven.
	Name: Arisugawa Sorata
	While he's still young, he was taken away from his parents and was raised in the temple at Kouya Mountain by Chuu, which is known as the famous "Star Gazer of Kouya".
	Name: Kishu Arashi
	The "Kakushi No Miko or the Hidden Maiden" of Ise Isle. She is also the partner os Sorata. She has the ability to draw a sword which unsheaths itself from the middle of her hand.
	Name: Aoki Seiichiro
	One of the two Wind Masters of the story, and has the power to command over the wind. He onced worked as an Editor of Yaseijidai Magazine and then to Asuka
	Name: Kasumi Karen
	Her power is to control over fire. She's also the one who burned the house of Magami Tokiko which is Kamui's Aunt.
	Name: Nekoi Yuzuriha
	She is from the Mitsumine Shrine. Her family uses Inugami (dog spirit) to fight demons. Yuzuriha's inugami is called "Inuki". She is also the youngest of all the seals. She died saving Kamui by receiving an attack that's supposed to be aimed at him [X the movie]
	Name: Sumeragi Subaru
	This character originated from Clamp's Tokyo Babylon. He is the 13th head of the Sumeragi Clan and an extremely powerful Omnyouji (sorceror). Subaru's primary motive is to kill Sakurazuka Seichiro, who is also a powerful Omnyouji and the one who is responsible for the death of his twin sister Hokuto. He was the first to die from all the seals taking Seichiro with him [X the movie]

Dragons of the Earth [Minions]
	Name: Monou Fuuma
	He is [or was] Kamui's bestfriend but unfortunately, he is Kamui's double [twin star], well...his opposite as it were. When Kamui choose to become one of the Seven Seals, Fuuma automatically become one of the Seven Minions.
	Name: Kakyo Kuzuki
	A dreamgazer like Hinoto. His lover, Hokuto, was killed, but he was unable to prevent it.
	Name: Nataku
	Was a human created by the Genetic Engineers of the Freemasons in the basements of the Sunshine 60 Building. Nataku has no feelings. He's just like an empty human shell without a heart or a soul. But he is extremely powerful
	Name: Kigai Yuuto
	A civil servent with an extremely sharp and cynical sense of humor. Also a cold-blooded and quite efficient type of guy. He uses a ki-charged whip and can be described as one of the less depressing Minions. He and Kusanagi are the only two Minions which possess anything even remotely resembling the gentler human emotions. And Kanoe's lover
	Name: Shiyu Kusanagi
	A stong, mascular man with very natural abilities which includes Shirahadorii (naked blade catch), Hadouken (wave motion punch) and Chikyuuwari (earth split). He also have the ability to sense nature's pain. He's able to see Yuzuriha's Inugami
	Name: Yatouii Satsuki
	A 14 years old girl and is a computer genius. She has the ability to physically meld with and control computer. She opperates "The Beast", a huge supercomputer which she actually build by herself under the Sunshine 60 building.
	Name: Sakurazuka Seishiro
	Another character originated from Clamp's Tokyo Babylon and Subaru's lifetime rival. He is also a Onmyouji (sorceror) whose shikigami (spirit beast) takes the shape of a black eagle. He also have an illusionary power whose associated with sakura (cherry blossoms). He's also called Sakurazukamori (the assasin group Sakurazukamori). The one who killed Subaru's twin sister.

Dreamers
	Name: Hinoto
	She is found underneath the Diet Building in Tokyo, using her dreamwalking abilities to shape the destiny of Japan. She tells fortune for some of Japan's most powerful leaders. Hinoto is blind but she communicates through telepathy. Her dreamwalking abilities includes forseeing the future, entering other people dreams, and recalling one's past.
	Name: Kanoe
	Works as the secretary to the governor of Tokyo. Like her older sister Hinoto, Kanoe's dreamwalking abilities includes the ability to enter other people's dream and the ability of recalling the past but she cannot forsee the future, yet she can shadow her sister while Hinoto views the future, thus viewing the future through Hinoto.
	Name: Kotori Monou
	Fuma's sister, and Kamui's childhood friend, innocent and in love with Kamui. She died in the hands of her brother, Fuma [X the movie].

The following are the combination of the characters and tarots:

 1. Magician - Kamui                
 2. High Priestess - Hinoto         
 3. Empress - Kanoe                 
 4. Emperor - Kyougo                
 5. Hierophant - Seiichirou         
 6. Lovers - Kotori                 
 7. Chariot - Sorata                
 8. Strength - Yuzuriha             
 9. Hermit - Satsuki                
10. Wheel of Fortune - Kakyou       
11. Justice - Karen
12. Hanged Man - Subaru
13. Death - Seishirou 
14. Temperance - Arashi
15. Devil - Yuuto
16. Tower - Tooru Magami & Tokiko Magami
17. Star - Kusanagi   
 0. Fool - Saya

Upcoming tarot cards   Remaining characters
====================   ====================
18. Moon               Nataku
19. Sun                Nokoru
20. Last Judgement     Akira
21. Universe           Fuuma
                       Suoh
                       Daisuke
                       Hokuto

• Diet Building, or House of Representative
  
  - the basement of which is where Hinoto-hime lives to foresee the future for politicians and the Earth, the basement where the Dragons of Heaven are gathered.
  

  Tokyo Government Office
  

  - where Kanoe works as a secretary, the basement where Kanoe gathers the Dragons of Earth, and where Satsuki builds her computer "Beast".
  

  Sunshine 60
  

  - where Nataku was being healed in the laboratory in the basement. Sunshine 60 is one of the tallest buildings in Tokyo, as well as a symbol of the Ikebukuro region in Toshima-ku. One of the scenes in "Call A" of Tokyo Babylon also took place in this building. According to Hinoto-hime, Sunshine 60 serves as the cornerstone that supports the unstable foundation of Tokyo.
  

  Tokyo Tower
  

  - one of the buildings which still stands in the dream sequence that Hinoto shows Kamui. Probably the most important kekkai that sustains Tokyo in this story. Tokyo Tower was built in 1958, modeled after the Eiffel Tower of Paris.
  

  Yamanote-line
  

  - a linear kekkai, according to Hinoto, that centered on the Imperial Palace; the tracks of which were laid in the shape of Buddha's Palm to protect Tokyo. The Yamanote-line is a railroad loop which circles the heart of Tokyo.
  Shinjuku
  

  - Hinoto mentions that the roads and the high-rise buildings in the Shinjuku district serve as kekkai stones as well.
  

  Nakano Sun Plaza
  

  - the kekkai which collapsed in Nakano-ku. Please refer to X7.

Title Tarot                                Date   
X 1  Magician (Kamui)                     08/17/92  
X 2  High Priestess (Hinoto)              11/17/92   
X 3  Empress (Kanoe)                      02/17/93  
X 4  Emperor (Kyougo)                     06/17/93  
X 5  Hierophant (Seiichirou)              11/17/93 
X 6  Lovers (Kotori)                      12/17/94  
X 7  Chariot (Sorata)                     10/17/95  
X 8  Strength (Yuzuriha)                  06/17/96 
X 9  Hermit (Satsuki)                     01/17/97 
X10  Wheel of Fortune (Kakyou)            09/17/97  
X11  Justice (Karen)                      09/17/98  
X12  Hanged Man (Subaru)                  03/17/99  
X13  Death (Seishirou)                    08/19/99  
X14  Temperance (Arashi)                  02/17/00 
X15  Devil (Yuuto)                        08/17/00  
X16  Tower (Tooru Magami & Tokiko Magami) 03/17/01  
X17  Star (Kusanagi Shiyuu)               11/17/01  

English Version 

Title Vol.                                  Year  
X/1999: Prelude 1                           1996  
X/1999: Overture 2                          1997  
X/1999: Sonata 3                            1997  
X/1999: Intermezzo 4                        1998  
X/1999: Serenade 5                          1999 
X/1999: Duet 6                              2000  
X/1999: Rhapsody 7                          2001  

The year is 1999, and with the new millennium approaching, humankind is at the edge of evolution. Thousands of years polluting the planet and destroying mother nature, the Earth is crying and demanding change. Kamui Shiro returns to Tokyo to complete the dying wish of his mother. Tokyo is the location that holds the Earth together , and so logically, destroying Tokyo means destroying the Earth. Seven Dragons of Earth, called Angels [Minions], will assist in the death of all human kind, while seven Dragons of Heaven, called Seals, is trying to save it . Kamui has the choice of joining either the Angels or the Seals, but his decision instead triggered a whole chain of unexpected events.