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:Hisui is one of four Angel Masters of the [[four elements|four natural elements]] (fire, water, earth, and wind), her element being wind.
:Hisui is one of four Angel Masters of the [[four elements|four natural elements]] (fire, water, earth, and wind), her element being wind.


:Hisui is the original reason Kohaku comes to Earth the first time, as the Angel Master disappeared during a meeting at the bridge between Heaven and Hell. She eventually reveals herself to Kohaku, and also reveals that she has made love with Kokuyo (Prince of Hell) and states that she and Kokuyo cannot return to Heaven or Hell because of it.
:Hisui is the original reason Kohaku comes to Earth the first time, as the Angel Master disappeared during a meeting at the bridge between Heaven and Hell. She eventually reveals herself to Kohaku, and also reveals that she has made love with Kokuyo (Prince of Hell). When an angel loses their virginity, they lose the "angel light" in their wings and cannot return to Heaven. However, Hisui would not be able to enter Hell to be with Kokuyo, because angels are not allowed in. Therefore, Hisui and Kokuyo can only be together on Earth.


:Shuichiro offers to let Hisui and Kokuyo stay in his house, and this is where they stay for the next 100 years after pledging to look after the sleeping Kohaku.
:Shuichiro offers to let Hisui and Kokuyo stay in his house, and this is where they stay for the next 100 years after pledging to look after the sleeping Kohaku.


;Koryuu
;Koryuu
:Koryuu is the demon equivalent of Kohaku - he can only maintain a full-size form at night, and at daytime is only about a foot tall. Koryuu's attitude toward Kohaku is a bit of a mystery, as he in turns helps and hinders Kohaku (friendly rivalry). One of Kouryuu's favorite pastimes is making Kohaku's day utterly miserable, and he derives great pleasure from seeing Kohaku sad. However, his attitude is later revealed to be a crush and he picks on Kohaku needlessly because of it (much like how adolescent boys do with crushes). This is made more apparent when Kohaku is stripped of all powers as he is furious over Kohaku's fate (especially after Shuichiro dies). In the Koryuu bonus special in volume 3 it's revealed that he's Satan's nephew thus making him and Kokuyo cousins which also exsplains their closeness.
:Koryuu is the demon equivalent of Kohaku - he can only maintain a full-size form at night, and at daytime is only about a foot tall. Koryuu's attitude toward Kohaku is a bit of a mystery, as he in turns helps and hinders Kohaku (friendly rivalry). One of Kouryuu's favorite pastimes is making Kohaku's day utterly miserable, and he derives great pleasure from seeing Kohaku sad. However, his attitude is later revealed to be a crush and he picks on Kohaku needlessly because of it (much like how adolescent boys do with crushes). This is made more apparent when Kohaku is stripped of all powers as he is furious over Kohaku's fate (especially after Shuichiro dies). In the Koryuu bonus special in volume 3 it's revealed that he's Satan's nephew thus making him and Kokuyo cousins. It's also hinted that Kokuyo and Koryuu had a sexual relationship in the past.


;Kokuyo
;Kokuyo
:Koukyou is the son of Satan, and falls in love with Hisui. As stated in Hisui's entry, he and Hisui start living at Shuichiro's house, and watch over Kohaku when she sleeps. Kokuyo is also aware of the first Shuichiro's impending death, but God stops him from telling anyone else so as to make sure things go as they should.
:Koukyou is the son of Satan, and falls in love with Hisui. Prior to that, he was somewhat of a player. One of his favorite activities was finding angels to seduce at the Bridge, a neutral meeting ground between Heaven and Hell. But that all changed when he met Hisui and fell in love with her at first sight. His love for her was so great that he gave her he iris of one of his eyes, which contains a small bit of his power and is a traditional gift for a demon to give to his partner, though most of them don't pair for life. She wears it as an earring.

:Even though Kokuyo can be quite intimidating, especially to an angel like Kohaku, Kokuyo is not evil. He sometimes shows concern for Kohaku and treats his cousin Koryuu affectionately, like a bratty younger brother. As stated in Hisui's entry, he and Hisui start living at Shuichiro's house, and watch over Kohaku when she sleeps. Kokuyo is also aware of the first Shuichiro's impending death, but God stops him from telling anyone else so as to make sure things go as they should.


;Ruri and Hari
;Ruri and Hari

Revision as of 03:06, 20 September 2009

Wish
Volume 1 of Wish, as released by Tokyopop.
ウィッシュ
(Uisshu)
GenreFantasy
Manga
Written byClamp
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
English publisherAustralia New Zealand Madman Entertainment
Canada United States Tokyopop
MagazineAsuka Comics DX
DemographicShōjo
Original runJune 1, 1996 – August 1, 1998
Volumes4
Anime
Wish Music Video
Directed byShirō Sasaki
Yoshimoto Ishikawa
StudioClamp
Released1998

Wish (ウィッシュ, Uisshu) is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by Clamp. It is published in English by Tokyopop. The American translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment.

Story

The story centers around the lives of Kohaku, an angel, and Shuichiro Kudo, a mortal doctor. While walking home from work one day, Shuichiro notices Kohaku stuck on a tree while being attacked by a crow (who was actually sent by Koryuu the demon). He rescues Kohaku and, in return, she offers to grant him a wish. However, Shuichiro is satisfied with his life - he has a decent home, good looks, and a well-paying job as a doctor - so he does not request anything. However, Kohaku is honour-bound to grant the wish, so she stays with him. The theme of the manga, as stated several times by Kohaku, is that, "There are some wishes that can't be fulfilled by oneself."

Kohaku stays at Shuichiro's house upon the idea that she still needs to grant his wish. She helps with chores like cleaning and watering and tending to the trees.

Throughout her stay, another angel, Hisui and two demons - Koryuu and Kokuyo - come to live in Shuichiro's house, as well as the two servant demons of Koryuu; Ruri and Hari.

Kokuyo is the son of Satan and is in love with Hisui, who is one of the four Angel Masters controlling the four elements: earth, wind, fire, and water; with wind being her element. Kokuyo admits that he made love to Hisui and that's how they ended up together.

Despite his new housemates, Shuichiro remains as stoic as ever. Although he doesn't persist in making a wish, without realising it, he grows attached to Kohaku.

Kokuyo realizes that Koryuu, Ruri, Hari, and himself feel good around Shuichiro. He tries to tell Hisui but is always interrupted by God in one form or another.

Then Kohaku is suddenly forced back to heaven against her will by God because she has the important task of hatching the eggs from the Tree of Life by singing to them. However, Kohaku deeply misses Shuichiro and realizes her feeling for him.

Shuichiro also misses Kohaku. He holds on to the earring he managed to get, trying to prevent Kohaku from returning to heaven. He realizes his feeling for her also.

Kohaku couldn't take the pain of being away from Shuichiro so she goes back to Earth without God's permission. Both of them are happy to be reunited.

Shortly after, the three remaining Angel Masters come to Earth to reveal God's punishment for both Kohaku and Hisui. Hisui's punishment was that she was stripped of her Angel Master status and is banished from heaven. Hisui was joyful and thanked them.

However, Kohaku's punishment was that she would not be able to use her powers and will remain in small form for a hundred years. Kohaku was devastated that she could not grant Shuichiro's wish. But his wish was for Kohaku to stay with him forever, a wish that he could not fulfil by himself.

Shortly after, Shuichiro suddenly drops dead while tying his shoes on a walk with Kohaku. Kokuyo explains that he died because Shuichiro's soul was leaking out and that was why the demons felt good around him, because they were consuming his soul.

Usyagi, God's messenger comes down and gives Kohaku a message in the form of a flower. Kohaku was to slumber for a hundred years and by the time she wakes up, Shuichiro will have been reincarnated. Kokuyo and Hisui are sentenced to look after Kohaku while she is sleeping.

A hundred years later, the reincarnation of Shuichiro, now 16, passes by his old house and Kohaku wakes up. Shuichiro has no memory of Kohaku and their relationship starts all over again.

Characters

Although most resemble stereotypical bishōnen, the angels in Wish are genderless. However, in the English translation, they are assigned male or female genders due to the fact the English language doesn't have gender-neutral pronouns to refer to individuals. A footnote in Volume 1, page 42, says "Angels and devils don't have genders as we know it, so we'll use feminine pronouns for the angels and masculine ones for the devils." In the original Japanese, the demons refer to themselves using gender-specific personal pronouns and physically resemble one sex or the other. In the English version, they are given the gender most suitable for their personality.

Kohaku
Kohaku is a rather accident-prone angel who has come to Earth in search of her mentor, Hisui. When she gets trapped in a tree and attacked by a crow, she is rescued by Shuichirou, a young doctor. As a result, she feels indebted to grant him one wish but finds the kind doctor is satisfied with all aspects of his life. Thus, she remains with Shuichirou in hopes of repaying him somehow (subsequently getting in other sticky situations as a result).
Because she is only a trainee angel, Kohaku can only maintain a full-size form during the day - at night she shrinks and is only about a foot tall, looking rather like a chibi character. As an angel, she cannot consume anything that came directly from a living organism (ie meat, vegetables, bread) with the sole exceptions being milk and occasionally honey.
Kohaku is always being bullied by Koryuu and he is always trying to get her to cry.
Shuichiro Kudo I
The first Shuichiro Kudo is a young doctor who rescues Kohaku from the tree where she is trapped. For this he is granted a wish, but isn't interested as he has everything he wants.
Shuichiro doesn't show a lot of expression and is almost always stoic and doesn't talk much. Despite these characteristics, the children at his hospital like him a lot and he is very popular with them.
Shuichiro is generally kind and trusting, but isn't one to seek other people's company - something that is remedied throughout the course of the story by the two angels, two demons and two servant demons who all move into his house.
Shuichiro Kudo II
The other Shuichiro Kudo is born 100 years after the previous Shuichiro had died. He has the same soul as the previous Shuichiro because he is his reincarnation.
This Shuichiro is a 16-year-old student at the time he appears in the story, and comes across the house where he lived in his previous life. Kohaku then appears, offers to grant him a wish in place of the one he couldn't fulfill for his past self, and asks to be with him. Despite having no memory of his old self and hence no memory of Kohaku, he quickly gets back into the swing of things and asks to be with Kohaku.
Hisui
Hisui is one of four Angel Masters of the four natural elements (fire, water, earth, and wind), her element being wind.
Hisui is the original reason Kohaku comes to Earth the first time, as the Angel Master disappeared during a meeting at the bridge between Heaven and Hell. She eventually reveals herself to Kohaku, and also reveals that she has made love with Kokuyo (Prince of Hell). When an angel loses their virginity, they lose the "angel light" in their wings and cannot return to Heaven. However, Hisui would not be able to enter Hell to be with Kokuyo, because angels are not allowed in. Therefore, Hisui and Kokuyo can only be together on Earth.
Shuichiro offers to let Hisui and Kokuyo stay in his house, and this is where they stay for the next 100 years after pledging to look after the sleeping Kohaku.
Koryuu
Koryuu is the demon equivalent of Kohaku - he can only maintain a full-size form at night, and at daytime is only about a foot tall. Koryuu's attitude toward Kohaku is a bit of a mystery, as he in turns helps and hinders Kohaku (friendly rivalry). One of Kouryuu's favorite pastimes is making Kohaku's day utterly miserable, and he derives great pleasure from seeing Kohaku sad. However, his attitude is later revealed to be a crush and he picks on Kohaku needlessly because of it (much like how adolescent boys do with crushes). This is made more apparent when Kohaku is stripped of all powers as he is furious over Kohaku's fate (especially after Shuichiro dies). In the Koryuu bonus special in volume 3 it's revealed that he's Satan's nephew thus making him and Kokuyo cousins. It's also hinted that Kokuyo and Koryuu had a sexual relationship in the past.
Kokuyo
Koukyou is the son of Satan, and falls in love with Hisui. Prior to that, he was somewhat of a player. One of his favorite activities was finding angels to seduce at the Bridge, a neutral meeting ground between Heaven and Hell. But that all changed when he met Hisui and fell in love with her at first sight. His love for her was so great that he gave her he iris of one of his eyes, which contains a small bit of his power and is a traditional gift for a demon to give to his partner, though most of them don't pair for life. She wears it as an earring.
Even though Kokuyo can be quite intimidating, especially to an angel like Kohaku, Kokuyo is not evil. He sometimes shows concern for Kohaku and treats his cousin Koryuu affectionately, like a bratty younger brother. As stated in Hisui's entry, he and Hisui start living at Shuichiro's house, and watch over Kohaku when she sleeps. Kokuyo is also aware of the first Shuichiro's impending death, but God stops him from telling anyone else so as to make sure things go as they should.
Ruri and Hari
Ruri and Hari are identical twin cat-demon underlings of Koryuu. They can transform into ordinary house-cats to hide from the world (during the day they must stay in their cat form, similar to the way Kohaku and Koryuu turn small), and will do anything he asks of them to get gifts (often sex) and/or souls. They deeply enjoy kisses from their master. You can tell them apart only by their jewelry - Ruri wears circles on her earring and necklace (earring and tail when in cat form), and Hari wears bars on hers.
Touki
The Master Angel of Water in Heaven. Touki has a reputation for being cold-hearted, mostly because of the hardened look that's always on her face. She first appears to see why Usyagi hasn't returned to Heaven and ends up bringing Kohaku back with her. She is very fond of Kohaku and protective of her in her own silent way. She has a very discreet relationship with Ransho and though she is very shy with her feelings for him and does genuinely care about him.
Ransho
The Master Angel of Earth in Heaven. He comes off as one of the most easy-going Angels in all of Heaven despite his status. He loves to tease Kohaku and he's open with his affection for Touki. Like Touki, he's very discreet about their relationship but he can admit he loves her. But his loyalty to God is unwavering and he's not hesitant in delivering punishments handed out (as with the cases of Hisui and Kohaku).
Ryuuki
The Master Angel of Fire in Heaven. He's got a very hotheaded personality and is quick to act before thinking. He's madly in love with Hisui and is convinced she was kidnapped out of Heaven. He often goes on rants about Hisui in the presence of the other Angel Masters, and Ransho often leaves Touki to deal with it. When he finds out Hisui left of her own volition and is deeply in love with Kokuyo he's very hurt by it, but he wants Hisui to be happy and lets her go, though he vows to hate Kokuyo forever.
Usyagi/Usagi
Usyagi is a small white rabbit with wings who carries messages from God. The messages it delivers look like flowers, that dissolve and automatically implant themselves in the receiver's mind. Usyagi relays messages from Kohaku to God and back throughout the series.
Shuichiro's grandfather, mother and father also have roles in the story.
Shuichiro's character was shaped by the disappearance of his mother and death of his father many years ago. Kohaku and Koryuu go back in time so that Kohaku can investigate this.

Media

Manga

All four volumes feature Kohaku as the cover character. Chapters are called contacts.

Volume list

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 June 1, 1996[1]4-04-852771-1August 27, 2002[2]978-1-59182-034-5
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  • Wish CLAMP Newsletter Special Edition: I. The Day Kohaku Arrived
2 January 8, 1997[1]4-04-852771-1October 15, 2002[2]978-1-59182-060-4
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  • Wish CLAMP Underground News: II. The Day Koryu Came to Visit
3 September 1, 1997[1]4-04-852859-9December 10, 2002[2]978-1-59182-061-1
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  • Wish CLAMP Underground News: III. The Day Hisui Came to Visit
4 August 1, 1998[1]4-04-852948-XFebruary 11, 2003[2]978-1-59182-080-2
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  • Wish CLAMP Underground News: IV. The Day Shuichiro and Kohaku Came to Visit

OVA

It's a 6 minute special, divided into two, three minutes parts. In the first part we can see a slide show with all characters from the manga. In the last part Kohaku is chased by Koryuu. We can see also Birds, Ruri and Hari.

  • Opening Theme:
    "Wish" by Ali Project
  • Ending Theme:
    "Angel Egg no Tsukuri Kata ~ For Ruri & Hari" by Ali Project

Drama CD

Voice cast for the drama CD:

Meaning of character names

Most of the characters in Wish bear the Japanese names of gemstones.

  • Kohaku - amber
  • Hisui - jade
  • Koryuu - red garnet
  • Kokuyo - obsidian
  • Ranshou (the Master Angel of Earth) - blue quartz
  • Ryuuki (the Master Angel of Fire) - lapis lazuli
  • Touki (the Master Angel of Water) - diopside
  • Sango (a cat befriended by Kohaku) - coral
  • Shinju (the cat Sango's alternate personality, named by Kohaku) - pearl
  • Ruri - blue glass, emerald
  • Hari - glass, crystal

References

  1. ^ a b c d "CLAMP公式ウェブサイト" (in Japanese). Clamp. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Manga+Comics: Book Catalog". Tokyopop. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
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