Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen (私立堀鐔学園 lit. "Horitsuba Private Academy") or Horitsuba (堀鐔) for short, is a short comedy series by the manga artist circle CLAMP serialized from 2006 to 2011[1] in Weekly Shōnen Magazine that is made up of both manga chapters as well as audio dramas. The title comes from mashing together the titles for xXxHOLiC and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. The story features characters from both series as well as numerous other established CLAMP characters. The Horitsuba Gakuen saga narrates an independent story compared to Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and xXxHOLiC. Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen is situated in a private campus like the "CLAMP Campus" where there are study centers for all ages (from preschool through college) as well as leisure and business services.
Characters
Fai
Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen's Chemistry teacher and twin brother of Yuui.
Himawari Kunogi
A high school student of Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen and friends with Kimihiro Watanuki and Shizuka Doumeki.
Kimihiro Watanuki
A high school student of Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen and co-host of a radio show with Sakura-san.
A high school student of Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen and cousin to Sakura-chan. Sakura-san hosts a radio show along with Kimihiro Watanuki.
Sakura-chan
An elementary school student of Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen and cousin to Sakura-san.
Shizuka Doumeki
A high school student of Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen and friends with Kimihiro Watanuki and Himawari Kunogi.
Syaoron (Older Twin)
A high school student of Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen and older twin to Syaoran.
Syaoran (Younger Twin)
A high school student of Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen and younger twin to Syaoron. It is revealed during "The Exciting Christmas Cake" that he has a crush on Sakura-san.
Yuui
Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen's Home Economics teacher and twin brother of Fai. He also assists with the radio show although it is unclear what exactly he does.
Yuuko Ichihara
Director of Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen as well as the literature teacher.
