Wish
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| Name: | Wish (ウィッシュ Wisshu) |
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| Creator: | CLAMP |
| Date(s): | November 1995 – August 1998 |
| Medium: | manga |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| External Links: | Wish at Wikipedia |
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Wish was a four-volume manga by CLAMP.
Canon
The story begins when Dr. Shuichiro Kudo discovered an angel named Kohaku stuck in a tree. As thanks for freeing him, Kohaku insisted on fulfilling Kudo's greatest wish, only Kudo insisted he didn't have one. Eventually, though, Kudo realized he loved Kohaku and wished for the angel to stay by his side forever.
The subplots focused on the forbidden love between angel Hisui and demon Kokuyo and bullying demon Koryuu's complicated feelings for Kohaku.
Fandom
Angel Gender Controversy
In the original Japanese manga, the angel characters were agender/nonbinary beings. When Tokyopop translated the series, they reportedly could not find the right pronouns by which to refer to them, so the translation rendered the feminine-looking angels female. This did not sit well with the fandom, especially the faction that strongly believed the angels were meant to be male and that the series was originally a shounen ai manga.[1] According to one fan, the reason behind the translation was outright homophobia.[2] Others were offended at the idea that in order to be considered male, a being had to possess a penis. Some still believe Tokyopop's gender translations were too heteronormative.[3] Had the series been translated in a later time period, the angels would have been referred to with they/them pronouns, making them nonbinary.
JotaKak
Some fans of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure believe that Kohaku and Kudo Shuichiro are expies of Kakyoin Noriaki and Jotaro Kujo.[4] The characters bear a strong resemblance to CLAMP's Jotakak fanart and famous JoJo's Bizarre Married Life doujinshi.[5]