CLAMP

What could be better than an all-women group of creators? I haven’t actually read any of their media but I did get into reading about the creators and their history, and I’m glad I did. The group started in the 80’s with eleven members, to quickly be reduced to seven, to further be reduced to the four that are still currently a part of the group today. What is better than an all-women group of creators? An all-women group of creators that disregards sex and gender and incorporates as many different types of characters as they can. Alongside that, love is a part of a lot of their stories but it is never the central theme of the story, which is refreshing every once in awhile.

Aside from the gender and sex bit, the group also incorporates an interesting characteristic into their manga that is referred to as Osamu Tezuka’s Star System. This is a system where the creators use the same characters in other stories with similar but different roles. These characters’ personalities might differ but their motivations and purposes are similar.