History Manga / X1999

!This series contains examples of the following tropes:

* HeyItsThatVoice!: More of a HilariousInHindsight if you're a fan of the Digimon Frontier dub, in which the voice actors of Kamui and Fuuma play long lost brothers. However, in this story, Fuuma goes from being neutral to bad to good rather than his path in X. Bonus points for the voice actress of Kotori playing their only female teammate.

** Satsuki upgraded Beast into a Knightmare Frame in Anime/CodeGeass.
** Fuuma is [[{{Hellsing}} Alucard]] and [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Itachi]].
*** Also [[{{Noein}} Karasu.]] And [[GhostintheShell Togusa]]. Oh, just go to [[Creator/CrispinFreeman his page already]].
** Kanoe is [[Anime/CodeGeass Cornelia Li Britannia]] and [[GhostintheShell Major Motoko Kusanagi]].

* KillEmAll: *Definitely* in the movie, where [[spoiler: everybody but Kamui [[EveryBodysDeadDave is dead]] by the end]]. And it seems [[spoiler: the manga might be heading towards that, too]].

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Though it's treated as a major surprise when it happens, the fact that [[spoiler: Fuuma]] pulls a FaceHeelTurn and becomes the main antagonist is pretty evident after one look at the official art of the opening of the TV series. It's also foreshadowed pretty heavily in the manga, but the twist is in ''how'' it happens: [[spoiler:Kamui is forced to pick which side he wants to fight on, without knowing that his decision will compell Fuuma to fight for the opposite side, ''no matter what''. And his decision is based on ''his desire to protect Fuuma and Kotori'']]. OW. It's little wonder it puts him in a HeroicBSOD that requires a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to snap him out of it.

* ShoutOut: Characters appear from ''CLAMP Campus Detectives'', an earlier series by the same authors. In addition, Aoki is based on one of CLAMP's editors.

** Or cats, given her last name (NEKOi) and occasional sprouting cat tail.

The characters of Subaru, Seishirou and Hokuto originated from another Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga, ''TokyoBabylon''. Although it is sometimes referred to as such, ''Tokyo Babylon'' is not a {{Prequel}}, since the series predates ''X'' and the stories are independent. It is, however, helpful to know the plot of ''Tokyo Babylon'' before reading their subplot.

"Forever Love" by XJapan (which ''also'' used to go only by X before they hit it big outside Asian market) was written as a theme song for this anime, and is the ending theme for TheMovie.

Not to be confused with the FourX [[SimulationGame Space Simulator]] series ''VideoGame/{{X}}'', the Nintendo tank game ''X'', [[MegaManX a reploid]], or with the '80s L.A. punk band ''Music/{{X}}''

!This series contains examples of the following tropes

* BringOutYourGayDead: [[spoiler:Kamui and Fuuma's mothers, who were lesbian lovers]] and arguably [[spoiler:Seishiro]].

* ContinuityCameo: The ''ClampSchoolDetectives'' characters and the campus of Clamp Academy.

** Also, [[spoiler:Subaru]] replaces [[spoiler:Seishiro]] as a Dragon of Earth in the manga. OTOH, it's unclear as to whether he really accepts the offer to change sides. [[spoiler: He takes the offer to become the Sakurazukamori, but as to whether that means he's going to act as a Dragon of Earth isn't shown.]]

* CanonWelding: The series has been tied with ''ClampSchoolDetectives'', ''TokyoBabylon'' and the {{Alternate Universe}}s of ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle''/''Manga/XxxHOLiC''.

* Theatre/OedipusRex: Seishiro, who had an... interesting relationship with his HotShounenMom, Setsuka [[spoiler: before he killed her and took over her position]].

* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Seishiro]]'s mother looked barely the same age as him when he was a teenager. Also, Hinoto (she definitely doesn't look older than Kanoe).
* OneSteveLimit: There's a Sei''ichi''rō (Aoki) in the Heaven Dragons and a Sei''shi''rō (Sakurazuka) in the Earth Dragons. To avoid confusion, the former is commonly referred by his surname.

** Subaru, his twin sister Hokuto, and Seishiro are from a series called Tokyo Babylon.

* WordOfGod: [[spoiler:Seishiro and Nataku]] are dead. Deader than disco. They won't be coming back. Also, Kotori's hair reminds the artists of Udon. Really.

"Forever Love" by XJapan was written as a theme song for this anime, and is the ending theme for TheMovie.

Not to be confused with the FourX [[SimulationGame Space Simulator]] series ''VideoGame/{{X}}'', the Nintendo tank game ''X'', [[MegaManX a reploid]], or with the '70s punk band ''Music/{{X}}''

Not to be confused with the FourX [[SimulationGame Space Simulator]] series ''VideoGame/{{X}}'', the Nintendo tank game ''X'', or with the '70s punk band ''Music/{{X}}''

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Kishuu Arashi, also a {{Miko}}.

Please add any tropes related to specific characters to the [[Characters/{{X1999}} character page]].

-->''"The future hasn't been determined yet, right?"'' - Kotori Monou

* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/054.jpg Fuuma]] in the anime series, in contrast to his [[EyesOfGold gold-eyed]] manga counterpart.

*** Also [[{{Noein}} Karasu.]] And [[GhostintheShell Togusa]]. Oh, just go to [[CrispinFreeman his page already]].

One of {{CLAMP}}'s longest-running manga (stalled at 18 volumes out of a planned 21 since 2003, with a few further chapters making a "Volume 19" never published in a tankoubon), ''X'' is the story of Kamui Shirou - a boy destined to save the world... or destroy it. He is drawing the Dragons of Heaven, who are attempting to preserve the world as it is, and the Dragons of Earth, who wish to eliminate humanity's taint, to [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Tokyo]]. Guided by Hinoto, a dreamseer (''yumemi''), the Dragons of Heaven attempt to preserve the seven barrier structures situated around Tokyo. Kamui must decide if the world is even worth saving, and then choose sides... But what of the dreamseer's prophecy that there is another Kamui?

The characters of Subaru, Seishirou and Hokuto originated from another {{CLAMP}} manga, ''TokyoBabylon''. Although it is sometimes referred to as such, ''Tokyo Babylon'' is not a {{Prequel}}, since the series predates ''X'' and the stories are independent. It is, however, helpful to know the plot of ''Tokyo Babylon'' before reading their subplot.

* {{CLAMP}}, in the series that earned them the fannish exclamation OH CLAMP.

* YaoiGuys: C'mon, it's a {{CLAMP}} series... Seishirou and Subaru are the clearly preexisting relationship in this case.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Kamui chooses to be a Dragon of Heaven, Fuuma in turn fills the role of Kamui in the Dragons of Earth and kills Kotori by [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic crucifying her]] and [[ShipTease licking Kamui's neck while pinning him to a wall with shards of glass]], leaving Kamui in an absolutely ''epic'' HeroicBSOD, which in the manga has him ''cradling Kotori's severed head'' a la Devilman.]] All this is ''less than 23 minutes'' in the anime.

** Also, [[spoiler:Subaru]] replaces [[spoiler:Seishiro]] as a Dragon of Earth in the manga.
*** It is, and may forever be, unclear as to whether he really accepts the offer to change sides. [[spoiler: He takes the offer to become the Sakurazukamori, but as to whether that means he's going to act as a Dragon of Earth isn't shown.]]

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Kusanagi and Yuzuriha in the anime.
** Justified, as he's a grown man (albeit a particularly huge one) and she's only 14.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Kotori]].
** At least she was in an AngstComa when [[spoiler: her brother murdered her.]]

One of [[{{CLAMP}} CLAMP's]] longest-running manga (stalled at 18 volumes out of a planned 21 since 2003, with a few further chapters making a "Volume 19" never published in a tankoubon), ''X'' is the story of Kamui Shirou - a boy destined to save the world... or destroy it. He is drawing the Dragons of Heaven, who are attempting to preserve the world as it is, and the Dragons of Earth, who wish to eliminate humanity's taint, to [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Tokyo]]. Guided by Hinoto, a dreamseer (''yumemi''), the Dragons of Heaven attempt to preserve the seven barrier structures situated around Tokyo. Kamui must decide if the world is even worth saving, and then choose sides... But what of the dreamseer's prophecy that there is another Kamui?

The characters of Subaru, Seishirou and Hokuto originated from another {{CLAMP}} manga, ''[[TokyoBabylon Tokyo Babylon]]''. Although it is sometimes referred to as such, ''Tokyo Babylon'' is not a [[{{Prequel}} prequel]], since the series predates ''X'' and the stories are independent. It is, however, helpful to know the plot of ''Tokyo Babylon'' before reading their subplot.

Please add any tropes related to specific characters to the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/X1999 character page]].

* ArcWords: Before Fuuma [[spoiler:awakens as Kamui's twin star,]] "Kamui, I am your..."

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Karen. Sorata [[{{GenreSavvy}} aptly points out in the manga]].

* DateCrepe: Seishirou invites Fuuma to go get crepes with him (having just finished blowing up a major train line and a large skyscraper). His reasoning is that if they are going to destroy all of Tokyo, then they might as well get to sample delicious foods first. It's very romantic, in a creepy way.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Seishirou; quite literally. Not only was the means of his death [[{{RetCon}} retconned in by way of Hokuto]], but he was, in effect, [[{{RedemptionEqualsDeath}} committing suicide for having fallen in love with Subaru, something he had said he was incapable of]] and [[{{BreakTheCutie}} further mentally-deranging said love interest by making him the unwilling means of his suicide]]. Oh, CLAMP.]]
** Events described happened on a [[{{Visual Pun}} literal crumbling bridge]]
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Seishirou's last words... we assume.

* HeyItsThatVoice!: More of a HilariousInHindsight if you're a fan of the Digimon Frontier dub, in which the voice actors of Kamui and Fuuma play long lost brothers. However, in this story, Fuuma goes from being neutral to bad to good rather than his path in X. Bonus points for the voice actress of Kotori playing their only female teammate.
** Kamui is also [[{{Bleach}} Captain Hitsugaya]]

** Aoki is also [[CowboyBebop Spike]] and Karen is also [[CowboyBebop Faye]]. Though as opposed to then ends of those characters in that anime, [[spoiler: Karen is the one who dies]].
** Subaru is a sensei to a [[{{Naruto}} genin team]].
** Satsuki upgraded Beast into a Knightmare Frame in {{Code Geass}}.
** Fuuma is [[{{Hellsing}} Alucard]] and [[{{Naruto}} Itachi]].
*** Also [[{{Noein}} Karasu.]] And [[{{GhostintheShell}} Togusa]]. Oh, just go to [[{{Crispin Freeman}} his page already]].
** Kanoe is [[{{CodeGeass}} Cornelia Li Britannia]] and [[{{GhostintheShell}} Major Motoko Kusanagi]].
** Daisuke Saiki is none other than [[{{RurouniKenshin}} Kenshin]].

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Though it's treated as a major surprise when it happens, the fact that [[spoiler: Fuuma]] pulls a [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turn]] and becomes the main antagonist is pretty evident after one look at the official art of the opening of the TV series. It's also foreshadowed pretty heavily in the manga, but the twist is in ''how'' it happens: [[spoiler:Kamui is forced to pick which side he wants to fight on, without knowing that his decision will compell Fuuma to fight for the opposite side, ''no matter what''. And his decision is based on ''his desire to protect Fuuma and Kotori'']]. OW. It's little wonder it puts him in a HeroicBSOD that requires a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to snap him out of it.

* MailerDaemon: ''Beast'', Satsuki's computer, which is obsessed with its builder and owner. And territorial to boot.

* CanonWelding: The series has been tied with ''ClampSchoolDetectives'', ''TokyoBabylon'' and the {{Alternate Universe}}s of ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle''/''{{xxxHoLic}}''.
* MoralDissonance: Kamui promises to save [[spoiler: Fuuma]], even if it means doing him physical harm, to which [[spoiler: Fuuma]] implies in response that Kamui will have to be willing [[{{ShootYourMate}} to do much more than harm him]].

* OedipusRex: Seishiro, who had an... interesting relationship with his HotShounenMom, Setsuka [[spoiler: before he killed her and took over her position]].

* RefusalOfTheCall: Kamui, at first, with elements of [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive The Call Knows Where You Live]], though it turns out [[spoiler: his mother, Tohru, essentially killed herself to ''force'' him to go]].

* ShadowArchetype: One interpretation of [[spoiler:Fuuma's]] strange [[TheAntiChrist anti-Christ]] character is that he's a reflection of Kamui's darkest thoughts and desires.

* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: Kamui's mom spontaneously combusted in the BackStory. The reason for this, however, was made pretty clear: She made herself a shadow sacrifice of the entire planet Earth and, by burning to death, delayed its destruction by GlobalWarming. ItMakesSenseInContext.

* SummonToHand: Inverted- Arashi's sword is summoned out of her open palm when needed.

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Kishuu Arashi, also a [[{{Miko}} Miko]].
* TalkingToHimself: Or, in this case, ''herself''. Wendee Lee, in addition to playing main character Karen, voices ''both'' of Kotori's friends in the English version.
* TakeMyHand: Kamui has two scenes in which this trope is used, they are parallel: in both he saves Kotori from plummeting to her death, once when they were both children in a flashback sequence and later during the story proper.

* VillainsOutShopping: Seishirou, Yuuto, Satsuki[[spoiler:, and Fuuma]]; when they're not busy [[{{TheTokyoFireball}} rendering smouldering ruination of monumental Tokyo skyscrapers]], they take time for tea parties and trips to gourmet ice cream joints. Of course, Seishirou's been pretty much doing that for years.
* VirginPower: [[spoiler:Arashi's, apparently]]. An alternate interpretation is that the character just ''thinks'' this is the case and it's psychosomatic. [[spoiler: [[GenerationXerox Her mom went through the same trial]], after all.]]

* WordOfGod: [[spoiler:Seishiro and Nataku]] are dead. Deader than disco. They won't be coming back. Also, Kotori's hair reminds the artists of Udon. Really.

* YouCantFightFate: Though, there are elements of [[BecauseDestinySaysSo Because Destiny Says So]] as well. CLAMP's newer series ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' and ''XXXHolic'' suggest that their view of fate is complex but that it can be altered to some extent.

Note about the title: The true title of this series is simply ''X''. The manga was retitled as ''X/1999'' for release in America by Viz to prevent confusion with an American comic book series also named ''X''.[[hottip:*:Viz's recent onmibus rerelease of the manga, though, goes back to simply being called ''X''.]] The 1999 portion comes from the year the story takes place.

The characters of Subaru, Seishirou and Hokuto originated from another [[{{CLAMP}} CLAMP]] manga, ''[[TokyoBabylon Tokyo Babylon]]''. Although it is sometimes referred to as such, ''Tokyo Babylon'' is not a [[{{Prequel}} prequel]], since the series predates ''X'' and the stories are independent. It is, however, helpful to know the plot of ''Tokyo Babylon'' before reading their subplot.

'''This series contains examples of:'''

* HoYay: C'mon, it's ''{{CLAMP}}.'' The most prominent case [[spoiler: Kamui and Fuuma]] is later turned FoeYay, natch. There are other common matchups as well, including Subaru and Kamui (mind penetration FTW) and Fuuma and Seishirou (mostly for the symmetry, it seems). Seishirou and Subaru are far enough out of subtext and into text that HoYay doesn't really apply anymore.
** [[spoiler:Fuuma]] × Seishirou was teasingly (and gloriously) hinted at when Seishirou [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome defiled the Shibuya 109 building's kekkai with the blood of an innocent, sending it careening into the Shibuya Station, thus breaking both the Shibuya kekkai and the Yamanote kekkai in one fell swoop]], something that the combined efforts of three Dragons of Earth could not achieve - only to watch it burn whilst discussing sampling delicacies from Tokyo's best restaurants before destroying them all.

** Arashi is [[BigO R. Dorothy Wayneright]] while Seiichiro Aoki is her [[BigO employer]]. Karen is [[BigO still pining over someone she can't have]].

* TheSpock: Satsuki.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Sorata and Karen]] in the anime, [[spoiler: Kotori and Nataku]] in the manga, [[spoiler:Aoki]] in the movie.
** [[spoiler: Half the Dragons of Heaven die in moments of ImTakingYouWithMe in the movie.]]

** And that Kusanagi is a Dragon of Earth, which makes him more of a "Friend to All Living Things Other Than People." Kusanagi was, most undeniably, the character most ruined by the movie. Wherein [[spoiler: he helps kill Yuzuriha without ever establishing the nigh-pedophilia relationship with her.]]

* {{Gorn}}: [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Most deaths]] in the Manga are extremely gorish, often with the intestines coming out.

One of [[{{CLAMP}} CLAMP's]] longest-running manga (stalled at 18 volumes out of a planned 21 since 2003) (and a few chapters making a "Volume 19" never published in a tankuobon), ''X'' is the story of Kamui Shirou - a boy destined to save the world... or destroy it. He is drawing the Dragons of Heaven, who are attempting to preserve the world as it is, and the Dragons of Earth, who wish to eliminate humanity's taint, to [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Tokyo]]. Guided by Hinoto, a dreamseer (''yumemi''), the Dragons of Heaven attempt to preserve the seven barrier structures situated around Tokyo. Kamui must decide if the world is even worth saving, and then choose sides... But what of the dreamseer's prophecy that there is another Kamui?

Note about the title: The true title of this series is simply ''X''. The manga was retitled as ''X/1999'' for release in America by Viz to prevent confusion with an American comic book series also named ''X''. The 1999 portion comes from the year the story takes place.

There are actually two separate animated versions of ''X''. The movie, which is a great deal of action and way too much information compressed into a bit over an hour, and the television series, which at 24 episodes had more time to actually develop the plot and featured a very different ending. Both are missing elements from the most recent manga chapters, suggesting yet a third very different ending.

"Forever Love" by XJapan was written as a theme song for this anime.

* EnvironmentalAesop: In the anime, Fuuma repeatedly delivers a HannibalLecture to this effect.