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Covers all five volumes of Angelic Layer by CLAMP. What if battle shonen, but for GIRLS? That's the premise of Angelic Layer, where young girls get to fight with super-cool dolls that they control with their minds (OK, Ohjiro can play too). Upon coming to Tokyo, Misaki immediately becomes smitten with this game and learns the ropes very quickly. Shojo a Tell host Ashley, her boytoy Asher, and guest Aisha discuss the gender dynamics of the manga (moms can play with VR tech too!!), the fanfiction-y nature of CLAMP’s works, and who the best deus and angel are (Sai! Wizard??). REFERENCES Angelic Layer is currently out of print, but you can find copies of the Dark Horse edition floating around Other CLAMP works: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle xxxHolic Shirahime-Syo Chobits Magic Knight Rayearth Tokyo Babylon Wish Cardcaptor Sakura X If you want to hear more podcasts about CLAMP works, you should listen to CLAMPcast in Wonderland Aisha's series about smutty manga: Thirsty Thursday Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs CONTACT US Asher on Archive of Our Own: dashery Follow Aisha on Instagram and Twitter @MommaLuvsManga Watch Aisha's manga reviews on her YouTube channel Shojo a Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00 The next episode will cover Fruits Basket Another with Jacob Chapman.