Episode 24 of CLAMP’s podcast, CLAMP Kanbukai, is out! You can listen to it on YouTube and all major podcast platforms.

This episode’s theme is “Again in Miyako-jima”.

At the beginning of the episode, Mokona-sensei explained that the reason for her absence on the previous episode was due to some pollen reaction and not really because of a cold or flu.

Later, they revealed that this episode was being recorded from inside their Shigira Mirage resort hotel room in Miyako-jima. The last time they went there was in December of 2024, and at that time they didn’t get very lucky with the weather. This time around, however, the weather is way better.

The sky was so clear that they were able to do some stargazing. They talked a little about the constellations that they saw.

It seems like Satsuki-sensei drove them in little golf carts around the resort. They were part of a tour or part of the hotel. It seems it was the first time she drove a fully electric vehicle. She said that she drove a car while they were living in Tokyo but since they moved to Kyoto (2013) she decided she wouldn’t be driving anymore because she didn’t know how to get around in the city by car, and that’s about the time when electric cars started to become more popular.

Ohkawa-sensei mentioned that Nekoi-sensei has been taking a lot of pictures of water surfaces, pool tiles and flowers to use as “textures” for their works. Nekoi-sensei mentioned they are useful particularly for the background of the illustrations they do for the Vanguard cards. She mentioned that the pool tiles from the last time they were there have been used already and this time she wants to “process” the texture/color even more and use them (specially for their digitally colored illustrations, I believe). She really knows a lot about colors!

Next, they talked a little about beer and alcoholic beverages from Okinawa, particularly Orion.

After that, they changed subject a little and talked about the Roningai stage play they saw in Kyoto. Actor Miyu Irino (who voiced Syaoran in the Tsubasa Chronicle TV Anime) is part of the cast. They really enjoyed the play.

Next, they talked about an amusing incident concerning Satsuki-sensei. She almost lost her wallet (or belongings) but they were later found.

Lastly, they briefly mentioned the return of XXXHOLiC Rei. Nekoi-sensei talked about paying attention to the extent of Watanuki’s limbs while Mokona-sensei is paying attention to the girl that looks like Zashiski Warashi’s hair length. They said they are constantly checking the tankoubons that have been published to make sure they are not missing any detail. They talked about the font size for Young Magazine being smaller and less round than Nakayoshi. Ohkawa-sensei remarked that they are still adjusting their style and asked everyone to look forward to it.

Before wrapping up, they quickly talked about the Sapporo and Nagoya legs of CLAMP Exhibition -SELECTION- and how there will be new goods for them (“even though there were so many of them already!”).

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Although I am not positive about this, it felt to me like they went to Okinawa again to do some research (while also having a good time, of course). Could they be collecting data for their next project?