Wish (manga)
Plot. While walking home from work one day, a doctor named Shuichiro notices an angel, Kohaku, stuck on a tree while being attacked by a crow. He rescues Kohaku and, in return, Kohaku offers to grant him a wish. However, Shuichiro does not want one. He likes his life, his work is going well, he has no money problems and he believes in fulfilling his own dreams. So Kohaku decides that the best thing to do is stay and help him until he does think of a wish they can grant. During their stay, the angel Hisui, and  two demons, Koryuu and Kokuyo, also begin living in the house, along with the Koryuu's servants Ruri and Hari. Kokuyo is the son of Satan and is in love with Hisui, who is one of the four Angel Masters controlling the four elements: earth, wind, fire, and water; with wind being their element. Kokuyo admits that he made love to Hisui and that is how they ended up together. This relationship, however, is forbidden in both Heaven and Hell, so the two sought refuge on Earth. Kohaku originally came to Earth to find Hisui, who had been a mentor  and parental figure to them. In spite his new housemates, Shuichiro remains as stoic as ever. Although he persists in not making a wish, without realizing it, he grows attached to Kohaku. Eventually Kohaku is forced back to Heaven against their will by God, because they have the important task of hatching the eggs from the Tree of Life by singing to them. However, Kohaku deeply misses Shuichiro and realizes they had developed feelings for him. Likewise, Shuichiro misses them and continues to hold on to one of their earrings to try to prevent them from staying in Heaven. Unable  to bear the separation, Kohaku returns without God's permission, and the couple is happily reunited. Their reunion is short-lived as the three remaining Angel Masters come to Earth to punish both Kohaku, and Hisui for being in love with a demon. Hisui is stripped of their Angel Master status and is banished from Heaven, to their and Kokuyo's delight. Kohaku, in turn, is stripped of their powers and forced to remain in a small form for the next one hundred years. They are devastated that they could not grant Shuichiro's wish, but as Shuichiro's wish  was for Kohaku to stay with him forever, it was one he could not have fulfilled himself. Shortly afterward, Shuichiro suddenly dies while on a walk with Kohaku. Kohaku is put into a one hundred years sleep, so that Shuichiro will have been reincarnated by the time Kohaku awakens. Kokuyo and Hisui are sentenced to look after their sleeping form. One hundred years later, the reincarnation of Shuichiro, now 17, passes by his old house which awakens Kohaku. He has no memory of them, so their relationship starts anew, but he soon remembers them. Characters. The authors and the translators  state both in the text and in the sidebars that there is no gender in either Heaven or Hell but they have adopted the convention of referring to characters with gendered pronouns to make things in the translation easier. Media. Manga. Written and illustrated by Clamp, "Wish" appeared as a serial in the manga magazine "Mystery DX" from the November 1995 issue to the August 1998 issue. Kadokawa Shoten compiled the chapters into four bound volumes and published them from June 1, 1996, to August 1, 1998. In 2009, the series was republished with new covers from October 26 to  September 26. Tokyopop licensed the series for an English-language translation in North America and published it from August 27, 2002, to February 11, 2003. It was distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. Tokyopop returned the license following the closure of its North America publishing branch in 2011, and Viz Media is republishing "Wish" digitally, beginning on February 17, 2015. The series has also been translated into other languages such as French by Editions Tonkam, German by Carlsen Comics, Italian by Star Comics, Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica, Portuguese by Editora JBC (Brazil), and Spanish by Grupo  Editorial Vid (Mexico) and Norma Editorial (Spain). Dark Horse Comics is republishing the manga in print form. Drama CD. Voice cast for the drama CD: Adaptation. A 6-minute long animation clip based on "Wish" was created in 1997. It was included on the DVD of CLAMP 15th anniversary album "CLAMPAZAR" released in 2007. Appearances. Kohaku has made appearances in "CLAMP in Wonderland", the manga and anime of "Kobato", and in the manga "Legal Drug" (now known as "Drug and Drop"). Ruri and Hari has made appearances in "Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland". Reception. Adam Arnold of "Animefringe" enjoyed the series  for its "unique story, snappy dialogue, and fun set of characters that'll keep you enthralled reading to the very end."