Template:Series Clover (クローバー, Kurōbā) is an unfinished manga by CLAMP that takes place in a futuristic world where people known as 'Clovers' have special powers. Currently 4 Volumes have been released, however the story is on 'hiatus' and it is not known when it will continue.
Plot
Clover is primarily about a young girl called Sū (スウ, Sū?). In the futuristic world that she inhabits, the military conducted a search for gifted children nicknamed "Clovers", who seemingly have the magical ability to manipulate technology. Demonstrations of their powers include teleportation and summoning weapons from thin air.
Classified according to how powerful they are, the children were then tattooed with a symbol of the Clover Project, with the number of leaves on the Clover indicating their power. To date, Sū is the only "4-leaf Clover" discovered. Along with other "Clovers", Sū was imprisoned to prevent her contact with other humans, as the government feared that she might develop feelings for others and ultimately be used as a weapon to jeopardize the country's national security.
Being isolated from the rest of mankind, Sū craves for company, and as for her only wish, she asks to visit "Fairy Park." Her escort is Kazuhiko, an ex-military soldier who has been forced to undertake the task. It is later revealed that Kazuhiko and Sū are connected through Kazuhiko's deceased lover, Oruha.
Characters
Suu - The protagonist of the story. She is a '4-Leaf Clover' who, due to her powers, is forced to live alone in a cage as a precaution to keep her from potentially becoming a threat to the world until the beginning of the story, when she's given permission to travel to Fairy Park. She was a lonely girl who growing up had to physical interaction with other living beings. She was only allowed to interact with other people via phone call or video, and her only companions were robots that were built to resemble anthropomorphic animals, and these robots were placed with her as a form of defense. Her first real friend was Oruha, a singer whom she contacted after hearing one of her songs. Oruha would tell Suu stories of her life, including those of her lover Kazuhiko. Kazuhiko would ultimately end up the one who would be called upon to protect and accompany Suu on her journey to Fairy Park. Suu's journey covers the first two volumes of the manga and she moves into more of a supporting role for the remaining two volumes.
Kazuhiko - An ex-military man whose lover, Oruha, was killed a few years prior to the start of the story. He is assigned to escort Suu to Fairy Park where he starts to care about her. Kazuhiko has a laid back personality but he is also a skilled fighter who protects Suu more than once during their trip.
Gingetsu - Kazuhiko's close friend and former partner. He is a '2-Leaf Clover' who saves Kazuhiko throughout the journey to Fairy Park. He is assisted in missions by Ran, a '3-Leaf Clover' who was once known as 'C'. In Volume 4 of the manga it is shown how Ran came to be under Gingetsu's care soon after the former escaped from his cage.
Ran - Gingetsu's partner and former ward who lives with him and is unable to go outside due the fact he's a '3-Leaf Clover'. He was originally known as 'C', and was, like Suu, forced to live in a cage alongside his mentally unstable twin brother 'A' who is also a '3-Leaf Clover'. The cage he lived in formerly held another '3-Leaf Clover', 'B', but he was eventually murdered by A when A felt that B was getting in the way. It was A's violent and obsessive tendencies that drove Ran to run away from the cage, even though he knew that if he were found he would probably be killed for going outside. Outside the cage, Ran's began to age at an accelerated rate, something that has been implied to be due to his powers, and consequently his lifespan has been shortened considerably. His background is explored in Volume 4 of the manga.
Oruha - Kazuhiko's deceased lover and a '1-Leaf Clover' who's only power was to know when she'd die. As a singer she is assassinated during the middle of a performance. Prior to her death she becomes friends with Suu through phone calls and they even recorded a song together.
Publication
Clover ran in the magazine Amie from 1997 to 1999 when the magazine went under, leaving the series unfinished. Because the later volumes are told in flashbacks, many fans have wrongly believed the series to be finished.
In 2008 the series was re-released in Japan, while in 2009 it was re-released in English by the company, Dark Horse.