Line #13 Trivia/X1999


1	!!Franchise
2	* DevelopmentHell: The manga currently straddles the line between this and "outright discontinued", and has remained "on hold" since 2003. Nanase Ohkawa, the lead writer of CLAMP, mentioned in 2005 that they were still looking for a magazine willing to publish the remaining chapters. However, decades have passed and CLAMP put [[Manga/Gate7 two]] [[Manga/DrugAndDrop more]] works on hold to work on ''Tsubasa World Chronicle'', which was a continuation of ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', ''xxxHolic:Rei'' which is also a semi-continuation of ''Manga/{{Xxxholic}}'', and a sequel manga for ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''. Fans of ''X/1999'' were not pleased with this and, at this point, the general assumption is that the manga will remain unfinished. It doesn't help that several plot points have been left hanging since well before 2003, such as Kamui's "true" wish and, most importantly, who wins between the Dragons of Heaven and the Dragons of Earth.
3	* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Cause of several publication hiatuses during the initial run of the manga, and possible cause of the current "[[NoEnding hiatus]]" as well. Thematic elements like the decapitations and seismic disturbances bore coincidental but unsettling resemblances to real-life events such as the Sakakibara murders and the Great Hanshin Earthquake, leading to the series being pulled from publication repeatedly. CLAMP denies ExecutiveMeddling was responsible for the 2003 hiatus, stating that they themselves made the decision to cease publication as they were convinced the planned ending would not have been socially acceptable "at that time". The global climate around urban terrorism and national security may have been a major factor in that decision.
4	* SeriesHiatus: The manga has been on hold on since 2003. Though CLAMP stated a willingness to continue the series if they found a magazine/publisher willing to print the remaining chapters, multiple decades have passed and CLAMP has long been focused on other works. Fans generally accept that the "hiatus" is more a quiet cancellation on CLAMP's side.
5	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The story was originally conceived by Ohkawa as a tale of a group of warriors fighting for justice, but those plans ended up in a brief DevelopmentHell as the entire CLAMP team couldn't find a proper "hook" to make it engaging. Only later did the idea for mixing the previous concept with influences from Creator/GoNagai's ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and Creator/ShotaroIshinomori's ''Genma Taisen'' crystallize, giving birth to ''X'' as we know it.
6	* WordOfGod:
7	** [[spoiler:Seishirou and Nataku]] are dead. Deader than disco. They won't be coming back. Also, Kotori's hair reminds the artists of Udon. Really.
8	** Paraphrasing Ohkawa, '' Kamui and Fuuma are more than friends. They used to be friends, but they are definitely past that point now. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Please, Mr. Interviewer, don't refer to them as friends, that's not correct]].'' Oookay then.
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10	!!Movie and anime
11	* ActingForTwo: Creator/WendeeLee, in addition to playing main character Karen, voices ''both'' of Kotori's friends in the English version.
12	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
13	** Good luck finding a new, or even mint, copy of TheMovie. Its last-known print runs were in 2001 on DVD (and in 2005 on an extremely limited [[Platform/PlayStationPortable UMD]] run, of all things), issued by Creator/MangaEntertainment, and the last DVD run was ''before'' CLAMP's hiatus on the manga. There hasn't been a single high-definition release of the work in ''any'' language since the "hiatus" was announced. Resources like blu-ray.com point to dummy entries made in anticipation of a release that never materialized; Manga Entertainment lost the rights to the movie and was later acquired by Sony, and Madhouse is now a subsidiary of NTV, so who precisely owns the rights to the film may be unclear. Even more notably, it has ''never'' featured on any streaming platform.

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