This review may contain spoilers for previous volumes of Wish.

So Khaku has been told she must return to heaven, leaving Shuichiro behind on Earth. As they, both try to settle into their lives without one another, they find it immensely difficult. Khaku cracks and she creates a portal to return to the Earth, and see the man she loves despite the fact she knows God will punish her. Meanwhile Kokuyo still can’t seem to tell anyone what he suspects about Shuichiro without being interrupted, but he manages to figure out why. The remaining Angel masters are sent to collect Kohaku and when she refuses to go, they must inflict God’s judgement on her and Madam Hisui. Hisui gets off rather lightly, but Khaku is force to remain in her cherub form for one hundred years. Despite this Shuichiro finally confesses his true feelings for Khaku when disaster strikes, however now Kokuyo can now reveal the secret he has been holding onto.

I must admit reading the final volume of Wish presented more than a few shocks. Being a romantic story, it’s easy to assume that the two main characters will eventually confess their love for one another (one much later than the other of course) and that they’ll all live happily ever after. Of course, this is CLAMP, and they have a way of making you believe things might not quite be that way. They’ve used similar tactics in Chobits, yet while in Chobits there was always a bit of suspect or menace around Chi and wither she would get it together with Hideki. There was no such questions about Khaku, her feelings are clear from the start.

While the final volume of Wish does present a few shocks to the story, quite a few of them feel poorly implemented, and the conclusion of the story seems extremely forced. This is disappointing, as any CLAMP fan knows what kind of magic they are capable of and may find Wish rather lacking in that department. Still this doesn’t mean that the work won’t pull on your emotional strings, as some of the more intense moments may have you shedding a tear or two.

The artwork is often stunning, as it has been in previous volumes. There is far more of it in his volume as the plot runs to its conclusion. We see a lot more of the Angel Masters and this gives us more excuse for close ups. Female readers will find the Angel Masters some of the best pretty boys CLAMP have to offer (although technically the Angels female).

Wish is not CLAMP’s best work, but for someone who is whishing (that’s not an intentional pub) to read some of their work but doesn’t want to invest in some of their longer series just yet may find Wish the perfect appetiser. The CLAMP enthusiast may find Wish a little disappointing compared to similar work such as Chobits, but they should find Wish a pleasant little distraction.