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lilover131 · 2 years

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Chapter 64 Analysis

I’m sorry for being so late posting this!! I really did want to write this analysis sooner, however I got held up by an unexpected source. The English translated chapter was unavailable for download until today (it was never disclosed why this was so delayed), and I really did not want to write my thoughts using the red, blurry screenshots from the Youtube video on the official CLAMP channel. Now that I can have decent screenshots to outline things, I can finally write this properly!

This chapter was everything I had hoped for, and it leaves me so excited/scared for the future! Without further ado, let’s jump right in! -queue Chrissy listening to “Come into my Dream” by Foggy-

OMG, THIS COVER PAGE!! It’s so beautiful, and I absolutely love the way Syaoran is drawn in this color image. CLAMP wasted no time showing us the official colors of these outfits, which I’m sure will only serve to feed into the fanart (it certainly did for me!). I don’t have a lot more to say about it as there doesn’t appear to be any further symbolism to it that I can tell other than matching what is already going on. I love it nonetheless and have definitely turned it into a background for some of my devices. Haha!

So I’ll start off by saying this….I was wrong. I feel like such an idiot for being so convinced that this black cat portrayal was not Syaoran and some magical entity, but it turns out I apparently know nothing about Syaoran and he is in fact an incredible actor. LOL. Honestly, I’m still so shook by it and how cool he’s acting! I’ll bet that Syaoran internally is embarrassed by this, but because this is clearly for Sakura and his classmates, he’s doing his absolute best and making it look easy!

I’m proud of Syaoran for stepping up to do something he was clearly uncomfortable with, and his reasons for doing it really just continue to build on what a genuinely kind person he is. He realized that by doing only the voice, he was giving more work to others in animating the puppet, so he was in fact doing more harm than good. Syaoran really doesn’t like to give anyone a hard time, even for something as simple as animating a puppet, and it just melts my heart and how thoughtful he is! Of course the most important reason of all for him choosing to do this is to be closer to Sakura if something happens during the play. It seems that everyone senses something important is going to happen at this play, including Tomoyo, who explained that she had never put so much thought into costumes before, but that she did so because she felt that this play was special.

Watching from the trees, Kero and Suppi remark about how they feel the presence of magic, and Nakuru and Yukito exchange glances that express that they too, feel the same thing. Nothing has happened yet, but it seems everyone is on edge, and it’s easy to see why. I think we’re all honestly on edge waiting to see what happens. Haha!

Syaoran jumps down from the pillar he was sitting on with expertise and impresses all his fellow classmates with his graceful athleticism, and I find Touya’s face to be absolutely hilarious when Syaoran gets so much applause. Touya certainly cares about him, but that doesn’t mean he likes him. Haha!

Syaoran and Sakura speak their lines, the black cat stating he was waiting for Alice, and that she had asked him to “guide her to the world she wanted to see”. What Syaoran says next is awfully foreshadowing in nature, and he states that the destination is for Alice to decide. What she will or won’t do or where she will go is up to her, and what she decides will shape her world. This seems to come back to the ‘decision’ that CLAMP keeps teasing us with. It seems Sakura’s moment of choosing will come soon, and I’m so worried about this choice. Often, ‘choices’ in CLAMP works are very difficult ones with a lot of emotional pain, like Syaoran in Tsubasa World Chronicle having to choose between not killing the other Syaoran and saving the people of Nirai Kanai. I’m sure if it were an easy decision, then CLAMP wouldn’t put nearly this much attention on it. I have a sinking feeling that this choice Sakura has coming will be related to Akiho and Syaoran, and that whichever choice she makes will determine who ends up being the true cloaked figure.

The song Yamazaki wrote starts to play, the lyrics describing how this is the story of Alice’s choice, and the cat will lead the way to her dreams. However, it is incredibly creepy how the lyrics are cut off in perfect time as it says “Carry on. But know….” And then is interrupted by the mysterious voice saying “You can never go back.” If you have read my post titled “Why I’m scared for Syaoran” (link here if you want to read), you’ll know how I feel about this particular disembodied voice, and I especially don’t like how it comes up right as Sakura is reaching for his hand (which she cannot physically touch right now due to the spell keeping them apart). This keeps giving me awful feelings that my prediction might be right, and I’m still clinging onto hope that I’m wrong.

Right after that moment, the scene shows Akiho standing at the top of the winding steps. She looks awfully mysterious under that veil, but I gotta say that the Red Queen outfit suits her incredibly well and is super beautiful. She insisted on having that role after all, so it seems she was really made for it. I really love the headpiece in particular with the massive flower, but the black spikes coming from it really do remind me of the dragon for some reason. Or maybe I’m thinking of the Association. The outfit in its entirety though really reminds me of the outfit Sakura wears in Recourt and Acid Tokyo in Tsubasa, and any Tsubasa readers will know how traumatic that arc was in particular. Hahaha!

For the second time now, when Akiho goes to say her line where she introduces who she is, she seems to hesitate, and this seems to be unscripted. There appears to be some sort of internal thought Akiho is battling with, and I’m curious to know what it is. Does it feel too real for her to say she is the Red Queen, or does she feel like she is telling a lie that is fighting and wants to correct? I’m sure we’ll get answers soon enough. But I imagine having a play that draws so much inspiration from the book she resonates with so much and only she can read must be somewhat surreal feeling.

After their introductions are completed, Sakura and Akiho walk through a beautifully decorated archway, which seems to turn into an actual portal, and the two disappear within it. Touya signals to Yukito, who immediately goes into action. His new powers go into effect, his huge wings wrapping the entire school in a barrier. It is then that we get something completely shocking and not at all what I would have predicted. TOUYA CAN STOP TIME?!!!! We finally get to see this new power he has been teasing, and it turns out to be time magic of all things! Everyone is just as confused as we are naturally, but Yukito explains that this stopped time won’t last long and urges Syaoran to go after the girls while he can. He promises to bring Sakura back, which reminds me of another Tsubasa scene (STOP DOING THAT CLAMP), and once he passes through it, the gate closes behind him.

After Syaoran disappears, Touya explains himself to the guardians that he had a conversation with his mother’s spirit about Sakura’s growing lack of control over her powers and how he could help her. It turns out that Sakura has technically always had the power to see spirits, but she could not see them because she did not wish to see them out of fear. But now she can see spirits despite this, indicating that her choice has now been overruled by her own destabilization. Touya remarks on how he discovered a new power within himself, which was the ability to stop time, however he can only do so for about 2 seconds. He asks his mother if this ability could help her, and she tells him that in her time of need, it can, however he should not do it alone.

It turns out that what she meant was to utilize Yukito to help increase the time he can use this magic, and that he can do so because the magic Yukito has was given to him by Touya, thus is his own magic. I really love how CLAMP incorporated that connection here, but it also really feeds into the Touyuki ship in ways that makes me want to squeal. Lmao. Touya explains that he and Yukito had been practicing quite a bit to get it right, and I love imagining how hard they were working quietly behind the scenes for this moment. Yukito’s eyes also look soooo pretty with Yue’s slits for pupils. I do feel kinda bad for Yue though, who is probably feeling a bit useless right now. However, before Yukito made his wish to the Tsukimine Shrine, he said he had written a letter to Yue to ask how he felt about this, and Yue responded “Do as you wish” (lol), so at least Yue’s feelings were considered here.

Kero shouts from the trees that Touya and Yukito were cheating using time magic, but I don’t really know how that is considered cheating, or why the two of them were trying to hide at all from them. I guess Kero and Suppi didn’t quite feel comfortable talking directly to Touya yet, and I only really just now realized that this is the first time they’ve actually communicated to each other. But like…Touya is so far in the know about the magic world, that it makes literally no sense for them to hide anymore? Hahaha. Like, honestly they could’ve talked to him a long time ago, and it would’ve been fine. In fact, the whole freaking household should be totally okay with magic at this point, including Fujitaka. If they are not all talking to each other openly by the end of the series, I’mma riot. Lmao.

Anyways, Yukito states seriously that all they can do is help from that side of the door and that it’s “up to the cat now”, since they likely did nothing to stop Kaito. This seems to imply that not just Sakura’s return rests on Syaoran’s shoulders, but that he is also expected to be the one to deal with Kaito. None of these are going to be easy, so it appears Syaoran has a huuuuuge role in this climax, which was expected.

I am BEYOND excited for the next chapter. I’m sure it’s going to be absolutely insane, and I’m also so so so so nervous for what is about to happen. I believe things are seriously going to amp up in the next chapter and that we are going to come face to face with Sakura’s decision. There might also be a round 2 for Syaoran and Kaito, so things are certainly about to get epic!!!

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sweetlytempests · 5 months

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power to change the world harkens great adversity.

#trc #tsubasa #tsubasa reservoir chronicle #clamp #clampedit #trcedit #sakura kinomoto #princess sakura #sakura (clone)#sakura (trc)#yukito tsukishiro #high priest yukito #yukito (trc)#manga coloring #mine

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completeoveranalysis · 7 months

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THIS SMALL SERIOUS CHILD.

Touya comes in taunting him, because he can, and he’s ready to just completely accept responsibility for breaking a law that he didn’t know about.

And he cites his duty.

It’s practically everything you need to know about his personality in one page.

“Thank goodness this will be directly relevant for the rest of your life.”

Very fun of Yukito to ALSO cut to the core of his personality based on that small interaction.

And fascinating that this same personality trait is mentioned as a positive here but also comes with a lot of negatives when pushed to the extreme - and it has. Lava Lamp has kept this as the core of his personality and left very little room for anything else.

(ALSO? I like that this version of Yukito kind of has the mysterious mysticism to him that you would normally expect from Yue. As if in CCS they kind of ARE two halves of the same being, but here they're united as one?)

I LOVE the different takes on this moment between the three of them.

Yukito sees Lava Lamp’s dedication and suggests he becomes friends with Sakura. Perhaps because this will be useful to Sakura in the future, perhaps because Sakura needs a friend, and perhaps because Yukito can see that Lava Lamp ALSO needs a friend. He sees their compatibility, and I think with his evaluation of Lava Lamp’s personality you can see that he approves.

Meanwhile Lava Lamp nods at the suggestion of becoming Sakura’s friend BECAUSE IT’S HIS MISSION.

He was sent across the universe SPECIFICALLY to meet her and form a connection.

It’s his ASSIGNED TASK, so of course he gravely accepts the suggestion. It’s his solemn duty.

Meanwhile Touya just doesn’t like it because he’s overly protective and can’t help himself from stirring the pot on purpose BECAUSE HE STILL CAN.

#Also interesting that at the mention of Sakura #The black borders disappear #And the moment takes up all the space available #As if he remembers that beat with PARTICULAR clarity #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Tsubasa #Vol 192 #Lava Lamp Guy #Toya #Yukito #...oh!#You know what else is neat?#Neither Sakura nor Syaoran have a crush on Yukito here #But Yukito here very much DOES still have magic #Which means it WAS a personality thing in CCS #(Don't mind me just correcting homophobes)

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tsukimine-moonlight · 1 year

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thinking too hard about the Promise card again. i saw a panel of high priest yukito from tsubasa world chronicle and now i can’t stop staring at the illustration on Promise.

overthinking things under the cut:

so here’s the Promise card from the wiki:

please help, i don’t usually post images inside text posts, i don’t know how to make it any smaller, i’m sorry.

the visual similarity with tsubasa’s yukito, the high priest of clow country/part of clow country’s priesthood, is striking. including the lines serving as detailing on the edges - at first i thought the lines on the promise card were something like bunny ears, but now i think they’re just decoration. anyway, i’m posting the entire page because there’s something else that i think is also very relevant: the hands.

tsubasa!yukito’s hands are conveniently and clearly shown here. they’re pretty bare. he doesn’t have sleevies that go all the way up, to cover the backs of his hands, the way the Promise card does. but you know who does wear those?

yue.

the ones the Promise card is wearing are a tiny bit different - they seem to taper into defined points, and they don’t have gems the way yue’s do. but they are very notably something that yue wears, you know? i can’t think of any other character that wears these.

and that’s significant, to me, because i’m utterly convinced that the price yukito paid at Tsukimine Shrine for his power was “himself”, in some way, but also convinced that sakura is going to use the Promise card to bring him back or keep him around. i am going to leave elaborating on exactly why i think that for another post, but it’s important to my line of thought that the Promise card is composed of imagery that’s just associated with yukito, not yue. that this promise is something sworn with yukito, that this is something tied to yukito himself and not yukito as a false form or aspect of yue.

so the fact that the Promise card has a design element really strongly associated with yue, when the rest of the card features things centered on yukito (snow motif, the hood/cloak outfit similar to the one tsubasa!yukito has, the promise he made with sakura) frightens me a little. i don’t want the lines between them blurred; i don’t want either of them to disappear for anyone’s sake.

(which is really funny to me because “i don’t want you to disappear” is so much of a thing in all of ccs/holic/tsubasa. especially when it’s directed at people who were constructed for others’ purposes. crying into my hands.)

anyway where does yue keep his armies? in his sleevies

#tm-talky #ccscc #ccscc spoilers #clear card spoilers #twc spoilers #tsubasa world chronicle spoilers #is it really spoilers? i don't know #tsukishiro yukito #yue ccs

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