4/1/2023 0 Comments Card captor sakura 2017![]() Mind you, these two are about 10 years old and their relationship doesn't develop until very late into the series - an embrace is as far as they get. As mentioned above, I love Sakura and Syaoran and even more so as a couple. And despite Cardcaptor Sakura being one of their most innocent and light-hearted works, I think it is also easily the most controversial romance-wise. CLAMP are known to have rather unconventional romantic couples. It is, therefore, a little baffling that their plot is sometimes a little underwhelming, though it does not change that this is still a manga I hold dear. I absolutely adore these two and this series features a lot of other likeable characters such as Kero-chan and Tomoyo. It is a bit strange because Sakura and the male protagonist Syaoran are among my favourite manga characters. Unfortunately, if we're purely looking at the plot, I can't deny that I find Cardcaptor Sakura a little boring at times. The plot itself is to an equal amount about the mystery behind the cards as well as Sakura's daily life with her family and friends. I find myself more invested in the main story rather than the individual episodes in which Sakura finds yet another card. It definitely starts off very episodic, but it has a nice underlying plot that becomes more solid toward the second half of the story. It just has a much lighter and appropriate feeling to it. One thing I also really appreciate is that Sakura is just your normal girl who is collecting magical cards to stop them from causing havoc rather than a girl (or group of girls) pitched against an evil force to save the earth from certain doom. In fact, all the magic is much more akin to more traditional witches and wizard's and even draws on Chinese mythology. She wears a different 'magical girl' costume for most chapters, but they are all tailored by her best friend Tomoyo and are really just for variety and cuteness (and surely the artists having their fun) rather than any magical process that all other magical girls go through. Sakura doesn't actually transform through any magical means. It undoubtedly is, but I do find it drops some of this genre's typical tropes - and I mean that in the best way possible. I've always struggled to view Cardcaptor Sakura as a magical girl manga. Although this manga's art is a tad less intricate and almost simple in the use of screen toning, there's something very light and loveable about it and it's undeniably adorable. ![]() It's definitely one of their bigger works, especially as it features the characters that are later featured as the protagonists of CLAMP's crossover work: Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE. The art is as gorgeous as one can expect and it's almost unavoidable to read if one wants to delve into the multiverse these artists have created. With each card Sakura adds to her collection, her own magical powers grow.Ĭardcaptor Sakura already wins points simply by being a work of CLAMP. The cards were created by the mightiest magician to have lived - Clow. Elementary Schooler Sakura finds a book in her father's library which not only proves to be magical but also releases the lion-like creature Kero-chan who tasks her with finding all the magical cards the book once contained. ![]() While not as big as similar titles such as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura is definitely a manga household name. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel. In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. Currently, there are four members in the group. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven.
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