Tsubasa 11
Posted: March 24, 2007 Filed under: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 4 Comments »My roommate got another sustained yell from me. I really got into this series, so I decided to switch off and read 16 inbetween 10 and 11. 16 is… hard to read. The sustained yell was just “FAIIIII!”
But yes, 11 was one of the better volumes. There were many spirited moments, including lots and lots of true-to-character moments from everyone from Tomoyo to Yuko to Nokoru. It was good to see Nokoru acting the way he should, it’s been forever since I’ve read the CLAMP Campus series, and Nokoru was awesome in those. Now all we need is more Suoh and Akira and I’d be set. Akira in particular is the most adorable of the bunch.
We get the start to the final leg of the Dragonfly Race. I don’t remember liking the Dragonfly race too much the first time I went through this, but reading all the volumes together helps because reading the race in its entirety is a lot better than getting only pieces of this race every few months. Bah.
I liked Fai in this volume. A LOT. Fai is probably my favorite in this series. He’s the most jovial, cracks some of the best jokes, and is still the most mysterious. Hooray for Fai. Actually, reading all these back to back really raised my opinion of this series. I was quite entertained, where previously I had only respected it on a mediocre level. I laughed at several parts (I laugh a lot at Kurogane, who overreacts in a much better way than Watanuki), and the contest and traps and whatnot were quite engrossing. Maybe it was the old-school CCS and I’m confusing my love for that series with this one, but either way, I enjoyed this stretch of the series immensely.
I just finished this volume, and I really liked it a lot, too. I heart Fai, of course, but thought Nokoru kind of stole the show. :)
He always does, no matter where he pops up ^_^ He even somehow manages to do it in X.
hmm, I can’t say this was one of my favourite volumes. First, I felt the art deteriorated a bit, it feels very hasty. And I’m not at all crazy about the race, I want a different world soon! The only good point for me is the appearance of Tomoyo-chan.
Yeah, the race was one of the parts I followed in the Japanese version very closely, and I remember being kind of frustrated with its length. Reading it all the way through made me like it a bit more, but I know what you mean when you say it’s a bit long.
I didn’t really notice the art when I was reading this, though. I ought to go back through and look at how the art changes through the years. That might actually be quite fun.