Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 16
Posted: December 21, 2009 Filed under: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Leave a comment »CLAMP – Del Rey – 2008 – 28 volumes
Okay, I’m just going to jump right back into the swing of things here. I picked a bad place to stop, because this volume starts right in the middle of an action scene and contains one of the biggest pieces of story explanation in the series. Reading it in English did help immensely, and I finally understood all of what was going on here (Kamui calling Syaoran “game” was pretty awesome, and I finally understood the subtle differences between Syaoran and “Syaoran,” aside from the latter going on a murderous rampage and all).
The X setting was marginalized in favor of the explanations and dimension-crossing and the breaking of the seals and reclaiming of the souls and divying up of the magic powers, but I still got to see Kamui and Subaru, so I was a happy camper. Additionally, when “Syaoran’s” murderous rampage started, he began by bending the cocky Kamui over and nearly ripping his arm off, so that was another great scene.
And then there’s poor Fai. I still don’t like what happened to him here, but I did like how upset Kurogane got over it. Much like CLAMP seems to have hung a sign in XxXholic that says “we would like to slash these two, but this is a men’s magazine” in relation to Domeki and Watanuki, the same thing happens here with Kurogane and Fai. Fangirls have been with it from the beginning, but it becomes harder and harder to deny in the story from here on. Harder than in XxXholic, where it’s not… all that prevalent, but still.
