Comments on: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 20

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:16 +0000

I’m glad I helped you out a little! I’ll do the best I can with the questions, but I haven’t read past volume 24, so there’s still things I haven’t gotten to. And for that matter, things I’ve completely forgotten because this series is kind of hard to follow. ^_^;

- Where I’m at right now, the Sakura clone was just revealed, so I’m wondering myself where she enters the story and what parts of the flashback are the real Sakura and which are the clone. I’m only one volume past the spot where the “Sakura” soul dies in that fight.

- In the fight between Syaoran and Fai, it’s “Sakura”‘s soul that dies. They still have her body, though. Fei Wong says that the real Sakura, body and soul, doesn’t exist anymore, but I’m pretty sure he’s lying, or they can pull it out of a time loop or another dimension or something if it doesn’t currently exist. Fei Wong wants the “Sakura” body for whatever it is that he’s going to do, which I still haven’t gotten to yet.

- I’m not sure about this question at all. I think it must be past where I’m at in the story.

I’m sorry, I know I wasn’t much help. I tried. ^_^;;; I’m waiting for the final few volumes to come out in English before I finish the series, so I won’t get to read the end until fall.

By: Josefina

Josefina — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:44:43 +0000

hi!, thanks for what you put, it helped me to make some sense to the story.. that by itself is very complicated to understand…, but I would like to ask you something… I am kind of confused with the rest of the story… and if you could help me, it would be great
for example
– once the shaoran clone is set into the new world of clow, in what moment does the sakura clone appears??, or simpler… when does sakura clone appear? and where is the real sakura´s soul and body??
– also it appears that sakura is killed twice.. and I´m confused of who is who when happens.. which sakura(clone or real) and what(soul or body) does fye and the shaorans killes…
– and it confuses me the part that the real sakura and the clone are getting together if it is supossed that Reed killed the real body…

Thanks!!! I hope to know the answer.. :D

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:18:12 +0000

Thanks for all the comments, guys. I love seeing how Tsubasa really seems to bring out a lot of strong opinions, most of which seem very polarized. And there is a lot to say about it, because… there really is a ton of weird stuff going on, and it seems to turn into something much different than what it first appeared.

Bahamut: You really should start XxXholic. I like it a lot better than Tsubasa, and part of the reason I’m enjoying this part of the story are the little touches appearing that I remember from reading the other series.

By: ame

ame — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:38:06 +0000

i appreciate u writing all that out. i guess while ur reading the manga,u understand it enough to turn the next page…but upon reflection later…or after u’ve read more volumes…its still kinda like, okay, but why did have to happen in such a convoluted way.? i started to feel around this volume that they started this series and strung out the action for so long cuz they couldn’t find a way to resolve/explain it, so they just started making it up as they went a long. :(

By: bahamut

bahamut — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:00:05 +0000

Man, the Fai arc is SO needlessly convoluted, and some of it comes down to poor choices in wording (like the third-person thing you mentioned). I know what you mean about Yuko’s infodumps, but at the same time, some of the stuff that happens is so complicated that the only way to sort it out IS an infodump.
Learning Fai’s past was pretty intriguing, but looking back on it, I didn’t really like this arc. This and the Piffle World arc were the only times (so far) that I found the series frustrating. There are several more twists in the next few volumes, including stuff related to XXXholic (with every volume of Tsubasa, I’m more tempted to start XXXholic), and while the story might be getting really convoluted, I’m kind of enjoying the craziness. Currently waiting for volume 24 to come in the mail. 4 more to go!

By: ZeroSD

ZeroSD — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:39:05 +0000

TRC is *crazy*. I can tell it’s brilliant and thought out ahead of time, but it’s like twenty times denser than it started out.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:35:05 +0000

This definitely where the series jumped the shark for me.

Even if I were to accept why Sakura wanted to be impaled…I still cannot grasp why she would intentionally deliver Fai to Ashura. The whole group gets pummeled for what amounts to a therapy session.

I feel like from this point on, they make the characters impossible to identify with. The only one I felt I understood was confused and annoyed Kurogane, the only person who was remotely honest.

And, FWIW, Fei Wang was most definitely *not* attempting to get Yuko with the curse. Which tips it from gratuitous into plot hole territory for me.