Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 12

ツバサ - RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE [Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE] #12

by Clamp

DRAGONFLY BATTLE

All is not well on Piffle World. The magical land's most popular sporting event - a race of lightweight aircraft called dragonflies - seems to have been rigged by one of the contestants. But winning the competition is the only way Princess Sakura and her friends can recover one of the princess's precious and powerful memory feathers. The five friends are determined to cross the finish line first, but the cheating is taking its toll - even Fai is out of the running! Can the travelers still win the race and discover who's behind the booby traps before it's too late?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Romance, Adventure, Comics Manga

184 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 2005

About the author

Ōkawa Nanase 大川七瀬
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]

Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]

Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]

Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]


CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.

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. 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 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. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.

In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.

Reviews

[Ray Flores · Rating 3 out of 5]

¡Por fin termina el arco del Reino Piffle! Sakura es la única de todo el equipo que logra llegar a la meta y quien, por primera vez, reclama su propia pluma.

Durante las diferentes fases de la carrera, notamos que alguien estaba interfiriendo con los competidores de manera deliberada, y aunque al principio no supimos quién está detrás de todo eso, eventualmente el misterio es develado.

Ahora bien, doy gracias de que este arco por fin se terminó porque es uno de los que me saben más a relleno que otra cosa. La princesa Tomoyo y Sakura se hacen amigas en este Reino, sí, pero realmente no hay mucho qué sacar de los dos volúmenes y medio que abarcó el arco, con excepción de que vemos a personajes que ya han hecho sus apariciones anteriormente.

De hecho, siendo honestos, tengo más ganas de leer el siguiente tomo porque es uno de los arcos que más me gusta, ya que cuenta la historia de Kurogane.

Este volumen contiene los capítulos 83 al 90.

REVIEWS ANTERIORES:
Volumen 1 | Volumen 2 | Volumen 3 | Volumen 4 | Volumen 5 | Volumen 6 | Volumen 7 | Volumen 8 | Volumen 9 | Volumen 10 | Volumen 11

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the Space-Time Witch.

[Chivitouille · Rating 5 out of 5]

Por fin concluye esta aventura por el país de Piffle.
La carrera al final fue un poco obvia en cuanto quien resulta el ganador pero todo el desarrollo ha sido emocionante.
Cada uno de los protagonistas muestra un crecimiento en cuanto a sus personalidades, conforme avanzan se muestran más confiados y seguros de comportarse como son realmente, algo que ayuda mucho es que están juntos y se apoyan.
Como siempre las bromas que Fye le hace a Kurogane son muy geniales, pero en esta dimensión resulta ser muy divertido. En esta ocasión Kurogane resulta ser la persona más responsable y que se preocupa por el bienestar de cada uno a pesar de que aparenta indiferencia.
Aún falta por conocer más a Fye y sigo esperando por llegar al tomo donde nos expliquen un poco más de él.
El que resulta ser el cómplice de los villanos no me tomo del todo por sorpresa porque te genera una pequeña sospecha al principio y cuando se descubre quien es, resulta evidente que no podía ser otro más que él. Al parecer será una persona que se toparán más adelante pero lo que les genera desconfianza es el hecho de que ahora tendrán que desconfiar un poco de todos aquellos que se vuelvan a topar y que tengan la misma cara de aquellos que conocieron antes, puesto que no sabrán quienes son diferentes y quienes serán las mismas personas que conocieron con anterioridad, quien es amigo o quien es cómplice de los malos.
Para terminar, lo que me tomó por sorpresa es Tomoyo, no imagine el papel que jugaría al final. Aún tengo mucha curiosidad por saber como es la relación que tiene Kurogane con ella en su dimensión.
Ha sido un buen final para esta aventura en este mundo, ahora a continuar con el siguiente tomo y la próxima aventura.
Ampliamente recomendable.

[Naomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vamos a darle cinco estrellas por tres razones:
1. La relación de Tomoyo y Sakura, que me hizo recordar mucho a SCC.
2. El desarrollo personal de nuestros cuatro viajeros, pero sobre todo de Kurogane que cada vez parece estar más cerca de la verdadera fuerza
3. ¡Shaoran ebrio!

[Jaimi Rachelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series just gets better every time I read it.

[Jenny Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was all about the race, with 3 chapters devoted to the after race festivities. The designs for Piffle World are adorable! This is also another one that ends right as they leave a world, which makes it a good point to take a short break from the series if you want to.
We still have all our original mysteries, but now there is another one added. Dr. Kyle is also traveling worlds???? I am very hopeful that that mystery, along with Fei Wang, Syaorians double, his missing memories and eye, Fai's whole history and Syaorians teacher will be resolved soon! Knowing Clamp, it will be the last 4 volumes before we find out!
That artwork is quite lovely, the story is interesting and the characters are great!
This arc moved a tad slow, but I still thought it was good! It can be a little repetitive; they just go from world to world and find feathers, but I don't mind it obviously! The little details in each world, meeting new people, and the mysteries in each world keep me entertained!

[Josh 谢翊杰 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love that Sakura got her time in the spotlight, a chance to prove herself and accomplish something and feel that she's a valuable part of the team and supporting herself in getting her memories back. Also, what was was important to her is that she did it on her merits, not by anyone else's means.

Also, what the heck?! Tomoyo in this world was watching Syaoran and said "It's true. The way he pilots his machine is very much like the one I know." I have so many questions! Who is this other Syaoran that she's met? Is he originally from this world, or is he from another world? There also seems to be some fondness in the way she's saying it too. Will we find out any of this, or is it just a reminder that there are people with the same faces/souls in other worlds?

[Harumichi Mizuki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nggak nyangka kalau akhirnya Sakuralah yang memenangkan Dragonfly Race. Soalnya dari awal pertandingan dia clumsy dan ada di posisi buncit terus, sih. Memenangkan Dragonfly Race adalah momen penting bagi Sakura karena selama ini dia menganggap dirinya sebagai beban bagi tim Syaoran. Dan penjahat yang sudah mengacak-acak jalannya pertandingan ternyata adalah... orang yang sama dengan yang pernah mereka temui di dimensi-dimensi sebelumnya.

[Shaun · Rating 2 out of 5]

Things in this series have taken a turn toward repetitiveness at this point. The art, as is always the case with CLAMP, is still quite impressive. But the narrative has fallen into a rut. This is somewhat disappointing given the potential this concept showed in the beginning.

[Kayla Loewen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I take back what I said about no favorites;This volume is my absolute favorite!

[Nərmin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nah. Again repetitive and silly. I Want some dark moments, complex plot not the whole volume dedicated to race.

[Bibliothecat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review for complete series



Tsubasa is in a way a love letter to all of CLAMP's other works. I went into this having read almost all - definitely all relevant - series by CLAMP, so I can't say for sure, but I think this series is only half as fun if you haven't read the other works (preferably all). If you enjoy Easter Eggs and cameos, Tsubasa is an absolute treat.

For the longest time, Tsubasa was the longest manga series I owned; anything beyond 10 volumes makes me think twice as I find that most lengthy series just drag unnecessarily. However, it was impossible for me to say no to Tsubasa, Sakura and Syaoran from Cardcaptor Sakura have been long-time favourite manga characters of mine, not to mention that I am generally very fond of CLAMP and all their big and small crossovers. Reading a story that combines almost their entire bibliography and with Sakura and Syaoran as the main characters was too good to say no to. It should also be mentioned that this series is heavily interwoven with xxxHolic's plot and should best be read alongside each other.

This Syaoran and Sakura are not the same from Cardcaptor Sakura (although the original Sakura makes a cameo). In essence, this is a story about travelling between dimensions - the same person can exist in different versions of themselves in different universes. Sakura and Syaoran travel between the different worlds - all very different - and meet characters and elements from all across CLAMP's other works. In fact, some characters appear more than once to highlight how the same being can exist and lead a different life in different worlds. It's really fun to see the characters from other stories living different lives, some are funny and some are bittersweet. CLAMP has killed off a fair amount of its characters in other works so it's nice to see some of them leading happier and peaceful lives.

In addition to meeting a whole lot of known characters, there are also a couple of Tsubasa original characters such as Fay and Kurogane who accompany Sakura and Syaoran on their travels. I've grown to love Fay and Kurogane almost as much as I love the other two - so while Tsubasa is very much a homage to other CLAMP works, it's also a very character-driven story with both Fay and Kurogane having intricate and deep personalities. I also have to express my apologies to Kurogane - I always expected not to like him because I'm not very fond of brawns-over-brains type of characters, but I was very wrong about him; great character, smart as well a strong and just a really great guy.

Being a work of CLAMP, it's almost needless to say that the art is beautiful. That being said, this is more of a shounen-esque series which also shows in the art with the somewhat oddly length limbs and a greater focus on action, weapons and muscles. I prefer shoujo art, but the facial art is much the same as other CLAMP works so I can absolutely live with that.

A downside of Tsubasa is plain and simple that it gets confusing. There are time skips, world switching, doubles across different series (xxxHolic) and rather vague motivations from the villain's side. At some point, I just decided to go with the flow rather than trying to make sense of every detail. There's a bit of a loose end, though I wouldn't exactly call it a band ending either. Now that they are working on a sequel, it'll be interesting to see where things will lead to next.

Either way, an absolute gem if you like CLAMP and crossovers, and Sakura, Syaoran, Fay and Kurogane are just a great team of characters - to be fair, Mokona is as much part of the team and deserves a mention too. Finally, I just love these characters.

[Lourdes Fierro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cada carrera es más peligrosa que la anterior. Por más que buscan a un culpable no consiguen descubrir quién es y el espectáculo debe continuar.
Sakura, gracias a su determinación, esfuerzo y perseverancia, consigue ganar el torneo Dragonfly cuyo premio es un cetro con su pluma protegida por una bola de cristal. La joven, llena de orgullo, celebra con todos sus compañeros la victoria y, en medio de la fiesta, un nuevo enemigo amenaza con robar la pluma.
La protección que brinda la compañía Dragonfly y los amigos que la acompañan en el camino no permiten que eso ocurra y, tras fundirse con la nueva pluma, llega una nueva despedida.
¿Qué les esperará en el siguiente lugar? Ellos no saben los peligros que aguardan en las diferentes dimensiones, ciudades y mundos, por no contar que no son los únicos que van tras las plumas de Sakura.

[Kiruha · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's still a long way left to go. Too long, perhaps.
Only half intense (if at all) volumes are turning into a trend in Tsubasa, and the first half of this one left me particularly indifferent. It's not uneventful as part of the travelling stop at the Piffle World, but it really is considering the whole series and the many possibilities the plot has to focus on. I don't blame the manga for laying out the race in so much detail, but its final here developed was not even entertaining—unlike the part in the 11th volume.

The second half made up for that enough to reach a score of three stars, mostly through a little humour and a few of the usual amusing character traits (particularly Kurogane's). But I'm still waiting for the story to pick up its pauses and run!

[Jaimie · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this volume of Tsubasa we see the conclusion of the epic race in which Sakura and her friends have a chance to win another of her memory feathers. As predicted, Sakura wins the race, but the plot twist on who was sabotaging the race is great and the highly active artwork is wonderful. We’re also treated to a proper confrontation with their rival, a mysterious character who looks extremely similar to Xxxholic’s Watanuki (but with long hair and an antiquated wardrobe). Thankfully Monoka’s abilities save the day, but this turning point does wonderfully to spur on the larger plot lines besides the quest to regain Sakura’s memories.

[Mariana Arguello Galvez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Capitulo 83-90
* RESUMEN EXPRESS CON SPOILER*
La carrera continua y entre los competidores quedan Sakura y Kurogane. Syaoran salió de la competencia por proteger a uno de los competidores.
Finalmente Sakura gana la carrera y obtiene la pluma. Luego se revela que varios de los saboteos fueron causado por Tomoyo para favorecer a los viajeros y descubrir quién más iba detrás de la pluma con malas intenciones

[Hannah Belyea · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the Piffle City race continues, Syaoran worries that, as dragonflies continue to break amidst the chaos of the competition, none of his friends will make it to the feather - but the truth of the fight is far stranger than any of them could have imagined! CLAMP throws fans into an intense finale to an exciting arc sure to stick with fans. Can anyone of the travelling companions make it to the feather before the interference takes them all out?

[Julieta Ochoa · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡Yamazaki!
Es lo que más me gustó de este capítulo.
Sin duda puede considerarse como relleno, pero la verdad es que aporta para el desarrollo de los personajes. Vemos a una Sakura más decidida a participar en la aventura del rescate de sus plumas, además de que prensenciamos una vez sus increíbles poderes.

[Michael Schmid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Für mich immer noch ein sehr schwacher Band, weil die so egtl nicht voran kommt, aber die zweite Hälfte hat mir dann doch gefallen xD Trotzdem freue ich mich jez auf endlich eine neue Welt und hftl wird es diesmal wieder besser oo

[S.M.M. Lindström · Rating 5 out of 5]

The race continues but the saboteur has yet to be found. How dangerous is this race about to get?

I like that Sakura's character development was the focus this time. I also enjoyed the revealing moment between Fai & Kurogane. It will be interesting see where that goes!

[Yenn Muñozz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seguimos en el mundo Puffle y está el momento es mi mundo favorito por todas las vibe's de Card Captor. Pero empiezo a ver un poco más de Kurogane y es algo que me gusta ya estoy por terminar mis volúmenes que tengo y no se si quisiera continuar comprando los demás.

[Kirsten Simkiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sakura wins the race! It's not a huge shock, honestly, but it's nice that she's actually getting to do something instead of being the damsel in distress the whole series.

[Once upon a Dream · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carinissimo :3

[Karen Alcocer Peralta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encanta que otros personaje del mundo de CLAMP hagan sus cameos

[Bell Potter · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Aviso: lectura hecha en ejemplar en español, publicado en México por otra editorial. La presente nota se modificará cuando se dé de alta en GR la edición correspondiente).

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another longer storyline running between volumes. I'm concerned at how much story seems to be left and how many volumes I have in my hands! The return of a certain character also adds more intrigue.

[VSP · Rating 5 out of 5]

¿En serio se acabó?
Le lloro a Tomoyo, best personaje ♡♡♡

[Joana Bookneeders · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this one. The world was super cool and we got Tomoyo in this one and she is so much like the one in Sakura’s books! The nostalgia really hit. Loved it, now let’s see the new world

[leidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

tomoyo 😭

[Pedro Ángel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me parece que esta mini historia de Sakura en la carrera sienta al fin un precedente en su rol en el grupo, ya no necesita que se preocupen todo el tiempo por ella, es capaz de ayudar y conseguir las plumas.

Por otro lado, aunque no he visto SCC conozco a algunos personajes y me gusta pensar que como dijo Yuuko, no importa en qué mundo están, el alma de las personas es la misma aunque en apariencia y en personalidad puedan llegar a cambiar.