Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 6

カードキャプターさくら [Cardcaptor Sakura] #6

by Clamp, Anita Sengupta (Translator)

The Final Judgment

Sakura has collected all of the Clow Cards, but her quest is not over yet. Unless she can pass the final trial, the cards will unleash a terrible curse. Yue, the Judge, doesn't think she has what it takes to become master of the cards. With everything she's ever held dear on the line, Sakura needs to give the performance of her lifetime.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Romance, Shojo, Magic

187 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 1998

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

[Vie · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this volume, Cerberus got his 'real' appearance back, and Yue finally awake because Sakura succeeds to collect all of the cards back. Because of that, she needs to face the final judgment given by Yue to seal her fate as the new clowcard owner.
Cardcaptor Sakura has two parts, one when she needs to collect the clowcads and the second is when Clow Reed was testing her and this volume marks that we already at the halfway through the story of Cardcaptor Sakura.


When I was a kid, I didn't really understand what happened between Touya, Yukito and Ms Mizuki. Now, when I am going back to this world, I really amazed about it. CLAMP did a subtle job here to represent LGBT relationship as well as the age-different relationship. I saw Touya and Ms Mizuki understand about each other, both of them have already moved on with different person and it gave me a nervous, sad and happy feeling. Touya clearly happy with whatever relationship he built with Yukito and Ms Mizuki also has an on-going relationship with Eriol (my Sakura-Eriol heart is never healing T_T).

Ah, this volume warms my heart, it reminds me how much I used to love the Sakura's world.
I really love it.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, Dayum. Yue's made his appearance and he. is. foine. (* 3*)yue~<3 hahaha It was not who I expected to be. And I thought it would be a female, so I'm pleasantly surprised! The mystery of Miss Mysterious, Kaho Mizuki, is solved and she's gone (finally! lol why don't I like her in the least?!). Nothing happened with Li Shaoran.... I kinda thought he would reveal a new identity, but perhaps my memory of the stuff my friend told me is wrong. (very possible)
Oh yeah, speaking of Shaoran, that was so cute when he called out "Sakura!" when she was falling and then when she asked him if he'd called her that he was embarrassed!! She asked to called him by his first name and he was like, "DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.." xDD lolo I love his nervous yelling! <3

[Lau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Se me pasó rapidísimo este volumen!
Me encantó la resolución de El Juicio, no la recordaba y me enterneció. De todos modos lo mejor es la forma original de Kerberos.

[Angelika · Rating 5 out of 5]

nie spodziewałam się tego 😳

[Lectora_infiltrada · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clow was a Mastermind

Alexa, play "Mastermind" de Taylor Swift
Definitivamente la Taylor tiene una cancion para todo JSDKJDKSJ

[Maria Cecilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

YUKITO VOCÊ ME PAGA

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

Allora... mi è piaciuto un sacco questo volume,ma devo dire che nel cartone l'ho preferito. le scene di lotta nei manga non si capiscono mai..mentre nel anime è tutto molto più chiaro. Il giudizio finale di Yue l'ho trovato un po frettoloso mentre nel anime mi è piaciuto un sacco perché hanno aggiunto svariate cose. A parte questi piccoli dettagli ho amato questo volume e ora teoricamente dal prossimo volume inizia la seconda stagione ❤
Yue è bellissimo 😍

[Karla Jaime G-R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Qué bonito! 🥰 No recordaba exactamente cuál era la participación de la profesora Kaho en el juicio final y tampoco cómo había sido todo con Yue y Yukito. Ahora se va a poner todo más duro y difícil para Sakura, pero su frase lo es todo en realidad. 💛

PD: Qué lindo leer el manga, hasta ahorita no entiendo porque me demore tanto en hacerlo ☹️

Cartas Clow atrapadas: Fuego y tierra ✨

[Dyah · Rating 3 out of 5]

If things are already decided, some people will look like fools for trying to have a different outcome.
Cardcaptor Sakura loses my love for it more and more, it seems...

[Natalia Bas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Series manga leídas: ''Card Captor Sakura'', de CLAMP. Ediciones Glénat España. 12 tomos. Magical girls, fantasía, poderes, cómic, aventuras, acción, romances varios, LGBT...

Otro manga comprado nada más salir al mercado español.

Una serie de televisión muy divertida y muy bien adaptada.

Unos dibujos encantadores, más infantiles, y a la vez maduros; ya que nos encontramos con una trama de bondad y maldad, y por otro lado también relaciones LGBT, con lo cual, no es sólo para niños. Un trazo delicado, detallado, totalmente recomendado para los amantes de los disfraces...

Las autoras CLAMP son un grupo de mangakas que crean historias varias, y de las que llegué a tener colecciones completas...

Nos encontramos con que tenemos audiencia de todo tipo, animales fantásticos que pueden hablar incluidos. Un día a día cargado de normalidad que se transforma; así como la protagonista con sus fantásticos trajes por temática..., en algo totalmente insospechado para el viandante común.

Unas cartas que tienen vida propia y a veces son pillinas, y otras... algo más.

¿Has cazado con Sakura y sus amigos?

[Elisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Took me 13 years to finish the series but I'm glad I did. Hopefully, I'll start Master of the Clow soon!

[Leslie Carnahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This final volume is one of the BEST. It's such a wonderful wrap up. I'm so glad I re-read this series for fun. It still holds up. I still love it so much. Gah! <3

[Jillian -always aspiring- · Rating 3 out of 5]

2020 Read #240

Reread in 2020

I do love the end to the Clow Card arc. I remember reading the monthly issues from Tokyopop and wondering what was going to happen with Yue...

[Laura]

Me gustó la parte de Yukito/Yue, pero el supuesto "duelo" solo fue Kero dándole consejos a Sakuray Yue esperando a que ella se decidiera a hacer algo, estuvo muy flojo.

[Bibliothecat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review for the complete series



While not as big as similar titles such as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura is definitely a manga household name. 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. The cards were created by the mightiest magician to have lived - Clow. With each card Sakura adds to her collection, her own magical powers grow.

CLAMP
Cardcaptor Sakura already wins points simply by being a work of CLAMP. 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. 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. 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.

Magical Girl
I've always struggled to view Cardcaptor Sakura as a magical girl manga. 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. Sakura doesn't actually transform through any magical means. 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. In fact, all the magic is much more akin to more traditional witches and wizard's and even draws on Chinese mythology. 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. It just has a much lighter and appropriate feeling to it.

Characters & Plot
It definitely starts off very episodic, but it has a nice underlying plot that becomes more solid toward the second half of the story. I find myself more invested in the main story rather than the individual episodes in which Sakura finds yet another card. 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. Unfortunately, if we're purely looking at the plot, I can't deny that I find Cardcaptor Sakura a little boring at times. It is a bit strange because Sakura and the male protagonist Syaoran are among my favourite manga characters. I absolutely adore these two and this series features a lot of other likeable characters such as Kero-chan and Tomoyo. 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.

Romance



This is where it gets complicated. CLAMP are known to have rather unconventional romantic couples. 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. As mentioned above, I love Sakura and Syaoran and even more so as a couple. 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. Yet it's almost that innocent setup that makes them such an adorable couple - it doesn't need to be romance focused for these two to be an exemplary match.

When it comes to homosexual characters, I find that CLAMP has always been ahead of time, though not necessarily in a realistic way. On one hand, it is great that multiple sexualities are included throughout the CLAMP world. On the other hand, it is treated almost too idealistically. Don't get me wrong, equality is important. But there is truth to non-straight persons having to face certain difficulties in daily life that others might not. In Cardcaptor Sakura, as well as most other CLAMP works, the appearance of a homosexual character is almost taken for granted - it sometimes feels as though the whole of it takes place in an ideal parallel world. I believe that both in reality and in other fiction, there's bound to be a character or two who at least consider the situation around a homosexual character. This is probably even more true when one considers that this series is from the 90s.

The only true issue in regards to romance lies with a certain age gap. Mind you, I am not in the least against relationships with age gaps - fiction or reality alike. 10 years, 20 years - where to draw the line? I don't think there is anything wrong with an age gap as long as it's a relationship built on mutual feelings and care rather than an older party taking advantage of a younger one. You can't really choose who you fall in love with and age seems a trivial thing when you truly love someone. In the same sense, I have no issues with certain 'taboo' relationships such as student-teacher, provided again the feelings are genuine and neither party is taken advantage of. I know people in real-life who have loved and married their former teacher - they're just about as happy as any couple I know. A relationship like that brings its difficulties, but in my mind, it really comes down to how it's handled more than anything else.

Now, while I neither mind age gaps nor student-teacher relationships, I do believe there is a certain threshold of how young the younger party can be. Realistically, there's a massive difference between an 8-year-old dating an 18-year-old and a couple of, say, an 18 and 28-year-old. Cardcaptor Sakura blows all caution to the wind and introduces the relationship between the 10-or-so-year-old Rika and her teacher Terada. Now Terada might be as young as 20, which would result in an age gap of about 10 years. I don't see an issue with a 10-year gap, but the fact that Rika is around 10 makes this a really awkward couple. While everything is kept at a perfectly innocent level - there are clear signs that they're staying apart until she is old enough - the fact that Terada is even considering a 10-year-old is just not right. The only thing that makes this readable to me is the fact that none of the young characters, the protagonists Sakura and Syaoran included, behave like the 10-year-olds they're meant to be. I often seem to get this issue when it comes to manga, but most characters appear a good couple of years older to me than they are actually meant to be. I would much rather think of Sakura and co. as 14-year-olds, and that already makes the whole Rika business a tad less of a shocker.

Interestingly, while Rika and Terada receive a lot of scorn from readers everywhere, there is another very similar couple which is rarely called out. There are clear hints of a budding - and encouraged - romance between yet another 10-year-old pupil and his female teacher. Their age gap is likely similar to that of Rika and Terada's, yet it does not receive nearly as much backlash. It seems people have a bigger issue when the girl is the younger party which frankly is quite unfair - I believe both are equally problematic.

So, coming to an end, Cardcaptor Sakura has its oddities and even boring moments - the romance must really be taken with a grain of salt or a flexible imagination. But it is also an adorable and loveable series with some of my very favourite and memorable characters that I can't help but love.

[Sandra Girard-Demontigny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love this series of comics. However, I did not like it as much because it really was not a lot of text, it did not even take 20 minutes to read and in my case, this is a record. I love the characters of Sakura and Yukito. I look forward to read more, because there are still plenty of action.


J'aime beaucoup cette série de bd. Toutefois, j'ai moins aimé celle-ci, car il n'y avait vraiment pas beaucoup de texte, ça ne m'a même pas pris 20 minutes le lire et dans mon cas, il s'agit d'un record. J'aime beaucoup les personnages de Sakura et de Yukito. J'ai hâte de lire la suite, car il y a malgré tout beaucoup d'action.

[Rei · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

This one was the most interesting so far!
I feel the conclusion was a bit simple but the explanation satisfied me because it opens a bigger door.
Don't know what to expect next, the anime comes around here with its ending but here instead I feel like we're just beginning.

One complain: CLAMP, could you be raw with these kind of scenes instead with some others that end up being creepy?!

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

Qué sorpresa, una vez más descubro que no tengo marcados la mitad de series que juraría haber readeado hace bocha. Y, como siempre, copipasteo una reseña pedorra y genérica que no dice nada para disminuir el riesgo de que barran con todo otra vez.
Pero que conste que la serie en general me pareció muy divertida, creo recordar.

[Yue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bad-ass Kerberus and handsome-awesome-amazing Yue (I've been waiting for this part since Vol. 1; only Eriol is missing now in this mega-awesome trio) And nothing about twisted relationships, so of course this was a fantastic volume.

[Bells · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este tomo ha sido muy intenso.
esta lleno de momentos de acción en todo momento.
se descubren un montón de cosas y acaba con ganas de coger ya el siguiente tomo

[Bobby Hougen · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Lucinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a good conclusion, but at points the action felt a bit rushed?

[Nicky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magnífico. Simplemente increíble

[isa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me encuentro en una gran encrucijada con este volumen del manga, si bien adoro que el manga sea más explícito antes ciertas relaciones que en el anime son censuradas, no me cabe cómo no existieron (hasta ahora) muchas otras de las Cartas Clow que sí salen en el anime como: Carrera, Regreso, Gemelos, Poder, Lucha, Canción; entre muchas otras).



Carrera bebé aw

También, muchas de las escenas me parecieron mejor desarrolladas en el anime e incluso el crecimiento de los personajes y el cariño que Sakura y Syaoran se llegan a tener en este mismo punto es bastante diferente, por lo mismo que pienso que en el anime varias declaraciones de afecto y diálogos se vieron mejor, además de que todo pasa más lento y a su tiempo, dejando espacio para ver los cambios, cosa que en el anime pasa muy deprisa (inserte aquí cuando casi lloro porque la primera vez que Syaoran llamó a Sakura por su nombre se siente muy plano en el manga unu).



Y SIGO SIN CREER QUE NO DEJARON QUE SYAORAN PARTICIPARA EN EL JUICIO FINAL PARA SER EL DUEÑO DE LAS CARTAS CLOW, MI NIÑO TAMBIÉN MERECÍA LA OPORTUNIDAD.




Bueno.

Pero por otro lado la forma en la que desarrollaron a la señorita Mizuki me tiene más que enamorada. Puedes sentir como hasta ella shippea a Touya con Yukito, se la ve más animada y hasta más joven por su comportamiento, ya que en el anime se le ve más madura.

Y no olvidemos que también en el manga explican cosas que en el anime faltaron, lo dan más explícito y te aclaran más dudas.

A pesar de que tiene sus cosas buenas y sus cosas malas y que prefiero el anime, he disfrutado mucho leyendo los mangas, todo lo relacionado al mundo de SCC me encanta.

[Giulietta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ed eccoci alla fine dell'arco della cattura delle carte. Carino, dai. Non so se il problema è che sto leggendo la storia da un set di scan tradotte dall'incredibile Maria (la quale mi ha fatto dono di nuove espressioni inglesi mai incontrate prima, come per esempio "presens of the cards", ma anche "something is definitly wrong" e l'unico, grande e solo grido di sorpresa: "HOOOOEEEE!"). Però i dettagli sono un po' confusi. Non ho capito com'è che molti personaggi abbiano poteri magici derivati dall'influsso della luna, che influiscono sui rapporti fra i membri del cast, portandoli addirittura ad invaghirsi gli uni degli altri. Ma questi poteri assumono forme diverse?, vengono da lune diverse?, sono uguali e sempre della luna ma diversi?, beh, comunque non tutti i personaggi vengono influenzati allo stesso modo. Poi sembra che anche le carte siano in qualche modo collegate al sole o alla luna, e alcune carte sono d'attacco e altre no, e... e quindi... ci sono anche le carte elementali!, che sono più potenti, ma non sempre... Boh, non ho capito una mazza.
Quello che, purtroppo, ho capito, è l'ossessione che avevano le CLAMP per le relazioni studente-insegnante in questo periodo. Va bene tutto, ma le posso ignorare fino a un certo punto. Ne abbiamo almeno tre: i genitori di Sakura, quando la madre andava alle superiori; il fratello di Sakura quando andava alle medie e la sua prof di matematica; una bambina delle elementari e il suo maestro... cioè... anche tenendo da conto che è tutta un'opera di fantasia e blablì e blablò... basta...
Illustrazioni superlative come sempre, però.

[ukuklele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cepat sekali juga saya menamatkan buku ini, dan mendapatkan enlightenment setelah sempat reaktif di buku-buku sebelumnya wkwkwk.

Di buku ini Kero dan Yukito bertransformasi ke wujud asli. Yue adalah Yukito, sedang Kaho (atau tepatnya kuil tempat ia dibesarkan) cuma dititipi bel oleh Clow Reed. Kero mendekat ke Sakura, sedang Yue/Yukito ke Toya yang juga punya energi tetapi lain dengan Sakura. Rupanya selama ini Toya tahu Yukito bukan manusia. Ketertarikan sesama jenis bukan sekadar bumbu romance yang asal menyenangkan fan fujoshi wkwk, melainkan akibat kesamaan sumber energi yang dimiliki/dipakai seseorang cocok atau justru berlawanan dengan yang lain. Begitu ceunah mah penjelasannya~

Ya, waswas saja sih.

Jadi semua Clow card telah terkumpul. Sakura mesti berhadapan dengan Yue dan membuktikan bahwa ia layak sebagai pemilik Clow card. Bel yang disimpan Kaho itu lalu disatukan dengan tongkat Sakura dan meng-upgrade-nya (jadi kayak tongkat Sailor Moon), mempertemukan Sakura dengan Clow Reed di alam apa entah. Setelah melaksanakan perannya, Kaho mau pergi lagi deh~ mungkin mau ambil Ph.D kesetaraan gender.

Ini baru buku keenam. Masih ada kira-kira enam buku atau dua puluhan chapter lagi. Maksudnya, sampai di sini tuh ceritanya baru setengah jalan lo. Selanjutnya masih akan ada apa lagi????

Yue kelihatan cool banget sih <3<3<3

[Assikatsum · Rating 3 out of 5]

In short: this is a cute story about an elementary school student with magical abilities who is collecting magical cards in order to finish a deck, and has to battle to win over each card. She's got friends to help her along the way. Adventure, magic, mysteries, friendship. This is a series with continuity so to undertand the story it's best to start from volume 1 (and not in the middle, like I did with vol.5). I liked reading this even though it's not really my cup of tea :) There's about 12 volumes of Carpcaptor..sorry, Cardcaptor Sakura in total so it's not an impossibly long series (that typo made me instantly think of Sakura going on fishing trips to catch mysterious fish ;) just kidding). CCS #6 continued straight off from the cliffhanger where volume 5 left the story. This was a random find from the library along with vol.5 and like with vol5 I kept reading this in Japanese with a dictionary app (I think I got most of it but might have missed on the finer nuances of speech (especially Kero-chan's speech; he uses dialect words). The art style is also visually pleasing since it's not too crammed with stuff, cute and easy to look at (my only personal complaint is the smallness of the text, but that's the case in all manga I suppose).

[Natali TabaiBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este tomo ya arranca como una bomba… Habemus Kerberos en su maximo esplendor!!! Vamos Sakura! Me puse muy contenta de leer que luego de atrapar a “the fire” todo se ponia mas veloz hacia el objetivo de esta primer parte de la historia.
Es todo pura acción, no podes parpadear porque pasan cosas continuamente y se ve todo genial, Desde el momento que atrapan la carta de fuego y luego pasan a atrapar a la última gran carta “the harthy” OMG estoy en modo fan, YUE!!! Habemus Yueeeeee!!!! Bueno me calmo…
El juicio inicia y veremos si Sakura es digna de ser la nueva dueña de las cartas Clow, eso solo esta en las manos del juez Yue, que por cierto, para todo aquel que no haya visto el anime en su vida vamos con el SPOILER ALERT siempre fue Yukito.
Asi que este es uno de mis tomos favoritos, la historia tiene un no final y un giro inesperado en todo sentido, ya estoy adelantandome y esperando que la siguiente aventura comience. Por otro lado en la despedida de la profesora Kaho todo nos cierra con la habilidad de Touya y su relación con Yukito… ah… el amor. Touya no puede ser más perfecto porque no le da el tiempo con tantos trabajos que tiene.

[Nightshade · Rating 5 out of 5]

When Sakura captures the Firey Card, Kero transforms into his true form: Cerberus. When Sakura captures the final card, her judgment begins. Yukito, the object of Sakura and Syaoran's affections is revealed to be Yue, the Judge. In order to be master of the Clow Cards, Sakura must defeat Yue. If she loses, everyone involved with the Clow Cards will lose their memory of the one they love most. Sakura seemingly loses the trial, but the Clow Cards attempt to defend her. Kaho Mizuki presents Sakura with Clow Reed's bell, transforming her staff. Powered up, Sakura defeats Yue. After she is recognized as the cards' true master, an apparition of Clow Reed meets Sakura to explain her new power and that he may make things difficult for her soon. Kaho Mizuki then departs Tomoeda. Cards captured: Firey and Earthy.

[Soobie is expired · Rating 3 out of 5]

E così siamo arrivati alla fine della prima parte della storia. Sakura ha superato la sua prova e adesso è stata riconosciuta come custode. La maestra se ne va e tutto sembra andare per il meglio.

Forse le CLAMP avrebbe dovuto finirla qua. I volumi successivi (mi riferisco al settimo e all'ottavo che ho già letto prima di scrivere la recensione) sono un po' più deboli e non ne vedo l'utilità. OK, ci si sta preparando per un altra battaglia campale ma...

Forse sono più interessata ai rapporti interpersonali tra i personaggi piuttosto che alle cose magiche.