Now that Sakura has proven herself as a magician, she finds that there are other unnatural forces threatening her town... forces linked, somehow, to two mysterious transfer students who''ve just arrived — one attracted to her brother, the other attracted to her! Li and Sakura may be friends now instead of rivals, but if there''s a rival for Sakura''s affections, is he going back to Hong Kong?
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.
A great finish to an amazing story. A little bittersweet, of course.
What amazes me the most is that these series were published (the last book in 2000, so they started way before then), and the diversity in these books is ginormous. You think it - Sakura has it. It is the most inclusive and accepting cast of characters that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. And the best part? Everything has such a natural flow - there's no awkwardness, there's no labels, nobody is ever put in a box because of their preferences. These people love so purely and wholly that all they care about is that person's soul. Be that person a girl, a boy, an angel or whatever.
I liked how the denouement after Sakura lasted for one-third of this volume (an entire book in its first version), and had no violence whatsoever.
The ludicrous age-gap "romances" in this story are far too silly to be taken seriously. Still, there are so darn many of them that it ends up being a mild, persistent irritation. Terada would be a criminal in the real world, and Mizuki a criminal twice over.
Excepting that, this is my favorite CLAMP series to date (that I've finished). I'm at the point that I can predict their storytelling fairly well. I appreciate that the vibe here is sweet, light and airy rather than gloomy and portentous, as is often the case with other titles of theirs.
World: The art is fantastic. The final couple of issues are just simply gorgeous. The world building is solid and only there enough for the emotional story. There are bits and pieces called back from the past which is good.
Story: Well paced and full of character moments. Where thee first half of the series was about finding the cards the second half is about the characters and I love that. The final mystery and the confrontation was done well, a bit pacey and rushed in the end but still done very well. The end took it's time which I really enjoyed. A wonderful end.
Characters: Sakura is strong with a distinct personal voice. Her journey from chapter one to now is a big arc and her story is wonderfully done and tied to personal growth, good stuff. The rest of the cast also get a lot of character moments this final quarter of the series. Where sometimes in the past these characters were just set dressing they really had growth in her end. Good job.
I like this series a lot because it birthed a really wonderful anime and seeing the roots of that here is fantastic.
Oh I'm so happy with how this concluded! Even if I am sad to see this series finishing (aside from the new part of it starting soon?), I am glad it ended the way it did.
I ADORED this!!! It was sooo cute seeing it all wrap up! A forever favourite definitely, both in manga and anime!
Reread - July 2023 - still just as good! I loved seeing how the characters developed and grew throughout the series. The characters will always be some of my favourites.
The 4th volume of the CCS Omnibus edition contains issues 10, 11 and 12 and it’s just the most epic conclusion ever. I saw the anime, but there were some things that are different from it in the manga, so I adored to get re acquainted with the story and the characters in a new light. I loved the secret behind Sakura’s dad (DID NOT SEE THAT COMING) and how the battle with Eriol was developed.
The 11 manga was brilliantly done; the story is so powerful and full of friendship. It has a beautiful of message of loyalty and believing in yourself that’s just inspiring. And the 12 manga was THE MOST ROMANTIC ENDING IN THE HISTORY OF TIME. SHAORAN IS JUST TOO MUCH. I LOVE HIM TO THE MOON AND BACK <3 It was so sweet that my heart just couldn’t deal.
I loved the ending and the new OVA that detailed the last manga to its very core. This is such a rich story, I can’t wait for the Clear Card anime & mangas to come out! 5 stars all the way!
Oh goodness, I can hardly describe how joyfully satisfying this volume and the ending of the series was. I've read a lot of shoujo manga featuring romance, love, and cuteness, but this is the most genuine and sincere depiction of those themes I've ever had the pleasure to read. I was brought nearly to tears at times, at others I laughed, I felt suspense, and throughout the chapters my heart was warmed. If you've enjoyed the series up to this point, you won't be disappointed with its conclusion. The 40+ color illustrations in this book are a beautiful bonus, as well :3
This series tied up in such a nice little bow. Everyone found love and it just tugged on my heart strings!!! A new favorite for sure.
I loved the full color additions in the omnibus, and wish there was a full color version of this manga. It would make all of the flow cards so striking.
Can we also just talk about how Yue will always be bae? ❤️
And back to being rather boring. The big bad wasn't a big bad after all. Sakura saves the day, and half the volume is about her enduring love for Sayoran which isn't nearly as fleshed out as it is in the anime. Also, just not as adorable now that I'm older than 13. The designs and concepts of CSS are amazing, but the end product was actually pretty boring. And gross at times... I liked the adventure feel to the anime more than this weird rumination on love that went no where.
WHAT?! IT'S FINISHED?! Why?!?! There are no words to describe how much I loved this series. Like wow. It was so cute and I just ate up book after book. It's the type of series that at first you're not sure if they're gonna be good or not so you borrow them from a friend and after the first book you realize that you NEED to buy them. Like I can re-read this series over and over again and not get tired of the characters and the plot. Like I need to buy these now because it's just a series that id love to re-read over and over again.
Sakura is a character that is so easy to love. Actually, all the characters are. I loved them so much and I loved being able to follow them on their adventures. When they were sad, I was sad, when they were happy, I was happy. Whatever the characters felt, I felt too.
In all, this has got to be the best manga series I've read so far. It's most definitely on my top favourite books too. I shall miss this series. I'm sad it's over. :(
I definitely still absolutely Love this volume and this series! <3 Its such a beautiful story and I love the message in it, about following your heart and believing in yourself and I love the romance too, especially between Syoaran and Sakura, they're so cute together, I totally ship them! <3 So glad I decided to re-read this series! <3 definitely recommend it! : )
This volume concluded this series of CCS in a somewhat predictable but still satisfying way. As usual, the artwork was absolutely stunning (especially the colored pages!) and this was a fun read.
Cardcaptor Sakura is the perfect example of a series that gets better and better as it goes on, and manages to end even more beautifully.
I expected romance of a sort going into this series, but I didn't expect it to explore so many different kinds of love--the love one has for family, the love they have for friends, the way love that one has for different people can be so similar and yet so immensely different at the same time, the way loving someone sometimes means seeing them happy with someone else--so simply and stirringly. This final omnibus is full of all sorts of love, and all of it is so charmingly portrayed.
Sakura's conversations with Yukito in this volume were so well done. Yukito and Yue were great characters, but the way Yukito treated and spoke to Sakura always felt warm and tender. Really wonderful character.
Syaoran and Sakura's relationship was in part a vehicle for showing the characters' growth as they became more familiar with their heart and desires, but also served as a reminder to readers that you sometimes have to search within yourself for some time before realizing what and who you want.
Relationships aside, Sakura's powers and role truly came full circle in the end, and I feel like everything was resolved or concluded neatly. The only thing I don't feel was truly ever explained is why Clow made the cards in the first place. Sakura could use them to defeat enemies, but the only enemies she ever HAD to defeat in the course of the story were the cards that she was capturing, and then those in her battles to change the cards.
I plan to start both xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa next, since they're side-by-side reads, so maybe that (Clow's reason for making the cards) will come up. But as this was my first foray into this series, I have no idea if it will.
In all, after the weirdness of the kid-adult relationships that were so prevalent in the first omnibus, I loved everything about this series. I'm so glad I finally got around to it, because I've been meaning to for years.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THIS IS A REREAD FOR ME I ABSOLUTELY LOVE CARDCAPTOR SAKURA MY ONE AND ONLY MANGA MY TRUE LOVE UWU OWO WEEWOO i own the fourth book only because i have taken it out of the library so many times my parents decided it would just be better for me to own it. so, i cannot reread the whole series but it is okay. the fourth book is definitely my favourite. (except for that one scene in the third one where syaoran is like destroying that force field to get to sakura it was so good. firstly, the art in this book is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. if all manga art is like this, i will start reading more manga because it is so amazing. sometimes, i'll come across a panel and just stop and stare at it. THE LAST TWENTY PAGES YOU BETTER BELIEVE I WAS TAKING MY SWEET TIME, USING MY FINGERTIPS TO TRACE OVER THE DESIGNS AND THE LAST PANEL OF THEM FINALLY TOGETHER I STARE AT THAT PAGE FOR MINIMUM TEN MINUTES 33333 IT'S SO PRETTY. the plot is just so so good literally everything about this book is literally amazing. it was the first book i read fanfiction for! isn't that crazy. me searching up "tomoyo eriol kun fanfiction kiss" YES YOU BETTER BELIEVE I WAS A TOMOYO ERIOL SHIPPER. sakura and syaoran was that even a question you know i was already searching that stuff up the moment i opened book one click click click my spacebar goes. anyways, this is my one true love i adore this whole series but the fourth book just holds a special place in my heart and it will forever. my forever favourite manga, my top ten books until end of time <3 i have so many opinions on the couples, action and plot in this book but i will keep it to myself for now. if you haven't read it yet, please read it. this book is suitable for younger ages as well, i read it when i was in grade six and middle school. but it's so good still for high schoolers or older it's beautiful okay bye i want to be sakura goodbye
“When I think about Syaoran-Kun, my chest gets tight. When I wonder what Syaoran-Kun thinks about me... my chest gets even tighter. So how can I have no idea what I feel... even though it's my own heart...?" 'We're our own worst judges. Most especially when it comes to our hearts. But even so, only you can know... who is truly in your own, Sakura-Chan.”
This series was just stunning! I loved practically every second, and every character was written in such a beautiful way, that it makes it impossible to hate any of them. If I had to pick a favorite (which is pretty hard), it'd have to be Kero-Chan; he's hilarious, adorable, and probably the most relatable for me lolol. The best part of this book (and probably the whole series) was definitely, without a doubt, the relationship between Sakura and Syaoran; I always adore the type of romance and development between characters that takes time to build, and ends with such sweet satisfaction (and never fails to bring me to tears!). Now that I've finished the manga, I think it's time to watch the rest of the anime (as soon as I started it, I knew I wanted to read the manga before I completed the whole 70 episodes)!
I rounded up the stars this time because a peek at the redubbed anime made me realize that the book is better. :) We almost made it through the book without teacher/student love, but it came back for the last hundred pages with an all new awkward relationship. I have to say at least all the relationships in this book never progress past hugging, and most don't even include that so it's only inappropriate in word, not visually, but that just means you could really not include it at all...
I was a bit let down by the ending, everything is dragging as we get a goodbye tour of everyone who's had a relationship in the series, but Li left for a few years and we get no explanation for what he needed to do in Hong Kong and there's no hope of future explanation since the series is complete. It does make me want to check out Tsubasa Chronicles again to get more of some variation of these characters, I can't remember if I finished that series or not.
Being the final volumes of the original Cardcaptor Sakura manga this omnibus book is a splendid addition to anyone's collection. With an assortment of color pictures and bright white pages in an over-sized print the cost of 20 dollars for 3 manga is a bargain.
In this volume the truth is laid bare as Sakura realizes her true feelings for several characters in the story, Eriol's motivations come to life at last, and Sakura's final trial awaits her as she meets her destiny. If you have been following the Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card story you should defiantly read this volume to understand how incredible Sakura becomes by the end of the original series.
One of my favorite parts of the book is when Sakura is having certain doubts and gets to chat with her friend Chiharu for advice. These kids are so mature for not even being in junior high yet. :)
Cardcaptor Sakura is one of the quintessential magical girl mangas, and it has it all - cute animal followers, magical contracts, and interesting battle scenes. It is also about the daily life of a happy-go-lucky elementary school student. Not a single character in this manga has bad intentions, and the tone of the entire manga is of hope and kindness. The manga lacks conflict that seriously endangers its characters, and as a result, Sakura's choices have few serious stakes. That being said, Cardcaptor Sakura is not trying to tell a realistic, dark story (read other CLAMP stories for that). It succeeds in delivering a light, heart-warming tale and executes it better than most manga I have read.
When I was a kid, Cardcaptor Sakura was a household name. Anyone who has TV knows what it is. It is every little girl's aspiration, which was why I promised myself that when I get older, I'll watch it and understand the true essence of its story.
Fortunately I was able to give myself the opportunity (not to watch but) to read the manga. The 50-chapter manga satisfied the childhood craving that has been inside me all these years. Finishing the story made me feel like my soul has been washed with relief and joyfulness because this is what I've been owing my past self, and I have paid my debt.
نهاية الجزء الأول من المانجا. بدأ قراءتها وأنا أعرف تماماً انها موجهه لفئة عمرية مختلفة لكن يا رجل! أنا فعلياً مصدومة من كمية العلاقات غير المناسبة، وصدمتي أكبر بعد أن عرفت أن في الحقيقة هذي الشخصيات في المدرسة الابتدائية يعني أعمارهم ما تتجاوز 10 أو 11 سنه. معلمة تحب طالب في الابتدائية (ولأ كونه ورث ذكريات ساحر عمره مئات السنين ما يجيز العلاقة) ومعلم يحب طالبة في الابتدائي وِشابين أحدهما مخلوق سحري واقعين في الحب، المجموعة تحسسك ان في شخص أخذ من كل رف حبة وحطها كلها بالقصة بدون اعتبار، في النهاية تحس أن القصة مجرد حبكة جانبية والقصة الرئيسية كلها حول هذي العلاقات. لكن أعترف بأن الرسم جميل جداً متعة للنظر في خصوصاً المخلوقات السحرية.
God I am so happy that I finally know this story in its (original) completion.
Cardcaptor Sakura was such a big part of my childhood and as an adult my love for this story has not lessened. I love all the characters and I loved seeing Sakura's journey unfold. I especially loved seeing an older Sakura at the end of the book it made me feel like a proud parent. I cannot wait to eventually continue this story with the Clear Card arc.
I definitely recommend this series to everyone of all ages. It is a short and timeless classic. I have no doubt that it will be enjoyable to all.