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It's already May 1st in Japan, and finally the day is here: it's time to wish happy 30th anniversary to our beloved Cardcaptor Sakura!!! 🥹🥹🥹

by MIFFY

WAIT IT’S SYAORAN’S BDAY TODAY!!! HAPPY BDAY TO THE SILLY!!!!!!!

Prince Sakura and her Sleeping Beauty. ❤️

I saw this trend on Twitter and I inmediately thought of these two!

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So when a few pages ago Sakura was saying she had “JUST one dream” that wasn’t the same as the journey they’d gone on in their previous life, that was technically a lie. 

If we turn it sideways and think hard enough maybe she first meant that [In the category of dreams that were visions of the life they had already lived] there was [just one] [of those specific category of dreams] [that actually hadn’t happened to them yet]. 

And now this new dream is actually in an entirely separate [category of dream] that she wasn’t talking about before at all. And they both know enough about her dreams at this point that she doesn’t has to specify it to Syaoran. Sadly, we the readers are not Syaoran (I think), so it makes less sense to us as we read it.

I THINK?

Either way CARDCAPTOR SAKURA TIME

I’m not sure why she corrects herself from saying that She met Cardcaptor Sakura into WE met Cardcaptor Sakura, but she sure does say that.

What does that mean.

I… 

I actually am not sure I understood anything that happened in the second half of this chapter.

Wait wait wait let me try that again. 

So. We are ignoring the fact that we know that Sakura and Syaoran are the ones that go in the Jam Jar, perhaps, and this is the origin of how that ended up happening?

Sakura and Syaoran are worried about the vision of the “Sakura” and “Syaoran” (Meaning Lava Lamp and Not!Sakura) who get separated forever.

They know even if it was them it wouldn’t change the future, because they are the same people in essence.

But Sakura then remembers meeting Cardcaptor Sakura in a dream who told them that it didn’t matter how their existence began and that they should just believe it will all work out. 

AND SO... maybe they were inspired by this and realised, hey, yes, actually, she's right! We CAN go in the Jam Jar of eternal suffering in their place and change the future after all! Except the chapter ends before that revelation happens.

I think that’s my current interpretation.

Uh, mass confusion aside, I suppose the other big lore drop was Sakura’s Dream of The Jam Jar That Hasn't Happened Yet (Even Though We've Already Seen It), what it implies (it's the one thing they haven't lived through yet), and how it’s the key event that will help them break the time loop. 

Which is good to know!

The part where Sakura Li is talking about meeting CCS!Sakura can also be translated as:

"I had... one more dream."

"It was me from another world. No, us [from another world.]"

I hear that Xiao is put in front of someone’s name to make it a nickname in Chinese. Does it make sense for his teacher to write his full name out like that when he’s introducing him?

I’ve heard from Chinese speakers that single syllable first names “feel wrong” so they’ll often add another syllable to the name (a lot of the time it’s xiao or even their surname) as a nickname.

I’ve never seen an explicit reason for that pronunciation in the plot so I’m trying to make some kind of headcanon to make it make sense.

I hear that Xiao is put in front of someone’s name to make it a nickname in Chinese. Does it make sense for his teacher to write his full name out like that when he’s introducing him?

I’ve heard from Chinese speakers that single syllable first names “feel wrong” so they’ll often add another syllable to the name (a lot of the time it’s xiao or even their surname) as a nickname.

Syaoran is cute in this scene.

“Today Li-kun found something new to worry about.”

Which is a much more Tomoyo-like thing for her to say. It’s subtle, but on point. She’s not wrong so Syaoran can’t deny it and it’s not an obvious enough word choice to pique Sakura’s interest, but Tomoyo still gets to tease Syaoran.

Like, Syaoran (naive tsun that he is) doesn’t even realize he likes Sakura yet, Tomoyo knows this, why would she throw around the word “jealous”?

Also, Kodansha translators, why change this? There was no reason to. Your readers aren’t five, we all know Syaoran is jealous. Well, except for Sakura and Syaoran, but that’s sort of the point.

Fantastically developed cast of main characters with a gripping, multiverse spanning adventure through CLAMP's entire catalogue of worlds and characters at the time, with plenty of action, romance, queer themes, horror, comedy and tragedy.

This is a story that deserves to be told in full with beautiful animation to match the manga's gorgeous art, with a fresh coat of polish.

by もふしま // mofshima