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This week's Tsubasa - Chapter 194
Remember how last week, I was all excited, because I thought that things might actually be happening?
False alarm.
Anyway, the chapter begins where we left off - Sakura floating above the castle roof, her eyes wide and blank, as she describes a sound that Syaoran can't hear. "Bells...? Like something being struck... It's coming from the ruins... Almost like... It's calling me... Water... The pools in the ruins...?"
Suddenly we see a bunch of images - water, the pools in the ruins, the "wing" symbol in the ruins, and a very very young Syaoran and Watanuki standing back-to-back. We also see Syaoran running and reaching out toward Sakura. (This is still in Sakura's vision, not something actually happening yet.) Suddenly Sakura doubles over and screams, "SYAORAN!!" Then she collapses.
Syaoran hovers over her, still unable to touch her, of course. "Are you all right?!"
Sakura looks up at him blearily. "Don't... Syaoran... It's dangerous... Stay away..."
She passes out.
Suddenly Fujitaka is there, looking remarkably calm considering the circumstances. "She's passed out," he observes helpfully, then adds, "This sometimes happens to her when she might be dreamseeing. Did she say anything to you?"
Syaoran answers, "She said that she could hear the sounds of bells, coming from the ruins... It sounded like she was seeing the water there, too. She called my name, and told me to 'stay away'..." Syaoran tries to hypothesize. "Maybe she was seeing a dream of the last day of the purification ceremony tomorrow? I mean, seeing the pools in the ruins and telling me to stay away..."
"I don't know. Maybe." The look on Fujitaka's face is dark and foreboding, like he knows more than he's willing to tell Syaoran.
Somehow or other it's proposed that maybe Syaoran should accompany Sakura to the ruins tomorrow, for the final day of her purification. Technically nobody (other than Sakura) is supposed to enter the pools during the final day of the purification ceremony, BUT since Syaoran already met Sakura there, Fujitaka hypothesizes that "the water permits Syaoran's presence," for the sake of Sakura-hime, who is "beloved by the water." Fujitaka is hesitant to send Syaoran, though. "In her dream, Sakura saw 'danger.' And your family is waiting for you in your own world, and I can't just send you into danger alone..."
Syaoran is adamant, however. He will go with Sakura.
Fujitaka says that Sakura already endured three purification rituals, and that her seventh birthday was supposed to be her last. Syaoran says that he, too, has endured many rituals. And that his father taught him that once you begin something, you have to finish it, or else there will be consequences. (The word he uses is kaeshi which, in the context of ritual, has overtones of payback, punishment, and/or curse.) "And besides," Syaoran adds, "I made her a promise. I promised that next time, I would be the one to protect her."
Fujitaka looks very sad, but he bows his head to Syaoran and says solemnly, "Please, take care of Sakura."
The chapter ends.
Minor note of interest: This week's Shounen Magazine featured a typo in the Table of Contents that placed Tsubasa on page 273 instead of on page 377. And I spent a rather frustrating five minutes flipping around the 200's desperately looking for the Tsubasa manga, before I figured out what was going on.
Yes, that little nugget of trivial information is possibly more interesting than anything that actually happened in this week's chapter.
False alarm.
Anyway, the chapter begins where we left off - Sakura floating above the castle roof, her eyes wide and blank, as she describes a sound that Syaoran can't hear. "Bells...? Like something being struck... It's coming from the ruins... Almost like... It's calling me... Water... The pools in the ruins...?"
Suddenly we see a bunch of images - water, the pools in the ruins, the "wing" symbol in the ruins, and a very very young Syaoran and Watanuki standing back-to-back. We also see Syaoran running and reaching out toward Sakura. (This is still in Sakura's vision, not something actually happening yet.) Suddenly Sakura doubles over and screams, "SYAORAN!!" Then she collapses.
Syaoran hovers over her, still unable to touch her, of course. "Are you all right?!"
Sakura looks up at him blearily. "Don't... Syaoran... It's dangerous... Stay away..."
She passes out.
Suddenly Fujitaka is there, looking remarkably calm considering the circumstances. "She's passed out," he observes helpfully, then adds, "This sometimes happens to her when she might be dreamseeing. Did she say anything to you?"
Syaoran answers, "She said that she could hear the sounds of bells, coming from the ruins... It sounded like she was seeing the water there, too. She called my name, and told me to 'stay away'..." Syaoran tries to hypothesize. "Maybe she was seeing a dream of the last day of the purification ceremony tomorrow? I mean, seeing the pools in the ruins and telling me to stay away..."
"I don't know. Maybe." The look on Fujitaka's face is dark and foreboding, like he knows more than he's willing to tell Syaoran.
Somehow or other it's proposed that maybe Syaoran should accompany Sakura to the ruins tomorrow, for the final day of her purification. Technically nobody (other than Sakura) is supposed to enter the pools during the final day of the purification ceremony, BUT since Syaoran already met Sakura there, Fujitaka hypothesizes that "the water permits Syaoran's presence," for the sake of Sakura-hime, who is "beloved by the water." Fujitaka is hesitant to send Syaoran, though. "In her dream, Sakura saw 'danger.' And your family is waiting for you in your own world, and I can't just send you into danger alone..."
Syaoran is adamant, however. He will go with Sakura.
Fujitaka says that Sakura already endured three purification rituals, and that her seventh birthday was supposed to be her last. Syaoran says that he, too, has endured many rituals. And that his father taught him that once you begin something, you have to finish it, or else there will be consequences. (The word he uses is kaeshi which, in the context of ritual, has overtones of payback, punishment, and/or curse.) "And besides," Syaoran adds, "I made her a promise. I promised that next time, I would be the one to protect her."
Fujitaka looks very sad, but he bows his head to Syaoran and says solemnly, "Please, take care of Sakura."
The chapter ends.
Minor note of interest: This week's Shounen Magazine featured a typo in the Table of Contents that placed Tsubasa on page 273 instead of on page 377. And I spent a rather frustrating five minutes flipping around the 200's desperately looking for the Tsubasa manga, before I figured out what was going on.
Yes, that little nugget of trivial information is possibly more interesting than anything that actually happened in this week's chapter.
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Not to mention that it looks like they are taking another research break next week. I mean, how much time do they need to GET ON WITH THE STORY?
Oh Clamp, how I love you, yet get so aggravated with you.
*relurks*
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