Making my brain spin.
May. 8th, 2008 06:24 pmIn light of trying to make sense of Tsubasa chapter 189, I've been combing over the first couple of volumes of xxxHolic manga, trying to find the part where Yuuko said that Sakura and Syaoran were in high school and dating. I haven't found that part yet, but I DID find the scene in chapter 02 of xxxHolic where Yuuko says that she's never met Sakura or Syaoran.
It happens when Watanuki is cleaning out Yuuko's "treasure room." He finds Cardcaptor Sakura's (Clow Card arc) wand and is all like, "OMG a magic wand!" But then Yuuko tells him, "Nah, it's just a plastic model that lights up and makes noise." Which is true, unfortunately, boo. Then Yuuko says that she really wants to get her hands on the real thing. And she waxes nostalgic about the "creepy guy" (Clow Reed) who invented the real wand, and says that the real thing now belongs to "a cute girl who's somehow a blood relative of that creepy guy." Then Yuuko says, "I have yet to meet that cute girl or her companion. But I will soon... Not them, actually, but ones like them." This is right before Tsubasa!Syaoran and Sakura show up at Yuuko's shop.
Now I'm really, really curious to see if that scene can at all be reconciled with Tsubasa chapter 189, in which ( SPOILERS! )
Also, GIP.
EDIT: Okay. Now that I've gone and looked at Tsubasa 189 again, it turns out that at least one inconsistency is solved. Yuuko says よく知っている in reference to both Sakura and Syaoran, which could translate as either "I know him/her well" or "I know of him/her very well." Also, when talking about Sakura, she further adds "Although I've yet to meet her."
That explains why Yuuko can tell Watanuki that she's never met Sakura or Syaoran face-to-face. She just knows a lot about them.
But if she never met Sakura, then how did she get Sakura's wand? And how did she know about Sakura's dream visions? Did somebody else tell her about these things and give Yuuko the wand? I can't imagine that Yuuko would ever grant a wish or receive a payment by proxy...
Also, this still doesn't explain how Yuuko could have the wand six years before xxxHolic and then just NOT have the wand later.
It happens when Watanuki is cleaning out Yuuko's "treasure room." He finds Cardcaptor Sakura's (Clow Card arc) wand and is all like, "OMG a magic wand!" But then Yuuko tells him, "Nah, it's just a plastic model that lights up and makes noise." Which is true, unfortunately, boo. Then Yuuko says that she really wants to get her hands on the real thing. And she waxes nostalgic about the "creepy guy" (Clow Reed) who invented the real wand, and says that the real thing now belongs to "a cute girl who's somehow a blood relative of that creepy guy." Then Yuuko says, "I have yet to meet that cute girl or her companion. But I will soon... Not them, actually, but ones like them." This is right before Tsubasa!Syaoran and Sakura show up at Yuuko's shop.
Now I'm really, really curious to see if that scene can at all be reconciled with Tsubasa chapter 189, in which ( SPOILERS! )
Also, GIP.
EDIT: Okay. Now that I've gone and looked at Tsubasa 189 again, it turns out that at least one inconsistency is solved. Yuuko says よく知っている in reference to both Sakura and Syaoran, which could translate as either "I know him/her well" or "I know of him/her very well." Also, when talking about Sakura, she further adds "Although I've yet to meet her."
That explains why Yuuko can tell Watanuki that she's never met Sakura or Syaoran face-to-face. She just knows a lot about them.
But if she never met Sakura, then how did she get Sakura's wand? And how did she know about Sakura's dream visions? Did somebody else tell her about these things and give Yuuko the wand? I can't imagine that Yuuko would ever grant a wish or receive a payment by proxy...
Also, this still doesn't explain how Yuuko could have the wand six years before xxxHolic and then just NOT have the wand later.
