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Making my brain spin.
In 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 Yuuko explains at length that she is very close to Cardcaptor!Sakura and Syaoran. And also, in that chapter, we see that Sakura's real wand is indeed in Yuuko's shop, and it's the star-headed wand from the Sakura Cards arc, not the feather-headed wand from the Clow Cards arc. And keep in mind that chapter 189 is a *flashback* that happens six or seven years before xxxHolic chapter 02.
Is it possible that Yuuko lost possession of Sakura's wand in the years between when she sent off Syaoran and when she met Watanuki? I'd say that's very, very unlikely.
Is it possible that CLAMP planned none of this out beforehand and are now just making shit up as they go along? I'd say that's the much more likely scenario.
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 Yuuko explains at length that she is very close to Cardcaptor!Sakura and Syaoran. And also, in that chapter, we see that Sakura's real wand is indeed in Yuuko's shop, and it's the star-headed wand from the Sakura Cards arc, not the feather-headed wand from the Clow Cards arc. And keep in mind that chapter 189 is a *flashback* that happens six or seven years before xxxHolic chapter 02.
Is it possible that Yuuko lost possession of Sakura's wand in the years between when she sent off Syaoran and when she met Watanuki? I'd say that's very, very unlikely.
Is it possible that CLAMP planned none of this out beforehand and are now just making shit up as they go along? I'd say that's the much more likely scenario.
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.
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I hate to say it, but that may very well be the case. o_o