Friday, February 01, 2008

TSUBASA RESERVoir CHRONiCLE chapter 172-178 (CLAMP)

Ah, so many things had happened since my last review of TRC. R!Syaoran and Seishirou’s fight had been over, with R!Syaoran’s retrieving the feather, and apparently Seishirou had intended to give the feather away to R!Syaoran from the very start. He just wanted to have some fun with R!Syaoran because he thought R!Syaoran was “interesting.” What a messed-up guy. But we’ve known that for ages (to be precise, ever since Tokyo Babylon, although TB and TRC’s Seishirou were technically two different people living in different dimensions) by now, right?!

To make a long story short, the newly acclaimed feather opened the gateway to the dream-world at the sacred sakura tree, and R!Syaoran was sucked into the dream world. There, he met Sakura (Sakura’s soul) and C!Syaoran, who coldly asked for the feather. Of course, R!Syaoran wouldn’t give in; instead, he determined to eradicate C!Syaoran for all the damages he had caused, and because C!Syaoran was somewhat a part of him.

It wasn’t an easy fight because C!Syaoran was really, really strong. Much stronger than before he left the group. And it’s all because of the eye he had stolen from Fai. Apparently, Fai’s eyes, which were the source of his magic, worked like this: The left eye made him stronger and lengthen his lifespan every time Fai used his magic, while the right eye had the opposite effect. Both, they neutralized each other’s effect. But because C!Syaoran took the left eye and Fai now only had his right eye, you could imagine what happened to each person (note: using his magic along with Mokonas’ in order to return to Celes, Fai had literally been risking his life as a payment).

C!Syaoran managed taking out Sakura’s feather from R!Syaoran’s body (the one he had just got from Seishirou), but R!Syaoran, who had been knocked out for some time by C!Syaoran’s magic, stopped the clone from taking it away. The feather slipped from C!Syaoran’s hand, and as the two drew out their swords to get in the way of the other party, Sakura came in between. And C!Syaoran’s sword stabbed her. Then, another surprise was revealed. But that’s rather complicated, so I’ll explain it in detail in my next review of TRC.

And speaking about Fei Wong Reed, the culprit behind all this, his wish was to destroy the logic that said that a person who had been dead couldn’t be revived. Apparently he wanted to resurrect someone, and since it wasn’t possible--due to the laws of nature--Fei Wong determined to change that very logic. Despite anyone who might be hurt in the process.

That’s it for now. Until next review....

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