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Apr 14, 2012
Now, I haven't watched this anime in a while so I probably won't be able to accurately desrcibe things like sound and flashbacks or whatever. Vaguely though, I can remember that I liked the manga better.

Characters:
This may be a bit biased because I've watched Cardcaptor Sakura and read the manga before watching Tsubasa, but to me, the characters seemed a bit flat. I mean, take Sakura for example. I know that she's lost her memories and everything but for the most part, she was pretty much useless and dead weight. She was the 'damsel in distress' that requires saving almost every single time. And that brings me to my next point: Syaoran. Overall, he was okay, albeit a bit dull, but his whole thought process through the series was 'Sakura, Sakura, Sakura'. Sakura everything pretty much. I understand that he loves her because they're childhood friends, but that's a bit overexaggerating everything. I thought it would be better if he had more of a personality.In comparison, the Sakura and Syaoran in CCS were much better. Sakura actually helped fight, made mistakes, and triumphed in the end while Syaoran initially hated her and grew to love her after watching her. Fai and Kurogane were okay. They were completely new characters and it was interesting to see them interact with each other and bring some comic relief to the story.

Plot:
The plot ended up being a bit repetitive, in my opinion. It was usually the same... travel to a new world, fight monsters, get feather, move on. In addition, there were a bunch of filler episodes throughout the seasons. Some of them were pretty good, like episode 37 which had me clutching my stomach the whole entire time, but in general, they just made the whole series waaayy longer than it should've been. That alone might've made me stop watching (because I hate watchig super long animes) but because I loved the manga and CLAMP, I decided to keep going. Again, I haven't watched this recently so I could be slightly mistaken.

Sound:
I don't really know about the soundtrack, but a lot of people keep saying how it's repetitive. I do know that the music by Yuki Kajura was absolutely amazing though! For example, I have Break the Sword of Justice downloaded on my ipod. The seiyuu's were pretty good too.

Art:
Like most CLAMP works, the art was good. It was a bit on the simple side however. The one thing that kind of got to me slightly was that the limbs were really long an lanky. Once you get over that though, you can enjoy the anime better.

Overall:
Overall, I enjoyed this anime. I do not hate this anime even though it seems like I do from my review. I did watch it when I was younger though so I don't know what my reaction would be if I watched it now. If you have the patience to struggle through some filler and added episodes, then I suggest you watch it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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