CLAMP, CLAMP & MORE CLAMP

It's been a few days, Chapitre 189 has had some time to digest, just in time for 190 to come out and FUCK WITH EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WE KNEW.

So, it turns out that "Syaoran" has to do with the CCS world (something I kind of actually expected them to do) but having him as Syaoran Li and Sakura Kinomoto's son totally blew my mind out. Especially since HIS NAME ISN'T SYAORAN, ermmm, so every chapter before with R!Syaoran has been a complete lie. With the names that is. Jeeesus, CLAMP, what are we supposed to expect next? haha

Oh, that's right, everything we thought we knew about Sakura of Clow Country was essentially not true....? Fujitaka is really her dad, the king, and her mother, Nadeshiko, was still alive when she was 7? Soooo, Clow Reed wasn't her father, and Fujitaka wasn't C!Syaoran's adopted father, the archaeologist? Also, it seems that in this version (that R!Syaoran remembers), Sakura met R!Syaoran at the ruins during the purification ceremony with her mother, instead of meeting C!Syaoran when he was introduced to her by Fujitaka the archaeologist. Holy hell, WHAT? Does this have something to do with R!Syaoran going back in time and being by R!Sakura's side until the day that he returned? Haha, honestly, this is all so complicated.

So, were R!Syaoran and R!Sakura together in that tube thing the whole time and C!Syaoran and C!Sakura made to take their places? But that would have happened after R!Syaoran was captured, when he found out he went back in time and was with her until then....but he came when he was 7 directly to her side from present day Japan with his CCS parents...

And what the hell was up with how R!Syaoran coming to Yuuko's, the entire thing was EXACTLY the same as when Watanuki came. Well, I guess you could say when Watanuki came it was the same as when R!Syaoran came before him. CLAMP essentially recreated the panels and everything they said. Except that R!Syaoran said his name was Li Syaoran, and Yuuko knew right away that was a fake name, it was the name of his father not him. SO WHAT THE HELL IS R!SYAORAN'S NAME ANYWAYS????

And looking back, there was never really a time when he introduced himself as Syaoran, so I guess he never lied about that to anyone other than Yuuko and R!Sakura when they first met? Did Fei Wong Reed know the truth? He knew he was blood related, but man oh man is this kid like 1000x more powerful than his dad, and even his mom if you think about it, especially since she gave up her sealing staff so I don't know how she'd be able to use the Sakura Cards power. Who knows. She's still a dreamseer anyways. And, not done about the whole name thing. It's cool how when they were in Infinity and C!Sakura says that Mokona says his name is Syaoran as well, and he says no at first. Oooo so interesting. I always thought that was kind of weird.

Speaking of weird, isn't it odd that he would fall in love with someone who looks just like his mother? That's quite the complex there. They're pretty much the same. I mean, I get the whole "Syaoran and Sakura are destined to be together no matter what world they're in" but it's still creepyish haha. Oh well, they're my favorite couple, and I guess that means that there's no Syaoran in Clow Country. But, his name isn't Syaoran, is that ok? Does his name have to be Syaoran? Everyone who's been the same soul but different in the worlds has had the same name (I think) so isn't a kid not named Syaoran coming into Clow Country and getting with Sakura going against the natural order? Or maybe it's okay because he said his name was Syaoran at one point... The clones are okay together I guess because the clone's name is Syaoran, that was his given name, since he's a clone and didn't have one originally. I don't know, maybe I'm just looking too deeply into things. There's so much to think about and overanalyze in their works. Definitely.

So, that was 2 weeks worth of Tsubasa confusion, brought to you by CLAMP, thank you so much, I really do love all these stories. Sigh, even if they're confusing, they're probably the most interesting and thought-provoking out of anything I've ever come across before. There's way more twists than anything, even if they use a lot of the same stuff it doesn't get old or tacky haha. I guess clones are pretty big in a lot of works these days (Spiral, Kamichama Karin, Black Cat, Kaze no Stigma)

Whatever, CLAMP does everything the best, I feel. Other than Code Geass, there's no other work that I've had such contradicting emotions for all the characters, even if they're bad. There's always extraneous circumstances, which makes sense because that happens in real life too.


Well, I guess I can also talk about Code Geass from Sunday, since they're CLAMP's character designs, and CLAMP is what this post is all about.
That episode was INTENSE. I had to pause it and walk away probably 3 times. The biggest moment was when Nunnally was all like, Oh, but I want to do this, Zero you're wrong, Suzaku come save me! That was a HUGE blow. Haha, Lelouch was tweaking out. I just feel bad for Nunnally, when she finds out that Lelouch/Zero did everything for her. What a horrible thing to find out, even if that means he loves you all that much, it also means that it's because of you that so many people died, and became enemies, and suffered, and friendships and love was broken. So, good job Lulu, she's going to have to deal with that one for the rest of her life, on top of her mom being assassinated while holding her...



I should really put some pictures into these. But I'm just so busy freaking out during the posting I don't really think about much else. Sigh, another week until more TRC.
(And could xxxHolic Kei 6, Nabari no Ou 6, Special A 6, the Baccano! and Darker than Black OVAs, and Persona trinity soul 17-19 please get subtitled sometime soon? kthnx)