There is no recommended age group for this volume on its cover, however I think it is an all-ages friendly series personally. The storyline works on a chapter by chapter basis, with some being more enjoyable than others… but it carries the charm of other CLAMP manga and anime series. While I am aware he serves the role as a main character in later volumes, in these three he weaves more in and out of the plot.
Later in the omnibus, Sakura forms a rivalry with fellow student Syaoran Li, a transfer student from Hong Kong and distant relative to Clow. These include Sakura’s best friend Tomoyo who serves as non-magical sidekick, film recorder and cosplay provider with initial hints of some crush on Sakura, Toya who is Sakura’s older brother who has the ability to see spirits and Toya’s best friend Yukito who does not receive much in terms of development in this chapter. The storyline also includes a number of main, secondary and minor characters which contribute to relevant plots. For this series it works given that most of the characters are grade-school age and they have given themselves some freedom with the different card types and backstory which never keeps the storyline dragging along. The two of them set forth on a journey to capture all the cards and attempt to stop their havoc on the town – from taking control of one of Sakura’s friends and have her expertly wield a sword – to burying the entire town in flowers.Įach chapter generally follows a generic plotline of “Introduction” –> Discovery of a Potential Card –> Planning –> Capture –> Repeat in a very “Card of the Chapter” manner. The guardian spirit of the book “Kero” wakes up to find all the cards gone and the young fourth grade girl who despite seeming average at first – has actually managed to break a magical seal.
Sakura card captor characters free#
The storyline follows Sakura Kinomoto who after finding a mysterious book in her fathers library, manages to set free an ancient set of cards produced by the wizard Clow – setting loose some friendly but mostly dangerous spirits out into her town and surrounding areas. While I have been active in promoting such a title, I have not actually watched more than one or two episodes of either English or Japanese dubbed releases with it being scheduled for air at an inopertune time on television when I was younger ( As well as being at that funny age where most kids stray away from anything childish… only to come back when they are in their late teens with a new appreciation for them – have you seen how popular Sesame Street skits have been to my generation?) so this also served as a welcoming point to my viewing. This review has come about in celebration of Madman Entertainment’s impending and well overdue release of the Cardcaptor Sakura series, completely uncut and essentially the series how it is supposed to be watch. Coming in a 576 pages with extra artwork and a price of $19.99 USD… I wouldn’t go saying that the first three manga volumes of this series is bad value. While there is something enjoyable about collecting individual volumes of manga, the decision of late for some manga companies to release several volumes in a single omnibus’ provides ( In my opinion) an incentive for fans to purchase and continue enjoying the series – after all you get better value for money most of the time, you get a nice weightier book and most importantly you don’t have to wait for months on end for another couple of hundred pages. Originally released as individual volumes by Tokyopop, Dark Horse Manga has since taken over the reins of the manga rights and been releasing the manga series as Omnibus releases. I came upon an old book in my dad’s library Cardcaptor Sakura (Omnibus) Book 1 Review
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