| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle |
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ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
(Tsubasa: Rezaboa Kuronikuru) |
| Demographic |
Shōnen |
| Genre |
Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy |
| Manga |
| Author |
CLAMP |
| Publisher |
 Kodansha |
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| Serialized in |
Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run |
May 2003 – ongoing |
| Volumes |
23, with 174 total chapters (currently still ongoing) |
| TV anime: Tsubasa Chronicle |
| Director |
Kōichi Mashimo |
| Studio |
Bee Train |
| Network |
NHK, Animax |
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| Original run |
April 9, 2005 – November 4, 2006 |
| Episodes |
52 |
| Movie: Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages |
| Director |
Itsuro Kawasaki |
| Studio |
Production I.G. |
| Released |
August 20, 2005 |
| Runtime |
35 min. |
| OVA: Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations |
| Director |
Shunsuke Tada |
| Studio |
Production I.G. |
| Episodes |
3 |
| Released |
November 16, 2007 - March 17, 2008 |
| Game: Tsubasa Chronicle |
| Developer |
Arika |
| Platform |
Nintendo DS |
| Released |
December 31, 2005 |
| Game: Tsubasa Chronicle Vol.2 |
| Developer |
Arika |
| Platform |
Nintendo DS |
| Released |
April 20, 2006 |
Plot summary
- Further information: List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle story arcs
Sakura is the princess of Clow kingdom, which is ruled by her older brother, King Tōuya. Her childhood friend Syaoran is a young archaeologist. Sakura is revealed to have strange powers when she has a vision of a mysterious symbol and places she has never seen. Meanwhile, Syaoran discovers the same symbol at the ruins he is excavating. He sees Sakura standing on the symbol on the ground. Ghostly wings appear on her back and a mysterious force begins to pull her into the walls of the ruins. Syaoran rescues her in time, but her wings are scattered across dimensions. The High Priest of Clow Kingdom, Yukito, immediately realizes that Sakura's "wings" were the manifestation of her soul and memories; without them, she will die. In order to save Sakura, Syaoran must journey to retrieve her wing's feathers, the fragments of her memories.
Yukito sends Syaoran and the unconscious Sakura to the Dimensional Witch, Yūko, who is one of the main characters in xxxHolic. There he meets Kurogane, a rough-mannered ninja banished from his world by Princess Tomoyo, and Fai D. Flourite, a magician who fled his world to avoid King Ashura. Each of them must pay with what he values most in order to gain the power to cross dimensions. For Kurogane, it is his sword Ginryū, and for Fay, it is the tattoo on his back which regulates his control of his magic. Syaoran, on the other hand, must pay with his relationship with Sakura: even if he is able to retrieve all of her memories, she will never remember anything about him or their relationship. (This sacrifice also pays Sakura's "toll" to Yūko, because what Sakura values most are her memories of and with Syaoran.) Only when the three agree to her terms does Yūko present them with the power to cross dimensions; a white creature named Mokona Modoki.
While traversing through worlds to find Sakura's feathers, the four travellers and Mokona are forced to overcome many dangers and opponents, some of whom are figures from Syaoran's past who wish to collect Sakura's feathers for their own reasons as they are seen to be objects that hold great power.
The manga adopts darker and more complex tones in the latter half of the story.
Because of the crossover characters with xxxHolic, the two manga occasionally intertwine with each other.
