Cardcaptor Sakura by Clamp
Review by Cyn C. (Cyn-Sama)
I am thirty-one years old, and I love magical girl manga. I like it even more when the company keeps the manga as close to the original Japanese as possible.
This edition keeps the original Japanese characters for sound effects (with an English translation), keeps the honorifics and gives us full color illustrations.
I want the original honorifics. Once you’ve done a little bit of studying of Japanese, you realize that the honorifics that are used reveal a lot about the characters relationships with each other. When the honorifics are left out, you miss the subtle changes in a characters relationship.
I had resisted the lure of Card Captor Sakura for a long time. Mainly due to the dismal U.S. release of the anime.
If you’re basing your opinion of the series on what got released over here, please don’t. CLAMP are masters of their trade, and this series is a stellar example of that.
It’s a series that makes me smile, and sucks me in. I want Sakura to succeed. I want more of Kero-chan’s Osaka-ben dialect. I want the amazing outfits and charming descriptions of family life.
For those who are not already familiar with the series, it revolves around Sakura, a cheerful girl in elementary school. One day, while doing chores at home she accidentally releases the Clow Cards into the world. In doing this, she also releases the keeper of the cards, Cerebus (Kero-chan), who informs her that she is now a card captor, and she must collect all the cards, or a disaster will befall the world.
Sakura reluctantly agrees, and starts her grand adventure.
I love this. I just love it. I know it’s aimed at girls twenty years younger than I am, but I don’t let that stop my enjoyment. It’s gorgeously illustrated, reaffirms my belief in the power of friendship and is just utterly charming.
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This is one of my favorites too. Like you said, the U.S. television release is a completely different feel from the Japanese version of both the anime and the manga. And honorifics definitely make a HUGE differences. It’s why so many translators are starting to keep them.
Thanks for the review , Cyn. My daughter is into this genre and while I appreciate the artwork, insight into the themes is very helpful!
I appreciate the review, as I detest “magical girl” stories and absolutely hated this manga when I first came across it. It’s interesting to open my eyes as to what, possibly, someone else could see in this genre.
I thought I might change my mind because I love the detail Clamp puts into their artwork, but I think I should stick with their “stick-thin pretty boy” works instead. Seems I’m not likely to become a fan of “magical girl” stories anytime soon.
But I am sincerely glad to be able to read about why others appreciate them.
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