Customer Reviews

Cardcaptor Sakura #2

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Always read lighthearted manga with a friend...case and point. The first novel was above average and CLAMP was able to move away from the collection + cute = pokemon stereotype. The second novel includes several 'adult themes' the largest of which are the developing relationships between Sakura and Tomoyo...it is quite sudden and much like the sailor Uranus and Neptune relation...except without Sakura's knowledge. "I love you Sakura" "I love you too Tomoyo..." *Sakura walks away* "No, I mean I LOVE you Sakura" The newest character, Li, develops a gender defying relationship with Yuki...once again without Sakura or Yuki's knowledge...I think this will have a deeper (non sexual) meaning later in the novels. Anyway, its light hearted manga goodness from those what brought you the Magic Knights Rayearth.

Okay, so I resisted reading this because all I could think of when I heard the title was "cutesy kiddy cartoon." It's bad to judge something when you don't know much about it. The artwork in this manga is amazingly detailed. In this book, Sakura takes part in field day, deals with a few Clow cards (I'm still trying to figure those out, so I'm looking forward to getting ahold of the first book), and meets Li (a boy who doesn't seem to like her at all). There's a lot about Sakura's relationships with other people, particuarly her friends and Yuki, a guy she likes. Incidentally, Li also seems to like Yuki. This book deals a lot with "who likes who," which I'm guessing is the same for the whole series. I'm looking forward to reading some more.

I think that this manga was actually traslated very well. Most of them are the original names of the caracters. Exepet Toya and Yoki(those r there nicknames in the original).In this Sakura's school is having a feild day and it is like a family thing. So Sakura's dad and brother show up a long with Toyomo's mother. So when Toyomo's mother and Sakura's father meet they instently recogonize eachother. Toyomo and Sakura find out that their mother's are cousins (so that makes them what? 2nd cousins?). But, Sakura's mother is dead and Toyomo's mother blames it on Saura's father. She is still really mad at him for taking away her little cousin and callenges him to one of the races. But in the middle of the race flower petals start coming from nowhere. It seems like it's raing flowers! The flower petals get so thick it's hard to breath. Sakura sences a clow card! What will happen? Were are the flowers coming from? What happened to Sakura's father and Toyomo's mother? Order the book and find out!

Along with this episode there are 2 others in this book. Clamp's ideas are real original and interesting! You'll be making the wrong choice if you do not buy this! It's really bright and a whole lot brighter than most mangas! And it really brightens up your day(I like the word bright! Can you tell?)! But warning once you start the series you have to finish!

This is a GREAT manga. I think the way Chix Comix hadled this was very nice. All though I hate the cartoon (I'm sorry it is just sooooo AMERICANIZED. I hate it. Besides they put in all of these crappy puns) The manga is extremily beautiful. The art is just beautiful. The story is nice, and they even kept the original japanese names. For example, Yuki (Julian), Toya (Tory), Tomoyo (Madison), Nadeshiko (Natasha), Kerberos (Kero, still the same in the TV anime.). Just to let you know, in this comic/manga everyone has a crush on Yuki, Including Sakura, Li, and Toya/Toaya. But this is one great manga. Highly recommended.

Warning: This manga contains some Shonen-Ai hints, Li+yuki and Toya+Yuki.

I just got it and I haven't been able to put it down. What is wierd is that my manga has Sakura in a purple dress not holding an egg. Well, oh well. I have moved on to other anime such as DBZ,GW,TM,NGE, and R1/2, this is still one of my faves. I usually don't like giddy girl anime plotlines (example: Sailor Moon too some extent) This is a really awesome manga... if you don't get it.............. you are definatly missing out on something really great!!!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed these books, having read volumes 1 and 2 so far. The characters and plot are extremely cute and has a sort of light, happy feeling to it. Being a shoujo manga, there also isn't any heavy violence or anything like that.
However, there are slight hints of homosexuality and incest (ie. between Sakura and Tomoyo, Sonomi and Nadeshiko), but they are very slight and only come up a few times, and they do not hinder the reading of this manga at all.

Anyway, if you enjoy shoujo mangas in the "magical girl" genre, go buy this book! You won't regret it.

hey there people, i thought this would be one of those little kid stories, but it turns out that it is really a beautiful peice of work, the art...amazing[as usu.]its a wonderful book partly because it isnt too deep, but it still has its own inner workings,these inner workings are not too complex, wich makes it easy to understand.thats why i like the series so much, Sakura is cool no matter what your age! ROCK ON SAKURA!

ok, the translation was perfect, i have nothing to complain, the images all looked good and stuff, but one problem. I got this manga and i liked it and read it just a bit too much and soon the pages started falling out. my advice, get the manga, but be a bit careful when you read it, and definetly dont open it wide!!!

Although I DETEST the way Mixx Americanizes ever peice of dialogue and every name, I suppose this is the only way 99.9% of the general population will be able to read it, so I won't bash it for the fact that the Translation Butchers got ahold of it. The book is a MASTERPEICE. CLAMP art and stories are always magnificent. This is just so sweet and bubble filled and bouncy... I loved it. Good comic for girls. It's one of the few young-girls' (elementary school) anime/manga stories that my friends and I have found apealing. The art will just BLOW YOU AWAY. This is emotional, fairly deep, fun, light hearted. It's good for the soul if you've been trudging around in darker, deeper series. Even if you say (like I usually do) "I don't like stories that don't have some deep underlying message packed with allegory", you'll find that this is a healthy break for your mind. It's like jumping right after the elevator stops, and you know how great that feeling is. This second volume is great. Just as good as the first. But I feel the STRONG need to mention that Mixx broke the rules of manga translating again (they do it so often) and didn't keep the original cover, which make SUCH better book covers than the images they picked. Know why? Because the original cover images were DESIGNED to be book covers and be printed small. Those are art-book images, for printing BIG. Go around online and find the character's REAL names. Mixx Americanized and misspelled everything because they're just... stupid like that.

I must say, this was a great book, the art is lovely and captivating, even though its a BOOK, you can get lost in the artwork and the story as if it were a movie! Characters are well expressed, and yes, the translation is a bit odd, but after all..this Americans tend to make things a little more "appropriate" for younger readers/viewers. If you are thinking of getting ANY book or READING ANY book this year, this is a must have. Also, i recommend that you purchase book 1 too!

This is a great comic published by an awesome all girl artist group called Clamp. They have other great books, but this seems to be the most popular. It is a cute story. A little sad at the same time too. It is like real life, right? It had a bad anime debut in the US. So, there is nothing to do but read the Manga (Comics)! =) Magic Knights Reyearth, Wish, X 1999, Clamp School detectives, Card Captor Sakura, they are great reading too.