Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 11 [Paperback]

Clamp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2006

RIDING ON THE WINGS OF A DRAGONFLY

The Dragonfly Race is set to begin in Piffle World, and the prize for one lucky lightweight aircraft pilot is an amazingly powerful battery in the shape of a feather. But for the four dimension-travelers, and one odd creature named Mokona, who have joined the competition, the feather represents more than energy–it’s one of Princess Sakura’s lost memories! And Sakura’s feather isn’t the only ting at stake. Despite President Tomoyo’s best efforts to protect the race using her wealth and resources, unexpected hazards keep popping up, and the perilous contest could lead to death for unskilled pilots . . . like the princess!

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About the Author

CLAMP is a group of four women who have become one of the most popular manga artists in the world - Satsuki Igarashi, Mick Nekoi, Mokona Apapa and Nanase Ohkawa. They started out as doujnishi (fan comics) creators, but their skill and craft brought them to the attention of publishers very quickly. Their first work from a major publisher was RG Veda, but their first mass success was with Magic Knight Rayearth. From there, they went on to write many series, including Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits, two of the most popular manga available. Like many Japanese manga artists, they prefer to avoid the spotlight, and little is known about them personally. CLAMP is also the author of Tsubasa, another title brought to you by Tanoshimi. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (October 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345485289
• ISBN-13: 978-0345485281
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 0.6 x 7.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Clamp, stylized as CLAMP, is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader Nanase Ohkawa, who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively, and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. Almost 100 million Clamp tankōbon copies have been sold worldwide as of October 2007.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This was where I started getting fed up..., November 26, 2006

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Dorothea - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 11 (Paperback)

I have a love-hate relationship with Tsubasa Chronicle. I'm not familiar with the English releases of it (I read it in Japanese) so I can't comment on the translation and such, but when I reached this volume, quite a while ago, I almost quit reading Tsubasa Chronicle for good. Basically, I was sick of the very episodic and rather light-hearted nature of the adventures and I wanted a better sense of the main plot/intentions of the villain, instead of so many mysterious segways to the villain chuckling about things going according to his plan while the heroes went through yet another (and another and another and another...) feather-adventure.

That said--Tsubasa Chronicle is an AMAZING series and if you're getting a little restless the way I was, don't give up! Some incredible stuff is just around the corner in the next few volumes (almost there now). The main plot (opposed to the mini-plot of some current feather-adventure) starts rolling very soon. I read huge amounts of manga, but the upcoming Tsubasa Chronicle volumes have some of the most intense, gorgeous scenes I've ever encountered. They are well worth the wait.

5.0 out of 5 stars egg-go!, October 2, 2011

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Julia - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 11 (Paperback)

Another fun chapter in the search for sakura's feather. The ending will surprise you.

Id recommend tsubasato anyone. So awesome.

5.0 out of 5 stars You Go, Girl!, November 9, 2006

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M. Mark "Reader of All Things Fantastic" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 11 (Paperback)

If you've been waiting for Sakura to prove that she's got courage and dedication in her own right, this is the proof you'll need, and I don't mind telling you that I was thrilled to see it happen.

This continues the story of Piffle World (yes, it's a weird name), in which Sakura, Syaoran, Fai, and Kurogane are entered in the Dragonfly Race to win the "world's most powerful battery," a.k.a. Sakura's feather. Dragonflies are small single-pilot aircraft that run on batteries but are extremely vulnerable to changes in the wind and weather.

The preliminary race involves qualifying for the final by finishing in one of the first 20 slots. Fai and Kurogane qualify easily, with Syaoran pulling in about halfway through (as he'd been hanging back to help Sakura). Sakura herself ends up in a photo finish with another contestant (you'll recognize her! ^_^) for the last slot in the final, and she does it on her own (hence the title of this review)!

I won't give away what actually happens with Sakura's bid for the twentieth slot. Instead I'll skip to President Tomoyo's role in all of this. She is, of course, the Tomoyo we all know and love from CCS, polite and sweet to the extreme, starry-eyed with excitement over Sakura's presence, and very mature and responsible. She makes the discovery that many of the disqualifications were due to a cheater among the twenty finalists.

The volume ends with the beginning of the final race. Whether or not Sakura is part of the actual race, I won't say. But I will say that by the end, of Fai, Kurogane, and Syaoran, one of those three has already crashed...

Can't wait for the next volume (though I'll have to wait til February, apparently). If you've read this far, you probably like the series - and so this won't disappoint.