Thoughts: When S&S are denied entry to Shing's home, it's a bit unsettling of how they had no qualms at all about breaking and entering.
It's heartbreaking to see Shing learn that Ryuuren and Nadeshiko were both dead and never ended up together.
Shing's star sapphire ring is stolen. First sign of our favourite thief of the night!
Being ganged up by thugs is horrifying. Sakura and company should have known better! Still, it was very cool to see Sakura's matial arts lesson pay off!
Syaoran and Sakura both sneaking out at the same time in the middle of the night with the same all black outfit is too adorable.
Wish-chan really tapped into her dark side when coming up with the items that were in the buried box. Hangman's noose? Old blood? Yikes!
Fanart spotlight: Once again, there is no specific fanart for this chapter. However, back in 2004 the always delightful Selenity Shiroi shared this drawing of a wintery Tomoyo and in this chapter the girls do go out shopping so it works. There's also a robin, which is only native to North America so there's an added bonus. This won't be the last time that I'll feature Selenity-chan. She made many contributions to the fandom and her art always gets better and better.
Yay! The first sign of Kai :) Can't wait to see him in Arc 2.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter made me wonder about Shing's memories and the Memory. It really was sad for him to find out that Ryuuren and Nadeshiko had passed away (which he already knew as Keisuke but he doesn't rememebr). Makes me think of that one scene (maybe Arc 4?) where he says that his greatest fear is losing his loved ones.
Random but was this the first indication that Eriol knew more than what he wanted to say?
“Yeah, Eron’s absolutely perfect,” Tomoyo said.
“Too smooth and perfect.” Eriol cast his midnight blue eyes down.
When I was re-reading this chapter, I was thrown off when Shing said he only admired NadeRyuu fom afar when we know now that he was part of the foursome. You bring up a good point of Memory fabricating an alternative past.
DeleteEriol likes to be entertained. I'm sure he knew but it's not his place to speed up the process.