Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Chapter 55: Platinum


Release date: April 1st, 2008

Word count: 24,635

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Thoughts: For the first time since his upheaval, Syaoran is determined to set things right instead of moping. It's a great feeling to know that it actually happens!

As I re-read NT, I'm also reading Harry Potter and I'm on Goblet of Fire. Jinyu and Victor Krum definitely have the "man of few words" trope down pat.

In the scene where Syaoran is looking in the Great Elder Renshu's blue eyes, Wish-chan mention that blue eyes occur once a generation. I wonder where Leiyun fits. New theory: what if the Great Elder and Ryuuren were unsuccessful in their missions like Leiyun and had to do something to get to the other side? It's incredibly farfetched, but there's got to be an explanation behind the rare blue eyes.

The Great Elder's mere suggestion of killing Sakura so Syaoran could get his powers back was beyond chilling.

It's always lovely to see Arima. When she glomped Sakura, it made me remember a Tumblr post about how kids these days don't know what "glomp" means.

I completely forgot about the scene where Mike showed Sakura the magazine with Nadeshiko and Ryuuren's first shoot.

Mike dating Erika is one of the more random plot points of Arc 4.

For the longest time I kept thinking that the Metal's name was the Platinum. At least there are plenty of examples to show why it was chosen as the title.

It was fun seeing Eron being part of the process and asking questions about Sakura's costumes and whatnot.

I'm really glad that Sakura's Vogue fashion magazine got to Syaoran. I think it's funny that the extensions hid the haircut so that even when Wish-chan posted the fanart, we still only found out about the change in the text.

Syaoran thinks that Sakura's okay from judging how she looks from the pictures and Sakura thinks Syaoran couldn't care about anything other than the Clan according to Kai's letter. The physical divide is turning into an emotional one too.

Kai lends Sakura the sapphire ring for safe keeping. He stresses that it's a loan but I can't remember who gets it next. Kai says it belongs to the owner but I don't think Shing gets it back.

The fact that Sakura tells Tomoyo that the only way she can cope with the Syaoran situation is by forgettinf nakes her a choice victim for The Memory.

Sakura says to herself that the next time she falls in love, she won't give all of herself to anyone. I wonder if that's why we still don't have a concrete status when it comes to defining S&S's relationship.

Fanart spotlight: This one was an easy choice! Wish-chan may have tweaked her own canon to make Sakura the cover of the magazine, but no one is complaining. My favourite part is the hair. Very Rapunzel-esque! What's great about this picture is that it inspired the very first NT cosplay

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