TRC 176, XXXHOLiC 147 & Kobato. Drop. 3!

All three of them, cleaned and available at The Room of Requirement. Scans provided by ladydarkmoon-san, like always ^^ Much love to her ❤


Tsubasa:

It’s been a couple of chapters since I last made a chapter commentary… for the past chapter, I just have one thing to say: 3 color pages, it means we are probably getting 8 chapters again for this volume, so far my theory is working XD

Now 176 (wow, 176!)…

We are already having the battle between the two Syaorans… or is it a pre-battle? Because they can’t keep fighting for 5 volumes, which is why I think something will happen that will interrupt this battle.

By the way, I don’t get why Fye’s eye works the opposite on the clone, which means, makes him stronger instead of diminish his lifespan.

The sacred tree opened a hole in Nihon… (It kind of looks like the Shurano hole xD) are Fye and the others going inside? Or will someone in the dream get expelled?

The real!Syaoran/Sakura moments are so moving… but it’s useless, they are not going to be together… not after the latest Holitsuba xD That crushed, smashed and stomped any thoughts of a real!Syaoran/Sakura ship xD Not that I wasn’t expecting it anyway…

HE STABS HER! The clone actually STABBED Sakura! I mean, with a sword! I mean, with blood-spilling! O.O What can I say… I absolutely love CLAMP ^_______^

Oh c’mon, Fei Wang… it’s okay to place your spy cameras throughout the many worlds but EVEN THE DREAM WORLD? xD

And finally, the clone who can’t attack Sakura ^___^ I actually really liked that. I liked that it kind of backfired against Fei Wang, who probably never considered that possibility. And it’s also interesting because we always got the impression that it would make effect for Sakura (because she has lost her “mind” memories but not the “body’s”), and it’s actually the other way around, on the clone.

However, Mokona’s earring did glow there… and it has a sealing power. Is this what it does? To seal the clone from hurting Sakura?

XXXHOLiC:

There’s not much development here… except for Watanuki will start a quest to find Kohane-chan in a TV channel? xD Poor thing, though, why does everybody keep hitting her? How cruel, she’s just a child… o__o

Watanuki is also thinking straight, which is quite a development (the only one in the chapter). His bentou looks delicious, I wanna eat it xD

Other than that I still don’t know what’s going on in XXXHOLiC, where we are, where we are going to. I have to wait for more revelations xD

Kobato.:

I’m not going to comment on Kobato’s chapter just yet, I’ll do that when it’s released by CnL. I’ve just got the translated script from Jamie and I’ll start editing it on this Saturday. Expect the release at any time during this weekend ^^


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51 thoughts on “TRC 176, XXXHOLiC 147 & Kobato. Drop. 3!

  1. Thanks for your comments! I’ve been missing them ^^

    >>By the way, I don’t get why Fye’s eye works the opposite on the clone, which means, makes him stronger instead of diminish his lifespan.

    The eyes work opposite of each other – if Fai had kept both eyes, they would have balanced each other out. But the Clonie stole the good one, and got stopped before he could steal the second (can’t remember where I read this, but I’m pretty sure it was at the same time as all the other eye talk…)

    >>However, Mokona’s earring did glow there… and it has a sealing power. Is this what it does? To seal the clone from hurting Sakura?

    I didn’t notice that!

    So… will the twins show up now since they didn’t show up in Nihon??? xD

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    • Oh, thanks for missing them, I feel flattered ^^

      Are you sure? I don’t know, ’cause I got the impression that he got the bad one, but it’s causing the opposite effect on the clone. At least that’s what Seishirou says O.o

      >I didn’t notice that!

      It’s easily missed! I almost missed it the first time I read the chapter ^^

      >So… will the twins show up now since they didn’t show up in Nihon??? xD

      I’m still waiting for them XD I still think now is the time.

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    • Same here! Holitsuba isn’t TRC.
      Sakura and Syaoran are soulmates, not Sakura and some guy who looks like Syaoran. *pout*
      This chapter made me so happy until I read that comment… T_T
      *in the fetal position rocking in a corner with eyes glazed*
      Okay, not really-but I’m still hoping for Syaoran x Sakura – not clone x Sakura. Please don’t dash what little hope I have! :p
      Every chapter is nerve-wracking to R!Syaoran x Sakura shippers ya know! ^_^;

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      • Yes. :’D; I’ve been screaming about this chapter since it came out XD
        I’m hoping for R!Syaoran x Sakura too, but I’m not going start hating CLAMP and acting like an idiot if Cloney ends up with Sakura. (:
        I agree though, every chapter is nerve-wracking x0x”

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      • >Holitsuba isn’t TRC.

        Right, it isn’t, but I see it as a TRC parody. I think the ships in it are real.

        >Please don’t dash what little hope I have! :p

        Oh no, don’t worry! I don’t wanna dash any theories, it’s just what -I- feel about it. You’re more than free to keep wishing for it ^^

        What can I say? I hope you’re right xD

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      • WEll… I heard/Read (is catching up 😮 ) The Sakura is actually a clone too… so really it’s C!Sakura and C!Syaoran and R!Sakura and R!Syaoran or something like that…

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  2. Hi Chibi Yuuto! I have been missing your comments 😀

    >> The real!Syaoran/Sakura moments are so moving… but it’s useless, they are not going to be together… not after the latest Holitsuba xD That crushed, smashed and stomped any thoughts of a real!Syaoran/Sakura ship xD Not that I wasn’t expecting it anyway…

    What makes you think the cute Shaoran from Horitsuba is the clone?

    >> c’mon, Fei Wang… it’s okay to place your spy cameras throughout the many worlds but EVEN THE DREAM WORLD?

    LOL

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  3. Sidenote: Horitsuba terribly confused me, with the two Fais, and then the two Syaorans >_>;

    But it was cute none-the-less 😀

    About Tsubasa: I somehow feel that the two Syaorans will merge together, because the dream sequence keeps playing in my head, and they’re all wearing the wrong clothes! So I just imagine… that they merge and then randomly get new clothes :b I dono… just a wacky prediction.

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    • I got a little confused with the two twins as well xD I was like “Wait a minute, who’s who?”

      You know…….. you’re prediction is not whacky at all xD I have considered that theory too! They have a connection and they seem to be two halfs of the same whole. It could happen…

      I kept thinking about the tube scene too XDDD But it’s all wrong… where is the Clow costume? And Sakura doesn’t have a bruised shoulder either! O_o I wonder how they’ll get a new wardrobe before that scene…….

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      • For Sakura, there may be ways to heal soul injury.

        For Syaoran, if I got it well, both of them came in the dream world with there bodies, who knows which soul wear the Clow country’s clothing.

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    • dude. if neither syaoran gets with sakura, clamp will be trampled. >:UUU best to keep at least one fangroup happy. XDD

      ahh, i kid, i kid. but the way the tude scene plays out, it sorta seems as though the shippings gonna happen…ne?

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      • Not necessarily. We don’t know which Syaoran it is in the tube, the context in which the scene takes place in, how far away from the ending it is, and how the tube scene ends anyway. Or what’s going on. There’s still a lot of ways for her to not end up with either of them at the very end of the series.

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          • Yes indeed, that’s another possibility. However, I hope it’s not metaphorical XD I would be happy to know that Ohkawa “knew it all along” and was planning the story from the beginning to reach in that scene.

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        • True. That scene must be somehow close to the end, but we don’t know how close. And we don’t know what happens afterwards.

          I personally think that scene will appear 1 volume before the final volume or IN the final volume.

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  4. >We are already having the battle between the two Syaorans… or is it a pre-battle? Because they can’t keep fighting for 5 volumes, which is why I think something will happen that will interrupt this battle.

    I’m hoping it’s Sei-chan back story, though it’s more likely to be something involving Fye and Kurogane!

    >still don’t know what’s going on in XXXHOLiC, where we are, where we are going to

    ditto!

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  5. HE STABS HER! The clone actually STABBED Sakura! I mean, with a sword! I mean, with blood-spilling! O.O What can I say… I absolutely love CLAMP ^_______^

    Yes *_____* Really, who would have thought (when TRC started) that Shoaran would actually hurt Sakura, we’re ages and ages far away from Tomoeda XD closer to X’s Tokyo I believe

    I’m looking forward to read Drop 3 \o/

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    • I KNOW! 3 years ago I would have thought that this would probably never happen, ever! xD That is why I love CLAMP so much, they are always surprising me and challenging themselves more and more each time ^^

      >we’re ages and ages far away from Tomoeda XD closer to X’s Tokyo I believe

      Definitely XD

      >I’m looking forward to read Drop 3 \o/

      Thanks ^__^ Do look forward to it! ^^

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  6. My favourite image (from one of the previous chapters) was the one where the two Syaorans pointed their swords at each other. Didn’t that just scream Kamui vs Kamui from X?

    I sorta wish we got more development in xxxHOLIC, what about Kohane-chan? O_o And Watanuki’s definitely awake now, right?

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    • >Didn’t that just scream Kamui vs Kamui from X?

      That TOTALLY screamed Kamui vs Fuuma (you meant Fuuma, right? xD). There’s even one page in X 18.5 which composition is very similar to the one of the previous chapter of TRC ^^

      >I sorta wish we got more development in xxxHOLIC

      I sorta feel like there’s nothing left to be told in XXXHOLiC… that they are just needing to reach a certain point in the TRC’s storyline where the secret of XXXHOLiC (Watanuki’s true nature, possibly) is revealed. And THEN we can have more revelations and the outcome of the story.

      >And Watanuki’s definitely awake now, right?

      No, I don’t think he is xD He’s still dreaming… on the last chapter of tank 12 Yuuko told him that he is ALWAYS living a dream… and there are 2 dreams. The one he wishes for the most will come true.

      Don’t make me any further questions, though, Yuuko’s words are beyond my comprehesion xD

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      • >There’s even one page in X 18.5 which composition is very similar to the one of the previous chapter of TRC ^^

        That’s the exact picture I was thinking of. =)

        >you meant Fuuma, right? xD

        Of course. But he’s “Kamui”. ^_^

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  7. Thanks 🙂

    >The real!Syaoran/Sakura moments are so moving… but it’s useless, they are not going to be together… not after the latest Holitsuba xD

    Holitsuba? Is that the comidyish crossover with 2 of the Shaorans and Fais? What happend?

    And poor Kohane-chan…

    (one more final and then done for the term! taking chapters as motivation…)

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  8. Oh c’mon, Fei Wang… it’s okay to place your spy cameras throughout the many worlds but EVEN THE DREAM WORLD? xD

    LOL! Look the only place where FWR does not have any camera is in Yuuko’s bathtroom XDDDDDDDDDD

    However, Mokona’s earring did glow there… and it has a sealing power. Is this what it does? To seal the clone from hurting Sakura?

    ummm, nope, it is gonna be used in next chapter… I think that earring seals Real Syaroan power, remember that Fay had to kill him? That is because he had to be more powerful than Fay…. at a given moment and suddenly… Fay had to stop the Real Syaoran to be too dangerous for FWR plans…

    And this is not my guess, was who told this to me and I started building this theory involving the earring ^_^

    And yes, Sakura got stabbed, AGAIN! XDDDDDDDD

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    • Watch out for the next Holitsuba: Innapropriate for Underage, and you’ll see that maybe not even Yuuko’s bathroom is safe xDDDDDD

      >I think that earring seals Real Syaroan power, remember that Fay had to kill him?

      Hum, that is interesting, but Fye is not around, at least not now XDDDDD What do you think would make Syaoran get so much power so suddenly?

      However, I don’t think it’s to seal R!Syaoran’s powers O.o

      You know what just crossed my mind now? Had the clone taken BOTH Fye’s eyes, wouldn’t he be killed immediately after, for being stronger than Fye? xDDDDD

      >And yes, Sakura got stabbed, AGAIN! XDDDDDDDD

      Hahahaha poor thing… not even her SOUL is safe xDDDDDDDD

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      • What do you think would make Syaoran get so much power so suddenly?

        Well, he needs it now, the power, to defend Sakura….

        Had the clone taken BOTH Fye’s eyes, wouldn’t he be killed immediately after, for being stronger than Fye? xDDDDD

        OUCH! yes, that would be true XDDD but Fay had been dead so no curse ;D

        Hahahaha poor thing… not even her SOUL is safe xDDDDDDDD

        And even WORSE! Souls do BLEED!!!! O_O;;; Clamp???? that is even worse that seeing a bleeding skeleton in a game xDDDDDD

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  9. Thank you!
    ^___^ Mokona’s earring did glow there… hyu~ I didn’t notice that…
    Hm…we’ll see I guess~
    And is it clear which Shao is which in horitsuba? *tilts head*

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    • Cool! Happy to make you notice something you haven’t noticed yet ^__^

      >And is it clear which Shao is which in horitsuba? *tilts head*

      It’s not clear but… that’s my own assumption xD You don’t agree with it?

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  10. LOL I guess Fei Wang gets hours and hours of entertainment through those spy cameras! XD

    There’s not much development here… except for Watanuki will start a quest to find Kohane-chan in a TV channel? xD Poor thing, though, why does everybody keep hitting on her? How cruel, she’s just a child… o__o

    Poor Kohane-chan, I hope she’s alright ;_; BTW, do you mean ‘hitting her’ rather than ‘hitting on her’? The latter suggests that everyone is trying to go on a date with her XD

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    • HAHAHA The proof that he is having LOADS of fun is that we barely see him standing xD He’s always sitting in his chair drinking wine and eating popcorn (which he hides when he’s about to show up xD).

      >BTW, do you mean ‘hitting her’ rather than ‘hitting on her’? The latter suggests that everyone is trying to go on a date with her XD

      Oh my, sorry! XDDDDDDDDD I hadn’t realize it could mean that too! You’re right, I’m gonna fix it. Thanks for pointing it out ^^

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  11. thank you chibi yuuto-san!, ladydarkmoon-san! x3 thank you!
    gosh, am I the only one supporting the evil clone xDDDDDD?
    I support his once kind side, and I haven’t given up on thinking it will come back!, I also love r!syaoran…I just don’t want none of them dead x_x…no one in that manga should die ;_;…wait, I take that back, fei should die :)…O_o and I wonder when will dr. kyle appear again ? *random thought* well, sakura got hurt once more, and it was her soul! X___x poor sakura! I so pity her T__T and by the one she loves or used to love…T_T kya…*wants next chapter soon*

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    • Nope ^^

      Am also rooting for the clone though I have come to like R!Syaoran a lot.

      (Kind of wishes they could live as brothers but most likely will only see something like that Holitsuba…Oh wells, there’s always the possibility for a major Syaoran x Syaoran tag team…)

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  12. Thank you so much!

    The real!Syaoran/Sakura moments are so moving… but it’s useless, they are not going to be together… not after the latest Holitsuba xD

    Eh??? What happened in Holitsuba?

    Poor HOLiC… they could at least do small filler stories instead of putting it on hiatus all the time…

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  13. I liked the way the clone couldn’t kill Sakura, never thought he would have that kind of reaction.

    As for the end of the fight, I believe one of the Syaoran will be scealed up in the other half of the tube. Now, which one…

    For xxxHolic, I can’t wait to see Watanuki near the stage, he’ll drive any supernatural being there right to him, stealing the show. ^_^ So where xxxHolic’s story is going right now? I think we are about to get over Kohane’s story. She has been around for many tankoubon already, her story must reach a conclusion and there shouldn’t be much tankoubon left (although this may not be the very last time, I suppose we’ll see her around until the second before last book). But with her family name in the same fashion as Watanuki’s, she must be part of the solution to Watanuki’s mystery. Maybe we’ll learn this time that her mother isn’t her biological mother…

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  14. thanks you so much!!!!

    about tsubasa: well the all “syaoran” cries out to RXiao, without the keigo bothers me in 175, and Sakura in general, 176 she got up points… but she changes her mind with the wind and i hate that!!!
    about clonie he was wonderfull i love his “emotions” in this chapter if you see the page 12 and 13 his eyes tell us something!!!, i think is not only the bodie here…

    About XXXHolic they cach up the story back in 137-138 but that was half a year ago
    i hate Clamp in Holic, they sacrifice all Holic for tsubasa and Holic for me is important too, kohane arc must have a development in the last arc because she was in the color pages please!!!
    i’m translate so yesterday i must reread chapters and is obvious a confrontation between Doumeki and Watanuki, the mother and some result before Kohane dies in hands of her, but nothing happens yet what we know “Kohane love tamagoyaki and she is a painfully abused child with no one to save her”, Watanuki want to save her but he is always in the dream world so he did nothing more like bentos” in other wordsI hate you Clamp!!!

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