Not to mention that instead of spazzy CCS!Syaoran with a calm CCS!Eriol, we'd have a spazzy Watanuki with a calm TRC!"Syaoran"... XD
I always loved the parallels that were drawn between Syaoran and Eriol in CCS. Even the way they were introduced to the storyline were VERY similar, but opposite. Syaoran shows up in Winter (moon) in the winter uniform (black)--Eriol shows up in Summer (sun) in the summer uniform (white). Eriol is calm and mature and easygoing (but he was Fujitaka's age, sooo) and Syaoran is hotheaded, jealous, spazzy, and serious to a fault. In the anime, Sakura's reflection is in Syaoran's left eye (moon) and Eriol's right eye (sun). Eriol befriends her as soon as they meet, Syaoran declares "war" against her. lol Eriol is the one knows dispenses advice and appears to know things Syaoran doesn't, whereas "Syaoran" does the same with Watanuki.
Eriol is a whole head taller than Syaoran, like Watanuki is to "Syaoran". The panel where "Syaoran" tells Watanuki to protect Sakura until they arrive is like the one in CCS where Eriol tells Syaoran to calm down, and that if he doesn't lose himself in the moment, he'll become much stronger (since Syaoran is spazzing out since he wants to impress Sakura with his basketball skillz) XD but I think Eriol meant (and Syaoran realizes by his expression afterward) that he'll be stronger in order to protect Sakura.
I don't know which theory will be correct about Watanuki's identity, but it is fun to compare how similar he and "Syaoran" are to Eriol and Syaoran (only reversed).
You know, I never noticed all these parallels between CCS!&TRC!Syaoran, Watanuki & Eriol. Very interesting, thanks for pointing them out! The attention to detail and the complex layers of storytelling and hidden meaning is exactly why I love CLAMP.
we'd have a spazzy Watanuki with a calm TRC!"Syaoran"... XD
I always loved the parallels that were drawn between Syaoran and Eriol in CCS.
Even the way they were introduced to the storyline were VERY similar, but opposite. Syaoran shows up in Winter (moon) in the winter uniform (black)--Eriol shows up in Summer (sun) in the summer uniform (white).
Eriol is calm and mature and easygoing (but he was Fujitaka's age, sooo) and Syaoran is hotheaded, jealous, spazzy, and serious to a fault.
In the anime, Sakura's reflection is in Syaoran's left eye (moon)
and Eriol's right eye (sun). Eriol befriends her as soon as they meet, Syaoran declares "war" against her. lol
Eriol is the one knows dispenses advice and appears to know things Syaoran doesn't, whereas "Syaoran" does the same with Watanuki.
Eriol is a whole head taller than Syaoran, like Watanuki is to "Syaoran".
The panel where "Syaoran" tells Watanuki to protect Sakura until they arrive is like the one in CCS where Eriol tells Syaoran to calm down, and that if he doesn't lose himself in the moment, he'll become much stronger (since Syaoran is spazzing out since he wants to impress Sakura with his basketball skillz) XD but I think Eriol meant (and Syaoran realizes by his expression afterward) that he'll be stronger in order to protect Sakura.
I don't know which theory will be correct about Watanuki's identity, but it is fun to compare how similar he and "Syaoran" are to Eriol and Syaoran (only reversed).
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