Hey, CLAMP fandom, newsflash

[rainmage]

Or they were nine years ago. Durrrrrr.

Do you remember the part in Cardcaptor Sakura where Clow Reed dies and reincarnates as other people? They only repeat it, oh, through the whole last arc

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[outou]

I'm not saying that I want the "fairy tale romance ending," but couldn't CLAMP use Clow's appearance to Sakura after the end of the Final Judgement as a pretext for having his soul exist in the afterlife?

[rainmage]

I wonder. I've always wondered what's up with that, or if it's part of the magic of the Moon Bell kicking in with a recorded message.

[outou]

"(click) (da-da-da!) Hello, you've reached Clow Reed. After the tone, please leave your name, phone number, and a message. Also, congratulations on capturing the Cards, Sakura! (beeeep beeeep beeeep)"

[outou]

...I realized that I should clarify my own feelings on this.

There seems to be something wrong about Clow simply not existing at all--neither in the living world nor in the afterlife. (And I don't think he has a continued existence as Fujitaka and Eriol. They're each their own person.) Granted, he lived for such a long time that he likely didn't want to have his soul continue existing, but...to go through the life he lived, to sacrifice what he had to sacrifice, only to cease existing completely, seems like a poor end. There's no rest or freedom--just nothing.

[rainmage]

I really want to believe that Ohkawa was so hyped over writing the clones' happy ending, she forgot Yuuko's characterization for a second (because seriously, from all people, Yuuko saying something cheesy and silly?) and worded it wrong. That she meant that she was finally following Clow's steps and dying as well, and not that HAY I'M GOING WITH YOU BB WAIT 4 MEEE.

Because it's that, or Yuuko not knowing/remembering about Clow's little plan. And I doubt that's possible.

[ayasugi_san]

*hopeful*

Maybe she said it with a "death is the next great adventure" meaning?