An old comic, but the joy of print is it stays in one place

[crantz]

Comic talk! I just finished reading the first Cardcaptor Sakura omnibus #1 which both delighted and totally horrified me.

The good: Fancy, cute art with lots of costumes and general sweetness. Every character seems to be pretty darn gay. Sakura fighting with Li (her future love interest) over the affection of the same boy (who may actually be with Sakura's older brother). Sakura's bff Tomoyo's crush on her.

The bad: I can live another thousand lives without seeing a teacher/student thing ever again. Fortunately one is in the past (her parents), and one is very much in the background (and actually the reason I've been reluctant to read this at all) and not involving Sakura in any way.


Plot of Cardcaptor is these sentient tarot-ish cards (Clow cards) have escaped their confinement and are causing magical havoc, and it's up to Sakura with the help of her best friend Tomoyo (who makes costumes for Sakura and films her exploits, is her biggest fan) and the magical guardian of the cards Kero-chan (Cerberus) to catch them all. She gets to use them as attacks once they're hers. So around that framework, the plot happens.

It's not Castle Waiting level, but it's good eyecandy and a fun read. Just warning for the squick. No nudity, gore, or major violence so far and I think it stays that way? Either way, I ordered the next ones.

ALSO. The omnibus has a bunch of colour prints throughout it! Super pretty.

Comments

[ymfaery]

..you were avoiding it because of the teacher/student bit? Huh. (Also, totally forgot her parents were teacher/student.)

So where did the omnibus end?

[crantz]

is that odd? Am confused.

[ymfaery]

No, not odd. It's just half the time I kind of forgot it's there, since it isn't really a big part of the story.

Although I realized there's something coming up that might also be a bit, uh, problematic, which is why I asked where did the omnibus end. (To be honest, I kind of suspect half if not most of fandom forgets/ignores this one, and it's pretty close to the end of the series.)

[crantz]

I think the omnibus was just the first four volumes? Yuki hasn't even turned into a winged thing yet and Kero-chan still can't change.

[ymfaery]

..huh. Now I've come to a second realization that for a cute series, there's a lot more teacher/student background/backstory than I initially recalled. Wow.

(I don't think Mizuki-sensei(?) showed up by volume 4, but I could be wrong.)