Im not the type of person who enjoys writing reviews or anything like that. However this is the manga for me. My beall and endall for manga. I feel like many of CLAMPs manga have shaped me such as Tokyo Babylon X/1999 and xxxHOLiC but Tsubasa shaped me most of all. Perhaps I am biased when I declare this my favourite manga because I read it at the ripe age of 11 which in hindsight was a bit of a yikes but I cant help it even when I find myself fixated by other anime/manga series this manga will always hold the number 1 spot in my heart. This review will be split into different sections art characters setting/worldbuilding and plot. Pictures in the first section may be spoilerish but they are out of context ART I first discovered CLAMP when my father gifted me a copy of Cardcaptor Sakura when I was 7. I always found their artstyle to be cute and gorgeous which is one of the things that captivated me about TRC. Whether it is the coloured covers/official art 220https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/1tsubasareservoirchronicleeloisamannion.jpg 220https://static.zerochan.net/Monou.Fuuma.28TRC29.full.35012.jpg Or actual manga panels 220https://i5.gur.net/tsubasareservoirchronicles/72/tsubasareservoirchronicles560040.jpg 220https://64.media.tumblr.com/8ca986ce88ee47c41b9b1fe0f729d853/tumblrpwtuponmyp1tvatjdo2400.png Its always cute detailed and gorgeous It can also be funny and comical at appropriate moments like in the top left of the first page below or in the omake 220https://i1.gur.net/tsubasareservoirchronicles/14/tsubasareservoirchronicles558684.jpg 220https://64.media.tumblr.com/80ea0f0f06a5031d2d42cde974d99b59/tumblrinlineo1a7ipJERy1sbfp8z1280.png The only thing I would warn you for is the proportions/height differences which can often be a tad... unrealistic. But thats just part of CLAMPs charm 220https://pm1.narvii.com/6475/8a784efef6501f7d6924aac26618981ec08130d7hq.jpg 220https://64.media.tumblr.com/59c17eda80a94942132be33a4b6e8c84/tumblrp3pcdauNZc1w53xsyo11280.jpg CHARACTERS This manga is based off the idea of travelling to multiple dimensions so its natural that there will be many many characters introduced. A lot of them come from other manga by CLAMP such as RG Veda Tokyo Babylon X/1999 CLAMP Campus Detectives Magic Knight Rayearth and more The main cast is made up of Sakura Syaoran Kurogane Fai and Mokona. If you know Cardcaptor Sakura youre probably familiar with the first two of those characters Firstly lets talk about Sakura. 220https://alchetron.com/cdn/sakuratsubasareservoirchroniclef189cd2d61ee40af97343fc829a12f3resize750.jpeg You might think shes your average shoujo girl sweet shy yet outgoing a bit ditzy and clumsy and really innocent. Well youre not wrong. This may lead you to believe that shes weak or that she wont fight for what she believes in. This is where youre wrong. From the start Sakura is shown to be a very headstrong girl be it through admittedly childish arguments with her older brother or through her strong will when trying to get Syaoran to talk to her less formally. She displays her strengths in different ways to the others and sacrifices herself time and again for the people around her. I got a bit carried away with talking about Sakura so Ill try and keep it shorter for the others Next up is Syaoran. 220https://static.zerochan.net/Li.Syaoran.28TRC29.full.45779.jpg Much like Sakura hes sweet and innocent. However hes a lot more introverted though still friendly and is very bookish and intelligent. He may seem like a weakling with his twig arms but he learned how to fight from a young age quickly developing that skill with Kuroganes help. As I said I wanted to keep these short from now on so Ill just say that hes best boy and move on. Now for Kurogane. 220https://s1.zerochan.net/Kurogane.600.368158.jpg Your classic cool sexy ninja man. Gruff upon first meeting him but an absolute softie at heart. You know the type says he doesnt give a shit and absolutely will not get involved and then next thing you know hes adopted the two kids. Penultimately Fai 220https://i.pin.com/originals/65/0e/10/650e10966b1b75b3117d8bea3c7e4c04.jpg Fai is a happygolucky and seemingly carefree man. Hes a natural troublemaker constantly deciding to cause problems on purpose when it comes to Kurogane. However the man is just a bit too happy isnt he? And finally Mokona 220https://s1.zerochan.net/Mokona.Modoki.600.660370.jpg Mokona is a cute little creature created by magic She speaks in third person and has 108 secret abilities the main one being the ability to transport the group throughout different dimensions. Despite being an artificially created being Mokona has emotions and cares for all the members of the group very much. Be warned though some of our main cast have some awfully depressing backstories be prepared to shed some tears SETTING/WORLDBUILDING Many worlds are shown throughout TRC. All of them are very different even if some are quite similar. Each world visited makes up an arc in the manga. Now its a bit difficult to expand too much on worldbuilding when the story has them moving from one place to another to quickly however CLAMP manages to develop worlds enough to the point where the readers tend to enjoy each and every one of them delighting in the different cultural and historical settings. For example Piffle is a futuristic world that has things such as flying racing cars known as dragonflies. There is also Hanshin Republic a bustling modern metropolis thats located in that worlds Asia. All in all CLAMPs worldbuilding and setting gets an A+ from me PLOT Obviously this is the most important factor when deciding to read something. I dont want to spoil things so I wont go into detail but Ill just say that the plot is something that I absolutely adore from this story. However there is a twist that many people dislike. I can understand why people dislike it especially since it becomes very confusing later when some other elements are mixed into it but overall I enjoyed the twist and hope that you will too despite it kinda not making sense later. In conclusion I would definitely recommend this manga to everyone who enjoys something with action adventure magic/fantasy the found family trope and some mature themes. Also I dont know if any of you care but CLAMP is a group of four women who are very accepting if a bit fetishistic about it but I take what I can get so youll find that theres no casual or blatant misogyny or homophobia Please give this series a chance And if youre like me enjoy this with the anime soundtrack playing in the background Kajiura Yuki is bae 3