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Alena's Reviews > Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 01
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 01 (Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, #1)
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(This review applies to the whole manga series, rather than the first volume.)
Don't be fooled by the cute, light-adventure facade the first volume of this series projects. There is plot coming, and it will hit like a truck.
Many readers find it hard to connect with Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE at first look, because the actual story starts out a bit slower than the dramatic teaser at the opening of the first chapter. It feels a bit like a bait-and-switch; for the first half-dozen volumes or so, Tsubasa is merely the episodic crossover adventures of CLAMP's fan-favorite characters Syaoran and Sakura and friends as they hop through worlds populated by other familiar CLAMP faces. Those who continue reading beyond that point begin seeing character revelations and tiny hints of things to come scattered throughout the next half-dozen volumes, which makes the series a bit more intriguing -- but it's still easy to mistake the series for your standard villain-of-the-week adventure story.
And then, around volume 13 or 14, the plot suddenly kicks into high gear. All of the innocuous hints that have been planted throughout the first dozen volumes begin to come into play. From that point it becomes fast, intense, and utterly addictive, and as the series continues I find myself gnawing on things in anticipation of the next chapter's release.
This is by far the best CLAMP series of the dozen or so I've read. It's a must for fans of CLAMP's other work, nearly all of which is represented here, but even for non-CLAMP devotees, the story is worth reading for the creative plot twists and deliciously angst-drizzled character development.
...and Fay D. Flourite. Read the series, if only for Fay. ^_^
Don't be fooled by the cute, light-adventure facade the first volume of this series projects. There is plot coming, and it will hit like a truck.
Many readers find it hard to connect with Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE at first look, because the actual story starts out a bit slower than the dramatic teaser at the opening of the first chapter. It feels a bit like a bait-and-switch; for the first half-dozen volumes or so, Tsubasa is merely the episodic crossover adventures of CLAMP's fan-favorite characters Syaoran and Sakura and friends as they hop through worlds populated by other familiar CLAMP faces. Those who continue reading beyond that point begin seeing character revelations and tiny hints of things to come scattered throughout the next half-dozen volumes, which makes the series a bit more intriguing -- but it's still easy to mistake the series for your standard villain-of-the-week adventure story.
And then, around volume 13 or 14, the plot suddenly kicks into high gear. All of the innocuous hints that have been planted throughout the first dozen volumes begin to come into play. From that point it becomes fast, intense, and utterly addictive, and as the series continues I find myself gnawing on things in anticipation of the next chapter's release.
This is by far the best CLAMP series of the dozen or so I've read. It's a must for fans of CLAMP's other work, nearly all of which is represented here, but even for non-CLAMP devotees, the story is worth reading for the creative plot twists and deliciously angst-drizzled character development.
...and Fay D. Flourite. Read the series, if only for Fay. ^_^
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
January 1, 2008
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Finished Reading
July 31, 2008
– Shelved
July 31, 2008
– Shelved as:
manga
