Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, chapitre 196
Chapitre 196
A moment's hesitation
-01- (splash: post-rewind Shaoran and pre-rewind Shaoran)
Entrusted wish, transmitted power,
surge right now,
until you're at the peak of the peak!
-02-
Shaoran: Sakura!!
-03-
Sakura: ... That's wrong.
Sakura: My real
name is...
-08-
Shaoran: Sakura---!!!
-09-
Fei Wang: The future always follows from choices.
Fei Wang: Just now, that hand not taken because of a moment's hesitation
Fei Wang: has decided the path from now on.
-11-
Shaoran: ... Sakura...
Fei Wang: These black wings are...
-12-
Fei Wang: a carved seal of death.
Fei Wang: When the seal carved today, at this time,
has fully covered her body, that moment
-13-
Fei Wang: will be the last.
Shaoran: Why!?
Shaoran: Why
Sakura...!!
-14-
Fei Wang: To grant a wish.
Shaoran: Raitei Shourai! (T/N: Shaoran's lightning spell.)
-15-
Fei Wang: Seems like you grasp magic in itself.
Fei Wang: Then, you should understand
that you cannot win.
-16-
Fei Wang: If you take another hit,
Fei Wang: you'll die.
-17-
Fei Wang: ... Will you also fight for a wish?
Fei Wang: Will the goal wished for become the same for you and me both?
-19-
Shaoran: Saku... ra......
Teaser: A clear difference in power?
Neither that hand nor those feelings
reached her...
Page 3: *facepalm* Sakura! Is that any time to be talking about names? For one, you're being, like, kidnapped. And, you know, Fei Wang is kinda listening if you do say your true name. Didn't Nadeshiko teach you anything at all?
Page 11: *SHIVER* The shape of that seal creeped me out more than anything I've read in Tsubasa.
Page 18: Yuuko, you're too soft.
So, pre-rewind Sakura's days are counted. And I get the clear impression that Fei Wang is playing Shaoran just like he did Yuui. Now I can't help but think that the whole objective of this attack was making Shaoran wish for the rewind, either for the rewind itself, or because Fei Wang wanted to somehow take advantage of the price for it. I'm hoping we get to see little Watanuki again in the next chapter. I'm curious as to how he factors in all this, and why the hell Sakura saw him in her vision.