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OMG! Why would they do that! They have totally killed Fai's promise to not use magic... crying

Yeah, I actually come from watching epi 51 preview, and King Chaos arc is still there... But then again... are they finally leaving that country in that epi? It doesn't seem like it...

Anyway, I want to watch them, Yue-chan! I just want to! I just want to see the whole series and make a critic of my own. Since nobody's watching the series, I want to review them and make the readers decide for themselves if they want to watch the episodes or not by letting them read my reviews first. I hope you understand sweatdrop

Hey! I've been dead before because of the anime, and nobody has ever resucitated

me! ( crying This is sad) So if I die again, I might as well recover as I have done before... sweatdrop

So... I had lots to do the past two weeks. So I'm reviewing the most recent subbed chapters.

Epi 47, Working Sakura:
-Nice fan. ^_^
-I'm really REALLY sick of insert songs... crying Have you noticed this anime
season is the one with the most insert songs ever? I hate it...
-And why should they pay for it? The past feather was stolen for God's
sake...O_o But then again... those BT bastards made it look like they actually saved the world from the power of the feather X(
-Hey... all those clothes looks just like Rekoruto's.
-Sakura looks exceptionally good in this episode. Very CLAMPish. I hope they don't screw it later on.
-Funny music! Now that is what I call nice musicalization, not all the insert song crappish stuff.
-How strange... Hijutsu with prolonged effect.
-And another insert song...
-Sakura-chan... she looks so cute as a kid! ^_^
-Blanche with normal eyes!!! Creepy O.o
-Nice... another really nice upbeat song.
-Okay... that doesn't look like a Dragonfly at all... O_o
-And that crash reminds us that Sakura is really bad at driving. -_-;
-How can it hurt if it looked like simple soda? O_o
-What was Syaoran doing there??? O.ó
-They allow swords in a bar? That is a little dangerous... Oh, well, they're the guards Caldina hired so...
-Is it me? Or Sakura's pay for such short time of working was insanely high? If a bar tender won that in a day, everybody would be a bar tender o.ó Or maybe it was because not a lot of money was deducted from damage... it was just a chair...
-WAHHHH Oruha looks very strange! They totally killed her appearance crying She's pretty, not awkward looking...
-They tilt the head at the same time!!! O_o BT are bakas at animating people...

This was a total filler, so if you watch it, don't expect a deep storyline here... It was a bit boring and pointless if you ask me.

Epi 48, the first of the King Chaos arc:
-LOL Fai thinks they're parachuting or something... So carefree as always.
-OK, why did she lift that thing and then put it down? Just to show off? O_o oh well... this is the only complaint up to the first 8 minutes. That must be a record.
-How cool... they can fly crying I want to do that...
-Those guards have retard voices LOL
-I like the King's eyes °¬° Oh, all right, the King in general.
-It's strange how BT draws Yuuko... she looks like, different.
-Wow... they controlled their flying power quite quickly.
-So they did meet before? O_o God this is strange...

Overall: Nice chapter. It's better than I thought it would be. There were no insert songs, thanks God... and the music was really nice. The design was also good, except for Syaoran and Fai's hair made awful at times... but rather well the rest of the chapter. I hope the arc continues to go this well. I actually thing that the Hien being broken may be quite interesting, so let's see what happens in the next epis.

Epi 49 is on Youtube, Twisted Wish:

-OK, that was a long intro... well, whatever.
-The eye design is so different from the last chapter O_o
-Another insert song... I hate them...
-OMG... maybe this guy, the Chaos King, also has the power to cross dimensions.
-LOL, before Syaoran, Sakura had something with this guy... how creepy.
-Oh... why would BT save a lot of work in animating fights? crying Oh yeah... because they're so f-ing lazy!!! scream They didn't fight for long with this fairy-like monsters...
-Whoa... I like when they draw surprised eyes...
-No... not Ashura... this will be killed by BT for sure crying And Fai doesn't look that surprised...
-This fights remind me of the same kind of fight that the girls in MKR had in the first season. It is the same!!!
-OK... we all knew that these guys weren't for real, only illusions, because that's very cliché for an anime and totally predictable... but why did Syaoran took so short to notice that??? O.ó what a weird way to make these fights O_ó Kuro-pon, I can understand, since his father is dead... Fai, also, 'cause he knows magic and probably he knew from the beginning that the Ashura he's facing is a fake one... but Syaoran??? crying I'm not enjoying this...
-Sakura probably told Mokona about her dream... otherwise... Mokona has mind-reading powers! O.o
-Now that Mokona is saying that about the persons with the same soul but in different worlds, I want to comment that a little deeper. I have been slightly bothered by the fact that they say there is only one soul for every set of repeated persons they meet. This is also something that has been said in the manga, but it has been said a lot more in the anime, since they are using that resource quite a lot, almost to the point of making prostitution of the concept. I don't know if it is due to a bad translation or something... but I believe than rather than having the same soul, they have the same ESSENCE. You see, as every living creature has a body, then every one of them should have an individual soul. Even though a soul trascends materia, I don't think it is possible that a same soul inhabits lots of bodies. That wouldn't make any sense. Like, for example, if CCS Sakura and TRC Sakura were to have the same soul, they would have the same memories of the soul, like Mokona said, meaning that TRC Sakura would also remember stuff that CCS Sakura lived... Well, it is somehow difficult to explain. But I'll try with another example. Let's say we have two bunnies (don't ask me why bunnies, it's the first thing that came to my mind XP) one that is in Europe and another one in America. They are the same species, and although they have the exact same characteristics (let's say they're identical) they obviously don't have the same body... much less the same soul. One soul moves one of the bodies, and another soul moves the other one. If one were to die, the other is still there, because they don't have the same soul or body. If they shared a soul, then when one died, the other one would "accquire" extra soul that the other one lost with death. This, my friends, sounds completely crazy! And that's why I would rather use the term essence. The essence of the two bunnies is the same: They are rodents, they have the long ears and fluffy tail... In the series, it's kind of a greater concept than essence because two people that have such similarities (both Sakuras being nice and gentle girls, apart from being incredibly similar in appearance and personality) is almost impossible in the real world. I know it's just fiction, but if I were a part of CLAMP or a subber I would have used "essence" instead of "soul". But that's just me... I don't know if you agree with me or not, but I was just saying what I think. Sorry for making such a long rant on this one... but I just had to say it. Well, on with the chapter.
-WHAAAA???? WHY IS XING FUO THERE??? We never got to see her in action... and now she's there? Outside of the Dark, Evil World?
-OMG... it isn't a staring contest you guys!!! He only said she is beautiful and that's it... Or wait... maybe he's trying to seduce her??? NOOOO! You useless hime! Apart from being useless... letting yourself be impressed like that... crying
-OMG! Two Fais!!! Fangirls unite!!! XDDD
-Now we can see the Syaoran wannabe part of the King...
-WAAA!!! That is so mean!!! And she hesitates it!!! No Sakura! Don't go with this guy!!! gonk He's mean, I can sense it >_>
-Oh thank goodness... she rejected... She had me worrying for some seconds then...
-That was the lamest fake character fight of all time...
-Again... Mokona has mind-reading powers... How did she know of the King's purpose?
-AND WHY DIDN'T SAKURA RAN AWAY??? She was walking too slow!!! Useless hime!!! scream
-I want to see them bleed! If the King's attacks were so powerful, then why didn't they have any injuries??? Stupid BT and their censorship policy crying
-Another staring contest... how boring...
-WHAT EPISODE FINISHES LIKE THIS??? gonk

Summary: Strange storyline, CLAMP would have done it better... Fights: you won't see anything serious crying I think the King's personality and the essence of the problem is well done, but they could have done better with the intensity of the storyline and the fights. Nice music when they start fighting against the fake characters, and once again in the ending, when Syaoran is going to fight against the King. But not the insert song. I hate them and you know it. Particularly good character design, except for Kuro at some parts and Xing Huo. (I think they flatten her head a bit and it looks weird O_o)

Next chapter is the one with the broken Hien. Let's see what BT made out of this... They have to get that sword together again if they are to put the two Syaorans fighting in the third season.

Thanks for posting after all this time, Carmen-chan! I lacked 3 previews and I didn't want to double post, since I know moko-chan hates double posts! Oh, well, here's the review for epi 50, and I'll post the next ones as soon as someone responds... or the review for 3 epis in a row will make such a huge post sweatdrop

Well, here we are again... time for epi 50.
-Again that long staring... -_-z
-WAAAA! It's breaking already? O_o crying
-OMG... that is *****, my friend!!! O_o the King loves the Princess?!?! In her memories... she was just a kid when he saved her! O_o
-WAAA! Poor Mokona! crying
-Mekyo kyo kyo kyo kyo!!! LOL XDDDD
-WA!? HE has the same circle as Yuuko? What the hell is he??? O_O
-OMG... that scared me for a while... I thought the King would separate her from the group crying
-Kurogane and Fai lost consciousness again? O_o I don't see the reason...
-WAAA Syaoran meeting the real Syaoran again! O_o
-No way! Syaoran is doubting about Sakura? Or why did Fai and Kurorin say that?
-To make her happy? Wasn't it the goal to have her memories back, or otherwise she would die? Isn't that still a possibility?
-Well, at least Fai is making the mommy roll again XP
-And another insert song... at least this one's new... and actually nice. It will probably be killed in the next two epis crying
-OMG THEY LOOK SO DIFFERENT FROM THE 1ST SEASON!!! O_O STUPID CHARACTER DESIGNERS!!! The flashback was cool though...
-NO!!! FAI USING MAGIC TO COOK crying
-NOOOO!!! KUROGANE WOULD NEVER BEG YUUKO crying Total OCness...
-AND IT EVEN WASN'T COOKING!!! IT WAS A MAGIC POTION!!!
-Mokona kissing Fai and Kurotan! So adorable X3

Summary: The last part was very touching... but the OCness killed it a little bit crying New insert song, so I wasn't much bothered, since the song really fitted. That also helped making that part rather sentimental. It was like a test indeed, as Fai said. The beginning was full of strange happening things, like the King almost crossing dimensions. I liked this episode more than the previous two, with a couple of flaws. So, Yue chan, this isn't being as boring as the bus arc (and definitely not as painful). In fact it is rather entertaining at some point, and I would recommend this epi if you don't mind a little OCness and Fai using magic to make a potion O_o

Note: Please notice that I did this review at least a month and a half ago, so I didn't know what the next epis were.

I have a rip of the song from ep 50, if you want it, Yue.

Episode 52 was like... OOC to the max, as far as Syaoran goes.

Like he'd REALLY let all those feathers just float away. -_- Mmmmhmm. SUUURE, BT.
-mokona

In fact, Yue-chan, I had already seen all the episodes until the 51 since like a month or so. I just watched epi 52 a week ago, and I had all my reviews saved in my computer. And so the posts wouldn't be double or triple... or just too long, I decided to post one review per post. So. After you answer the next one, I will post the final. So, here's epi 51 (notice I wrote this like a month ago or so):

Epi 51... let's see what BT has for us now...
-I knew it... They would use the insert song again crying Now such beautiful music will be killed crying The good thing is that there's only this and the next epi left.
-Since the last episode I'm doubting if Kurogane would borrow Souhi to Syaoran... Well they should be really close by now, so I'll forgive them
-I don't understand why Sakura hasn't fled the castle >_> She can fly too, ne?
-I also knew they would make the impossible to get Hien repaired.
-I was going to say this epi had cool character design... but Kurogane looks awful crying The nice design only applies to the rest. But at least they look better than in the first season (I just remembered the flashback in last episode) Sakura looks especially good. I love how she looks in this epi.
-Nice song! Upbeat! Just the way I like them! The electric guitar really sounds great along with the drums!
-The FW Minions are there??? O_o
-I'm pretty sure the feathers are fake... and every memory with Chaos seems like it's fake >_>
-Sakura is thinking in her memories? O_o Oh, it's a dream.
-Wow, they found her really quick...
-BLACK FEATHERS??? O_o so they were fake! And she took them out of her body!!!
-But why would he do that??? gonk
-HAHA she called him a coward!!! Now Sakura is starting to be mature, just like in the manga (finally!)
-I don't understand why he's so obsessed with Sakura. Probably that will be told in the final epi.
-I hope this will be a good fight.
-Another insert song... this one's from the Rekoruto arc, ne? The song is cool but they have used it a lot crying
-OMG... what are they going to do??? O_o
-Syaoran!!! Put attention!!! gonk
-Hey! That is cheating!!! scream A duel is between two people and nobody else!
-O_O So that's why the title has something to do with frozen!!! crying
-THE KING IS THE BIRD!?!? I didn't see that coming, honestly.

OMG... just one epi to go. This was rather good. Almost no complaints. Exceptional character design. That's the way to do it BT!
Yue-chan, after reading your opinion on these epis, I thought they would be really crappy, but they aren't that much! I mean, it's nothing like Tokyo or anything, but it's the best anime only story until now.

Random reflection on ep 52 -

Why did they reanimate the first scene? Couldn't they have just cropped it and put it in, like they do with all the other flashbacks? Wtf. It looked worse. :/

I won't set my hopes too high for S3... Don't want to be disappointed, again.
-mokona