Cardcaptor Sakura Is Not About Magic 

CCS is the true moe. When Sakura is happy, I'm ecstatic. When Sakura is sad, I'm just broken. For me, it's the best anime and one of the best TV shows of all time.

Her most powerful spell proves what you just said: 絶対だいじょうぶだよ Also, that Mei Lin scene you mentioned is one of the reasons I think she and Tomoyo are the characters we see the biggest growth in the series and the more mature. Tomoyo goes from not only loving Sakura but, different than her mother, Sonomi, with Sakura's mother, Nadeshiko, she wasn't possessive, she wanted Sakura to be free and happy like a true love should feel like. To the point Tomoyo sees everything around Sakura even when Sakura herself doesn't. She realizes that Syaoran likes Sakura before even Syaoran did. She realizes when he is going to break Mei Lin's heart and she offers a place for Mei Lin to go and cry. She is there for EVERYONE around her. In the new arc, on the manga, Sakura has a veeeery adorable moment with Tomoyo telling her that she is her magician, cuz Tomoyo is a bit down talking to her about not being able to aid much and Sakura says that she never failed because she couldn't when she saw the effort Tomoyo would put into a new outfit, filming and everything she always did to help in the way she could (with her credit card. Jk) What also strikes me in that Mei Lin scene is when she says: And I wanted to be able to hate her, but how can I hate Sakura? She is such a loving girl. She recognizes that would be easier to hate Sakura and she really wishes she could, but she adores her just as much, she can't bring herself into doing that just to feel better herself. I seriously learned A LOT about feelings by watching, rewatching, and imprinting every bit of CCS in myself - over and over and over again at least once per year. This show deserves it.

You know. You made me realize that looking at something as pure is out of the ordinary in today's world. Which is kind of sad if you think about it.

This is why Cardcaptor Sakura will always be the animé that I love forever and won't get tired rewatching. I watched this when I was the same age as Sakura, and this animé is the only animé that touched every bits of me and turned me into an otaku. A very innocent type of animé with a very big impact. I can't explain my affection in this show, words ain't enough.

they’re taking it off of netflix and i feel like a part of my childhood is going away 😭 it’s still on tubi tho!! thank you for another wonderful look on this beautiful show

Why am I in tears watching this while hearing the way you describe this video?

This was so heartwarming and made me look deeper into the show!

That scene when Mei Lin is crying in Tomoyo's lap breaks my heart everytime, that feeling of losing a love one is so sad, and it's so beautifullly captured in that scene. Also, I think that the losing that feeling for the one you love is not only a very creative and new way to create a catastrophe for the characters to fight for, instead of the destruction of the world or something like that, something that we have seen in a lot of other tv show, also is a very sad and terrible consequence for not be able to defeat Yue, is great, And of course the amazing protrait of LGBTQ + characters. This is one of my favorite shows ever ♥

One of the big themes in the series is "forbidden love". Yuki + Toya Kaho + Toya Sakura + Tomoyo Li + Mei leen Rika + Terada And many others. The show was going for the narrative of "any form of love is always acceptable". Presenting that message to kids in this heartwarming anime is wonderful. Even relationships that seem ikky at first (like Terada and Rika) pass because love isn't presented as something sexual, and kids don't view love this way. Kids often say they would like to marry their parent or a person they care for because they don't experience sexual attraction. So even those gray areas presented in the series pass with the context of children trying to figure out their feelings, just like we all did at that age. The fact that these relationships were largely censored in the western adaptation is insane. It's like they took the central message of the series and deemed it too much for kids to handle, when that was exactly what CCS tried to do. I mean, at that point, just don't air it.

Man you capture ideas/concepts and put them in a beautiful way for mortal ears.

Thank you. I had a lot of troubles with feelings when I first saw this in early 2000s. CCS implied so much via feeling, including relationships that were not commonly accepted. CCS is about all the daily and once-in-a-lifetime sacrifices that people make for each other when they are in love, regardless of what type of love it is, because the ultimate sacrifice is the same.

The other part that you touched on was how when, at the climax of season one, if Sakura fails the test then all connected to the Cards will lose their love for one another. If you read or watched this for the first time, you might think that this world would be one of chaos and malice. That, since everyone would lose their love for one another, their hearts would be full of hate for one another. But that’s not the case. Everyone is indifferent to one another. Sakura’s mother’s picture is not on the table not because they hate her, but because they literally don’t care one way or another. Yukito is not there to walk with Sakura because he hates her, but because he doesn’t care. Their hearts are not filled with hate, they are devoid of everything. That’s why Mei-Ling can’t bring herself to hate Syaroan or Sakura. She cares so much about them that even when she learns that Syaroan will never care for her in the same way, they both still do care deeply for each other. Same with Tomoyo and Sakura. This is also what makes Yue so scary, and so tragic in the beginning. He says that he is “not as sentimental as Keroberos”. He literally could not care one way or another if Sakura fails or passes the test. This gives more weight to how love is. You must care with love, and you must care deeply and truly.

CCS was the second anime series beside Sailor moon I watched which was about magic and so on. Usually I don't watch these kind of series because mostly I don't like the MCs who are cheerful and happy (yeah I don't know why). So when I started CCS I already had in mind I'm not gonna like Sakura, but boy was I wrong. Sakura was so cute and kind and I started loving her. In general, I didn't expect the series being with so many emotions. How can a series for kids be so powerful? I'm really glad you were able to speak kinda my mind out in your video hahaha thank you.

This anime really is the best one ive seen so far. The way the anime goes is just so heartwarming. Its not really focused about the magic. Its also about the surroundings of sakura. Her patient and kind father, a brother who cares about his sister, and of course her loving friends. Its also about the way she cares about her friends. This is the kind of anime I find really sincere and innocent. And I envy sakura for being kind and has all the support and love she gets! This anime is really for all ages. And I highly recommend this to everyone!.

So cute and heartwarming and very spot on why I love Card Captors so much!

I love all Clamp series. They are so beautiful in so many levels 😍 and if I ever have an anime done from my books, I want it to be done with old style of animation as it is what I love the most 😍

i love sakura cardcaptor since forever!!! this video was so good, made me want to watch the show again...

This show had such an impact on me. Always my fav

i actually started watching cardcaptor sakura just bc i saw this video on your channel, i didn’t watch it i just saw the thumbnail and name and decided to watch it and now i really love it

This really hammers why I've always enjoyed Cardcaptors soo much. I remember being introduced to the butchered Nelvana dub as a kid and just seeing it as a run-of-the-mill action show. But, soon after, it started airing on my local Hispanic cartoon channel, where that version kept the original episodes and storyline intact and I was just enamored with it. I couldn't quite explain why, but I found the overall atmosphere and tone of the show soo damn relaxing and I was invested in the story despite it not having much action or world-ending stakes. They even aired the second movie that finished the story of the anime in Spanish as well, and I was crying just seeing it end like that before we got to see Sakura and Syaoran embrace. Never did I feel insecure or ashamed for being a young 10-year-old kid who was usually into Power Rangers and Superheroe stuff just gushing and loving this magical girl anime. You wouldn't catch me dead watching Sailor Moon, but this? I always made the exception. It just goes to show how the deep themes and its overall simplicity transcend age and gender. It's like a good Ghibli film; simple and accessible on the surface, but deep when you start to peel off the layers of what it actually means. And don't even get me started with the Spanish dub man. Christina Hernandez brought Sakura to life to a lot of people in Latinoamerica. It's the best performance of her career and one that defined who Sakura is to a lot of people for decades. I even got emotional hearing her do her Sakura voice for the Spanish dub of Kiki's Delivery Service. It was like reliving the same magical feeling watching Cardcaptors all over again, but in another beautiful story I love.

For all the times that Sakura talks about "What are these feeeewings....? kono kimochii...nan nano...?" like yeah this cute-ass show BETTER be about feelings!

I just love the pureness in the anime.... But mostly yukito he is the purest of pure

That was beautiful. Your voice and they way you describe the show took my by surprise. Thank you for choosing my arrangement of "Bros on the Road II" to be in such an awesome video. If I ever cover anything else you'd like to use please go right ahead!

This was such a beautiful video! I love this series so much! Something that came to my mind watching is that sakura also cares so much about the cards, something that in most series would be seen just as a means to complete an objective, sakura loves and cares about them and she sees them as friends (if you haven't already I would recommend reading the manga!)

I'm crying, I watch this when i was 7 y/o and now I'm almost 18 this month and I really love this show. I'm gonna rewatch this in my b-day. Thank you for reviewing this.

I recently re-watched CCS; it's the first time I've actually seen all of the episodes and not the chopped-up version we got on local TV when it first came out. Everything made so much more sense! Even so, I look back fondly on this show; it was one of the first anime I ever watched.

I loved the show, and went and read the manga. I never cried so much to something like this before. Bittersweet.

4:08 not you only talking about CCS but using one of the most beautiful soundtrack songs from my favorite game, Grandia

I like your vision of the point of this anime so much that I’m literally crying, thank you! 😭😭😭😭💛

I’m so glad to see a Cardcaptor Sakura video! I hope you end up seeing other CLAMP works (CLAMP is a group of women that made Cardcaptor Sakura) because they all have amazing themes! I think you’d love their other magical girl series Magic Knight Rayearth.

Your thoughts about Sakura left me emotional 😭 in a good way!

You just explained so concisely why I love this show so much

my KOKOROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! The NOSTALGIA!!! **standing ovation for 17 seconds straight...until my knees cry out and I plop back into my powerchair**

This is most likely the reason why I love this show. It's all about the heartwarming moments that go on in the anime.

i know im 3 years late, but i really wanted to comment this because i truly, also, love the anime cardcaptor sakura. i always thought about why i loved cardcaptor sakura so much and have her as my special interest, but, because of this video, i understood more and more of why i love it so so much. i really agree with everything you said in this video. i will never get tired of rewatching cardcaptor sakua, and i wont eve stop watching cardcaptor sakura either.

Thank you for making this video, Cardcaptor Sakura is (one of) my favorite anime precisely for that reason - the magic system and action scenes always take second place to the relationships and feelings of characters. The world of CCS is wholesome and bright, but not without pain and sadness. It makes me reflect back on how I saw the world as a child. I really love how pure and unselfish the love the characters have for each other is, especially Tomoyo: "The greatest happiness for me is to let the person I most like have the most happiness"

😭💗 What a beautiful synopsis of CCS. Thank you for this! I’m inspired to rewatch 🥹

You just turned my whole perspective on CCS in 8 minutes- You simply added for fuel into my CCS obsession.

Whenever I feel down in life I’d return to consuming ccs media and every now and then I’d re-watch this video and cry every time, thank you for making such a wonderful video.

bro stop i am on the verge of bursting out into tears 😭😭😭 the commentary alongside the chosen clips was so well done, i love this and ccs so dearly. thank you for this!!!

This is my favorite anime, not only because of the story and the awesome caracters but especially because how pure it is, a true purity that no other anime has (as far as I have seen) and pratically doesn't exist in the real world

The background music is so gentle too

OMG THAT WAS SO GOOD man this guy is good at talking everything made sense like clap it up for him

Got me tearing up. Absolutely amazing work. Cardcaptor Sakura is one my favorite anime.

Sakura was my first anime i don't know what it was about it but even to this day its my favorite anime watching this i get a understanding of why sakura is in my eyes The queen of anime girls

for me the most powerfull part about cardcaptor sakura is the bond between sakura and toya. the happy little girl, being protected by her older brother who feels it's his most important role in life..... just like how i feel about my little sister, even though she is no longer here

Wow truly heartwarming ive alredy finished the series im on clear card

the ending was so heartwarming

Thank you, I loved it. Just started watching CCS. Please keep making videos as long as you enjoy doing so

Thank you for making our feeling for Sakura audible and visible, Love 💘

just started this on Netflix this show is just way too positive and extremely sad when I saw little sakura say goodmorning to her dead mother on the shrine I broke it's very mature things for a fourth grader to be doing but it's very emotional

It’s not ONLY ABOUT MAGIC , also about LOVE ❤️

I'm not crying. I dont remember this story at all, and just search some reviews on YT. But your speech with this music makes my eyes wet and lump in my throat(not sure about this phrase). Thanks for your explanation!

Oh my god, you've done it again. You've taken a piece of my childhood, and wrapped it in such loving dedication and sincere thought, and made me fall in love with it all over again. Shows like CCS are such a foundational part of the pieces of my childhood, and some of the few loving memories I share with my sister when we were little girls. I'm tearing up over the way you've taken these deeply emotive, warm feelings and explained them back to me in a straightforward, wonderful and concise way. I think I'll send this to her so we can cry together.

Why do I always tear up watching your videos??! My heart is too sensitive for this! I still love your videos tho

This Anime just like a Shounen anime type. It will get darker and darker through the time. You will get it when you watch CardCapture Sakura: The Clear Card

ahhh I just finished cardcaptor sakura,,, this video is perfect 😭

I broke into tears hearing and watching this... This is truly true and relatable for the people in this world.

My girlfriend put me on to this anime and CLAMP in general but I love how cozy it is. Definitely evokes feelings I get when watching Pokémon or anime of that era.

I'm currently watching this series... Falling in love with it. It's beautiful really took me by surprise how good it is.

You threw me off guard when you said there are no predators. Did you know that in the original manga her 30 year old teacher literally proposed to her 10 year old classmate. The Romantic shipping in cardcaptors is literally questionable.

This just gave me a whole new view about the show…

I needed this video

That was beautifully put.

I looked at it as an allegory of a child realizing the nuances of the world and the people in their lives as the grow up

This video makes me cry

I never watched Sakura as a kid, even though I loved Sailor Moon for some reason Sakura seemed too "dumb" and "girly" to me at a glance. Maybe I should watch it now that I could actually appreciate it.

This was so beautiful, thank you.

I love when animation put dark topics on it. And Season 2 shows,and besides,it's my favorite season,lmao. Fun fact: Cardcaptor Sakura was my first shōjo amime,and my favorite of the genre

Sakura is the queen of anime i dont care what anyone says im glad she was my first anime

I love CCS. Almost 20 years since I first saw it on air, it still resonates with me. I still love it for its character dynamics, the relationships, the love every character has for one another in their own different ways. Which is why today, I feel its been put on the backburner, hardly a mention by anyone despite, what I feel, this series is up there with the likes of Sailor Moon and even recent series like Nanoha and Madoka Magica. It's almost never mentioned compared to the rest when it really made such great headway with its story, design and cast of relatable characters. I still rank Sakura up there as still one of my all time favourite anime protagonists.

The first shot with sakuras face 😂

This reminds me how I always felt around my crush ever since we moved from New York I’ve lost that spark in my heart sakura the card capter reminded me about what I felt it’s almost been 1 year i plan not asking for anything for Christmas not even for a phone so I don’t have to use my moms phone but this really reminded me what I really felt the first day my crush touched my hand and u know what happened that warm feeling that you might have experienced in your life

Beautiful video man. Seriously beautiful.

Claps and cheers in the audience rn

You make me cry ..you absolutely right..

Me: (Sees title) Also me: ummm...YES TF IT IS!!!

This is very good u should make more of this

feelings are magical!

I remember watching this last year. I also remember crying for atleast 20 mins lol.

Cardcaptorsakura is my fave show

So good

Thanks for the information.

That was a great video, short and understandable. I love this series to death and this is exactly why I do. If you are looking for another series to review watch skip beat its also similar

I like your video it’s very heart warming That’s why I like card captor sakura I like anime that’s about this kind of love and caring

Stop it, I'm not crying, your crying!

Very beautiful interpretation! Thank you for this. I need to finish watching CCS, because I left off around the 62nd episode feeling a bit bored with the beginning of the final anime arc. But your review reminds me why I always loved Cardcaptors as a child and as an adult preferring the original Japanese version: female empowerment, natural development of romantic feelings, and homoromantic representations like Tomoyo and Yuki. 💖

This guy gets it

The best anime ever.

Spot on.

i cry when i walch your vidoes

Lol the end the music killed me so hard

My favorite anime of all time, I actually own an animation cel from it. My favorite part is the gay rep, especially with Touya and Yukito and all the implied lesbian characters as well. But overall it's su a beautiful show

This needs cry warning, that ending was beautiful

I watched the nirvana dub then I went back and watched this.

I believe that Sakura's story has a more typically Japanese sentiment. The ending where everyone vanishes or becomes distant is meant to symbolise the sense of "growing into adulthood" in Japan. The symbol of the Sakura flower comes with cultural meanings and phrases like how romantically fleeting childhood and youth in Japan is... before one is expected to grow up and join the very formal and responsible adult world. The magic of youth lasting but a Season (a sakura tree blossoming and transforming). Luckily, the closer Japanese society came to the millennium, modern culture has begun rebelling a little and it is more possible and acceptable now when growing up in Japan to retain a sense of warm youthfulness a little longer into adulthood. It's not uncommon now for an adult woman to carry an elegant bag with subtle cardcaptor sakura aesthetic incorporated, and for adults to hang out in hip fun themed cafes together, among other things. But it is still a pretty tough society to grow up in. Children are in a sense warned early about their worlds inevitably changing.

Im re watching now My childhood anime

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This is so deep...

Such a cute video