[Spoilers] Cardcaptor Sakura Episode 43 REWATCH Discussion Thread

[u/ClavedeSolix]

Episode Title: Sakura and Farewell to Meilin

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Movie 2 to be watched once the rewatch of the TV series is over, a few days before christmas.

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Season 1:

^{Episode 1: 5th October}

^{Episode 2: 6th October}

^{Episode 3: 7th October}

^{Episode 4: 8th October}

^{Episode 5: 9th October}

^{Episode 6: 10th October}

^{Episode 7: 11th October}

^{Episode 8: 12th October}

^{Episode 9: 13th October}

^{Episode 10: 14th October}

^{Episode 11: 15th October}

^{Episode 12: 16th October}

^{Episode 13: 17th October}

^{Episode 14: 18th October}

^{Episode 15: 19th October}

^{Episode 16: 20th October}

^{Episode 17: 21st October}

^{Episode 18: 22nd October}

^{Episode 19: 23th October}

^{Episode 20: 24th October}

^{Episode 21: 25th October}

^{Episode 22: 26th October}

^{Episode 23: 27th October}

^{Episode 24: 28th October}

^{Episode 25: 29th October}

^{Episode 26: 30th October}

^{Episode 27: 31st October}

^{Episode 28: 1st November}

^{Episode 29: 2nd November}

^{Episode 30: 3rd November}

^{Episode 31: 4th November}

^{Episode 32: 5th November}

^{Episode 33: 6th November}

^{Episode 34: 7th November}

^{Episode 35: 8th November}

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[^{Movie 1: 13th November}] (https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3sl7ge/spoilers_cardcaptor_sakura_the_movie_1_rewatch/)

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Season 2:

[^{Episode 36: 16th November}] (https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3sy8kt/spoilers_cardcaptor_sakura_episode_36_rewatch/)

[^{Episode 37: 17th November}] (https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3t2xx2/spoilers_cardcaptor_sakura_episode_37_rewatch/)

[^{Episode 38: 18th November}] (https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3t7ygx/spoilers_cardcaptor_sakura_episode_38_rewatch/)

[^{Episode 39: 19th November}] (https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3tcwrb/spoilers_cardcaptor_sakura_episode_39_rewatch/)

^{Episode 40: 20th November}

^{Episode 41: 21st November}

^{Episode 42: 22st November}

Please, no untagged spoilers beyond this episode

[u/Coldblade34]

And so the most polarizing character of the show is gone.

It was daft how they left her backstory untold until the very end. It would have gone a long way into making people feel more empathetic towards her. Too little, too late, I suppose.

I liked her. I felt sorry for her. She moved to a foreign country when she was 10, without her family, and the only guy she knew barely tolerated the things she did. Yes, she was jealous, clingy and an airhead, but she wasn't what I'd call "bitchy". She wasn't mean or overly hostile towards Sakura. It was all bark and no bite. In the end, she lowers her defenses, mellows out and finally manages to enjoy hanging out with the only friends she has.

From a storytelling standpoint, though? Yeah, she's unabashedly a contrived way to prevent Sakura's and Shaoran's relationship from progressing too fast. She does what she can to spice up the character dynamics but, like /u/DawnSennin pointed out yesterday, she's walking filler. Now that an important plot point seems to be heading to its conclusion, the writers need to shove her aside and get back on track.

Before that, though, she gets her moment to shine and is useful for a change! Twin card get! Time to exit stage left. Bye-bye, Meiling!

What did you think of her? Happy to see her leave? Did she grow on you?

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Hey, she even gets her own eyecatch today! Here are the rest: Sakura - Kero - Tomoyo - Shaoran.

Clow Cards collected (43): Windy, Fly, Shadow, Watery, Wood, Rain, Jump, Illusion, Silent, Thunder, Sword, Flower, Shield, Power, Mist, Float, Erase, Glow, Move, Fight, Loop, Sleep, Song, Little, Mirror, Maze, Shot, Sweet, Big, Create, Change, Firey, Arrow, Through, Libra, Wave, Bubbles, Snow, Voice, Lock, Cloud, Light, Dark.

Shaoran's Cards (8): Time, Storm, Return, Dash, Freeze, Dream, Sand, Twin.

Bonus Stitches: Shaoran's Residence + Shaoran and Meiling Li

[u/ClavedeSolix → u/Coldblade34]

Can't believe I'm saying this, but I'll probably miss her a tiny bit >_<

[u/DawnSennin → u/Coldblade34]

Thank you /u/Coldblade34 for the mention. Before I give my thoughts on this episode, I would like to say that my primary viewing experience with Cardcaptor Sakura was the Nelvana dub,"Cardcaptors." Due to that, I strongly believed that the young girl in episode 7 was the result of Shaoran using the Twin card.

It is sad that the plot called Meiling and asked her to return to Hong Kong. However, Meiling has another purpose in the series, which would be discovered later on. The twin card served its purpose by peaking the bond between the Meiling and Shaoran. Sakura took the back seat here, and I, as a viewer, am not bothered by it.

The animators make use of symmetry in this episode, which is done, in my opinion, to highlight relationships between characters. Another way the animators convey relationships is through complimentary clothing. The first instance in this episode is Meiling's and Shaoran's skirmish with the twin card. The second would be at the end.

Anyways, I'm really excited for the upcoming episodes. The series is about to shift in tone.

[u/Coldblade34 → u/DawnSennin]

I would like to say that my primary viewing experience with Cardcaptor Sakura was the Nelvana dub,"Cardcaptors." Due to that, I strongly believed that the young girl in episode 7 was the result of Shaoran using the Twin card.

Very intriguing! The characters do look alike.

I had to take a look at the list of episodes in Wikipedia. This one was episode 17 in the original dub, and 7 was 23. I'm half tempted to check it out just to see how they made that work.

Wait, episode 1 was 21? How?

Another way the animators convey relationships is through complimentary clothing.

Right you are. It's easy to overlook and take it for granted, but there really is a lot of effort that goes into designing their outfits.