“10-year-old Sakura must recapture escaped magical Clow Cards to prevent disaster, guided by guardian Kero and friend Tomoyo.”
Cardcaptor Sakura
カードキャプターさくら
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Synopsis
10-year-old Sakura must recapture escaped magical Clow Cards to prevent disaster, guided by guardian Kero and friend Tomoyo.
"Herein lie the Clow Cards—if their seal is broken, disaster shall befall this world..." Sakura Kinomoto is an energetic and sweet 10-year-old girl attending Tomoeda Elementary School. One day not long after entering the fourth grade, Sakura finds a mysterious book titled The Clow hidden within her father's bookshelves. Upon opening it, a small, winged creature with an Osakan accent comes out of the book and introduces itself as Keroberos, the Creature of the Seal who guards magical cards known as the Clow Cards and keeps them from escaping the book. Unfortunately for the plushy guardian, it seems that the Clow Cards have already escaped—and now Sakura is tasked with capturing them before the cards unleash their powers and cause havoc all over Tomoeda! With the support of the tiny guardian who she nicknames "Kero" and her best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji, Sakura must wield a magical bird-shaped key and use her new powers as the Cardcaptor to maintain peace and ensure that everything is alright.
What people say
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Derived from 13 sampled reviews
What 13 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.33 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.92
Running avg · Jun 2009 → Jan 2023
- 10 “The manga version of the CCS is slightly better than the anime, although I love both versions. CLAMP's artwork for CCS manga is the best in my opinion, the artwork is very fluid and cute looking...”
- 9 “Overall, a great magical girl series from Clamp. The story is above good, and has a nice balance between action and romance. Outstanding Characters; each of them play a vital role to progress the...”
- 10 “One of the best shoujo manga ever! it's got magic, sweet relationships (between kids, still so sweet) and even a little hint to yaoi. but that's fine. it all goes about this young fourth-grade...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 50 × 12 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 40m approx
- Published May 1996 – Jul 2000
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0103 catalog