Remember last time? Well, Mokona still holds the feather when he (she?) transports to yet another world. This time, it’s a technologically advanced one. They land on the middle of a desert road. Mokona’s about to give Sakura her feather, though a huge truck is keen on preventing Sakura and the feather from reuniting. What follows is our heroes, trying to catch up with the truck. In this, they get help from a convenient Rail Bus, who happens to be passing by.
At the end of the episode, they’ve missed some valuable chances in getting the feather, and night has fallen. The country has a law which prevents all cars from driving at night, so everyone’s stuck. The feather lies beyond walking distance. A motor gang then comes their way, with their intentions set on two eloping lovers who happen to be passengers of the same rail bus our heroes are on. The episode ends with Syaoran and Kuro-tan about to knock the brains out of these punks, in order to grab their motorbikes and drive to the feather.
Well then, there are a lot of flaws in this story:
– The convenient Rail Bus who happened to pass by conveniently passed by a bit too convenient.
– Same with the truck.
– Same with the truck which crashed.
– How come the rope Syaoran threw actually connected?
– In fact, why didn’t Syaoran just jump on the truck and climb to the feather? He was running right next to the truck, so he would easily have been able to do it.
– The reason for the girl to pay for our protagonists is a bit weak.
– How did Syaoran know where the truck was going to stop?
– A lot of budget was saved by not paying too much attention at the characters running.
Still, all these points don’t matter. I’ve had a very enjoyable time watching this episode, and that’s what counts. I especially liked the fact that each of the passengers of the bus had his or her own story, and they were actually more than just passengers on a bus. I also liked the fact that this is one of the first realistic chases, which just involves using two vehicles, at very long distances with differences of about an hour between them. I also loved it that this chase wasn’t about the tension. Its purpose instead was to keep the story going, and give enough time to explore the different actors.
The old man also was very entertaining. Especially in the beginning, when he wouldn’t say much. He really is hte perfect conversation partner for Kurogane, and it was so funny to see that at one point, Mokona was sitting next to him. ^_^
Oh, and I’ve also managed to discover something regarding the entire series: after the second season is over, a third season will be aired. This will probably be from april 2007 till september 2007. That also is the last season of Tsubasa Chronicle which will arrive. This means that there will be an ending. And the creators know it. I’m happy to know that the creators have set an ending for themselves. Now they really have enough time to plan out the main story well enough. Until then, I’m planning to enjoy the fillers of Tsubasa Chronicle.
Overall, Tsubasa Chronicle excels in its storytelling, which is exactly what this episode was about. While it’s nowhere near the utter brilliance of last time, this episode did remain very entertaining.
I’m little unsure of how a third season is going to be filled. Granted, the manga has not finished yet, and could roll on for a while yet, but it seems to be at least heading for a sort of climax. I fear that either there will be a need for even more filler than there is this season, or else too much material to cover well. And then you have to consider that CLAMP may not finish the tale on time…
What if the creators continue with airing two arcs per 13 episodes, like they did this season? Would things up like that if they did? In any case, yeah. It’s going to be tough if the anime manages to catch up to the manga. Unless these two parties work together, so that the anime has the potential to finish before the manga, but I somehow doubt that.
I hope the ending it’s a happy ending.. coz if not, I will feel so sad.. N I also wonder what’ll happen to the real Syaoran n the clone Syaoran.. Have anyone known that Syaoran who’s with Sakura cs is just a clone?? Well, if someone knew about it, please tell me. I felt so sad becoz of it.
Does the 3rd season of Tsubasa Chronicles benn aired?