 Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles #7
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Crossover Info: Events in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles #7 crossover with events happening in xxxHolic #5 via Yuko sending the gang a reminder about their White Day present!
Just got my copy which I preordered months ago from Amazon.com and found this volume a very interesting read. Why? Because this is the first volume of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles that I've read where I have seen the story accur in the anime first. With all the others, the manga was my first look at many of the worlds and while the first half of the Outo arc I had read in the manga, the second half aired in Japan before the English release of the manga with the conclusion was even released.
While most of the story remains the same, I was actually disapointed that Kurogane didn't fight Seishiro in Outo. Funny since I think that if I had read this before I saw the anime arc I would have accused the anime of adding filler and slowing down the pace. Interesting how that works.
On it's own the manga is still better than the anime. Simply stunning artwork with the characters being drawn from every imaginable angle and with a whole range of emotions shown (something that is regularily lacking in the anime counterpart). Loved the Miyuki reference and also a splash more of Yuko which was great to see.
I simply loved this volume and this arc in general. So much is revealed about the characters themselves and a very captivating villian is introduced that is guarenteed to cause mayhem down the line.
Well worth purchasing, not just for the art and story, but also for the facinating translation notes within the back of the book by the English translator William Flanagan.
5 stars!
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