The finale battle between the two Syaoran’s was nothing less than epic, but holy fucking shit was the reveal a total mind fuck. They didn’t really go into the whole duplicate images without souls aspect of the story in Xxxholic (that I can recall at least), but the fact that Fei Wang has been orchestrating the entire scenario is completely ridiculous! Who the fuck creates duplicate people to collect power, and then kills off the original? Why wouldn’t he just send the actual person on the quest, with their memories wiped (of course), since that would be a helluva lot easier. Unfortunately for him, the real Syaoran survived (with a certain amount of power intact) and he’s still got Kurogane and Fai at his side, and they’re all hell bent on freeing Sakura from the clutches of the evil magician. Back to the Kingdom of Clow they go! ( )

Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE #22, 23 & 24 (Manga Monday) 7:31 pm 21 April 2014 This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot.wordpress.com by express permission of this reviewer   Synopsis Li and Company end up in the Japan of Kurogane's origin. Yuko reveals more of what is happening, we find out about Watanuki [from xxxHolic] and then, most shockingly of all, we find out that Sakura is also an image clone. (hide spoiler)  And if that wasn't enough, we find out that Li is the son of Sakura. (hide spoiler) Yeah, I'm not sure what is going on or what tangled skein CLAMP is snarling for us.   My Thoughts With the above spoilers, I am totally confused as to what is going on. I thought I had a handle on what Fei-Wang wanted, but now I have NO idea what is going on.   This just got really complex. With only 4 volumes left, I hope that CLAMP can wrap things up without rushing it. However, I am loving this and am looking forward to the rest of this series.   Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars Artist & Author: CLAMP" ( )

Some one give Hollywood a call. I've just found someone who can write deus ex machina like soap opera plots like nobody's business. o_O

Or in the words of the classic Toad of Super Mario Bros at level completion:

"Thank you Mario. But our princess is in another castle!" ( )