Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 200

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Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Chapitre 200: Halted Time
[insert text: Those who wish and she who grants // At the edges of the spinning world // until their paths cross once more]

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Mokona: So you were working so hard even from such a young age... / ...for the decision you made...
Syaoran: I think it was because I was so young... / ...that I was able to make that choice.
Mokona: Syaoran...
Syaoran: To protect someone... // Just how difficult and weighty a task that truly is...

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Syaoran: Because I was so young, // I did not truly understand just what it entailed. // But in Clow Country... / ...spending my days with the people in the castle... // ...with those around it, and with Sakura herself...

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Syaoran: I truly... / ...felt from my heart... // ...that no matter how difficult it may be... / ...and no matter how painful things may become...

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Syaoran: ...I wanted... // ...to prevent Sakura from dying.

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[no text just meaningful looks]

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Syaoran: However... // No matter how I searched... / ...I simply could not find a way to remove the seal... // ...and then, that day came.

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[TN: Oh, I like the scene change XD]
Syaoran: To think that it will be the Princess' birthday today... / ...and I've still done nothing...
Fujitaka: None of us have been able to do anything. // The blame for this does not lie with you.
Syaoran: Still...

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Syaoran: I... / ...was right there when that seal was engraved upon her, and I failed to do a thing. // And I was with her constantly after that... yet still, I...
Nadeshiko: Everything is not preordained, you know. // There may still...
Touya: Huh, the brat's here, is he?

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Fujitaka: It is, after all, the Princess' coming-of-age ceremony. // We asked him ourselves... / ...for we wanted him to be with us at this event.
Touya: You say that... // But Sakura and the brat are still both just kids.

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Touya: ...What? / You got a stomachache or something?
Syaoran: ......

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Syaoran: ...Sakura...

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Sakura: ...So you came...
Syaoran: Happy... / ...birthday.
Sakura: Thank you, Syaoran!

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[no text just oh shit]

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Syaoran: SAKURA!!!

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[no text just panic]

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Nadeshiko: I have halted... / ...the flow of time. // However... / ...even with my power... it will last no more than... a few moments. // Once time... starts up once more... / Sakura will... be consumed... / ...by the seal... / ...and... die. // The only ones... who can see that seal... // ...are you... / ...and I. // Please... you must...

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Syaoran: (If I had taken her hand back then... // ...This would never have happened... // If I could just go back to that time...

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Voice: I shall grant you that wish.
[insert text: Is this divine aid or the devil's trap? To where does this voice beckon Syaoran...?]
[bottom text: Next issue, Tsubasa will be taking a break so that the authors can collect data. It will be back in Issue 45, with colour pages to celebrate passing the 200th chapter!]