Shounen Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles by CLAMP

[Silversakura]

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Hmm hmm hmm. I'm liking that idea Watanuki.

xD So, I was scrolling along, doing Kingdom Hearts research. Apparently, some of our favorite seiyuu aka, Miyu Irino, our Syaoran, voices Sora in KH2. Who'da thunk?

 

[ShirubiaLamperouge]

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Hey cool! Kingdom hearts is fun. Though I never really liked Sora; he's such a goggle boy. Roxas is cooler (it's not my fault that I seem to like clones/nobodies/whatever better than their originals!).

 

[Clamporama]

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Thats a good theory Watanuki, I was thinking he was more of a reincarnation kinda thing but him being a clone makes more sense.

 

[Tsubasaholic]

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Miyu Irino also voiced Haku in Spirited Away. Haku was the first anime guy I ever had a sort of crush on. . .

At risk of saying something mildly off topic, I love EVERYTHING Hayao Miyazaki has ever made and think that Spirited Away is one of the very best movies ever made bar NONE.

 

[ZaCloud]

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Hey guys!

I just made a resemblance connection here with a jokingly attached theory.

That infamous "tube" or container or whatever... It looks like those tubes at a drive-through bank! Where you put in money or write a withdrawal check and put it in, and it gets sucked up into the building and they return it when they're done with the transaction, you know?

Maybe that's why it's used for... making payments!

Mwahahahaaa! Now y'all can't go to the bank drive-through without thinking of a tiny Syaoran n Sakura in those things!

 

[DontWakeMeUp]

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ZaCloud:
Ahaha. That actually made me 'lol'. xD Great observation.

I actually get a really strange feeling/sensation whenever I come across anything that resembles some sort of tube. =| It's almost like I have an urge to look inside it to make sure that no one is in it. _-_

 

[Clamporama]

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Zacloud you are awesome at observing and I have admit that that is actually a really good idea on why CLAMP chose that particular tube as the tube for Sakura and Syaoran because it was a payment in a way.

Though I honestly have no idea what a drive-through bank is... :\ They aren't in Australia (Well at least in Victoria) we have regular banks with no drive-through... Is it an Atm with a drive-through??? Confused... I might just google it...

 

[ZaCloud]

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I figured there might be countries that don't have them, so here's a little detail.

Some banks have several lanes that go over a roofed area of the lot. There are pillars which have plastic pipes that lead to the main building.

There's also one right next to the window but since it goes directly in, it's horizontal. Other ones that are sucked through the pipes are stored vertically.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dandc/3627881351

Here's several versions of the containers (I don't know the technical name for them).

Click here for large picture showing another type

You can see that the general shape is pretty similar.

How it works is, they have a pen inside. You pull up in your car. You either put in money or a check you want to add to your account, a check you want to cash, or you put in a withdrawal slip. You push a button and the tube is sucked through the pipe and into the bank building, where the tellers perform their duties, and then they send the tube back through with your receipt or your cash. You get out what you need, leave the tube in the cradle, and drive off.

Hope that helps! ^_^

 

[Tsubasaholic]

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Americans are truly ingenious at finding ways to avoid leaving their cars

 

[ZaCloud]

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Americans are truly ingenious at finding ways to avoid leaving their cars

LOL, oh yeah... They spend 15 minutes driving around and/or waiting for the closest parking spot to the gym, so they don't have to walk more than twenty feet before they go in and work out.

Then they wonder why the obesity levels are so high...

(Yes, I'm an American, but I'm not one of "them" )

 

[PirateFiend]

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:-P Also to add to that, Clamporama--there are usually one or two drive-thru lanes with that pipey system, and then either one or two lanes with an ATM for quick withdrawals.

ZaCloud, that's a hilarious observation. I'll have the giggles when I do a drive-thru deposit now. Even though I only do those when I'm in a rush.

 

[ZaCloud]

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Hehe, well, here's a way to bring TRC back into the convo.... Of course no American who reads TRC could be "one of them" cuz to have gotten through this story, it requires one to think deeply. :wink

We have our bumps in the road, but we (everyone on this board) are a good crew.

It doesn't feel like it's over yet at all. While I know I can't look forward to more chapters... it's like, since we had to wait so long inbetween them before, it just feels like another usual long wait. Plus it's nice to still look forward to xxxHolic. And as I said before, this could be a great set-up for them to cameo in future series. It can be a securing of many more years, even decades, to come of CLAMP continuing to weave wonderful stories, and expanding the CLAMP universe. ^_^

 

[Silversakura]

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It really isn't over. I mean, odd thing, a friend asked me yesterday what my new fandom would be now that TRC is over. My response?

"New fandom? I still have Tsubasa."

It isn't that now that it is over, that I would just drop it. The stage is set for something new. And I know they will show up in Holic.

Besides, I can't drop TRC just yet, the new wallpaper for my desktop from the colored splash chapter is just too beautiful. ^^

 

[Tsubasaholic]

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I find that even though my interests and main focus move on, I still remain loyal to the things that were important to me. They matter, but they're closed interests rather than open ones. I sort of feel that way about TRC now. The series is over and I've got other stuff to think about but I still love it and always will, just not as actively as I once did.

And you know what we CAN do now??!! RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS!!! We've got the whole story! We can do things like comment on overall character and relationship development, major themes, compare it to other stories, and do totally awesome stuff like that! The fun is just BEGINNING guys!

 

[Silversakura]

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That is exactly what we can do TH.

Does anyone want to join me in reading TRC again from the beginning?

 

[ShirubiaLamperouge]

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Haven't posted at all on the last chapter... I've been avoiding it for some reason (and, as you can see from the fact that I'm posting here instead of on the chapter discussion, I still am avoiding it).

I am totally rereading it. Already started actually. And I so agree with TH. I've always had the feeling that if I could just be allowed to analyse a story I actually LIKE it could be endlessly entertaining *mutters about English curriculum*.
So yeah, let the fun begin

Just randomly, I remember one time me and my friend watched Tokyo revelations straight afterward we started reading all the really cute/ sad bits from the start of TRC and listening to hear our prayer far too loudly. I swear it's like the most I've cried at one time EVER. And, linking in to what you were saying about it not being over just coz the series is over, that's something that will just always happen, because I still care about them, and I will always.

I had this massive pang the other day when I went on chibiyuuto and saw that the release schedule for tsubasa had disappeared. I mean, it was obviously pointless to keep it there, but still.

 

[Silversakura]

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Gah. That made me have to check ChibiYuuto. >< I didn't notice.

It is pointless for it to be there, but wow. I feel a tid bit in denial really. I mean, when Monday rolled around I was all 'Yay, TRC day.'

Oh wait. Not anymore. It went by like that didn't it? :/

 

[Lady Sakura-chan]

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It sure did. We don`t need any new fandom, I gets caught by diffrent things each second month and becomes extremly obsessed with it, then I move on. For some reason TRC has been an huge interest for over 2 years. Good thing.

 

[DontWakeMeUp]

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...I keep forgetting that this series is over. =|
I'm still in the habit of checking for updates daily. _-_

 

[Tsubasaholic]

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Does anyone else think that it would be totally mint if Fai, Kurogane, Tsubasa-M, and Mokona all visited the Horitsuba world?

Fai's reaction to H!Fai and H!Yuui would be interesting. . .