Updates
03/10/20: It's been such an eventful last couple of months as we celebrated New Trials' 21st anniversary. Before we get there, let's recap everything that's been shared in the group since my last update.
For Eron and Erika's birthday on May 25th, Diana made a fan video of the twins dancing to a popular Parks and Recreation sound byte. Miho's birthday was on June 3rd and Wish-chan posted a drawing of Miho and Eriol. Dalis de la Mothe posted some new mood boards from Meilin, Syaoran and Miho. Syoaran's birthday was on July 14th and Wish-chan posted a great fanart of Syaoran and Sakura, and she updated her blog too. Mesel's gift was her third and final version of Daydream. I added the new additions to my Before and After page. Jiri-chan's gift for Syaoran was a cute fanart of his desk that inspired a sweet Syaoran and Meilin ficlet. Melanie shared a NT inspired songfic based on Taylor Swift's Invisible String.
This year New Trials celebrated its 21st anniversary. Rather than starting on Sept 1st, I chose to start on August 1st as a countdown to New Trials Day along with celebrating through out the month with two activities. The first was a re-draw of Wish-chan's classic fanart S&S Hug. We were lucky enough to have two interpretations. Jiri-chan gave us Suppi and Kero-chan recreation of the hug and Mesel gave us her version where Sakura is taking a selfie of her and Syaoran, The second activity was a the 31 Days of NT drawing challenge based on this prompt list. I was able to draw all 31 fanarts based on canon scenes! Melanie drew an S&S fanart for the Surprised prompt where she showed them meeting even if there was no magic, Jiri-chan drew a Meilin and Miho fanart for the With a Sibling prompt and she wrote a fanfic and drew a fanart of Eriol playing video games for the Something They Would Never Do prompt. I also found existing fanarts over the last twenty years to match the prompts. In other gifts, Mesel made Sakura's bird staff with a 3D printer and shared the final results with us.
Myla shared two of her own videos: a Syaoran voice actor ranking video and a Tomoyo and Sakura Popular (from Wicked) fanvid. She also shared a video that gave her Tomoyo and Leiyun vibes. Finally, last but certainly not least, the always lovely Diane stepped up with a NT first: Vines! She shared not one but two Vine compilation videos of clips that reminded her of NT.
13/05/20: I'm introducing a new CCS fandom friend that I met through my Destined Loved v.2 fanfic on AO3 to New Trials and since she read the first three chapters, I'm showing off the doujinshi first. The new layout on deviantArt isn't too my liking so I've decided to update my Doujinshi page on the fansite which I haven't touched since 2013. The four-years-late addition is Ming Li's doujinshi. Joyce's drawings of Sakura and S&S during the masquerade are now on dA. Myla shared a new Sims screenshot of the Great Five and Risa as toddlers. And I finally added the Groups.io link to the Groups and Collections page!
In other news, this month marks the eight year anniversary of my NT Fan Projects site! I'm so glad that there's a place to house all of the projects over the last twenty years and according to the traffic stats I'm thrilled that fellow fans are constantly visiting this site regardless of when I update or not.
05/04/20: There are so many wonderful updates to report!
On St-Patrick's Day, Wish-chan ended her self-ban and showered us with many New Trials gifts. In her blog post she gave us a thorough update of what she's been going through over the past few months. She also peppered the post with a Syaoran and Sakura fanart to celebrate 2020, a witch Sakura sketch for Halloween and a Kai sketch to honour his March 6th birthday. We also got some wonderful photos of Wish-chan's fabulous CCS jewelry and merchandise. Finally she gave us even more goodies over at our Groups.io community such as her inaugural post and a draft of a New Trials Special Chapter: The Annals of the Li Clan - Li Leiyun. As a bonus some of the NT cast were particularly chatty before the main event.
Joyce shared a pretty fanart of Sakura based on Wish-chan's fanart of Sakura blowdrying Syaoran's hair. It was a picture that I pulled up because I found an actual bird-staff inspired CCS hairdryer! Meilin and Eriol also celebrate their birthdays in March so Mesel posted a sketch and a coloured version of both of them in their battle costumes when the Alliance faced off against the yakuza in Chapter 66. She also shared her Meilin and Kai playlist. Wish-chan posted a nice sketch of Meilin and Kai on Meilin's birthday.
On April 1st it was our darling Sakura-chan's birthday. Wish-chan did not disappoint with an elegant fanart and a blog post. My gift to the group was a fanart from Arc 2's Pink Ribbon Trees. Mesel's gift and belated NT Day gift was a stunning redraw of her first NT fanart in 2012 based on a daydream from a fellow group member. I submitted those two pieces to my Before and After gallery, which hasn't seen any other improvement fanarts since I introduced the gallery in 2013 (or maybe it's the fact that I've forgotten about this page). Melanie was next to spoil us with a delightful fanart of the S&S swing set kiss. Sara-Jayne gave us a preview of the next instalment in her ongoing NT chapter art project. Finally, Ming Li shared her fanart of Sakura and Syaoran in the rain, which is nicely suited for the season.
In non-New Trials news, I shared a short video showing off my mug from Myla's online store!
18/01/20: Happy New Year 2020!!
Though we didn't get any chapter updates last year and Syaoran's birthday limbo continues, 2019 marked the year where Natasha, Serenity, Jiri-chan, Mesel, Kirei-chan and I all pitched in monetarily to save the now deceased Yahoo Groups that we've been using free of charge for the last 15 years. Kirei-chan took the initiative of finding us a new home and discovered Groups.io but the transfer came at a price that neither of us expected anyone to contribute to until we threw it out there. I continuously thank the aforementioned people from the bottom of my heart for saving our history. Join us at https://groups.io/g/newtrialsring/topics for all things New Trials. There's even a Chat Room that's going to be so much fun once the next update drops!
On Wish-chan's birthday, I posted a picture of my husband and me in S&S's Tokyo date outfits that's already on the Cosplay, Photos & Manips page. Mesel dedicated one of her Inktober sketches to Wish-chan. Kamaku Lemjane also dedicated an Inktober sketch to Wish-chan of Sakura on the swing right before Syaoran comes and kisses her.
Moving on to non-New-Trials-but-CCS-news, for Halloween, I posted a fanart of Sakura as Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty), which was my very first fanart request! I also gifted Jiri-chan a Tomoyo fanart of the opening scene of her fanfic, Visions of Snow White. Drishti, posted a photo of the spectacular handcrafted silver CCS pendant that her husband made for her birthday.
During a relatively quiet November, at the last minute I introduced a 25 Days of NT Christmas drawing challenge. As this is the fifth drawing challenge over the last twenty years of the fandom, I've decided that it was time that everything should be under one page on this site: Fan Art Projects. In other fanart news, Dreamfollower revisited her personal challenge of drawing chapter art and drew a gorgeous fanart of Eron and Erika being introduced to the class in Chapter 1. And just before the year wrapped up, Mesel posted a sketch of a particularly comfy Kara on New Year's Eve.
There was a huge announcement from one of our own: Myla aka WinxC1ub launched her online shop, Myst and Magic's Apparel. I just bought a mug featuring her gorgeous S&S red string of fate fanart as an early birthday present.
Finally, I updated my blog. But rather than picking up where I left off with New Trials, I'm revisiting my own fanfic from 2002 because in December 2018, KID-Z4P remastered my fic and I promised that I would read it once I finished editing my own version. Last year my NT re-read monopolized my spare time, but now I'm ready to re-visit my old work and discover someone else's new spin on it!
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15/10/19: This is the first time in a long time that I have an update that doesn't have anything to do with my New Trials summaries or re-read. That's because last month we celebrated New Trials' 20th anniversary! In order to celebrate in style I introduced the second 30 Days of NT project (the first one being in 2014). This time around I not only found 30 existing fandom fanarts but I participated in all the days as well. I was happy that Wish-chan, Diana, Ming Li and first time contributor Juli joined me as well. I'm proud to present the 30 Days of NT - 2019 page! On top of participating in fanart challenge, during the month I also posted photographs of my husband and I cosplaying as Sakura and Syaoran from Chapter 72: Almost Left Behind when they were on their Tokyo date and recreating the various poses and activities based on quotes and fanarts. The can be found in the Cosplay, Photos & Manips section.
The fandom didn't hold back when it came to celebrating New Trials Day. Diana shared an amazing group shot of all of the New Trials characters celebrating this special day. Ming Li posted a great fanart of Erika and Jinyu introducing themselves in an interview with Tomoyo. Mesel shared her cosplay pictures of Sakura's outfit from Sakura and the Panicky Bicycle. Myla spent the day streaming and finished the line arts of portraits of Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meilin, Eron and Erika. Wish-chan posted a WIP of Syaoran to fall into the 'Have a character introduce themselves' prompt for the challenge.
As the month went on, Ming Li posted a fantastic Kai, Meilin and Perro-chan WIP for the 'Happy' prompt. She also drew a WIP of Syaoran sleeping on Sakura's lap from Chapter 71 for the 'Sleepy' prompt and Tomoyo in a gorgeous coat from the 'In Winter Clothes' prompt. Diana contributed to the project by drawing a napping Kai and Meilin in bed fanart for the 'Sleepy' prompt and she drew a picture of Tomoyo honouring her birthday on Sept 3rd. I am so pleased to introduce a new fanartist that emerged last month: Juli Von Bose DeHoyos! She submitted three wonderful fanarts inspired by the project: Kai and Meilin in winter clothes, Tomoyo in a different hairstyle and Sakura looking at something beautiful. The final fanart that was submitted this month was a finished piece of the WIP we got in February: S&S before the board meeting in Chapter 72! The fanart was drawn by Vivelda and it was commissioned by Bharad.
As for the non-fanart updates, Kirei-chan posted a series of unanswered questions in the Yahoo Group where we've been slowly talking about. Jiri-chan posted the second chapter of her Dreamscape Chronicles: Visions of Sleeping Beauty. Matthew finished all of his chapter reviews and he shared his thoughts on the Legacy and Kaitou side stories as well. Congratulations! I've added two of his written contributions to his section of the Writer's Corner: Kai and Syaoran Epic Rap Battle and a Dark Poem that could apply to Jinyu. Finally, I went to a Chinese Lantern exhibit where the structures were larger than life. I came across two dragons that reminded me of Celes the Blue Dragon and the White Dragon from Chapter 70: Eye of the Dragon!
18/08/19: While I was doing my re-read, it dawned upon me that when Sakura uses a new spell to seal Cards under the power of the Moon, those cards must have new looks. So I re-did the Metal, the Magnet and the Unicorn. Speaking of my re-read, over the last few months I blogged about chapters 68, 69, 70 part 1 and 70 part 2. The summaries for chapters 68, 69, 70 part 1 and 70 part 2 are up as well. Wish-chan updated her blog in honour of Syaoran's birthday and she posted a wonderful fanart of an older Ryuuren with baby Syaoran. Wish-chan also has a new Instagram where she not only shows off her beautiful fanart but also a lot of fabulous CCS jewelry and merchandise. Mesel posted a really sweet S&S fanart titled The Night Sky from Chapter 73.5 for Syaoran's birthday.
I'd like to shine the spotlight on our latest Facebook group MPV: Matthew Stephen Hyder. Matthew discovered New Trials in the spring of 2019 (sixteen years after I did) and is taking the time to chronicle his thoughts and observations of the chapters. Although I'm also doing a re-read, there's nothing like experiencing someone's first time with New Trials where they are completely in the dark about what would happen next. I've been delightfully enjoying all of his posts and it thrills me every time he makes a correct prediction, such as wondering if there was going to be a Despair Card all the way back in Arc 3 and realizing that Shing was Keisuke before it was revealed in the text. Along the way he also made a New Trials Quiz and he wrote three poems which I submitted to the Writers' Corner. More recently, he took the time to compile a collection of FF reviews for New Trials.
I'm five years behind, but I FINALLY created a page dedicated to the 30 Days of New Trials event that I hosted in 2014 for New Trials' 15th anniversary. The page is dedicated to Ming Li aka dreamystarskye who completed the challenge. With that out of the way, I can proudly announce the next big project: 30 Days of NT - 2019, which will be in honour of New Trials' 20th anniversary! I went through a lot of prompts and I'm most pleased with Mochi-BobaTea's rendition. Details will be posted in the Facebook NT Group!
21/04/19: I feel like I've been neglecting my site, but it's only been two months so that's not so bad. I assume that I feel this way because it's taking significantly longer to get through my re-read since I'm summarizing the chapters at the same time. Since my last update in February, I blogged about and summarized Chapter 67, Parts 1 & 2, Chapter 67.5 and Chapter 67 Parts 3 & 4. Talk about delaying the inevitable!
I discovered a non-NT S&S drawing, but because they were dressed as Romeo and Juliet, I thought it was the perfect Star-Crossed fanart. Wish-chan updated her blog to celebrate Valentine's Day and the 15th anniversary of the Yahoo Ring. The Syaoran Birthday Omake series was continued with a four panel comic from Chapter 73.5. The blog post included the concept art of Sakura's green dress from that chapter and a sketch of Touya and Yue. Ming Li re-posted her cool Meilin and Kai kiss fanart based on the Making Out prompt. I am long, long overdue to make a 30 Days of New Trials page to feature all of her amazing work and the other related fanarts for the event that I hosted back in 2015. Sakura's birthday was a quiet one, but Wish-chan posted an epic fanart of Syaoran with his dragon wings from Chapter 71 and she treated us with another blog post too. Dreamfollower is drawing daily art inspired by prompts and the snake that she drew for the Poison prompt reminded me of the Poison from Chapter 49. Maya has been sharing some pretty cool videos of recreating CCS characters by using Sims. It's so accurate and fun to watch!
11/02/19: Happy New Year, New Trials friends! 2018 was a fantastic year for the fan projects website because I was able to maintain it all year through ever since revitalizing it back in September 2017.
For a bit of housekeeping from the last time, here are the deviantArt manga pages for Bubulona's Great Five vignette Part 1 and Part 2. I also noticed that I never uploaded my two NT bound photos on the fan site so I completely updated the Cosplay, Photos and Manips page where I also included some shots from Melanie's 2010 photoshoot of the Veil and a photo of the recreation of Sakura's Star key and Five Force ring on a necklace.
Wish-chan posted an HQ version of one of her fan arts from the fashion show. I requested it because Syaoran's outfit is similar to what he was wearing in the Love category. Last month, I commissioned Myla to draw the very last Syaoran from the Street Wear. Now Tomoyo's entire fashion show line up is complete. I will have to make a collage of all the fanarts.
For Christmas, Myla drew a very cute Christmas Sakura wearing a star pin that's similar to the one that Syaoran gave her. On New Year's Eve, Wish-chan treated us to an amazing blog post chronicling her experience at the CardCaptor Sakura Exhibition in Tokyo. On New Year's Day Mesel posted the sweetest fanart of Sakura and Tomoyo when they were younger. Finally, a friend of one of the FB group members (Bharad) drew the scene of from Chapter 72 that's absolutely stunning despite the fact that it's a WIP.
Remember back in the good old days when I was able to release a blog post for every new chapter on a weekly basis on New Trials Revisited? Well, now that I'm past the already existing summary of Chapter 63 those days are gone. I only covered four chapters since my last update (Chapter 63, 64, 65 and 66) instead of my usual ten. While I am taking longer to read the chapters, at least I can proudly say that the summaries for Chapter 64, Chapter 65 and Chapter 66 are up. I also changed the name from "New Trials Chapter Summaries" to "Amethyst Beloved's New Trials Chapter Summaries" to ease the blow when fans realize that it's not a new chapter after all. One day I'll stop feeling guilty...
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10/12/18: Ever since I started my re-read of Arc 4 in the beginning of October, I've been posting a new blog post on a weekly basis. Chapters 54 through 62 are all up on my blog. Since there were no specific fanarts for Chapter 60: Rememory, I edited one of Wish-chan's existing fanarts so make my own interpretation of the scene where Syaoran finally confronts Sakura about forgetting him. I love how it turned out!
First time contributor, Ch Nutcha Phenpaisit, shared a beautiful drawing of Sakura and Syaoran in the FB group. I hope we'll see more from her! Yaninpoart opened up her commissions a few months ago, and I ordered Pirate Syaoran from the Ch 62: Designs in Crime fashion show. It came out even better than I imagined. Dreamfollower is re-reading New Trials as well and she drew a great fanart of Syaoran on the phone with his mother from the prologue. He looks so much younger than the NT!Syaoran of present day!
It was Wish-chan's birthday on October 30th, and Ming Li delighted us with a role-reversal Kai and Meilin fanart. For my birthday present to Wish-chan, I shared a photo of me recreating Mesel's Kai and Meilin at the graveyard fanart. Then on Halloween my husband and I posed for another photo inspired by nightlyvisions's Meilin and Kai fanart. Speaking of nightlyvisions, I dove into their gallery out of curiosity and found another Kai and Meilin fanart that has existed since 2004! Shulin and Hayashi got some love from Ming Li who shared not one but two fanarts of the star-crossed lovers. And the second one came with a great fanfiction too. Lemjane shared a super cute fanart of Sakura modelling with a dango that was mentioned at the beginning of Ch 73.5.
Now for some non-Facebook news! For Wish-chan's birthday, Diana drew a collection of adorable Great 5 vignettes and shared it over at the Yahoo group. I'll post the dA link if she uploads it there since I know not everyone has access to the group. Over on deviantArt, I recently obtained scribbletalk's permission to upload two of her fanarts that I was able to connect to New Trials. Behind the Scenes is a beautiful portrait of Tomoyo in her element and it totally reminded me of Chapter 62: Designs in Crime. Family Portrait reminded me of a line from Chapter 12: Till You Turn To Me where Sakura was telling the mad men that her mother was always watching over her.
Christmas time is around the corner! I hope there will be some fun fandom gifts... or updates!
22/09/18: Ten days ago I completed my re-read of Arc 3 so all of the blog posts up to Chapter 53 are up on New Trials Revisited. I plan on starting Arc 4 next week. This is the arc that I'm the most antsy about because I'm going to have to go back to summarizing chapters when I'm around the mid-60s. To pick off where I left off from last time, I added Yaninpoart's (Kristina) Eriol and Tomoyo fanart on deviantart.
On September 1st, New Trials celebrated its 19th anniversary. I posted my gift first, which was a recreation of the bear mugs that Sakura gave Syaoran in Chapter 44. Then Wish-chan gave us a wonderful surprise and posted the second half of the first part of Chapter 73.5. This is the first time that New Trials has been updated on FF where a notification wasn't sent so it was a sweet community-members only Easter egg. Wish-chan also shared a pretty sketch of Mayura and Ruichi on FB. Yaninpoart's gift was the cutest drawings ever of the Great Five and their patron animals: Hayashi and Ruichi, Mayura and Shulin, and Landon and Risa. Mesel released her Li Line ensemble portrait and she posted the Li sisters (with their identification) too. Over at the Yahoo Group, Jiri-chan posted a series of scenes from Visions of Sleeping Beauty. Finally, Dalis de la Mothe posted a series of mood boards on FB where members had fun guessing who was being represented.
This just in: on Syaoran's birthday, Selenity drew a 2018 version of Syaoran in his battle robes. I can't believe I only discovered it today!
13/08/18: Originally I was going to wait until I finished re-reading Arc 3 before updating, but after getting through the 64,027 words-long Chapter 50, I figured that it was enough of an achievement. So my New Trials Revisited blog is currently sitting at that 60 posts since I started it a year ago. What makes the latest post for Ch 50 special is that it features Yaninpoart's three-part Eriol, Tomoyo and the Snow Queen fanart that's a WIP so it's not on deviantArt.
So let's recap what's happened in the fandom since June. CCS:CC wrapped up and Wish-chan posted the final two episode recaps on her blog. When she first started recapping, she didn't think she would have had the time to cover all twenty-two episodes but we're so happy that she did!
Back to NT news, there's an adorable line in Chapter 73 where Syaoran assumed that ogres were cute so I had to add Yaninpoart's Godzilla and Sakura fanart and EnragedEnishi's Sakuzilla to the NT Picture Book. At the end of June, I announced the CCS:Clear Card Manga Book Club. Because we have no control over what shows up on the Facebook, I've decided that all discussion will be either at the Yahoo Group or at my brand new and oh-so originally named Tumblr, The New Trials of Amethyst Beloved. So far we've covered five chapters and though I do feature Jiri-chan's posts from two years ago on Tumblr, the main discussion for now is on Yahoo. Bubulona spoiled us with not one, but two NT spin-off birthday fanfics! First she posted Meilin's gift and then she posted Kai's plan. After Bubulona shared her fics, Jiri-chan mentioned her Visions of White fic that she posted in 2016. I realized that I never added it to my Writers' Corner section since the site was on hiatus and now that's fixed.
The most exciting thing to happen was Wish-chan's latest update in honour of Syaoran's birthday with Chapter 73.5: The Hong Kong Encounter, A Side: A Birthday to Remember. The new 'Side A' descriptor that we've never seen before definitely suggests that there's a 'Side B' to Part 1 before we get to Part 2. Only time will tell! Maybe we'll find out on New Trials Day. We also got a blog post and a yummy fanart of Syaoran with a cupcake.
WinxC1ub decided to run a New Trials inspired run of The Sims and I decided to add some of the screen captures that she shared in the Facebook group in the NT Sims and CD Drama section. It was SyaoSaku week a little while ago and Mesel spearheaded a New Trials inspired version of the prompts and it was shared on the NT Tumblr. She also shared a WIP of the Li Clan throughout the generations. Finally, Mesaku shared a preview of her S&S posing for Purikura pictures.
29/05/18: I'm happy that I'm keeping up with updating this site! It looks like my habit of coming here after I've blogged about ten chapters is working out. I started reading Arc 3 in April and now chapters 37 through 45 are all posted on my NT Revisited blog along with the re-edited chapter summaries. Because the chapters are so long, there is so much fanart. I only had to draw the chapter art for Ch 39: Impulse and I titled it A Gentleman Agreement. The blog is going great, and people are starting to leave comments, which is so exciting!!!
Small update on the last update: Bubulona posted the FB comics on deviantArt and we can now appreciate it so much more: G5 pt 1, G5 pt 2 and Eron x Jinyu.
So let's start where we left off! Mizuki Kai's birthday was on March 6th and Wish-chan posted an awesome character profile of our favourite their of the night. We also got a new sketch of Kai and Nina. Mesel also posted a coloured portion of her Kai's Angels piece for the occasion. Mesaku18 posted a pretty hilarious meme squad base where she depicted the characters of NT. White Day was on March 14th and Wish-chan posted a lovely sketch of Tomoyo and Eriol. On Eriol's birthday, Mesel treated us to a sketch of Clow's reincarnation. In non-NT news but still on the topic of Eriol's birthday, Bubulona posted a great drabble related to it. MJ on the Facebook group posted photos of what NT looks like when Arc 1 and Arc 2 are printed and it's pretty wild. I added it to the Cosplay, Photos & Manips section. Melanie posted a CCS themed YouTube video and gushed about NT as well. It's been a while since I've added something to NT media! Mesel posted a wonderful fanart of all the members in the Amamiya line.
Sakura's birthday was on Arpil 1st and I would have updated the site if I had the time. Wish-chan posted a fierce fanart of Sakura and Syaoran prepared for battle. Mesaku18 posted an adorable fanart of Sakura on her 17th birthday surrounded by the gifts she received in Chapter 70. Selenity posted a fanart of Meilin in a cat costume (inspired by the CCS:CC episode) and Bubulona pointed out that Meilin was wearing a cat costume in Chapter 8's Halloween special! Yaninpoart posted a Tomoyo and Leiyun fanart inspired by a quote from Chapter 72. She also posted two fanarts of Sakura and Syaoran's Chapter 73 kiss that looked so epic that a few of us including myself wasn't sure if it was spoilers for CCS:CC. She also drew Sakura as Godzilla, which I have to add to the picture book once I find the quote where Syaoran thought ogres were cute. Finally in fanart news, Mesaku18 posted a great drawing of Sakura and Syaoran before entering Miho's haunted house.
New Trials is on a new social media platform! Mesel and Dalis from the Facebook group created a Tumblr account to celebrate NT. What I really enjoy about this blog are the mood boards. So far the ones that are up are for Sakura, Tanaka Mikai and Mizuki Kai.
Finally, let's give a hand to Wish-chan who has been posting CCS:CC reviews for 20 episodes straight on her blog! I read them as soon as I finish watching and they really enhance my understanding of what happened during that half hour and her snarky captions are everything.
04/03/18: There has been so much activity in the world of Card Captor Sakura thanks to the Clear Card series. We're nine episodes in and Wish-chan has been blogging about the episodes for nine weeks straight. There are so many amazing connections between CCS:CC and NT that I look forward to listing all of them some time in the future.
The Kaitou Magician Origins was updated with Chapter 6, and a blog post and a sketch of Leon Reed was shared as well. We also got a sketch of Young Miho from that period.
On the fanart front, Shiyaechan posted Cinderella Erika. S&S in formal attire, a happy Meilin and Kai, a doujinshi of the Ch 73 bonfire and S&S in their battle costumes from Chapter 10. Then last one was added to the Dark Forces Guide. I drew a fanart for Chapter 31 and titled it Picking Up the Pieces to serve as fanart for my blog and to fill in that pesky prompt. It was also drawn in celebration of the Yahoo Ring's 14th anniversary. Wish-chan also posted a blog post and drew a fanart to commemorate the special day: Chibi Beauty and the Wolf. Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year was shortly after and Wish-chan posted a blog post and a wonderful Living Together fanart from the Arc 2 days. Mesaku18 is back with the most adorable Syaoran-Bear fanart. There's also an S&S fanart from the Clear Card ending on Facebook as well as a NT Meme Squad base fanart. Bubulona/Diana posted a couple of NT comics as well on Facebook: Eron and Jinyu's hair and a Great Five comic. There's also a beautiful fanart of Shulin, Syaoran and Meilin. Last but not least, Dreamystarskye posted a sketch of Meilin on the FB page.
Finally, I posted ten more entries on my New Trials Revisited blog, thus concluding Arc 2! I'm going to take a brief hiatus to do other reading but I plan on being back with the beginning of Arc 3 for Sakura's birthday.
06/01/18: Happy New Year 2018, New Trials fans! The fanfic may be getting closer to the finale and every time we ring in a new year we fear that it may be its last. But as long as the community is thriving, New Trials will never go away.
Wish-chan updated her blog with a fanart to celebrate the new era of CCS with the Clear Cards. My blog is still going strong with ten new entries since I last posted about it. The Best Couples Contest was just introduced so that's going to be lots of fun to experience again.
On the fanart front, Shiyaechan shared drawings of Eron and Erika, and two different shots of Sakura in an original fashion design. Yaninpoart posted two sketches (Version 1) in the Facebook group, which I also added to the NT dA account. The Amamiya Line sends their Christmas greetings and an older S&S wishes us a Happy New Year. Finally, xMezMezx posted an incredible sketch of Kai's Angels based on Chapter 73.
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10/12/17: The 100 Themes Challenge is one percent closer to completion with Wish-chan's almost version of the full shot of the Ch 15 Christmas Omake. Frost now brings the project to 95%. Yaninpoart was very generous with her artwork and gave us 'Dance with Me' (a Leiyun and Tomoyo piece), a portrait of The Mizuki Cousins, The Reed Line and a WIP of Tomoyo from Chapter 73. xMezMexz is also back with the very first Naoko and Dairen fanart. Finally, I've updated my New Trials Chapter Release timeline, which has been stagnant since 2012. It's interesting to see that the one-chapter-a-year trend is actually something that we've been accustomed to for six years now and very normal so that means Wish-chan has nothing to feel guilty about! Finally, I've updated my Comments and Feedback section. I haven't pestered people to sign it since 2012 so it's always a surprise when fans actually leave sweet messages on their own accord!
30/11/17: It has been quite an eventful month in the New Trials fandom! First and foremost, Wish-chan updated with Chapter 73, Part 2. Second of all, Wish-chan's website has been updated for the first time since 2015 so that's very exciting too. The latest update is accompanied with another blog post. The discussion has started over the Yahoo Group (including some messages from Wish-chan!) and the one-week spoiler-free waiting period is now up on Facebook.
The next ten chapters have been covered and discussed over on my New Trials Revisited blog. Only Chapter 13 didn't have a fanart so I whipped up Eron's Experiment. Yaninpoart (formerly under CherryCute1994) has been spoiling us with fanart. Leiyun & Tomoyo, Erika & Eron, Meilin & Jinyu, Meilin & Kai and Eriol & Tomoyo fanarts have been added to her gallery. In the spirit of Halloween, xMezMezx shared a fanart of a spooky S&S by the caldron. Shiyae-chan also posted a new S&S fanart on Facebook.
14/10/17: It's actually so much easier to update this site now that New Trials is back in my life. With my blog constantly being updated as I get ahead, I've decided to only make announcements about it every ten chapters for now (and maybe every five once they get deliciously long). All of my thoughts from Prologue to Chapter 10 are posted on New Trials Revisited and I've decided to draw fanarts for chapters with no corresponding artwork. My first one was for Chapter 9, which I entitled The Rope in Action.
CherryCute1994 has given us even more Leiyun and Tomoyo goodness. She also posted two stunning fanarts from her Shades of Grey collection featuring Tomoyo & Sakura and Leiyun & Syaoran.
01/10/17: What's this? Another update? So soon? Thanks to my New Trials re-read and my new NT Revisited Blog, I'm more in the spirit than ever. I wanted to take the time to officially welcome CherryCute1994 to the artist community. Not only did she give us a great fanart of Leiyun in his doctor cosplay, but her masterpiece of Leiyun protecting Tomoyo is incredibly stunning. It actually gave me the idea to use it for prompt 66: Dangerous Territory in the 100 Themes Challenge. We're 94% complete! Shiyaechan has also been sharing her New Trials inspired art.
I also forgot to mention that my New Trials Real Time Timeline has been updated for the first time since 2012!
04/09/17: I keep saying that I've retired this site over on Facebook, but here I am! I logged into Weebly and I saw that this website still has hits despite being inactive for over a year and a half. Today was a big day in the fandom. Wish-chan updated with Chapter 73: The Other Side of Midnight and wrote a new blog entry. Speaking of blogs, I started my own in honour of my NT reread. It's called New Trials Revisited and with every chapter I'll be updating the summary, posting my thoughts and featuring chapter fanart.
There has been lots of fanart updates that can be found on the Facebook group, but I thought it would be important to highlight xMezMezx who has been on top of her game all year with special distinction to her epic four part Meilin and Kai digital project. And I've come to realize that I never added dreamystarskye's submission for Promise in the 100 Themes Challenge so that's fixed. I also decided that Mesaku18's Desperate Embrace would be perfect for My Heart. Now we're at 93%!
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17/02/16: Happy New Year 2016 New Trials fans! Celebration fanarts include three more pages of Ming Li's doujinshi of the Prologue. Since it overlaps shana-haibara's Prologue, I decided that it was time to make a Doujinshi deviantArt folder. Mesaku18 posted an adorable picture of Syaoran and Sakura with Star-Crossed titled, "Love in the Library". A few days later, Ming Li added doujinshi pages ten, eleven and twelve. The cover was posted shortly after that.
In February, Mesaku18 posted a fanart of Sakura and a Butterfly from Chapter 70 when Sakura was in The Fantasy. Bubulona posted a fanart of Kaho to celebrate the character's birthday. On Valentine's Day Wish-chan posted a character sketch of Eriol and Tomoyo along with a blog update.
Finally, the Vietnamese translation of New Trials website has been launched by Chun Yu. A daunting project so we wish her the best of luck!
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30/12/15: After a four month hiatus (I guess this has become a yearly thing?), I'm here to update the site before the new year. With all of the news steadily being shared on the Facebook group, it's hard to find the motivation to keep up, but at least it gives me a chance to share the Facebook art on deviantArt.
September:
On September 1st we celebrated International New Trials Day's 16th anniversary. Wish-chan wrote a blog post and even posted a S&S fanart from the unreleased Chapter 72 titled "Déjà-vu: The Transfer Student from Hong Kong". Ming Li inked her Kai and Meilin fanart for the occasion. Diana also posted a Kai and Meilin fanart. Joyce treated us to another gorgeous fanart of Sakura. Tomoyo's birthday was a few days later. Ming Li released a coloured version of Tomoyo and Eriol and Dark and Light. xMezMezx also celebrated Tomoyo's birthday with a lovely sketch titled Summer Breeze. Joyce's gift was an intense looking portrait of Sakura and Syaoran. Later on in the month, she also posted an Eriol and Tomoyo fanart.
October:
Joyce kicked off the month by posting a fun fanart of Sakura and Tomoyo. It was Nakuru's birthday and xMezMezx shared a great fanart titled "The Autumn Moon" featuring both NT Nakura in her nurse's uniform and Ruby Moon. In October we celebrated Wish-chan's birthday so an avalanche of fanarts rolled out for the occasion. Joyce released a whole collection of chibis: Sakura & Syaoran, Tomoyo & Eriol, Kai & Meilin, Miho & Kara, and Eron & Erika. There are also larger versions of Royalty Eriol & Tomoyo and Eron & Erika. Joyce also drew a portrait of New Trials-inspired Wish-chan with long hair and a blue dress. Diana shared a Kai & Meilin fanart, as well as a rare sketch of Eri and Ryouta, which now is now the "Misunderstanding" fanart for the 100 Themes Challenge. Rigor Baybayon shared a heartwarming fanart of a Filipino-inspired Sakura and Syaoran. For Halloween, Kamaku posted a hilarious fanart of Kero-chan scaring Sakura.
November:
This month begins with many of Joyce's fabulous fanarts. Sakura in a Yukata, quirky Kai and Meilin, Syaoran, Eron & Wolfie-chan, Eron and Sakura, and finally Syaoran and Sakura. Ming Li shared the gift-art that she made for Wish-chan's birthday: Flying Sakura, Syaoran covering Sakura's eyes and a windswept Tomoyo and Eriol fanart. Finally, Ming Li also took the time to colour her wonderful Kai and Meilin fanart.
December:
Rigor Baybaon posted a touching fanart of Sakura and Syaoran in their older years. For Christmas and for Yukito's birthday, xMezMezx posted a Yue and Yukito fanart, which she named "The Winter Moon". Diana posted two jolly Kero-chan fanarts: one for Wish-chan's birthday and the other for Christmas.
We got a blog post from Wish-chan and she also shared a beautiful fanart of Touya, Yue, Sakura and Kero-chan at Christmastime.
Finally, Ming Li surprised us all by sharing the first set of sketches depicting the beginning of New Trials' prologue. Pages one, two, three, four, five and six are all up.
26/08/15: I realized that my "The Forbidden Trials of Small Wolf & the Nefarious Thief of the Night" drabble would fit with the "Choice" prompt of the 100 Themes Challenge very nicely. I've also decided to use Waiting by Rigor Baybayon for the Excuses prompts, thus bringing us to a satisfying 91% complete.
On July 13th we celebrated Syaoran's birthday. Wish-chan posted a blog update and her annual birthday omake for the fourth year in a row. Ming Li posted a late Father's Day fanart of Syaoran and Ryuuren, a S&S fanart of them wearing the Fiery and Watery costumes she designed for Syaoran's birthday, and a full coloured version of Tomoyo's Light costume. Shiyaechan/Joyce shared a number of gorgeous artworks with us: the Chang twins, S&S inspired by chapter 1-25, S&S picnic for Syaoran's birthday, and portraits of Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol. Finally, xMezMezX posted a great fanart of the Chang twins titled Yin and Yang for their birthday.
25/06/15: The month started off with our dear Yahoo New Trials group delivering some terrible spam to the members. I've contacted Kirei-chan and she said that everything is now in order. I've started a few conversations in case anyone wants to jump in.
On June 3rd, we celebrated Miho's birthday with Mesel posting a fanart of our favourite young journalist in Seijou blue as depicted in Chapter 71. Lana-445 posted a great picture of Sakura in her bridesmaid's dress from Asuma and Arima's wedding. Dreamystarskye shared a stunning Eriol and Tomoyo fanart with us.
Shiyaechan (Joyce) shared three gorgeous fanarts with us, which I've added to deviantArt: (1) Sakura, Tomoyo and Meilin, (2) Syaoran, and (3) Sakura and Syaoran.
30/05/15: Rigor treated us with a precious fanart of Syaoran sleeping on Sakura's lap. Ming Li added some more fanarts to her Sakura Card Design Project. She revealed Kaho as The Time, Eron as The Dash and a WIP of Touya as The Mirror. For Nadeshiko's birthday, xMezMezx shared a wonderful sketch of young Nadeshiko and Fujitaka titled One Sweet Love from the flashback found in Chapter 71.
I filled out the Misunderstanding prompt with a fanart from five years ago and the project is 89% complete. It's great that we have over a decade's worth of New Trials fanart at our fingertips.
17/05/15: Ming Li has successfully completed the 30 Days of New Trials with her submissions for Doing Something Sweet and Doing Something Hot. We were so lucky to be graced with her gorgeous fanarts and accompanied fanfiction. I'll have to create an official 30DaysOfNT page one of these days. As a thank you gift, I posted a tiny S&S drabble titled "Baby Steps".
Thanks to her artwork, I was able to fill four more prompts for the 100 Themes Challenge: Start (Gaming), Wake (During the Morning Rituals), At Peace (Cuddling) and Introduction. We're at 88%!
If we weren't lucky enough, Ming Li launched a new project that she labeled as the NT: Sakura Card Design Project. For this ambitious adventure, she is planning on drawing 53 designs inspired by the Sakura Cards and modelled by the cast of New Trials. So far the collection features Kai as The Windy, Meilin as The Earthy, Tomoyo as The Light, Eriol as The Dark, Sakura as The Fiery, Syaoran as The Watery, Miho as The Arrow, Kara as The Sand and Leiyun as The Thunder. Finally, Ming Li treated us to the sweetest Nadeshiko and Sakura sketch for Mother's Day.
Shiyaechan (Joyce) also shared a stunning fanart featuring Sakura, Syaoran, Erika and Wolfie-chan.
30/04/15: It has been quite the eventful week and a half as April comes to an end.
Ming Li has been on fire as of late, by submitting fanart after fanart along with accompanied fanfics for the 30 Day New Trials Challenge. She delighted us with Making Out, Eating Ice Cream, Gender-swapped, In a Different Clothing Style, During their Morning Rituals, Spooning, Doing Something Together, In Formal Wear, Dancing, Baking, In Battle Side-By-Side, Arguing, Making Up Afterwards, On Their Special Day, Gazing in Each Others' Eyes, On One of Their Birthdays, and Doing Something Ridiculous. Only two more to go before she is the only person in the community to successfully finish the challenge single-handedly.
Thanks to Ming Li's and other members' beautiful fanarts, Wish-chan has joined in on the fun on Facebook. The fanart from Icy Barriers, Sakura in her Room, Sakura and Wolfie-chan and Kai & Meilin have been posted on deviantArt to be inserted in the New Trials Picture Book. She also updated her blog with her Best Anime Openings Part 1 (Top 10 Favorites of the 1990s) and Part 2 (Top 10 Favorites of 2000-2009).
Sara posted a great Eriol and Tomoyo fanart! And Kamaku posted many wonderful fanarts of scenes from the more recent chapters. To wrap up the updates, Drishti shared a very cute fanart of Sakura in Syaoran's Chinese robes.
19/04/15: Exciting news in New Trials land: as announced in her blog post (with a fresh new look and banner!), Wish-chan now has a new domain name: wishluv.com! Shiyaechan (Joyce) shared a couple more fan arts of Sakura & Syaoran and Tomoyo & Eriol. Dreamystarskye (Lua Ming) treated us with many delightful fanarts. First we got another peak of her WIP Ch 71 moments and two more submissions for the 30 Day New Trials Challenge: With Animal Ears and Wearing Kigurumis. So adorable!!
06/04/15: This month has been rather eventful thanks to the community celebrating Kai, Meilin and Sakura's birthdays. As teased, I wrote the beginning of "The Forbidden Trials of Small Wolf and the Nefarious Thief of the Night" based on Wish-chan's prompt of Tomoyo's backup film project. Bubulona also wrote a darling drabble of Kai being interviewed. xxMezMezxx shared a lovely Kai and Meilin sketch and teased us with a WIP coloured version of Exhaustion. For Sakura's birthday Wish-chan updated her blog and released a stunning fanart of Sakura on her Birthday at Tokyo Tower. We have a new fan artist over at Facebook! Shiyaechan shared a couple of breathtaking fanarts of Princess Sakura and Prince Syaoran. Other lovely fanarts can be found on her Instagram, including a piece that was inspired by New Trials. I've added her work to the New Trials deviantArt. Kirstyn showed off her funky Clow Card-inspired shoes that she made herself. Finally our dreamystarskye shared a lovely S&S giftart for Sakura's birthday.
01/03/15: xxMezMezxx shared a pretty Nadeshiko and Ryuuren fanart that she titled "Someday". Because Kai and Meilin both have birthdays in March, I posted a tiny drabble called "Ice Cream, You Squirm".
26/02/15: After a four month hiatus this site is back up and running. The biggest news is the release of Chapter 71 (and new blog post!), both Part 1 and Part 2. Now let's go back to where we left off.
October:
-In honour of Wish-chan's birthday (Oct 30th), Melanie's gift was her cover of Maroon 5's Pay Phone, a song that will forever remind us of S&S.
November:
-Puffu316 created two more manipulations: Yue the Moon Guardian and Yelan Li.
December:
-Kirei Blossom posted The Reality Chronicles spin-off fic that was a submission for the 100 Themes project. The premise is that it is a documentary covering the behind-the-scenes of NT (if it was a TV show) and it is absolutely hilarious.
-Wish-chan wished us Merry Christmas on her blog and treated us with Frozen parody New Trials art.
-Mia Song posted a stunning fanart of the New Trials cast celebrating the holidays.
-I posted an S&S drabble as a Christmas present for the group called "Babysitting Bonding". All of my NT fics can be found under the Writers' Corner.
January
-2015 kicked off with a blog post from Wish-chan along with a Nadeshiko and Ryuuren fanart, Warrior and the Angel.
-Selenity Shiroi drew a Sakura fanart to celebrate the new year.
-Lua Ming Li (aka Dreamystarskye) is still keeping the 30 Day New Trials challenge alive with her submission for "Hanging out with Friends."
-Dreamfollower graced us with Syaoran in his formal wear outfit from the fashion show in both colour and black & white.
February
-On the 11th anniversary of the New Trials Ring, Wish-chan posted Part 1 of Chapter 71: The Alliance of the Stars.
-Mia Song shared a precious fanart of a sleeping Syaoran and Wolfie-chan
-Lua Ming Li posted a fanart of some of the scenes from the Prologue.
-Sa Halliwell created an interesting logo for New Trials using a crescent moon to hug a star.
-As a Valentine's Day gift, Wish-chan surprised us all with Part 2 of Chapter 71 and updated her blog.
-A new artist has been inducted to the Artists' Directory. flamercross drew a fanart of Kai.
In 100 Themes Challenge news, I have decided to fill out some of the prompts since it's been a couple of years since the reservations were made (some dating back to 2012!!) and I fear that many of the promises were abandoned. So I have taken it on myself to assign Wish-chan's fan arts for Summer Haze, Rivalry, Perfection (emphasis on the cake!), Friendship and Stirring of the Wind, and Bubulona's fanart for Mist. Varsha was kind enough to let me use her Angel Nadeshiko fanart for Ghost. We're currently at 85%!
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12/10/14: There's been some really nice updates over the last couple of weeks. First, Saloni and Melanie are back again with NT Cast Part 2, where they matched suitable actors and actresses to the NT characters. Puffu316 has graced us with another manipulation, this time of Eriol and Tomoyo. Rigor Baybayon has also shared another beautiful piece with us titled Heartfelt Melody.
21/09/14: Week three of the 30 Day New Trials Challenge has flown by and there are a lot of wonderful updates. This week we explored past fan arts falling into the prompts of: In a different clothing style, During their morning ritual, Spooning, Doing something together, In formal wear, Dancing, and Baking.
As there were no fan art for Spooning, I posted a New Trials spin-off fic titled Angel Sleeping Beside Him.
Rigor Baybayon shared a Genderbending fan art with us inspired by Insanity by Bubulona and I posted a Ch 64 teaser fan art of Sakura's present to Eron as well. Diana aka Bubulona treated us to Kai and Meilin Cuddling, Eriol and Tomoyo On a Date, Mayura and Ruichi Kissing, and Mayura and Ruichi Wearing Each Other's Clothes.
14/09/14: Week two of the 30 Day New Trials challenge is moving along quite nicely as existing fanarts and a fanfic for Shopping, Hanging out with Friends, With animal ears, Wearing kigurumis, Making out, Eating ice cream and Gender-swapped were posted in the Facebook group. Lua Ming Li has continued treating us to sketches inspired by the prompts. This week we received: Erika and Jinyu Gaming, Eriol and Tomoyo On A Date, Kai and Meilin Kissing, Nadeshiko and Ryuuren Wearing Each Other's Clothes, Kai and Meilin Cosplaying, and finally Syaoran and Sakura Shopping. In other fanart news, Dreamfollower posted a sketch dump and a sexy picture of Kai is included!
07/09/14: What a fabulous week of wonderful updates. Wish-chan treated us to a new blog post where she was very excited about the latest fanarts, among other things.
The 100 Themes Project has upped its status to 77% complete. xMezMezx submitted the gorgeous Kai and Meilin from Ch 53 fanart for Prompt 60: Exhaustion. I finally got around drawing my Kai and Nina doodle for Prompt 73: Patience. Mesel was also kind enough to share her guitar and voice version of Maroon 5's Pay Phone. Selenity Shiroi posted an update of the progress that she made for her NT Victorian Costume Party.
We have a new manipulation from Puffu316 of Eron Chang! A behind the scenes look of the process can be found on Facebook.
The 30 Day New Trials Challenge is coming along nicely. I have posted existing fanarts every day since Sept 1st for Holding Hands, Cuddling somewhere, Gaming/watching a movie, On a date, Kissing, Wearing each other's clothes and Cosplaying. I also wrote a short drabble for Cuddling, all of which can be found in the Facebook Group. Lua Ming Li generously shared two fanarts for Holding Hands and Cuddling.
31/08/14: It is the 15th International New Trials Day tomorrow and Wish-chan kicked off the celebration by posting Tomoyo's Choice, Leiyun's Determination. Dreamfollower posted a couple of new fanarts as well. Cherry Blossom Magic portrays the scene where S&S reunites in Chapter 70 and she also drew Syaoran's Casual outfit from the fashion show. The NT Facebook group has some interesting WIPs so do check it out!
17/08/14: It's been a while since I've updated, but there's plenty to report. Bubulona's fanfic Insanity has been added to fan fiction.net and I took the opportunity to give her her own section in the Writers' Corner. We also have an artist who posted her posted her first New Trials fanart! A warn welcome goes out to Dreamfollower who posted the steamy Kai and Meilin scene from chapter 48, which she titles, Lesson Number 2. In addition, it has been used for Prompt 82: Advantage for the 100 Themes Challenge. 75% complete! Only one quarter to go!
With International New Trials Day around the corner, I thought it would be fitting to celebrate with the 30 Day OTP Challenge that will last through the month of September. But instead of concentrating on a couple, how about we celebrate everything that is New Trials? Basically, every day dans could post anything from new to (credited) old, from fan art to fanfic to drabbles, ect. The sky is the limit!
21/07/14: It's time for Part II of the Li Syaoran Birthday extravaganza!
Wish-chan treated us to a blog post and brand new fan art: Syaoran's Birthday Omake #3! Bubulona gave us two wonderful gifts. First she presented her submission for the Insanity prompt, which means that the 100 Themes Challenge is 74% complete. Then she sketched my dream fanart for Mist. Eye candy time!
Over at the Yahoo! Group, Jiri-chan shared her version of Yume no Tsubasa with us. Mesel also treated us to her version of Iris (Goo Goo Dolls), which is an mp3 attached to her message.
13/07/14: Happy birthday, Syaoran! WIsh-chan has updated her blog on June 29th, so check that out if you haven't already.
Bubulona has some great final versions up from her family tree project. The Reed women and The Li women are both stunning. xMezMezx posted a gorgeous coloured version of her Ch 70 fan art, which she titled "Bring Me the Night". The sketch has been drawn as well. Puffu316 designed a special fan art for our dear little wolf. Hopefully there will be more surprises along the way!
21/06/14: Fantastic news, New Trials fans! Chapter 70: Part II has been uploaded to fanfiction.net! We got a great blog post too by Wish-chan. Bubulona's coloured version of the Reed women has been released to celebrate. And check out Mugi-pyon's gallery of CCS and KagePro 0010 crossovers!
12/06/14: Wow, almost a month without an update! Well, I am happy to say that Bubulona released several works-in-progress of various NT family trees. On her deviantArt, you'll find the beautiful women representing the Reed family, Li family, Chang family and Mizuki family. Looking forward to the new additions when they come. Good luck with this project, Bubulona!
17/05/14: Now it's time for a proper update featuring the wonderful fan artists in our community. Bubulona drew the most adorable NT next generation fan art of Sakura and Syaoran's daughter with Eron's son. xMezMezx captured a special S&S moment from Chapter 70 that she titled Bring Me the Night. She was also kind enough to share an improvement sketch of the Meilin and Kai piece she is working on. Rigor Baybayon submitted another fan art of Sakura and Syaoran, with his hopes of how the series will end.
12/05/14: I haven't updated in a while, but that is because I was in the middle of moving. Thanks for the visits even while I was away! There are some new fan arts to report, but for now let me officially say that Chapter 70: Eye of the Dragon, Part 1 has been released a few weeks ago and the conversation about theories have been strong both at Facebook and Yahoo.
20/04/14: The next chapter is around the corner, but in the mean time enjoy the following updates. Dreamystarskye shared a really cool WIP of Meilin in action with her double swords and a portrait of Shulin. Bubulona also posted a fan art of pairing in the next generation of New Trials. Kirei-chan's Arc IV trailer is posted on ff.net.
13/04/14: There are a couple of new artists to introduce with this update. A couple years ago, Puffu316 created two of the first ever New Trials manipulations: Mizuki Kai and Ch 45 Intimate Kai and Meilin. Another fan who has shared his work with us is Facebook group member Rigor Baybayon. I have included him in the Featured Galleries section.
In writing news, Kirei-chan released the teaser trailer for Arc IV on the New Trials Yahoo! Ring. It will be posted on fan fiction.net this week.
04/04/14: A special Friday update for a change! The NT community celebrated Sakura's birthday with a new blog post and a special NT omake by our dear Wish-chan. S. Halliwell released her website, "The World of New Trials", which serves as a back-up for the chapters and features info about the NT universe. Finally, the ever-so-talented Mesel released a NT version of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" over at the Yahoo group and it's pretty special!
23/03/14: After some technical difficulties, the main NT site is back up. Wish-chan posted a new blog entry that covered this. She also revealed the title of the next chapter: "Eye of the Dragon". As an added bonus, she posted a wonderful collage of unfinished works over the years.
The NT Valentine's Special created by Saloni and Melanie is now up on YouTube!
Finally, happy birthday, Eriol!
09/03/14: After Valentine's Day there was a bit of a lull, but Sakura's birthday is around the corner so there's a great opportunity for surprises right there. In the mean time, Saloni and Melanie's video blossomed a whole conversation about K-pop and dramas so check out the Facebook group and the Yahoo group for that. As an added bonus, Wish-chan expressed her opinions on both the video and K-pop.
Bubulona was clever enough to remember Kai's birthday on March 6th! She even celebrated with an adorable Meilin and Kaitou Magician fan art and a short one-shot as well.
16/02/14: So many wonderful updates to report as we find ourselves at the heels of Valentine's Day. Let's start with the ever amazing and inspiring Wish-chan. We were luck enough to get a blog post and a new fanart of never-before-seen characters from the Nadeshiko Arc Ryouta, Eri and Reiji, which she titled The Dark Ones: A not so distant past...
The Facebook group had a nice Valentine's Day party with plenty of gifts. I posted my first sketch of the year! It's Kai with his Meilin DVD from Kirei Blossom's The Making of the NT Arc III Trailer one-shot. Bubulona also posted some cute Kero and Suppi fanarts: Kero and Suppi and Before the Sugar Rush.
Finally, Melanie and Saloni teamed up to create an original and creative gift where they matched up the characters of New Trials with real life Korean stars. Check out the video, which will be added to the media section.
09/02/14: To celebrate Chinese New Year's, Melanie shared a poignant songfic called, The Last Time. It explores Syaoran's side of the events that took place in the end of Arc III and a bit of Arc IV.
26/01/14: Oops, I've been quiet for the last couple of weeks! Thankfully I am back with some wonderful updates from Facebook, deviantArt, Yahoo and fanfiction.net.
Xenablaise Cabañez Rocamora posted two fanarts of a cute Sakura on Facebook. DeviantArt has new work from xMezMezX and Bubulona20 posted four wonderful Mayura sketches, three of them with Ruichi. On top of that, she wrote a beautiful one-shot about Mauyra's last days called Hope. Finally, be sure to visit the NT Yahoo Group for a few covers from our members.
05/01/14: Happy 2014, everyone! Let's hope that this will be an awesome year for New Trials! Remember, it's not just the chapters but the energy from the community from submitting fan art or contributing to the Facebook or Yahoo groups.
Wish-chan updated her dA with some nostalgia: Umbrella brings us back to happier times. Bubulona20 has posted another fan art of Mayura and Ruichi. Over at the Yahoo Group, Mugi-pyon left a musical present: Ai Kotoba.
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29/12/13: Happy holidays, New Trials fans! It's been quiet so far, but I do know that there are some busy fans out there are surprises are just around the corner. In the mean time, Wish-chan posted a blog entry with some funny CCS "What I do" memes. Check it out for a laugh!
22/12/13: It's been a couple of weeks, but we now have some updates! The S&S fanart by Mesaku18 (Kamaku Lemjane) titled Reaching Out is posted on dA. Bubulona submitted her fanart for the Anger prompt. Bring Her Back! brings the project to 73% complete.She also posted a great portrait of the Original Chang Twins.
01/12/13: The lovely Melanie got married a little while ago and she was inspired by New Trials to incorporate the red ribbon of fate in her wedding ceremony. Do check out the beautiful picture in the Cosplay and Photo Shoots section. There's a new fanart by Kamaku Lemjane on Facebook of S&S during the time Tomoyo was under The Phantom. Mugi-chan from Yahoo recorded some pretty songs that she shared with the group.
It's December 1st and Christmas is coming up sooner than we think. If you have a fan art or fan project idea, Christmas and New Year's are popular occasions to celebrate with the fandom.
10/11/13: There's a new addition to the spin-off fanfic section! Bubulona wrote a fun fic about the cast of NT reading New Trials. More members of the Yahoo group recorded themselves singing. Jiri-chan released a couple of covers: Yubiwa & Sonic Boom and Tooi Kono Machi (Chorus).
03/11/13: With Wish-chan's birthday and Halloween right behind us, it's my pleasure to report tons of NT updates!
We'll start with our special author Wish-chan who graced us with a blog post and special S&S Halloween fanart from the Masquerade NT special. She also stopped by the Yahoo group.
On Facebook and deviantArt, Bubulona20 drew a wonderful fanart of the Great Five during their earlier years.Saloni Khoja depicted Tomoyo's fantasy of Sakura's harem. Draugurok's gift was the fan favourite Bunny Meilin from Ch 69. Mesaku18 posted a nice fanart of High School Sakura.
Over at the Yahoo Group, along with the happy birthday posts, we've received some musical gifts, including On My Own sung by our favourite NT songbird Hazuki Goldair. As a Halloween treat she also covered The Zombie Song.
Last but not least, we have another entry for the 100 Themes Project. Dreamystarskye submitted Betrayal (WIP) for the prompt "Dead Wrong". The project is currently 72% complete!
20/10/13: Asumei has more goodies for us this week! She drew a beautiful fanart of The Fortune (without the frame is out as well) and a pretty picture of Sakura which I found suitable for Ch 57: The Gathering. Don't forget: Wish-chan's birthday is in ten days!
06/10/13: Asumei and I are starting to edit the Sakura Cards by adding the symbols from Sa Halliwell's Chinese characters list. You'll find the updated Cards in Asumei's account, the New Trials account and my Amethyst Beloved account. It's looking good so far!
29/09/13: Asumei is back with a wonderful version of The Phantom. I've added it to the Dark Forces Guide. In addition, I've also included Sa Halliwell's thorough list of Chinese characters that has been added to Kirei-chan's compilation of the Cards.
Wish-chan's birthday and Halloween is in a month from now. If you have any fan projects that you'll like to finish up, it's a great motivation!
15/09/13: The NT Yahoo Ring has been pretty popular lately! Do stop by and take a look at the interesting theories buzzing about.
08/09/13: Wish-chan updated her blog post again with the answers to Kirei-chan's NT Questionnaire. Enjoy reading her answers and listening to her musical submissions to some answers.
The NT 100 Themes Challenge is 71% thanks to Draugurok's submisson for "Answers": So Peaceful. Absolutely stunning.
A first time contributor but long time fans have joined the ranks as a NT fanartist. Cherryusagi posted a tribute to express her feelings from Chapter 69's cliffhanger, titled Thank you. I love you. She also posted a sweet picture of NT Sakura.
Additionally, Cherryusagi also launched a New Trials Tumblr account so please join if you have an account too!
01/09/13: Happy 14th International New Trials Day! It's fun that the update actually fall on the actual day this time around. I'll start by announcing that our favourite author has returned to the fandom for a short amount of time to give us her stunning fan art of S&S in Hong Kong titled "I'm here for you, Syaoran." She also wrote a wonderful blog post asking us about what direction the fandom should take.
Mesaku18 posted a fanart of Kai, Kara... and Meilin, which I found fitting for the "Running Away" prompt. xMezMezX released her NT Day gift, "Forever and a Day" for the prompt of the same name. The 100 Themes Challenge is 70% complete.
25/08/13: The NT CD Drama is progressing very nicely and a Facebook group has been created for the participants of the project for news and file sharing. Another group project that has recently been updated in the New Trials Wiki, which can be modified by anyone so feel free to contribute. Mesaku18 has posted an edited version of Sakura and Shaoran (The Fever). Finally, I added another entry to the 100 Themes Challenge. I thought for 03: History, Wish-chan's Young Mizuki Kai x Kara Reed is fitting because Kai and Kara had history. The project is 68% complete.
With all of the activity going on, it's surprising that International New Trials Day is in one week!
18/08/13: We've reached the two week mark past the last chapter's release and the updates are as strong as ever!
In 100 Themes Challenge news, Alexandra Young wrote a one-shot to give her version of why Chapter 69 ended the way it did. I thought it was fitting for Prompt 70: Bitter Silence. Bubulona released Pretense for Prompt 72, which is a fanart of Kai and Mikai. S. Halliwelll also wrote a one-shot for the project for Prompt 67: Boundaries titled "So Close, Yet So Far".
In general fanart news, Vestal-Spirit drew a beautiful fanart of Sakura in her gypsy costume.Melanie Mackey shared another fanart of Arc II Sakura. Mesaku18 (the latest artist to be added to the Directory!) posted two new fanarts: Sakura and Tomoyo (The Phantom) and Sakura and Shaoran (The Fever). Finally, dreamystarskye posted a WIP of the heart-breaking Betrayal scene.
Last but certainly not least, the NT CD Drama is ready to go! If you're interested in lending your voice, please contact WinxC1ub at her Hanna Li account.
11/08/13: It's been a week since the chapter came out and both the Yahoo Ring and Facebook Group has been on fire with discussion. There has been a lot of fanart over the week. I posted my submission for the "Breakfast" prompt for the 100 Themes Challenge of Kai, Meilin and Perro-chan. xMezMezx posted the coloured version of her Subaru and Nina fanart "If Only". Some more Chapter 69 related art has been shared with the group. Nekochan213 was inspired and released "Crying for You". Simultaneously, I used it for the "Holding On" prompt for the above mentioned project. Melanie Mackey shared her version of this special scene as well, titled "NT Harbor Scene". Finally, S. Halliwell thought it would be fun to do an audio recording of the beginning of the Prologue. It's fun to listen to so do check it out.
04/08/13: It's time to celebrate: Chapter 69: The Betrayal is posted! We also got a lovely blog post from Wish-chan. To celebrate, Selenity drew a fanart of Meilin from the chapter. Have fun discussion on Yahoo and Facebook! In 100 Themes Challenge news, I realized that The Invisible is a wonderful fanart for the Nowhere and Nothing prompt. So we're 63% complete.
31/07/13: Oh my gosh, is this an update? Hello New Trials fans! July has been an insanely busy month for me. I went to New York twice and in between we had a big storm that left us without power for three days. But I'm back and I'm ready to report everything that happened in the month of July.
First of all, our precious little wolf Li Syaoran celebrated his birthday on July 13th and though we didn't get a chapter update, it was nice to receive a sign of life from our dear Wishluv through a blog post. The Facebook group was very lively with well wishes.
In fanart, Vanessa aka nekochan213 had many wonderful gifts to share with the community. She posted a preview of her NT Chapter 1 doujinshi where she connected CCS with Wish-chan's NT. She also drew 26-year-old Syaoran and Sakura. Bubulona20 also drew some sketches of older Sakura and Syaoran, which are very sweet. Charrie on Facebook shared a fanart of Sakura. Finally, Kamaku Lemjane posted the sweetest pic of NT S&S in the rain.
To wrap things up, two fans posted pics of CCS cosplay! Mesel's Sleeping Beauty Prince costume and Katidid1992's school uniform Sakura.
30/06/13: I am happy to report three updates in the NT community! nekochan213 updated three more pages of Chapter 2 for her NT manga. Draugurok shared a gorgeous sketch that he is working on that he titles So Peaceful. Finally, xMezMezx is the first is line to present her gift for our Little Wolf: Hikari Are (Syaoran version) is the follow up to Hikari Are (Sakura version).
09/06/13: After a quiet month, the fandom is booming again! First, Happy Birthday, Miho who's birthday was on June 3rd. Kirei-chan posted a questionnaire over at the New Trials Ring that sparked a lot of fun discussion. Dreamystarskye posted a WIP of her first digitally coloured fanart, Kai and Meilin (Promise). Finally, nekochan213 is back with an update for her doujinshi project. She's begun posting Chapter 2, so please support her.
26/05/13: I've been working on editing the NT Chapter Summaries and Arc I has been completely revised. I've decided to use a page from shana-haibara's manga to represent "Reflection". Be sure to visit the NT Facebook group, because new and interesting conversation threads were recently started.
12/05/13: Happy one-year anniversary of The NT Fan Projects site! To celebrate I drew a new fanart of Takashi and Chiharu's Skit from the Best Couple's Contest. I chose it because it was the only reference to "Twilight" that I could find in NT. With that prompt out of the way, the 100 Themes Challenge is 62% complete.
05/05/13: shana-haibara released more doujinshi pages of New Trials, Chapter 1! Pages 16 to 24 are new.
28/04/13: New fanart alert! The talented Draugurok finished his latest entry titled "Erika Holding Her Photo". It was drawn for the New Trials 100 Themes Challenge prompt "Eternity", which makes the project 61% complete.
Doujinshi artist shana-haibara posted a journal entry on her deviantArt account with some news about her NT Doujinshi project so please check it out and encourage her!
21/04/13: I added Bubulona's Daidouji Tomoyo Love Love Chronicle to the 100 Themes Challenge because all of romantic moments between Eriol and Tomoyo was a nice fit for "10. Opportunities". The project is now 60% complete!
14/04/13: With Sakura's birthday behind us, we're now in a lull, but xMezMezx posted a manipulated picture titled "Illusioned Time" that she plans to use for her NadeRyuu "Forever and a Day" fanart. The final product is going to look great!
06/04/13: Our extraordinary heroine Kinomoto Sakura celebrated her birthday on April 1st, and as usual the fans celebrated with many wonderful gifts. I'll start this update up with the one and only Wish-chan who released a new fanart titled. "Everything's Gonna Be All Right, Sakura", which also serves the "A Place to Belong" prompt in the 100 Themes Challenge quite nicely. Wish-chan also posted a new blog entry, where she mentioned that Chapter 69 was 90% complete.
In fanart gifts news, Saloni Khoja posted The Lesson, which was for the "Lesson" prompt. xMezMezx drew a bittersweet Nina and Subaru sketch titled, "If Only" Draugurok shared his "Photo of Erika" with us, which is still a work in progress but looking great so far. Chibi Chan drew a happy Arc II Sakura and Syaoran pic. Mugi-chan from the Yahoo group submitted an adorable S&S as Red Riding Hood & Wolf fanart. In other genres, Keito submitted an audio gift where she sings a fandub of Hoshi No Michi No Kokuhaku (Platinum Piano Version). Rimashaolan is back with another poem, which I found fitting for the Broken prompt.
For the 100 Themes Challenge, Kirei Blossom's spin-off fanfics The Sniffing Chronicles and The Secret Wedding now represent the Unsettling Revelations prompt and Slow Down prompt respectively, which brings the grand total to 59% complete.
Thanks to everyone who contributed or posted on either Facebook or Yahoo, and if you wanted to contribute but you didn't have time, don't worry because Miho's birthday is in June and Syaoran's birthday is in July!
31/03/13: It was Meilin's birthday on March 25th and the Facebook group had a nice party. Along with the birthday wishes, we were also lucky enough to get a few gifts. Dreamystarskye released "May I Have This Dance" featuring Meilin and Kai dancing. Mesel Tzegai gave us a preview of a Kai and Meilin fanart on Facebook that she is working on. The New Trials community sends out a warm welcome to Sarah Ojou-san who drew a sweet Meilin and Kai fanart as well as a sweet S&S fanart of the picture that Mike kant took of them in New York, which I affectionately titled, "A Moment in Time".
In the 100 Themes Challenge news, one-shot fanfics are accepted so I welcome Bubulona20's The Silver Locket and Melanie Mackey's The Gang Plays True Love Game to the project, therefore bringing up the count to 54% complete now that 02 Complicated and 98 Game prompts are taken.
Finally, Kirei-chan posted a wonderful parallel between Star-Crossed and the events of New Trials that occurred at the end of Arc III and in Arc IV:
And the plot of the play is almost a lot like what actually happens with S+S: Like Romeo is exiled from Verona (Syaoran leaves for Hong Kong). However Juliet refuses to accept defeat and is determined to see him one more time (Sakura going to Hong Kong to see him). Everyone keeps telling Juliet to forget Romeo, and she says she can't (Sakura forgets Syaoran). Juliet agrees to marry Count Paris (Sakura and Eron's track), Romeo comes back and clashes with Paris (animosity between Syaoran and Eron), Paris tells Juliet that he realizes she doesn't love him, but he just wished she did (Eron giving Sakura up for these very reasons), Paris striking Romeo a death blow, but Juliet comes in between (Jealousy card - where Eron fights and nearly kills Syaoran, but Sakura comes in between - at least nothing fatal happened.) And then I'll stop here and not think about Romeo and Juliet dying, because Shakespeare was tragedy whilst New Trials will have a happy ending. :)
AMAZING!! Well, tomorrow is Sakura's birthday. It will also mark one year since we've had an update. Many of us are hopeful, but whether we get a new chapter or not, the NT love will always live on!
24/03/13: March 2013 happens to be the ten year anniversary since I've discovered New Trials. So to celebrate, I have created a new category called Wish-chan's posts, which highlights Wish-chan's most memorable post over the last nine years of the New Trials Yahoo group, Now, there are many posts that weren't included. But whether your not a Yahoo group member, or if you want to walk down memory lane, take some time to read over the titles and if something strikes your interest, please read the post!
17/03/13: Our favorite thief of the night celebrated his birthday on March 6th~ Happy Birthday, Kai! Our cherished author Wishluv showered us with White Day treats:
Sakura x Syaoran Cherry Kiss Tutorial, Happy White Day Sakura x Syaoran, and A Cinderella Story - Sakura at midnight! It's always a pleasure to hear from her. Also for White Day, xMezMezx released another version of Hikari Are -Revamped- that was used for the Light prompt for the 100 Themes challenge.
I have some exciting news regarding the 100 Themes Challenge! New Trials poetry is now accepted. I have found that Rimashaolan's poem works well for "51. Troubling Thoughts" and Cherry Butterfly's A Clash of Two Different Fates was a good fit for "41: Fork in the Road". The project is now 52% complete!
10/03/13: Check out Draugurok's latest Erika fanart! Even Wish-chan stopped by to leave a comment. Don't forget, Sakura's birthday is in less than one month. If you need a push of inspiration, now's the time!
3/03/13: All of the screen caps from the CCS series and the Sealed Card movie that could be useful to New Trials have been added to "Backgrounds". It really was a fun experience and I hope WinxC1ub will find them useful.
24/02/13: More screen caps are added to "Backgrounds" and all that's left is the second CCS movie. A new "Characters" page has been added for potential avatars if WinxC1ub agrees.
17/02/13: This week's updates features news from Wish-chan! She sent her Valentine's Day greetings through an S&S - Valentine's Day Cherry Kiss fanart and she also posted a blog entry regarding how she's doing and about her progress on the upcoming chapters.
In other fanart news, Selenity drew a sweet S&S fanart for my birthday and WinxC1ub drew the fandom's first Yaoi piece titled "Jingmei's Fantasy", which puts Syaoran and Kai in a compromising position! More snapshots have been added the "Backgrounds" page. I'm at episode 66.
11/02/13: WinxC1ub drew a wonderful picture of Meilin and Kai titled "The Devil's Angel". More screen caps are added to the "Backgrounds" page. Though I skimmed through the first two seasons of Sakura capturing the Clow Cards, I just have to re-watch the Sakura Card season because blushing Syaoran is precious!
03/02/13: WinxC1ub wrote a status update on Facebook about the approach that she would like to take regarding the presentation of the NT CD Drama. Originally the content for that project was under YouTube Videos, but now it has a page of its own. I skimmed through the first two Seasons of CCS to find various backgrounds of places featured in NT.
Today is the New Trials Ring's ninth anniversary. Though the discussion is now at Facebook, the Yahoo group is a great treasure trove of many topics of conversation.
27/01/13: I have been working on fixing the mistakes in my New Trials Chapter Summaries. The Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4A, Chapter 4B and Chapter 5 have all been updated and this time I included trivia, such as a school grade & month timeline, along with when the chapter was published.
20/01/13: We have another submission for the 100 Themes Challenge. Dreamystarskye's contribution for 18. Love is epic as it features 22 characters from the story. At 50% the project is halfway there! She also wrote a poem, which can be found in the description of the picture, but I have also given it a spot in the Writer's Corner under "New Trials Songfics and Poems".
13/01/13: Today I added a feature that I've been saving for a quiet week. I created a new page titled "Before & After Art Gallery", where you can see the progress of the New Trials fan artists as they re-visit older works.
06/01/13: Happy New Year! Let's hope that 2013 is going to be even more amazing than 2012. Wish-chan surprised us on New Year's Eve with a gorgeous drawing on Sakura and Syaoran in New York at the Best Young Director's after party from Chapter 20. It also happens to be my dream prompt for 65. A Moment in Time for the 100 Themes Challenge, which is now 49% complete.
Burning was recently edited to be pictured inside a speech bubble since Eriol told the story since the event happened before New Trials began.
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30/12/12: It's the last weekend of 2012 and I am proud to say that not week has gone by since opening the site that there wasn't a New Trials update. Therefore 2012 has been an excellent year for New Trials! The last update comes from our cherished author Wishluv who drew a Christmas Omake from Chapter 15: Hang a Shining Star. On top of that we were lucky enough to get a new blog update.
Wish-chan also left a special reply on deviantArt that's worth sharing after I mentioned that 2012 was a great year for NT thanks to the fan work:
Teehee... Kudos to Amethyst and the rest of the New Trials community for making this such a wonderful year. I feel guilty because I really thought I might be able to finish NT this year. But yay, let's continue the journey along a little longer~ And I KNOW 2013 will be an excellent year for NT. >.< Thank you so much!
Special thanks to Tanishka Nijsure for signing my guestbook in Comments and Feedback!
Happy New Year, New Trials fans! I will strive to continue updating this site every Sunday as long as there are fan related contributions to report.
23/12/12: WinxC1ub posted her gift to the New Trials fans, which is a New Trials AMV featuring most of Wish-chan's S&S artwork. It's called "Kiss the Girl" and it's a lovely video.
16/12/12: So many great fan art came out this week! A while back I told Vestal-Spirit about New Trials and she said she was interested in drawing something from the series. So we decided on Gypsy Sakura and Pirate Syaoran from Arc III before they went in Miho's fantasy. A couple more drawings have been added to the 100 Themes Challenge. xMezMezx shared her submission for 29: Light titled Hikari Are and a good friend added flames to my Tanaka Home picture to create the 38: Burning prompt.
Special thanks to dreamystarskye for her kind words under the Comments and Feedback section! By the way, I just wanted to point of that last Sunday (9/12/12) this site welcomed 275 visitors~ wow! Thanks for the support!
9/12/12: I am excited to unveil the New Trials project that I've been keeping under wraps since October. It's called the "100 Themes Challenge". It's 44% complete and I hope it will inspire fan artists to contribute something for the holiday season and/or through out 2013. If you don't draw, feel free to make suggestions!
Draugurok drew a chibi of me (Preya aka Amethyst Beloved) in Sakura's elementary school uniform and it is beyond adorable!
Wish-chan stopped by deaviantArt and posted a gorgeous group picture of the Seijou High School Ensemble! Wish-chan told me that she believes it fits prompt 71: The True You and I agree so now we're at 45% complete! Wish-chan also wrote a beautiful entry in the Comments and Feedback section so do check it out (and leave a comment too!).
2/12/12: Happy December! Christmas and New Year's is around the corner and it marks another time of year when we get to hear from Wish-chan's. Today's update is a fanart from Chapter 57: The Gathering by me and it's Eriol, Aki and Tomoyo around the campfire during the Truth or Dare game. It's a picture for the "Fire" prompt for the fanart group project that I'm planning on revealing very soon.
25/11/12: Bubulona20 posted Silver Locket on deviantArt and added a fan art of Mizuki Mayura. For fun, Draugurok posted a chibi-version of Tani-chan, who is an active member of the NT Facebook group. I posted a new fan art of the time bomb from Chapter 19 titled "Out of Time".
18/11/12: All good things must come to an end, and that happens to be the case with granolabarcherry14's New Trials: The War, which concluded on November 14th. Congrats! It was such an interesting story about an alternate ending for New Trials.
11/11/12: Granolabarcherry14's New Trials: The War is moving along amazingly with regular updates so do check it out if you haven't already. She definitely shines a whole new light on Leiyun! New Trials doujinshi artist shana-haibara back with fifteen new pages for Chapter 1. Please support her!
04/11/12: Wish-chan’s birthday was on October 30th and there were many lovely gifts that were shared with the community. On devaintArt, Draugurok drew dashing Syaoran as the Kaitou Magician from Chapter 59.5’s Halloween special. Selenity Shiroi teased us with a NT Victorian Party sketch that holds so much potential. She also posted a gift of Sakura holding a cake. After Wish-chan commented “But is it horrible of me to wish that Sakura trips over and falls with the cake?” Selenity-chan couldn’t help but to whip up this picture: Oops. Katidid1992 drew Sakura in Halloween attire. Dreamystarskye drew a great picture for Halloween of scenes from her spin-off fanfiction that she wrote in the description.
Over at the Facebook Group, Saloni Khoja posted a charming picture of Syaoran waltzing with Sakura-hime. Drishti Sachdeva drew a cute picture of S&S wishing Wish-chan a happy birthday. Chibi Chan sketched a handsome Syaoran with a balloon. Hazuki Goldair’s gift was her cover of The Rose which was sung by Tomoyo in Chapter 56: A Tea Party.
In fanfiction, Bubulona wrote an interesting fanfic about The Great Five titled The Silver Locket, which received an honorable mention by Wish-chan. Plus on the Wish-chan’s Birthday event page you’ll find Elisa Cheng’s Chapter 56.9: Runaway Adventures in Tokyo where she posted snippets of a real gem in terms of missing moments: Meilin and Kai during the Best Couple Contest! As always, New Trials: The War is being constantly updated to check out the new plot twists.
The cherry on top of this special occasion would be hearing from our beloved Wish-chan. She shared a new fanart titled Lady Sakura and Lord Syaoran and she posted a new blog entry to thank the fans for the gifts and to give us a bit of news about the upcoming chapters.
Another event is behind us so it’s time to look forward to Christmas and New Year’s. I plan on launching a new fanart related project before the holidays. My latest picture, the teddy bear from Chapter 63 is for the “Lost and Found” prompt. More details in December!
Special thanks to Bubulona20 and gamma-rae-star for signing my guestbook!
28/10/12: It's Wish-chan's birthday this week! MuzikChic's beautiful gift is "Can I Take Off Your Mask?" and it's a scene from the Halloween Masquerade with Sakura in her gorgeous costume. Granolabarcherry14's The New Trials: The War is still going strong with more updates this week. The Comments and Feedback page has a new entry~ thank you, Selenity Shiroi! On a side note, do read her latest journal entry as it has some cute New Trials spin-off material.
21/10/12: The fan art section of the site has been updated because there was too much content for one page! It's now called Fan Art Collection where there are three sub-divisions: Galleries, Doujinshi and Artist Directory. The New Trials: The War by granolabarcherry14 has a couple of new chapters. A week and a half until Wish-chan's birthday!
14/10/12: The first present in honor of Wish-chan's birthday and Halloween is up! Dreamystarskye drew another beautiful group shot, the time featuring the girls of New Trials. In fanfiction, The New Trials: The War by granolabarcherry14 had a few more chapters added over the week. Finally, Shana-haibara is back and updated her New Trials doujinshi: pages eight through thirteen are up, thus completing the prologue!!! She also left a kind message in the Comments and Feedback page.
07/10/12: In fanfiction, The New Trials: The War by granolabarcherry14 has been updated so check it out. Plus, for the first time ever in New Trials, a 3D perspective has been done on one of the buildings: the Tanaka Home by Amethyst Beloved! Check out the comparison between the two versions.
30/09/12: The New Trials Facebook group has been very active along with deviantArt and even fanfiction.net! Shana-haibara has started her New Trials doujinshi and already has seven pages drawn from the Prologue. Drishti Sachdeva drew a great picture of Eron Chang. She also released another audio file of Yume No Tsubasa where she sings both the male and female parts herself, which can be found under the Files section of Facebook group. Over at fanfiction,net there's another spin-off fanfic: granolabarcherry14's The New Trials: The War was published on Sept 23rd and it's a fascinating tale of how the Alliance of the Stars is dealing with the war and she brings an original character in the mix.
In terms of anniversaries and achievements, NewTrialsOfCCSakura turned 1 on Sept 22nd and the Facebook group hit 200 members.
Finally, Wish-chan's birthday and Halloween is in one month! I even created a Facebook event, lol.
21/09/12: A new section has been added to the site: Comments & Feedback. It's not a guestbook, but at least you could leave your warm thoughts about the site and/or give me the heads up about an update that I don't know about yet.
Have you recently introduced New Trials to someone? Heighten their experience with the "Spoiler-free Guide to The New Trials Picture Book" found under the deviantID section on the New Trials deviantArt account!
Also on the NT deviantArt account, a new folder called "Gifts and Contributions" has been created and I've uploaded a couple more of Atlantis Forester's fanarts back from 2002 (Sakura and Sakura on a Swing). And finally, Tuka-chan has been added to the DeviantArt NT Artist Directory.
16/09/12: Kirei Blossom wrote another wonderful spin-off fic titled The Secret Wedding Chronicles that takes place after Chapter 68. Please read and review! Plus, I added another page to the Fan Art 100 section called "What Didn't Make the Cut" to show some fan arts that were intended for the project until more suitable pictures were released.
09/09/12: A lot of fun updates today, especially on the fanart front. There's a new NT artist with us: dreamystarskye drew a stunning New Trials fanart with practically everyone in the cast! A whopping thirty-five charcaters! Selenity Shiroi took a walk down memory lane and did a Then and Now on her first Meilin picture for New Trials. From the Facebook group, Chibi Chan's Tomoyo sketch was added, Saloni Khoja shared a wonderful sketch of the S&S sword fight scene from Star-Crossed, and Drishti Sachdeva posted two pictures of Tradional Sakura and Chibi S&S as Bunnies.
On the multimedia side of things, Kris posted a video in honour of International New Trials Day and gave an astounding testimonial on why NT is so epic.
03/09/12: International New Trials Day was a success as Wish-chan and her fans came together to celebrate the story's 13th anniversary. There are a lot of updates so I'll report them in chronological order. A couple of days before the big celebration, Chibi Chan showered us with many delightful sketches inspired by New Trials. The next day, Wish-chan shared a brand new fanart based on Chapter 4 and wrote a wonderful blog post that mentioned that the edited versions of New Trials from Prologue to Chapter 4 were released.
The fans were very generous with the gifts. Drishti Sachdeva posted a fan art of Sakura in a saree and a few audio tracks of her singing Catch You, Catch Me and Honey, which can be downloaded from the Facebook Group. Draugur drew a great fan art of Arc II S&S when they were trapped with handcuffs and as this is his sixth drawing for New Trials, I am featuring his gallery in the Fan Art Galleries section where he will join the ranks of other popular artists who are well known in the fandom for their art.
In other fanart news, Tuka-chan posted her very first drawing to celebrate New Trials Day. Katidid1992's gift was a picture of Arc IV Sakura titled "Come So Far" thinking back of her life since her Clow Card days and how now she's fighting the dark forces. Selenity Shiroi released her stunning "Sakura and the Five Force Treasures". It's also a related fan art for the Dark Forces Guide as that's when Sakura captured The Plague!
Finally, Hazuki Goldair teased a preview of her latest music video, featuring Kai and Meilin and Avianlover wrote a cute spin-off NT fic of the characters celebrating this special day. Overall it was a wonderful celebration that's not over yet as more fans finish off their gifts for the best fan fic in CardCaptor Sakura history!
26/08/12: Amanbu-chan's spin-off NT fic, The Stalking Date, has been updated with a couple of new chapters so don't miss out on the fun. MuzikChic drew a very pretty picture of Sakura that was inspired by New Trials and that could fit in Arc II. Draugurok also has a fabulous new picture up featuring the adorable scene from Chapter 65: Cohabitation, Part Deux when S&S mixed their ties.
NT Appreciation Day is in exactly one week! It will be the story's 13th anniversary.
12/08/12: A lot of interesting updates in three different mediums! nekochan213 has two more beautiful fanarts: S&S Rain Scene (Ch 67) and Tomoyo from Arc IV. Kris is back on YouTube with a new video review for Chapter 2: The Mysterious Past. Finally, there's a new addition to the Writer's Corner. Check out The Stalking Date by amanbu-chan, which is a new fic set after Chapter 66 and starring Miho and Aki.
05/08/12: A new section has been created: Cosplay and Photo Shoots and it features teruteru-bozu's beautiful cosplay pictures. The talented Selenity Shiroi has finished her Sakura in Magnet Costume fan art and it's stunning. It has been added to Arc IV of the Dark Forces Guide. Finally, nekochan213 (aka Asocialcat) shared a picture of NT Syaoran. Her name has been added to the dA Arists Directory.
28/07/12: A couple of fanarts and for the first time ever a New Trials cosplay! Bubulona20 drew a picture of the Chang Family and Vanessa C shared her first ever NT sketch of everyone's favorite Kai. Longtime NT fan, teruteru-bozu designed a beautiful costume based on Wish-chan's Girl in the Green Dress and posted a couple of pictures!
22/07/12: A new fan artist has been added to the DeviantArt NT Artists Directory! I met Katidid on dA back in May when I was spreading the word about The NT Picture Book. She just released a sweet S&S fanart from Chapter 64 called "Bittersweet Snow".
13/07/12: Happy birthday to our dear Li Syaoran! On this special day, the fandom has received a few gifts, from Draugurok and our wonderful Wish-chan who updated her blog with a Birthday Omake!
09/07/12: The New Trials Chapter Summaries have been added to The Writer's Corner. There are some new fanart by Draugurok, Bubulona20 and Okamihimesakura so be sure to check them out and support them!
02/07/12: The New Trials Fan Art 100 has a new addition: "Titles, Credits & Stats". Selenity Shiroi also posted her lineart of Sakura's outfit while she was capturing The Magnet.
29/06/12: Lots of updates today! Bubulona20 is the newest fan to join the growing list of New Trials Fan Artists. MuzikChic released two of Sakura's outfits which have been added to the Dark Forces guide under The Animate and The Jealousy. Draugurok drew a sweet Takashi and Chiharu picture from Chapter 47: Shredded Fantasy. Finally, The Fortune and The Crystal are drawn so all of the Sakura Cards that have been captured have been drawn. It's a great achievement!
18/06/12: The Youtube Videos page has been updated with a couple of tribute videos.
16/06/12: A new poem by Nina Tanaki has been added to the Writer's Corner!
11/06/12: Fan art alert! I just discovered two new NT artists and it is a pleasure to share them with the fandom! First there is Sourin's Finding You and then there is Fiji-fan who has drawn all of Tomoyo's fashion show outfits for Sakura! Enjoy and please support the artists! And for the first time, I used my own lineart to draw a Sakura Card! Here's The Pride! The Memory has also been created, thus completing the list of all the Sakura Cards that were captured in Arc IV.
09/06/12: I thought I wouldn't be able to create any more Sakura Cards, but I was wrong! Here are The Decay, The Despair and The Jealousy!
05/06/12: The Family Trees section has been added, and check out the new addition to the Fan Art Galleries: the "DeviantArt NT Artists Directory". There's another timeline comparing real time and New Trials time. In fan art news, Lana-445 has released a number or New Trials pictures: Kai and Meilin, Eriol and Tomoyo from Chapter 67.5, and Miho's Alice in Wonderland birthday party (sketched and coloured).
27/05/12: Here are the last two Sakura Cards that I can draw using MS Paint: The Phantom and The Metal. Plus, a warm welcome goes out to Draugurok who is one of our newest artists in the New Trials fandom. He's released a picture of Sakura in her Chapter 45 battle costume when she captured The Wave and The Magician!
25/05/12: Two new fan arts: The Stalker and The Unicorn!
19/05/12: The Writer's Corner section has been released and new Arc IV fan arts are posted: The Veil, The Forge, The Animate and a sketch of Sakura's Magnet costume.
16/05/12: New Youtube Videos are added along with The Heal and The Rocky!
13/05/12: The Fan Art Galleries page has been created. The Dark Forces section has two new Sakura Cards: The Obedience and The Plague.
10/05/12: The Youtube Videos page is up. The Magican Sakura Card and The Fate Sakura Card has been added to the Dark Forces section.
07/05/12: Created the Updates page! While the initial white-writing-on-black-background web page design suited the Dark Forces Description, I decided that a site devoted to fan projects needed a more delicate touch. I'm please with my choice! I also changed the colours of titles and headers through out the site.
So far this site is home to the Dark Force Descriptions and Sakura's Battle Outfits Guide, New Trials FanArt 100, a couple of timelines and important links. There will be more fan projects (both old and new!) to come!
For Eron and Erika's birthday on May 25th, Diana made a fan video of the twins dancing to a popular Parks and Recreation sound byte. Miho's birthday was on June 3rd and Wish-chan posted a drawing of Miho and Eriol. Dalis de la Mothe posted some new mood boards from Meilin, Syaoran and Miho. Syoaran's birthday was on July 14th and Wish-chan posted a great fanart of Syaoran and Sakura, and she updated her blog too. Mesel's gift was her third and final version of Daydream. I added the new additions to my Before and After page. Jiri-chan's gift for Syaoran was a cute fanart of his desk that inspired a sweet Syaoran and Meilin ficlet. Melanie shared a NT inspired songfic based on Taylor Swift's Invisible String.
This year New Trials celebrated its 21st anniversary. Rather than starting on Sept 1st, I chose to start on August 1st as a countdown to New Trials Day along with celebrating through out the month with two activities. The first was a re-draw of Wish-chan's classic fanart S&S Hug. We were lucky enough to have two interpretations. Jiri-chan gave us Suppi and Kero-chan recreation of the hug and Mesel gave us her version where Sakura is taking a selfie of her and Syaoran, The second activity was a the 31 Days of NT drawing challenge based on this prompt list. I was able to draw all 31 fanarts based on canon scenes! Melanie drew an S&S fanart for the Surprised prompt where she showed them meeting even if there was no magic, Jiri-chan drew a Meilin and Miho fanart for the With a Sibling prompt and she wrote a fanfic and drew a fanart of Eriol playing video games for the Something They Would Never Do prompt. I also found existing fanarts over the last twenty years to match the prompts. In other gifts, Mesel made Sakura's bird staff with a 3D printer and shared the final results with us.
Myla shared two of her own videos: a Syaoran voice actor ranking video and a Tomoyo and Sakura Popular (from Wicked) fanvid. She also shared a video that gave her Tomoyo and Leiyun vibes. Finally, last but certainly not least, the always lovely Diane stepped up with a NT first: Vines! She shared not one but two Vine compilation videos of clips that reminded her of NT.
13/05/20: I'm introducing a new CCS fandom friend that I met through my Destined Loved v.2 fanfic on AO3 to New Trials and since she read the first three chapters, I'm showing off the doujinshi first. The new layout on deviantArt isn't too my liking so I've decided to update my Doujinshi page on the fansite which I haven't touched since 2013. The four-years-late addition is Ming Li's doujinshi. Joyce's drawings of Sakura and S&S during the masquerade are now on dA. Myla shared a new Sims screenshot of the Great Five and Risa as toddlers. And I finally added the Groups.io link to the Groups and Collections page!
In other news, this month marks the eight year anniversary of my NT Fan Projects site! I'm so glad that there's a place to house all of the projects over the last twenty years and according to the traffic stats I'm thrilled that fellow fans are constantly visiting this site regardless of when I update or not.
05/04/20: There are so many wonderful updates to report!
On St-Patrick's Day, Wish-chan ended her self-ban and showered us with many New Trials gifts. In her blog post she gave us a thorough update of what she's been going through over the past few months. She also peppered the post with a Syaoran and Sakura fanart to celebrate 2020, a witch Sakura sketch for Halloween and a Kai sketch to honour his March 6th birthday. We also got some wonderful photos of Wish-chan's fabulous CCS jewelry and merchandise. Finally she gave us even more goodies over at our Groups.io community such as her inaugural post and a draft of a New Trials Special Chapter: The Annals of the Li Clan - Li Leiyun. As a bonus some of the NT cast were particularly chatty before the main event.
Joyce shared a pretty fanart of Sakura based on Wish-chan's fanart of Sakura blowdrying Syaoran's hair. It was a picture that I pulled up because I found an actual bird-staff inspired CCS hairdryer! Meilin and Eriol also celebrate their birthdays in March so Mesel posted a sketch and a coloured version of both of them in their battle costumes when the Alliance faced off against the yakuza in Chapter 66. She also shared her Meilin and Kai playlist. Wish-chan posted a nice sketch of Meilin and Kai on Meilin's birthday.
On April 1st it was our darling Sakura-chan's birthday. Wish-chan did not disappoint with an elegant fanart and a blog post. My gift to the group was a fanart from Arc 2's Pink Ribbon Trees. Mesel's gift and belated NT Day gift was a stunning redraw of her first NT fanart in 2012 based on a daydream from a fellow group member. I submitted those two pieces to my Before and After gallery, which hasn't seen any other improvement fanarts since I introduced the gallery in 2013 (or maybe it's the fact that I've forgotten about this page). Melanie was next to spoil us with a delightful fanart of the S&S swing set kiss. Sara-Jayne gave us a preview of the next instalment in her ongoing NT chapter art project. Finally, Ming Li shared her fanart of Sakura and Syaoran in the rain, which is nicely suited for the season.
In non-New Trials news, I shared a short video showing off my mug from Myla's online store!
18/01/20: Happy New Year 2020!!
Though we didn't get any chapter updates last year and Syaoran's birthday limbo continues, 2019 marked the year where Natasha, Serenity, Jiri-chan, Mesel, Kirei-chan and I all pitched in monetarily to save the now deceased Yahoo Groups that we've been using free of charge for the last 15 years. Kirei-chan took the initiative of finding us a new home and discovered Groups.io but the transfer came at a price that neither of us expected anyone to contribute to until we threw it out there. I continuously thank the aforementioned people from the bottom of my heart for saving our history. Join us at https://groups.io/g/newtrialsring/topics for all things New Trials. There's even a Chat Room that's going to be so much fun once the next update drops!
On Wish-chan's birthday, I posted a picture of my husband and me in S&S's Tokyo date outfits that's already on the Cosplay, Photos & Manips page. Mesel dedicated one of her Inktober sketches to Wish-chan. Kamaku Lemjane also dedicated an Inktober sketch to Wish-chan of Sakura on the swing right before Syaoran comes and kisses her.
Moving on to non-New-Trials-but-CCS-news, for Halloween, I posted a fanart of Sakura as Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty), which was my very first fanart request! I also gifted Jiri-chan a Tomoyo fanart of the opening scene of her fanfic, Visions of Snow White. Drishti, posted a photo of the spectacular handcrafted silver CCS pendant that her husband made for her birthday.
During a relatively quiet November, at the last minute I introduced a 25 Days of NT Christmas drawing challenge. As this is the fifth drawing challenge over the last twenty years of the fandom, I've decided that it was time that everything should be under one page on this site: Fan Art Projects. In other fanart news, Dreamfollower revisited her personal challenge of drawing chapter art and drew a gorgeous fanart of Eron and Erika being introduced to the class in Chapter 1. And just before the year wrapped up, Mesel posted a sketch of a particularly comfy Kara on New Year's Eve.
There was a huge announcement from one of our own: Myla aka WinxC1ub launched her online shop, Myst and Magic's Apparel. I just bought a mug featuring her gorgeous S&S red string of fate fanart as an early birthday present.
Finally, I updated my blog. But rather than picking up where I left off with New Trials, I'm revisiting my own fanfic from 2002 because in December 2018, KID-Z4P remastered my fic and I promised that I would read it once I finished editing my own version. Last year my NT re-read monopolized my spare time, but now I'm ready to re-visit my old work and discover someone else's new spin on it!
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15/10/19: This is the first time in a long time that I have an update that doesn't have anything to do with my New Trials summaries or re-read. That's because last month we celebrated New Trials' 20th anniversary! In order to celebrate in style I introduced the second 30 Days of NT project (the first one being in 2014). This time around I not only found 30 existing fandom fanarts but I participated in all the days as well. I was happy that Wish-chan, Diana, Ming Li and first time contributor Juli joined me as well. I'm proud to present the 30 Days of NT - 2019 page! On top of participating in fanart challenge, during the month I also posted photographs of my husband and I cosplaying as Sakura and Syaoran from Chapter 72: Almost Left Behind when they were on their Tokyo date and recreating the various poses and activities based on quotes and fanarts. The can be found in the Cosplay, Photos & Manips section.
The fandom didn't hold back when it came to celebrating New Trials Day. Diana shared an amazing group shot of all of the New Trials characters celebrating this special day. Ming Li posted a great fanart of Erika and Jinyu introducing themselves in an interview with Tomoyo. Mesel shared her cosplay pictures of Sakura's outfit from Sakura and the Panicky Bicycle. Myla spent the day streaming and finished the line arts of portraits of Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meilin, Eron and Erika. Wish-chan posted a WIP of Syaoran to fall into the 'Have a character introduce themselves' prompt for the challenge.
As the month went on, Ming Li posted a fantastic Kai, Meilin and Perro-chan WIP for the 'Happy' prompt. She also drew a WIP of Syaoran sleeping on Sakura's lap from Chapter 71 for the 'Sleepy' prompt and Tomoyo in a gorgeous coat from the 'In Winter Clothes' prompt. Diana contributed to the project by drawing a napping Kai and Meilin in bed fanart for the 'Sleepy' prompt and she drew a picture of Tomoyo honouring her birthday on Sept 3rd. I am so pleased to introduce a new fanartist that emerged last month: Juli Von Bose DeHoyos! She submitted three wonderful fanarts inspired by the project: Kai and Meilin in winter clothes, Tomoyo in a different hairstyle and Sakura looking at something beautiful. The final fanart that was submitted this month was a finished piece of the WIP we got in February: S&S before the board meeting in Chapter 72! The fanart was drawn by Vivelda and it was commissioned by Bharad.
As for the non-fanart updates, Kirei-chan posted a series of unanswered questions in the Yahoo Group where we've been slowly talking about. Jiri-chan posted the second chapter of her Dreamscape Chronicles: Visions of Sleeping Beauty. Matthew finished all of his chapter reviews and he shared his thoughts on the Legacy and Kaitou side stories as well. Congratulations! I've added two of his written contributions to his section of the Writer's Corner: Kai and Syaoran Epic Rap Battle and a Dark Poem that could apply to Jinyu. Finally, I went to a Chinese Lantern exhibit where the structures were larger than life. I came across two dragons that reminded me of Celes the Blue Dragon and the White Dragon from Chapter 70: Eye of the Dragon!
18/08/19: While I was doing my re-read, it dawned upon me that when Sakura uses a new spell to seal Cards under the power of the Moon, those cards must have new looks. So I re-did the Metal, the Magnet and the Unicorn. Speaking of my re-read, over the last few months I blogged about chapters 68, 69, 70 part 1 and 70 part 2. The summaries for chapters 68, 69, 70 part 1 and 70 part 2 are up as well. Wish-chan updated her blog in honour of Syaoran's birthday and she posted a wonderful fanart of an older Ryuuren with baby Syaoran. Wish-chan also has a new Instagram where she not only shows off her beautiful fanart but also a lot of fabulous CCS jewelry and merchandise. Mesel posted a really sweet S&S fanart titled The Night Sky from Chapter 73.5 for Syaoran's birthday.
I'd like to shine the spotlight on our latest Facebook group MPV: Matthew Stephen Hyder. Matthew discovered New Trials in the spring of 2019 (sixteen years after I did) and is taking the time to chronicle his thoughts and observations of the chapters. Although I'm also doing a re-read, there's nothing like experiencing someone's first time with New Trials where they are completely in the dark about what would happen next. I've been delightfully enjoying all of his posts and it thrills me every time he makes a correct prediction, such as wondering if there was going to be a Despair Card all the way back in Arc 3 and realizing that Shing was Keisuke before it was revealed in the text. Along the way he also made a New Trials Quiz and he wrote three poems which I submitted to the Writers' Corner. More recently, he took the time to compile a collection of FF reviews for New Trials.
I'm five years behind, but I FINALLY created a page dedicated to the 30 Days of New Trials event that I hosted in 2014 for New Trials' 15th anniversary. The page is dedicated to Ming Li aka dreamystarskye who completed the challenge. With that out of the way, I can proudly announce the next big project: 30 Days of NT - 2019, which will be in honour of New Trials' 20th anniversary! I went through a lot of prompts and I'm most pleased with Mochi-BobaTea's rendition. Details will be posted in the Facebook NT Group!
21/04/19: I feel like I've been neglecting my site, but it's only been two months so that's not so bad. I assume that I feel this way because it's taking significantly longer to get through my re-read since I'm summarizing the chapters at the same time. Since my last update in February, I blogged about and summarized Chapter 67, Parts 1 & 2, Chapter 67.5 and Chapter 67 Parts 3 & 4. Talk about delaying the inevitable!
I discovered a non-NT S&S drawing, but because they were dressed as Romeo and Juliet, I thought it was the perfect Star-Crossed fanart. Wish-chan updated her blog to celebrate Valentine's Day and the 15th anniversary of the Yahoo Ring. The Syaoran Birthday Omake series was continued with a four panel comic from Chapter 73.5. The blog post included the concept art of Sakura's green dress from that chapter and a sketch of Touya and Yue. Ming Li re-posted her cool Meilin and Kai kiss fanart based on the Making Out prompt. I am long, long overdue to make a 30 Days of New Trials page to feature all of her amazing work and the other related fanarts for the event that I hosted back in 2015. Sakura's birthday was a quiet one, but Wish-chan posted an epic fanart of Syaoran with his dragon wings from Chapter 71 and she treated us with another blog post too. Dreamfollower is drawing daily art inspired by prompts and the snake that she drew for the Poison prompt reminded me of the Poison from Chapter 49. Maya has been sharing some pretty cool videos of recreating CCS characters by using Sims. It's so accurate and fun to watch!
11/02/19: Happy New Year, New Trials friends! 2018 was a fantastic year for the fan projects website because I was able to maintain it all year through ever since revitalizing it back in September 2017.
For a bit of housekeeping from the last time, here are the deviantArt manga pages for Bubulona's Great Five vignette Part 1 and Part 2. I also noticed that I never uploaded my two NT bound photos on the fan site so I completely updated the Cosplay, Photos and Manips page where I also included some shots from Melanie's 2010 photoshoot of the Veil and a photo of the recreation of Sakura's Star key and Five Force ring on a necklace.
Wish-chan posted an HQ version of one of her fan arts from the fashion show. I requested it because Syaoran's outfit is similar to what he was wearing in the Love category. Last month, I commissioned Myla to draw the very last Syaoran from the Street Wear. Now Tomoyo's entire fashion show line up is complete. I will have to make a collage of all the fanarts.
For Christmas, Myla drew a very cute Christmas Sakura wearing a star pin that's similar to the one that Syaoran gave her. On New Year's Eve, Wish-chan treated us to an amazing blog post chronicling her experience at the CardCaptor Sakura Exhibition in Tokyo. On New Year's Day Mesel posted the sweetest fanart of Sakura and Tomoyo when they were younger. Finally, a friend of one of the FB group members (Bharad) drew the scene of from Chapter 72 that's absolutely stunning despite the fact that it's a WIP.
Remember back in the good old days when I was able to release a blog post for every new chapter on a weekly basis on New Trials Revisited? Well, now that I'm past the already existing summary of Chapter 63 those days are gone. I only covered four chapters since my last update (Chapter 63, 64, 65 and 66) instead of my usual ten. While I am taking longer to read the chapters, at least I can proudly say that the summaries for Chapter 64, Chapter 65 and Chapter 66 are up. I also changed the name from "New Trials Chapter Summaries" to "Amethyst Beloved's New Trials Chapter Summaries" to ease the blow when fans realize that it's not a new chapter after all. One day I'll stop feeling guilty...
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10/12/18: Ever since I started my re-read of Arc 4 in the beginning of October, I've been posting a new blog post on a weekly basis. Chapters 54 through 62 are all up on my blog. Since there were no specific fanarts for Chapter 60: Rememory, I edited one of Wish-chan's existing fanarts so make my own interpretation of the scene where Syaoran finally confronts Sakura about forgetting him. I love how it turned out!
First time contributor, Ch Nutcha Phenpaisit, shared a beautiful drawing of Sakura and Syaoran in the FB group. I hope we'll see more from her! Yaninpoart opened up her commissions a few months ago, and I ordered Pirate Syaoran from the Ch 62: Designs in Crime fashion show. It came out even better than I imagined. Dreamfollower is re-reading New Trials as well and she drew a great fanart of Syaoran on the phone with his mother from the prologue. He looks so much younger than the NT!Syaoran of present day!
It was Wish-chan's birthday on October 30th, and Ming Li delighted us with a role-reversal Kai and Meilin fanart. For my birthday present to Wish-chan, I shared a photo of me recreating Mesel's Kai and Meilin at the graveyard fanart. Then on Halloween my husband and I posed for another photo inspired by nightlyvisions's Meilin and Kai fanart. Speaking of nightlyvisions, I dove into their gallery out of curiosity and found another Kai and Meilin fanart that has existed since 2004! Shulin and Hayashi got some love from Ming Li who shared not one but two fanarts of the star-crossed lovers. And the second one came with a great fanfiction too. Lemjane shared a super cute fanart of Sakura modelling with a dango that was mentioned at the beginning of Ch 73.5.
Now for some non-Facebook news! For Wish-chan's birthday, Diana drew a collection of adorable Great 5 vignettes and shared it over at the Yahoo group. I'll post the dA link if she uploads it there since I know not everyone has access to the group. Over on deviantArt, I recently obtained scribbletalk's permission to upload two of her fanarts that I was able to connect to New Trials. Behind the Scenes is a beautiful portrait of Tomoyo in her element and it totally reminded me of Chapter 62: Designs in Crime. Family Portrait reminded me of a line from Chapter 12: Till You Turn To Me where Sakura was telling the mad men that her mother was always watching over her.
Christmas time is around the corner! I hope there will be some fun fandom gifts... or updates!
22/09/18: Ten days ago I completed my re-read of Arc 3 so all of the blog posts up to Chapter 53 are up on New Trials Revisited. I plan on starting Arc 4 next week. This is the arc that I'm the most antsy about because I'm going to have to go back to summarizing chapters when I'm around the mid-60s. To pick off where I left off from last time, I added Yaninpoart's (Kristina) Eriol and Tomoyo fanart on deviantart.
On September 1st, New Trials celebrated its 19th anniversary. I posted my gift first, which was a recreation of the bear mugs that Sakura gave Syaoran in Chapter 44. Then Wish-chan gave us a wonderful surprise and posted the second half of the first part of Chapter 73.5. This is the first time that New Trials has been updated on FF where a notification wasn't sent so it was a sweet community-members only Easter egg. Wish-chan also shared a pretty sketch of Mayura and Ruichi on FB. Yaninpoart's gift was the cutest drawings ever of the Great Five and their patron animals: Hayashi and Ruichi, Mayura and Shulin, and Landon and Risa. Mesel released her Li Line ensemble portrait and she posted the Li sisters (with their identification) too. Over at the Yahoo Group, Jiri-chan posted a series of scenes from Visions of Sleeping Beauty. Finally, Dalis de la Mothe posted a series of mood boards on FB where members had fun guessing who was being represented.
This just in: on Syaoran's birthday, Selenity drew a 2018 version of Syaoran in his battle robes. I can't believe I only discovered it today!
13/08/18: Originally I was going to wait until I finished re-reading Arc 3 before updating, but after getting through the 64,027 words-long Chapter 50, I figured that it was enough of an achievement. So my New Trials Revisited blog is currently sitting at that 60 posts since I started it a year ago. What makes the latest post for Ch 50 special is that it features Yaninpoart's three-part Eriol, Tomoyo and the Snow Queen fanart that's a WIP so it's not on deviantArt.
So let's recap what's happened in the fandom since June. CCS:CC wrapped up and Wish-chan posted the final two episode recaps on her blog. When she first started recapping, she didn't think she would have had the time to cover all twenty-two episodes but we're so happy that she did!
Back to NT news, there's an adorable line in Chapter 73 where Syaoran assumed that ogres were cute so I had to add Yaninpoart's Godzilla and Sakura fanart and EnragedEnishi's Sakuzilla to the NT Picture Book. At the end of June, I announced the CCS:Clear Card Manga Book Club. Because we have no control over what shows up on the Facebook, I've decided that all discussion will be either at the Yahoo Group or at my brand new and oh-so originally named Tumblr, The New Trials of Amethyst Beloved. So far we've covered five chapters and though I do feature Jiri-chan's posts from two years ago on Tumblr, the main discussion for now is on Yahoo. Bubulona spoiled us with not one, but two NT spin-off birthday fanfics! First she posted Meilin's gift and then she posted Kai's plan. After Bubulona shared her fics, Jiri-chan mentioned her Visions of White fic that she posted in 2016. I realized that I never added it to my Writers' Corner section since the site was on hiatus and now that's fixed.
The most exciting thing to happen was Wish-chan's latest update in honour of Syaoran's birthday with Chapter 73.5: The Hong Kong Encounter, A Side: A Birthday to Remember. The new 'Side A' descriptor that we've never seen before definitely suggests that there's a 'Side B' to Part 1 before we get to Part 2. Only time will tell! Maybe we'll find out on New Trials Day. We also got a blog post and a yummy fanart of Syaoran with a cupcake.
WinxC1ub decided to run a New Trials inspired run of The Sims and I decided to add some of the screen captures that she shared in the Facebook group in the NT Sims and CD Drama section. It was SyaoSaku week a little while ago and Mesel spearheaded a New Trials inspired version of the prompts and it was shared on the NT Tumblr. She also shared a WIP of the Li Clan throughout the generations. Finally, Mesaku shared a preview of her S&S posing for Purikura pictures.
29/05/18: I'm happy that I'm keeping up with updating this site! It looks like my habit of coming here after I've blogged about ten chapters is working out. I started reading Arc 3 in April and now chapters 37 through 45 are all posted on my NT Revisited blog along with the re-edited chapter summaries. Because the chapters are so long, there is so much fanart. I only had to draw the chapter art for Ch 39: Impulse and I titled it A Gentleman Agreement. The blog is going great, and people are starting to leave comments, which is so exciting!!!
Small update on the last update: Bubulona posted the FB comics on deviantArt and we can now appreciate it so much more: G5 pt 1, G5 pt 2 and Eron x Jinyu.
So let's start where we left off! Mizuki Kai's birthday was on March 6th and Wish-chan posted an awesome character profile of our favourite their of the night. We also got a new sketch of Kai and Nina. Mesel also posted a coloured portion of her Kai's Angels piece for the occasion. Mesaku18 posted a pretty hilarious meme squad base where she depicted the characters of NT. White Day was on March 14th and Wish-chan posted a lovely sketch of Tomoyo and Eriol. On Eriol's birthday, Mesel treated us to a sketch of Clow's reincarnation. In non-NT news but still on the topic of Eriol's birthday, Bubulona posted a great drabble related to it. MJ on the Facebook group posted photos of what NT looks like when Arc 1 and Arc 2 are printed and it's pretty wild. I added it to the Cosplay, Photos & Manips section. Melanie posted a CCS themed YouTube video and gushed about NT as well. It's been a while since I've added something to NT media! Mesel posted a wonderful fanart of all the members in the Amamiya line.
Sakura's birthday was on Arpil 1st and I would have updated the site if I had the time. Wish-chan posted a fierce fanart of Sakura and Syaoran prepared for battle. Mesaku18 posted an adorable fanart of Sakura on her 17th birthday surrounded by the gifts she received in Chapter 70. Selenity posted a fanart of Meilin in a cat costume (inspired by the CCS:CC episode) and Bubulona pointed out that Meilin was wearing a cat costume in Chapter 8's Halloween special! Yaninpoart posted a Tomoyo and Leiyun fanart inspired by a quote from Chapter 72. She also posted two fanarts of Sakura and Syaoran's Chapter 73 kiss that looked so epic that a few of us including myself wasn't sure if it was spoilers for CCS:CC. She also drew Sakura as Godzilla, which I have to add to the picture book once I find the quote where Syaoran thought ogres were cute. Finally in fanart news, Mesaku18 posted a great drawing of Sakura and Syaoran before entering Miho's haunted house.
New Trials is on a new social media platform! Mesel and Dalis from the Facebook group created a Tumblr account to celebrate NT. What I really enjoy about this blog are the mood boards. So far the ones that are up are for Sakura, Tanaka Mikai and Mizuki Kai.
Finally, let's give a hand to Wish-chan who has been posting CCS:CC reviews for 20 episodes straight on her blog! I read them as soon as I finish watching and they really enhance my understanding of what happened during that half hour and her snarky captions are everything.
04/03/18: There has been so much activity in the world of Card Captor Sakura thanks to the Clear Card series. We're nine episodes in and Wish-chan has been blogging about the episodes for nine weeks straight. There are so many amazing connections between CCS:CC and NT that I look forward to listing all of them some time in the future.
The Kaitou Magician Origins was updated with Chapter 6, and a blog post and a sketch of Leon Reed was shared as well. We also got a sketch of Young Miho from that period.
On the fanart front, Shiyaechan posted Cinderella Erika. S&S in formal attire, a happy Meilin and Kai, a doujinshi of the Ch 73 bonfire and S&S in their battle costumes from Chapter 10. Then last one was added to the Dark Forces Guide. I drew a fanart for Chapter 31 and titled it Picking Up the Pieces to serve as fanart for my blog and to fill in that pesky prompt. It was also drawn in celebration of the Yahoo Ring's 14th anniversary. Wish-chan also posted a blog post and drew a fanart to commemorate the special day: Chibi Beauty and the Wolf. Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year was shortly after and Wish-chan posted a blog post and a wonderful Living Together fanart from the Arc 2 days. Mesaku18 is back with the most adorable Syaoran-Bear fanart. There's also an S&S fanart from the Clear Card ending on Facebook as well as a NT Meme Squad base fanart. Bubulona/Diana posted a couple of NT comics as well on Facebook: Eron and Jinyu's hair and a Great Five comic. There's also a beautiful fanart of Shulin, Syaoran and Meilin. Last but not least, Dreamystarskye posted a sketch of Meilin on the FB page.
Finally, I posted ten more entries on my New Trials Revisited blog, thus concluding Arc 2! I'm going to take a brief hiatus to do other reading but I plan on being back with the beginning of Arc 3 for Sakura's birthday.
06/01/18: Happy New Year 2018, New Trials fans! The fanfic may be getting closer to the finale and every time we ring in a new year we fear that it may be its last. But as long as the community is thriving, New Trials will never go away.
Wish-chan updated her blog with a fanart to celebrate the new era of CCS with the Clear Cards. My blog is still going strong with ten new entries since I last posted about it. The Best Couples Contest was just introduced so that's going to be lots of fun to experience again.
On the fanart front, Shiyaechan shared drawings of Eron and Erika, and two different shots of Sakura in an original fashion design. Yaninpoart posted two sketches (Version 1) in the Facebook group, which I also added to the NT dA account. The Amamiya Line sends their Christmas greetings and an older S&S wishes us a Happy New Year. Finally, xMezMezx posted an incredible sketch of Kai's Angels based on Chapter 73.
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10/12/17: The 100 Themes Challenge is one percent closer to completion with Wish-chan's almost version of the full shot of the Ch 15 Christmas Omake. Frost now brings the project to 95%. Yaninpoart was very generous with her artwork and gave us 'Dance with Me' (a Leiyun and Tomoyo piece), a portrait of The Mizuki Cousins, The Reed Line and a WIP of Tomoyo from Chapter 73. xMezMexz is also back with the very first Naoko and Dairen fanart. Finally, I've updated my New Trials Chapter Release timeline, which has been stagnant since 2012. It's interesting to see that the one-chapter-a-year trend is actually something that we've been accustomed to for six years now and very normal so that means Wish-chan has nothing to feel guilty about! Finally, I've updated my Comments and Feedback section. I haven't pestered people to sign it since 2012 so it's always a surprise when fans actually leave sweet messages on their own accord!
30/11/17: It has been quite an eventful month in the New Trials fandom! First and foremost, Wish-chan updated with Chapter 73, Part 2. Second of all, Wish-chan's website has been updated for the first time since 2015 so that's very exciting too. The latest update is accompanied with another blog post. The discussion has started over the Yahoo Group (including some messages from Wish-chan!) and the one-week spoiler-free waiting period is now up on Facebook.
The next ten chapters have been covered and discussed over on my New Trials Revisited blog. Only Chapter 13 didn't have a fanart so I whipped up Eron's Experiment. Yaninpoart (formerly under CherryCute1994) has been spoiling us with fanart. Leiyun & Tomoyo, Erika & Eron, Meilin & Jinyu, Meilin & Kai and Eriol & Tomoyo fanarts have been added to her gallery. In the spirit of Halloween, xMezMezx shared a fanart of a spooky S&S by the caldron. Shiyae-chan also posted a new S&S fanart on Facebook.
14/10/17: It's actually so much easier to update this site now that New Trials is back in my life. With my blog constantly being updated as I get ahead, I've decided to only make announcements about it every ten chapters for now (and maybe every five once they get deliciously long). All of my thoughts from Prologue to Chapter 10 are posted on New Trials Revisited and I've decided to draw fanarts for chapters with no corresponding artwork. My first one was for Chapter 9, which I entitled The Rope in Action.
CherryCute1994 has given us even more Leiyun and Tomoyo goodness. She also posted two stunning fanarts from her Shades of Grey collection featuring Tomoyo & Sakura and Leiyun & Syaoran.
01/10/17: What's this? Another update? So soon? Thanks to my New Trials re-read and my new NT Revisited Blog, I'm more in the spirit than ever. I wanted to take the time to officially welcome CherryCute1994 to the artist community. Not only did she give us a great fanart of Leiyun in his doctor cosplay, but her masterpiece of Leiyun protecting Tomoyo is incredibly stunning. It actually gave me the idea to use it for prompt 66: Dangerous Territory in the 100 Themes Challenge. We're 94% complete! Shiyaechan has also been sharing her New Trials inspired art.
I also forgot to mention that my New Trials Real Time Timeline has been updated for the first time since 2012!
04/09/17: I keep saying that I've retired this site over on Facebook, but here I am! I logged into Weebly and I saw that this website still has hits despite being inactive for over a year and a half. Today was a big day in the fandom. Wish-chan updated with Chapter 73: The Other Side of Midnight and wrote a new blog entry. Speaking of blogs, I started my own in honour of my NT reread. It's called New Trials Revisited and with every chapter I'll be updating the summary, posting my thoughts and featuring chapter fanart.
There has been lots of fanart updates that can be found on the Facebook group, but I thought it would be important to highlight xMezMezx who has been on top of her game all year with special distinction to her epic four part Meilin and Kai digital project. And I've come to realize that I never added dreamystarskye's submission for Promise in the 100 Themes Challenge so that's fixed. I also decided that Mesaku18's Desperate Embrace would be perfect for My Heart. Now we're at 93%!
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17/02/16: Happy New Year 2016 New Trials fans! Celebration fanarts include three more pages of Ming Li's doujinshi of the Prologue. Since it overlaps shana-haibara's Prologue, I decided that it was time to make a Doujinshi deviantArt folder. Mesaku18 posted an adorable picture of Syaoran and Sakura with Star-Crossed titled, "Love in the Library". A few days later, Ming Li added doujinshi pages ten, eleven and twelve. The cover was posted shortly after that.
In February, Mesaku18 posted a fanart of Sakura and a Butterfly from Chapter 70 when Sakura was in The Fantasy. Bubulona posted a fanart of Kaho to celebrate the character's birthday. On Valentine's Day Wish-chan posted a character sketch of Eriol and Tomoyo along with a blog update.
Finally, the Vietnamese translation of New Trials website has been launched by Chun Yu. A daunting project so we wish her the best of luck!
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30/12/15: After a four month hiatus (I guess this has become a yearly thing?), I'm here to update the site before the new year. With all of the news steadily being shared on the Facebook group, it's hard to find the motivation to keep up, but at least it gives me a chance to share the Facebook art on deviantArt.
September:
On September 1st we celebrated International New Trials Day's 16th anniversary. Wish-chan wrote a blog post and even posted a S&S fanart from the unreleased Chapter 72 titled "Déjà-vu: The Transfer Student from Hong Kong". Ming Li inked her Kai and Meilin fanart for the occasion. Diana also posted a Kai and Meilin fanart. Joyce treated us to another gorgeous fanart of Sakura. Tomoyo's birthday was a few days later. Ming Li released a coloured version of Tomoyo and Eriol and Dark and Light. xMezMezx also celebrated Tomoyo's birthday with a lovely sketch titled Summer Breeze. Joyce's gift was an intense looking portrait of Sakura and Syaoran. Later on in the month, she also posted an Eriol and Tomoyo fanart.
October:
Joyce kicked off the month by posting a fun fanart of Sakura and Tomoyo. It was Nakuru's birthday and xMezMezx shared a great fanart titled "The Autumn Moon" featuring both NT Nakura in her nurse's uniform and Ruby Moon. In October we celebrated Wish-chan's birthday so an avalanche of fanarts rolled out for the occasion. Joyce released a whole collection of chibis: Sakura & Syaoran, Tomoyo & Eriol, Kai & Meilin, Miho & Kara, and Eron & Erika. There are also larger versions of Royalty Eriol & Tomoyo and Eron & Erika. Joyce also drew a portrait of New Trials-inspired Wish-chan with long hair and a blue dress. Diana shared a Kai & Meilin fanart, as well as a rare sketch of Eri and Ryouta, which now is now the "Misunderstanding" fanart for the 100 Themes Challenge. Rigor Baybayon shared a heartwarming fanart of a Filipino-inspired Sakura and Syaoran. For Halloween, Kamaku posted a hilarious fanart of Kero-chan scaring Sakura.
November:
This month begins with many of Joyce's fabulous fanarts. Sakura in a Yukata, quirky Kai and Meilin, Syaoran, Eron & Wolfie-chan, Eron and Sakura, and finally Syaoran and Sakura. Ming Li shared the gift-art that she made for Wish-chan's birthday: Flying Sakura, Syaoran covering Sakura's eyes and a windswept Tomoyo and Eriol fanart. Finally, Ming Li also took the time to colour her wonderful Kai and Meilin fanart.
December:
Rigor Baybaon posted a touching fanart of Sakura and Syaoran in their older years. For Christmas and for Yukito's birthday, xMezMezx posted a Yue and Yukito fanart, which she named "The Winter Moon". Diana posted two jolly Kero-chan fanarts: one for Wish-chan's birthday and the other for Christmas.
We got a blog post from Wish-chan and she also shared a beautiful fanart of Touya, Yue, Sakura and Kero-chan at Christmastime.
Finally, Ming Li surprised us all by sharing the first set of sketches depicting the beginning of New Trials' prologue. Pages one, two, three, four, five and six are all up.
26/08/15: I realized that my "The Forbidden Trials of Small Wolf & the Nefarious Thief of the Night" drabble would fit with the "Choice" prompt of the 100 Themes Challenge very nicely. I've also decided to use Waiting by Rigor Baybayon for the Excuses prompts, thus bringing us to a satisfying 91% complete.
On July 13th we celebrated Syaoran's birthday. Wish-chan posted a blog update and her annual birthday omake for the fourth year in a row. Ming Li posted a late Father's Day fanart of Syaoran and Ryuuren, a S&S fanart of them wearing the Fiery and Watery costumes she designed for Syaoran's birthday, and a full coloured version of Tomoyo's Light costume. Shiyaechan/Joyce shared a number of gorgeous artworks with us: the Chang twins, S&S inspired by chapter 1-25, S&S picnic for Syaoran's birthday, and portraits of Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol. Finally, xMezMezX posted a great fanart of the Chang twins titled Yin and Yang for their birthday.
25/06/15: The month started off with our dear Yahoo New Trials group delivering some terrible spam to the members. I've contacted Kirei-chan and she said that everything is now in order. I've started a few conversations in case anyone wants to jump in.
On June 3rd, we celebrated Miho's birthday with Mesel posting a fanart of our favourite young journalist in Seijou blue as depicted in Chapter 71. Lana-445 posted a great picture of Sakura in her bridesmaid's dress from Asuma and Arima's wedding. Dreamystarskye shared a stunning Eriol and Tomoyo fanart with us.
Shiyaechan (Joyce) shared three gorgeous fanarts with us, which I've added to deviantArt: (1) Sakura, Tomoyo and Meilin, (2) Syaoran, and (3) Sakura and Syaoran.
30/05/15: Rigor treated us with a precious fanart of Syaoran sleeping on Sakura's lap. Ming Li added some more fanarts to her Sakura Card Design Project. She revealed Kaho as The Time, Eron as The Dash and a WIP of Touya as The Mirror. For Nadeshiko's birthday, xMezMezx shared a wonderful sketch of young Nadeshiko and Fujitaka titled One Sweet Love from the flashback found in Chapter 71.
I filled out the Misunderstanding prompt with a fanart from five years ago and the project is 89% complete. It's great that we have over a decade's worth of New Trials fanart at our fingertips.
17/05/15: Ming Li has successfully completed the 30 Days of New Trials with her submissions for Doing Something Sweet and Doing Something Hot. We were so lucky to be graced with her gorgeous fanarts and accompanied fanfiction. I'll have to create an official 30DaysOfNT page one of these days. As a thank you gift, I posted a tiny S&S drabble titled "Baby Steps".
Thanks to her artwork, I was able to fill four more prompts for the 100 Themes Challenge: Start (Gaming), Wake (During the Morning Rituals), At Peace (Cuddling) and Introduction. We're at 88%!
If we weren't lucky enough, Ming Li launched a new project that she labeled as the NT: Sakura Card Design Project. For this ambitious adventure, she is planning on drawing 53 designs inspired by the Sakura Cards and modelled by the cast of New Trials. So far the collection features Kai as The Windy, Meilin as The Earthy, Tomoyo as The Light, Eriol as The Dark, Sakura as The Fiery, Syaoran as The Watery, Miho as The Arrow, Kara as The Sand and Leiyun as The Thunder. Finally, Ming Li treated us to the sweetest Nadeshiko and Sakura sketch for Mother's Day.
Shiyaechan (Joyce) also shared a stunning fanart featuring Sakura, Syaoran, Erika and Wolfie-chan.
30/04/15: It has been quite the eventful week and a half as April comes to an end.
Ming Li has been on fire as of late, by submitting fanart after fanart along with accompanied fanfics for the 30 Day New Trials Challenge. She delighted us with Making Out, Eating Ice Cream, Gender-swapped, In a Different Clothing Style, During their Morning Rituals, Spooning, Doing Something Together, In Formal Wear, Dancing, Baking, In Battle Side-By-Side, Arguing, Making Up Afterwards, On Their Special Day, Gazing in Each Others' Eyes, On One of Their Birthdays, and Doing Something Ridiculous. Only two more to go before she is the only person in the community to successfully finish the challenge single-handedly.
Thanks to Ming Li's and other members' beautiful fanarts, Wish-chan has joined in on the fun on Facebook. The fanart from Icy Barriers, Sakura in her Room, Sakura and Wolfie-chan and Kai & Meilin have been posted on deviantArt to be inserted in the New Trials Picture Book. She also updated her blog with her Best Anime Openings Part 1 (Top 10 Favorites of the 1990s) and Part 2 (Top 10 Favorites of 2000-2009).
Sara posted a great Eriol and Tomoyo fanart! And Kamaku posted many wonderful fanarts of scenes from the more recent chapters. To wrap up the updates, Drishti shared a very cute fanart of Sakura in Syaoran's Chinese robes.
19/04/15: Exciting news in New Trials land: as announced in her blog post (with a fresh new look and banner!), Wish-chan now has a new domain name: wishluv.com! Shiyaechan (Joyce) shared a couple more fan arts of Sakura & Syaoran and Tomoyo & Eriol. Dreamystarskye (Lua Ming) treated us with many delightful fanarts. First we got another peak of her WIP Ch 71 moments and two more submissions for the 30 Day New Trials Challenge: With Animal Ears and Wearing Kigurumis. So adorable!!
06/04/15: This month has been rather eventful thanks to the community celebrating Kai, Meilin and Sakura's birthdays. As teased, I wrote the beginning of "The Forbidden Trials of Small Wolf and the Nefarious Thief of the Night" based on Wish-chan's prompt of Tomoyo's backup film project. Bubulona also wrote a darling drabble of Kai being interviewed. xxMezMezxx shared a lovely Kai and Meilin sketch and teased us with a WIP coloured version of Exhaustion. For Sakura's birthday Wish-chan updated her blog and released a stunning fanart of Sakura on her Birthday at Tokyo Tower. We have a new fan artist over at Facebook! Shiyaechan shared a couple of breathtaking fanarts of Princess Sakura and Prince Syaoran. Other lovely fanarts can be found on her Instagram, including a piece that was inspired by New Trials. I've added her work to the New Trials deviantArt. Kirstyn showed off her funky Clow Card-inspired shoes that she made herself. Finally our dreamystarskye shared a lovely S&S giftart for Sakura's birthday.
01/03/15: xxMezMezxx shared a pretty Nadeshiko and Ryuuren fanart that she titled "Someday". Because Kai and Meilin both have birthdays in March, I posted a tiny drabble called "Ice Cream, You Squirm".
26/02/15: After a four month hiatus this site is back up and running. The biggest news is the release of Chapter 71 (and new blog post!), both Part 1 and Part 2. Now let's go back to where we left off.
October:
-In honour of Wish-chan's birthday (Oct 30th), Melanie's gift was her cover of Maroon 5's Pay Phone, a song that will forever remind us of S&S.
November:
-Puffu316 created two more manipulations: Yue the Moon Guardian and Yelan Li.
December:
-Kirei Blossom posted The Reality Chronicles spin-off fic that was a submission for the 100 Themes project. The premise is that it is a documentary covering the behind-the-scenes of NT (if it was a TV show) and it is absolutely hilarious.
-Wish-chan wished us Merry Christmas on her blog and treated us with Frozen parody New Trials art.
-Mia Song posted a stunning fanart of the New Trials cast celebrating the holidays.
-I posted an S&S drabble as a Christmas present for the group called "Babysitting Bonding". All of my NT fics can be found under the Writers' Corner.
January
-2015 kicked off with a blog post from Wish-chan along with a Nadeshiko and Ryuuren fanart, Warrior and the Angel.
-Selenity Shiroi drew a Sakura fanart to celebrate the new year.
-Lua Ming Li (aka Dreamystarskye) is still keeping the 30 Day New Trials challenge alive with her submission for "Hanging out with Friends."
-Dreamfollower graced us with Syaoran in his formal wear outfit from the fashion show in both colour and black & white.
February
-On the 11th anniversary of the New Trials Ring, Wish-chan posted Part 1 of Chapter 71: The Alliance of the Stars.
-Mia Song shared a precious fanart of a sleeping Syaoran and Wolfie-chan
-Lua Ming Li posted a fanart of some of the scenes from the Prologue.
-Sa Halliwell created an interesting logo for New Trials using a crescent moon to hug a star.
-As a Valentine's Day gift, Wish-chan surprised us all with Part 2 of Chapter 71 and updated her blog.
-A new artist has been inducted to the Artists' Directory. flamercross drew a fanart of Kai.
In 100 Themes Challenge news, I have decided to fill out some of the prompts since it's been a couple of years since the reservations were made (some dating back to 2012!!) and I fear that many of the promises were abandoned. So I have taken it on myself to assign Wish-chan's fan arts for Summer Haze, Rivalry, Perfection (emphasis on the cake!), Friendship and Stirring of the Wind, and Bubulona's fanart for Mist. Varsha was kind enough to let me use her Angel Nadeshiko fanart for Ghost. We're currently at 85%!
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12/10/14: There's been some really nice updates over the last couple of weeks. First, Saloni and Melanie are back again with NT Cast Part 2, where they matched suitable actors and actresses to the NT characters. Puffu316 has graced us with another manipulation, this time of Eriol and Tomoyo. Rigor Baybayon has also shared another beautiful piece with us titled Heartfelt Melody.
21/09/14: Week three of the 30 Day New Trials Challenge has flown by and there are a lot of wonderful updates. This week we explored past fan arts falling into the prompts of: In a different clothing style, During their morning ritual, Spooning, Doing something together, In formal wear, Dancing, and Baking.
As there were no fan art for Spooning, I posted a New Trials spin-off fic titled Angel Sleeping Beside Him.
Rigor Baybayon shared a Genderbending fan art with us inspired by Insanity by Bubulona and I posted a Ch 64 teaser fan art of Sakura's present to Eron as well. Diana aka Bubulona treated us to Kai and Meilin Cuddling, Eriol and Tomoyo On a Date, Mayura and Ruichi Kissing, and Mayura and Ruichi Wearing Each Other's Clothes.
14/09/14: Week two of the 30 Day New Trials challenge is moving along quite nicely as existing fanarts and a fanfic for Shopping, Hanging out with Friends, With animal ears, Wearing kigurumis, Making out, Eating ice cream and Gender-swapped were posted in the Facebook group. Lua Ming Li has continued treating us to sketches inspired by the prompts. This week we received: Erika and Jinyu Gaming, Eriol and Tomoyo On A Date, Kai and Meilin Kissing, Nadeshiko and Ryuuren Wearing Each Other's Clothes, Kai and Meilin Cosplaying, and finally Syaoran and Sakura Shopping. In other fanart news, Dreamfollower posted a sketch dump and a sexy picture of Kai is included!
07/09/14: What a fabulous week of wonderful updates. Wish-chan treated us to a new blog post where she was very excited about the latest fanarts, among other things.
The 100 Themes Project has upped its status to 77% complete. xMezMezx submitted the gorgeous Kai and Meilin from Ch 53 fanart for Prompt 60: Exhaustion. I finally got around drawing my Kai and Nina doodle for Prompt 73: Patience. Mesel was also kind enough to share her guitar and voice version of Maroon 5's Pay Phone. Selenity Shiroi posted an update of the progress that she made for her NT Victorian Costume Party.
We have a new manipulation from Puffu316 of Eron Chang! A behind the scenes look of the process can be found on Facebook.
The 30 Day New Trials Challenge is coming along nicely. I have posted existing fanarts every day since Sept 1st for Holding Hands, Cuddling somewhere, Gaming/watching a movie, On a date, Kissing, Wearing each other's clothes and Cosplaying. I also wrote a short drabble for Cuddling, all of which can be found in the Facebook Group. Lua Ming Li generously shared two fanarts for Holding Hands and Cuddling.
31/08/14: It is the 15th International New Trials Day tomorrow and Wish-chan kicked off the celebration by posting Tomoyo's Choice, Leiyun's Determination. Dreamfollower posted a couple of new fanarts as well. Cherry Blossom Magic portrays the scene where S&S reunites in Chapter 70 and she also drew Syaoran's Casual outfit from the fashion show. The NT Facebook group has some interesting WIPs so do check it out!
17/08/14: It's been a while since I've updated, but there's plenty to report. Bubulona's fanfic Insanity has been added to fan fiction.net and I took the opportunity to give her her own section in the Writers' Corner. We also have an artist who posted her posted her first New Trials fanart! A warn welcome goes out to Dreamfollower who posted the steamy Kai and Meilin scene from chapter 48, which she titles, Lesson Number 2. In addition, it has been used for Prompt 82: Advantage for the 100 Themes Challenge. 75% complete! Only one quarter to go!
With International New Trials Day around the corner, I thought it would be fitting to celebrate with the 30 Day OTP Challenge that will last through the month of September. But instead of concentrating on a couple, how about we celebrate everything that is New Trials? Basically, every day dans could post anything from new to (credited) old, from fan art to fanfic to drabbles, ect. The sky is the limit!
21/07/14: It's time for Part II of the Li Syaoran Birthday extravaganza!
Wish-chan treated us to a blog post and brand new fan art: Syaoran's Birthday Omake #3! Bubulona gave us two wonderful gifts. First she presented her submission for the Insanity prompt, which means that the 100 Themes Challenge is 74% complete. Then she sketched my dream fanart for Mist. Eye candy time!
Over at the Yahoo! Group, Jiri-chan shared her version of Yume no Tsubasa with us. Mesel also treated us to her version of Iris (Goo Goo Dolls), which is an mp3 attached to her message.
13/07/14: Happy birthday, Syaoran! WIsh-chan has updated her blog on June 29th, so check that out if you haven't already.
Bubulona has some great final versions up from her family tree project. The Reed women and The Li women are both stunning. xMezMezx posted a gorgeous coloured version of her Ch 70 fan art, which she titled "Bring Me the Night". The sketch has been drawn as well. Puffu316 designed a special fan art for our dear little wolf. Hopefully there will be more surprises along the way!
21/06/14: Fantastic news, New Trials fans! Chapter 70: Part II has been uploaded to fanfiction.net! We got a great blog post too by Wish-chan. Bubulona's coloured version of the Reed women has been released to celebrate. And check out Mugi-pyon's gallery of CCS and KagePro 0010 crossovers!
12/06/14: Wow, almost a month without an update! Well, I am happy to say that Bubulona released several works-in-progress of various NT family trees. On her deviantArt, you'll find the beautiful women representing the Reed family, Li family, Chang family and Mizuki family. Looking forward to the new additions when they come. Good luck with this project, Bubulona!
17/05/14: Now it's time for a proper update featuring the wonderful fan artists in our community. Bubulona drew the most adorable NT next generation fan art of Sakura and Syaoran's daughter with Eron's son. xMezMezx captured a special S&S moment from Chapter 70 that she titled Bring Me the Night. She was also kind enough to share an improvement sketch of the Meilin and Kai piece she is working on. Rigor Baybayon submitted another fan art of Sakura and Syaoran, with his hopes of how the series will end.
12/05/14: I haven't updated in a while, but that is because I was in the middle of moving. Thanks for the visits even while I was away! There are some new fan arts to report, but for now let me officially say that Chapter 70: Eye of the Dragon, Part 1 has been released a few weeks ago and the conversation about theories have been strong both at Facebook and Yahoo.
20/04/14: The next chapter is around the corner, but in the mean time enjoy the following updates. Dreamystarskye shared a really cool WIP of Meilin in action with her double swords and a portrait of Shulin. Bubulona also posted a fan art of pairing in the next generation of New Trials. Kirei-chan's Arc IV trailer is posted on ff.net.
13/04/14: There are a couple of new artists to introduce with this update. A couple years ago, Puffu316 created two of the first ever New Trials manipulations: Mizuki Kai and Ch 45 Intimate Kai and Meilin. Another fan who has shared his work with us is Facebook group member Rigor Baybayon. I have included him in the Featured Galleries section.
In writing news, Kirei-chan released the teaser trailer for Arc IV on the New Trials Yahoo! Ring. It will be posted on fan fiction.net this week.
04/04/14: A special Friday update for a change! The NT community celebrated Sakura's birthday with a new blog post and a special NT omake by our dear Wish-chan. S. Halliwell released her website, "The World of New Trials", which serves as a back-up for the chapters and features info about the NT universe. Finally, the ever-so-talented Mesel released a NT version of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" over at the Yahoo group and it's pretty special!
23/03/14: After some technical difficulties, the main NT site is back up. Wish-chan posted a new blog entry that covered this. She also revealed the title of the next chapter: "Eye of the Dragon". As an added bonus, she posted a wonderful collage of unfinished works over the years.
The NT Valentine's Special created by Saloni and Melanie is now up on YouTube!
Finally, happy birthday, Eriol!
09/03/14: After Valentine's Day there was a bit of a lull, but Sakura's birthday is around the corner so there's a great opportunity for surprises right there. In the mean time, Saloni and Melanie's video blossomed a whole conversation about K-pop and dramas so check out the Facebook group and the Yahoo group for that. As an added bonus, Wish-chan expressed her opinions on both the video and K-pop.
Bubulona was clever enough to remember Kai's birthday on March 6th! She even celebrated with an adorable Meilin and Kaitou Magician fan art and a short one-shot as well.
16/02/14: So many wonderful updates to report as we find ourselves at the heels of Valentine's Day. Let's start with the ever amazing and inspiring Wish-chan. We were luck enough to get a blog post and a new fanart of never-before-seen characters from the Nadeshiko Arc Ryouta, Eri and Reiji, which she titled The Dark Ones: A not so distant past...
The Facebook group had a nice Valentine's Day party with plenty of gifts. I posted my first sketch of the year! It's Kai with his Meilin DVD from Kirei Blossom's The Making of the NT Arc III Trailer one-shot. Bubulona also posted some cute Kero and Suppi fanarts: Kero and Suppi and Before the Sugar Rush.
Finally, Melanie and Saloni teamed up to create an original and creative gift where they matched up the characters of New Trials with real life Korean stars. Check out the video, which will be added to the media section.
09/02/14: To celebrate Chinese New Year's, Melanie shared a poignant songfic called, The Last Time. It explores Syaoran's side of the events that took place in the end of Arc III and a bit of Arc IV.
26/01/14: Oops, I've been quiet for the last couple of weeks! Thankfully I am back with some wonderful updates from Facebook, deviantArt, Yahoo and fanfiction.net.
Xenablaise Cabañez Rocamora posted two fanarts of a cute Sakura on Facebook. DeviantArt has new work from xMezMezX and Bubulona20 posted four wonderful Mayura sketches, three of them with Ruichi. On top of that, she wrote a beautiful one-shot about Mauyra's last days called Hope. Finally, be sure to visit the NT Yahoo Group for a few covers from our members.
05/01/14: Happy 2014, everyone! Let's hope that this will be an awesome year for New Trials! Remember, it's not just the chapters but the energy from the community from submitting fan art or contributing to the Facebook or Yahoo groups.
Wish-chan updated her dA with some nostalgia: Umbrella brings us back to happier times. Bubulona20 has posted another fan art of Mayura and Ruichi. Over at the Yahoo Group, Mugi-pyon left a musical present: Ai Kotoba.
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29/12/13: Happy holidays, New Trials fans! It's been quiet so far, but I do know that there are some busy fans out there are surprises are just around the corner. In the mean time, Wish-chan posted a blog entry with some funny CCS "What I do" memes. Check it out for a laugh!
22/12/13: It's been a couple of weeks, but we now have some updates! The S&S fanart by Mesaku18 (Kamaku Lemjane) titled Reaching Out is posted on dA. Bubulona submitted her fanart for the Anger prompt. Bring Her Back! brings the project to 73% complete.She also posted a great portrait of the Original Chang Twins.
01/12/13: The lovely Melanie got married a little while ago and she was inspired by New Trials to incorporate the red ribbon of fate in her wedding ceremony. Do check out the beautiful picture in the Cosplay and Photo Shoots section. There's a new fanart by Kamaku Lemjane on Facebook of S&S during the time Tomoyo was under The Phantom. Mugi-chan from Yahoo recorded some pretty songs that she shared with the group.
It's December 1st and Christmas is coming up sooner than we think. If you have a fan art or fan project idea, Christmas and New Year's are popular occasions to celebrate with the fandom.
10/11/13: There's a new addition to the spin-off fanfic section! Bubulona wrote a fun fic about the cast of NT reading New Trials. More members of the Yahoo group recorded themselves singing. Jiri-chan released a couple of covers: Yubiwa & Sonic Boom and Tooi Kono Machi (Chorus).
03/11/13: With Wish-chan's birthday and Halloween right behind us, it's my pleasure to report tons of NT updates!
We'll start with our special author Wish-chan who graced us with a blog post and special S&S Halloween fanart from the Masquerade NT special. She also stopped by the Yahoo group.
On Facebook and deviantArt, Bubulona20 drew a wonderful fanart of the Great Five during their earlier years.Saloni Khoja depicted Tomoyo's fantasy of Sakura's harem. Draugurok's gift was the fan favourite Bunny Meilin from Ch 69. Mesaku18 posted a nice fanart of High School Sakura.
Over at the Yahoo Group, along with the happy birthday posts, we've received some musical gifts, including On My Own sung by our favourite NT songbird Hazuki Goldair. As a Halloween treat she also covered The Zombie Song.
Last but not least, we have another entry for the 100 Themes Project. Dreamystarskye submitted Betrayal (WIP) for the prompt "Dead Wrong". The project is currently 72% complete!
20/10/13: Asumei has more goodies for us this week! She drew a beautiful fanart of The Fortune (without the frame is out as well) and a pretty picture of Sakura which I found suitable for Ch 57: The Gathering. Don't forget: Wish-chan's birthday is in ten days!
06/10/13: Asumei and I are starting to edit the Sakura Cards by adding the symbols from Sa Halliwell's Chinese characters list. You'll find the updated Cards in Asumei's account, the New Trials account and my Amethyst Beloved account. It's looking good so far!
29/09/13: Asumei is back with a wonderful version of The Phantom. I've added it to the Dark Forces Guide. In addition, I've also included Sa Halliwell's thorough list of Chinese characters that has been added to Kirei-chan's compilation of the Cards.
Wish-chan's birthday and Halloween is in a month from now. If you have any fan projects that you'll like to finish up, it's a great motivation!
15/09/13: The NT Yahoo Ring has been pretty popular lately! Do stop by and take a look at the interesting theories buzzing about.
08/09/13: Wish-chan updated her blog post again with the answers to Kirei-chan's NT Questionnaire. Enjoy reading her answers and listening to her musical submissions to some answers.
The NT 100 Themes Challenge is 71% thanks to Draugurok's submisson for "Answers": So Peaceful. Absolutely stunning.
A first time contributor but long time fans have joined the ranks as a NT fanartist. Cherryusagi posted a tribute to express her feelings from Chapter 69's cliffhanger, titled Thank you. I love you. She also posted a sweet picture of NT Sakura.
Additionally, Cherryusagi also launched a New Trials Tumblr account so please join if you have an account too!
01/09/13: Happy 14th International New Trials Day! It's fun that the update actually fall on the actual day this time around. I'll start by announcing that our favourite author has returned to the fandom for a short amount of time to give us her stunning fan art of S&S in Hong Kong titled "I'm here for you, Syaoran." She also wrote a wonderful blog post asking us about what direction the fandom should take.
Mesaku18 posted a fanart of Kai, Kara... and Meilin, which I found fitting for the "Running Away" prompt. xMezMezX released her NT Day gift, "Forever and a Day" for the prompt of the same name. The 100 Themes Challenge is 70% complete.
25/08/13: The NT CD Drama is progressing very nicely and a Facebook group has been created for the participants of the project for news and file sharing. Another group project that has recently been updated in the New Trials Wiki, which can be modified by anyone so feel free to contribute. Mesaku18 has posted an edited version of Sakura and Shaoran (The Fever). Finally, I added another entry to the 100 Themes Challenge. I thought for 03: History, Wish-chan's Young Mizuki Kai x Kara Reed is fitting because Kai and Kara had history. The project is 68% complete.
With all of the activity going on, it's surprising that International New Trials Day is in one week!
18/08/13: We've reached the two week mark past the last chapter's release and the updates are as strong as ever!
In 100 Themes Challenge news, Alexandra Young wrote a one-shot to give her version of why Chapter 69 ended the way it did. I thought it was fitting for Prompt 70: Bitter Silence. Bubulona released Pretense for Prompt 72, which is a fanart of Kai and Mikai. S. Halliwelll also wrote a one-shot for the project for Prompt 67: Boundaries titled "So Close, Yet So Far".
In general fanart news, Vestal-Spirit drew a beautiful fanart of Sakura in her gypsy costume.Melanie Mackey shared another fanart of Arc II Sakura. Mesaku18 (the latest artist to be added to the Directory!) posted two new fanarts: Sakura and Tomoyo (The Phantom) and Sakura and Shaoran (The Fever). Finally, dreamystarskye posted a WIP of the heart-breaking Betrayal scene.
Last but certainly not least, the NT CD Drama is ready to go! If you're interested in lending your voice, please contact WinxC1ub at her Hanna Li account.
11/08/13: It's been a week since the chapter came out and both the Yahoo Ring and Facebook Group has been on fire with discussion. There has been a lot of fanart over the week. I posted my submission for the "Breakfast" prompt for the 100 Themes Challenge of Kai, Meilin and Perro-chan. xMezMezx posted the coloured version of her Subaru and Nina fanart "If Only". Some more Chapter 69 related art has been shared with the group. Nekochan213 was inspired and released "Crying for You". Simultaneously, I used it for the "Holding On" prompt for the above mentioned project. Melanie Mackey shared her version of this special scene as well, titled "NT Harbor Scene". Finally, S. Halliwell thought it would be fun to do an audio recording of the beginning of the Prologue. It's fun to listen to so do check it out.
04/08/13: It's time to celebrate: Chapter 69: The Betrayal is posted! We also got a lovely blog post from Wish-chan. To celebrate, Selenity drew a fanart of Meilin from the chapter. Have fun discussion on Yahoo and Facebook! In 100 Themes Challenge news, I realized that The Invisible is a wonderful fanart for the Nowhere and Nothing prompt. So we're 63% complete.
31/07/13: Oh my gosh, is this an update? Hello New Trials fans! July has been an insanely busy month for me. I went to New York twice and in between we had a big storm that left us without power for three days. But I'm back and I'm ready to report everything that happened in the month of July.
First of all, our precious little wolf Li Syaoran celebrated his birthday on July 13th and though we didn't get a chapter update, it was nice to receive a sign of life from our dear Wishluv through a blog post. The Facebook group was very lively with well wishes.
In fanart, Vanessa aka nekochan213 had many wonderful gifts to share with the community. She posted a preview of her NT Chapter 1 doujinshi where she connected CCS with Wish-chan's NT. She also drew 26-year-old Syaoran and Sakura. Bubulona20 also drew some sketches of older Sakura and Syaoran, which are very sweet. Charrie on Facebook shared a fanart of Sakura. Finally, Kamaku Lemjane posted the sweetest pic of NT S&S in the rain.
To wrap things up, two fans posted pics of CCS cosplay! Mesel's Sleeping Beauty Prince costume and Katidid1992's school uniform Sakura.
30/06/13: I am happy to report three updates in the NT community! nekochan213 updated three more pages of Chapter 2 for her NT manga. Draugurok shared a gorgeous sketch that he is working on that he titles So Peaceful. Finally, xMezMezx is the first is line to present her gift for our Little Wolf: Hikari Are (Syaoran version) is the follow up to Hikari Are (Sakura version).
09/06/13: After a quiet month, the fandom is booming again! First, Happy Birthday, Miho who's birthday was on June 3rd. Kirei-chan posted a questionnaire over at the New Trials Ring that sparked a lot of fun discussion. Dreamystarskye posted a WIP of her first digitally coloured fanart, Kai and Meilin (Promise). Finally, nekochan213 is back with an update for her doujinshi project. She's begun posting Chapter 2, so please support her.
26/05/13: I've been working on editing the NT Chapter Summaries and Arc I has been completely revised. I've decided to use a page from shana-haibara's manga to represent "Reflection". Be sure to visit the NT Facebook group, because new and interesting conversation threads were recently started.
12/05/13: Happy one-year anniversary of The NT Fan Projects site! To celebrate I drew a new fanart of Takashi and Chiharu's Skit from the Best Couple's Contest. I chose it because it was the only reference to "Twilight" that I could find in NT. With that prompt out of the way, the 100 Themes Challenge is 62% complete.
05/05/13: shana-haibara released more doujinshi pages of New Trials, Chapter 1! Pages 16 to 24 are new.
28/04/13: New fanart alert! The talented Draugurok finished his latest entry titled "Erika Holding Her Photo". It was drawn for the New Trials 100 Themes Challenge prompt "Eternity", which makes the project 61% complete.
Doujinshi artist shana-haibara posted a journal entry on her deviantArt account with some news about her NT Doujinshi project so please check it out and encourage her!
21/04/13: I added Bubulona's Daidouji Tomoyo Love Love Chronicle to the 100 Themes Challenge because all of romantic moments between Eriol and Tomoyo was a nice fit for "10. Opportunities". The project is now 60% complete!
14/04/13: With Sakura's birthday behind us, we're now in a lull, but xMezMezx posted a manipulated picture titled "Illusioned Time" that she plans to use for her NadeRyuu "Forever and a Day" fanart. The final product is going to look great!
06/04/13: Our extraordinary heroine Kinomoto Sakura celebrated her birthday on April 1st, and as usual the fans celebrated with many wonderful gifts. I'll start this update up with the one and only Wish-chan who released a new fanart titled. "Everything's Gonna Be All Right, Sakura", which also serves the "A Place to Belong" prompt in the 100 Themes Challenge quite nicely. Wish-chan also posted a new blog entry, where she mentioned that Chapter 69 was 90% complete.
In fanart gifts news, Saloni Khoja posted The Lesson, which was for the "Lesson" prompt. xMezMezx drew a bittersweet Nina and Subaru sketch titled, "If Only" Draugurok shared his "Photo of Erika" with us, which is still a work in progress but looking great so far. Chibi Chan drew a happy Arc II Sakura and Syaoran pic. Mugi-chan from the Yahoo group submitted an adorable S&S as Red Riding Hood & Wolf fanart. In other genres, Keito submitted an audio gift where she sings a fandub of Hoshi No Michi No Kokuhaku (Platinum Piano Version). Rimashaolan is back with another poem, which I found fitting for the Broken prompt.
For the 100 Themes Challenge, Kirei Blossom's spin-off fanfics The Sniffing Chronicles and The Secret Wedding now represent the Unsettling Revelations prompt and Slow Down prompt respectively, which brings the grand total to 59% complete.
Thanks to everyone who contributed or posted on either Facebook or Yahoo, and if you wanted to contribute but you didn't have time, don't worry because Miho's birthday is in June and Syaoran's birthday is in July!
31/03/13: It was Meilin's birthday on March 25th and the Facebook group had a nice party. Along with the birthday wishes, we were also lucky enough to get a few gifts. Dreamystarskye released "May I Have This Dance" featuring Meilin and Kai dancing. Mesel Tzegai gave us a preview of a Kai and Meilin fanart on Facebook that she is working on. The New Trials community sends out a warm welcome to Sarah Ojou-san who drew a sweet Meilin and Kai fanart as well as a sweet S&S fanart of the picture that Mike kant took of them in New York, which I affectionately titled, "A Moment in Time".
In the 100 Themes Challenge news, one-shot fanfics are accepted so I welcome Bubulona20's The Silver Locket and Melanie Mackey's The Gang Plays True Love Game to the project, therefore bringing up the count to 54% complete now that 02 Complicated and 98 Game prompts are taken.
Finally, Kirei-chan posted a wonderful parallel between Star-Crossed and the events of New Trials that occurred at the end of Arc III and in Arc IV:
And the plot of the play is almost a lot like what actually happens with S+S: Like Romeo is exiled from Verona (Syaoran leaves for Hong Kong). However Juliet refuses to accept defeat and is determined to see him one more time (Sakura going to Hong Kong to see him). Everyone keeps telling Juliet to forget Romeo, and she says she can't (Sakura forgets Syaoran). Juliet agrees to marry Count Paris (Sakura and Eron's track), Romeo comes back and clashes with Paris (animosity between Syaoran and Eron), Paris tells Juliet that he realizes she doesn't love him, but he just wished she did (Eron giving Sakura up for these very reasons), Paris striking Romeo a death blow, but Juliet comes in between (Jealousy card - where Eron fights and nearly kills Syaoran, but Sakura comes in between - at least nothing fatal happened.) And then I'll stop here and not think about Romeo and Juliet dying, because Shakespeare was tragedy whilst New Trials will have a happy ending. :)
AMAZING!! Well, tomorrow is Sakura's birthday. It will also mark one year since we've had an update. Many of us are hopeful, but whether we get a new chapter or not, the NT love will always live on!
24/03/13: March 2013 happens to be the ten year anniversary since I've discovered New Trials. So to celebrate, I have created a new category called Wish-chan's posts, which highlights Wish-chan's most memorable post over the last nine years of the New Trials Yahoo group, Now, there are many posts that weren't included. But whether your not a Yahoo group member, or if you want to walk down memory lane, take some time to read over the titles and if something strikes your interest, please read the post!
17/03/13: Our favorite thief of the night celebrated his birthday on March 6th~ Happy Birthday, Kai! Our cherished author Wishluv showered us with White Day treats:
Sakura x Syaoran Cherry Kiss Tutorial, Happy White Day Sakura x Syaoran, and A Cinderella Story - Sakura at midnight! It's always a pleasure to hear from her. Also for White Day, xMezMezx released another version of Hikari Are -Revamped- that was used for the Light prompt for the 100 Themes challenge.
I have some exciting news regarding the 100 Themes Challenge! New Trials poetry is now accepted. I have found that Rimashaolan's poem works well for "51. Troubling Thoughts" and Cherry Butterfly's A Clash of Two Different Fates was a good fit for "41: Fork in the Road". The project is now 52% complete!
10/03/13: Check out Draugurok's latest Erika fanart! Even Wish-chan stopped by to leave a comment. Don't forget, Sakura's birthday is in less than one month. If you need a push of inspiration, now's the time!
3/03/13: All of the screen caps from the CCS series and the Sealed Card movie that could be useful to New Trials have been added to "Backgrounds". It really was a fun experience and I hope WinxC1ub will find them useful.
24/02/13: More screen caps are added to "Backgrounds" and all that's left is the second CCS movie. A new "Characters" page has been added for potential avatars if WinxC1ub agrees.
17/02/13: This week's updates features news from Wish-chan! She sent her Valentine's Day greetings through an S&S - Valentine's Day Cherry Kiss fanart and she also posted a blog entry regarding how she's doing and about her progress on the upcoming chapters.
In other fanart news, Selenity drew a sweet S&S fanart for my birthday and WinxC1ub drew the fandom's first Yaoi piece titled "Jingmei's Fantasy", which puts Syaoran and Kai in a compromising position! More snapshots have been added the "Backgrounds" page. I'm at episode 66.
11/02/13: WinxC1ub drew a wonderful picture of Meilin and Kai titled "The Devil's Angel". More screen caps are added to the "Backgrounds" page. Though I skimmed through the first two seasons of Sakura capturing the Clow Cards, I just have to re-watch the Sakura Card season because blushing Syaoran is precious!
03/02/13: WinxC1ub wrote a status update on Facebook about the approach that she would like to take regarding the presentation of the NT CD Drama. Originally the content for that project was under YouTube Videos, but now it has a page of its own. I skimmed through the first two Seasons of CCS to find various backgrounds of places featured in NT.
Today is the New Trials Ring's ninth anniversary. Though the discussion is now at Facebook, the Yahoo group is a great treasure trove of many topics of conversation.
27/01/13: I have been working on fixing the mistakes in my New Trials Chapter Summaries. The Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4A, Chapter 4B and Chapter 5 have all been updated and this time I included trivia, such as a school grade & month timeline, along with when the chapter was published.
20/01/13: We have another submission for the 100 Themes Challenge. Dreamystarskye's contribution for 18. Love is epic as it features 22 characters from the story. At 50% the project is halfway there! She also wrote a poem, which can be found in the description of the picture, but I have also given it a spot in the Writer's Corner under "New Trials Songfics and Poems".
13/01/13: Today I added a feature that I've been saving for a quiet week. I created a new page titled "Before & After Art Gallery", where you can see the progress of the New Trials fan artists as they re-visit older works.
06/01/13: Happy New Year! Let's hope that 2013 is going to be even more amazing than 2012. Wish-chan surprised us on New Year's Eve with a gorgeous drawing on Sakura and Syaoran in New York at the Best Young Director's after party from Chapter 20. It also happens to be my dream prompt for 65. A Moment in Time for the 100 Themes Challenge, which is now 49% complete.
Burning was recently edited to be pictured inside a speech bubble since Eriol told the story since the event happened before New Trials began.
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30/12/12: It's the last weekend of 2012 and I am proud to say that not week has gone by since opening the site that there wasn't a New Trials update. Therefore 2012 has been an excellent year for New Trials! The last update comes from our cherished author Wishluv who drew a Christmas Omake from Chapter 15: Hang a Shining Star. On top of that we were lucky enough to get a new blog update.
Wish-chan also left a special reply on deviantArt that's worth sharing after I mentioned that 2012 was a great year for NT thanks to the fan work:
Teehee... Kudos to Amethyst and the rest of the New Trials community for making this such a wonderful year. I feel guilty because I really thought I might be able to finish NT this year. But yay, let's continue the journey along a little longer~ And I KNOW 2013 will be an excellent year for NT. >.< Thank you so much!
Special thanks to Tanishka Nijsure for signing my guestbook in Comments and Feedback!
Happy New Year, New Trials fans! I will strive to continue updating this site every Sunday as long as there are fan related contributions to report.
23/12/12: WinxC1ub posted her gift to the New Trials fans, which is a New Trials AMV featuring most of Wish-chan's S&S artwork. It's called "Kiss the Girl" and it's a lovely video.
16/12/12: So many great fan art came out this week! A while back I told Vestal-Spirit about New Trials and she said she was interested in drawing something from the series. So we decided on Gypsy Sakura and Pirate Syaoran from Arc III before they went in Miho's fantasy. A couple more drawings have been added to the 100 Themes Challenge. xMezMezx shared her submission for 29: Light titled Hikari Are and a good friend added flames to my Tanaka Home picture to create the 38: Burning prompt.
Special thanks to dreamystarskye for her kind words under the Comments and Feedback section! By the way, I just wanted to point of that last Sunday (9/12/12) this site welcomed 275 visitors~ wow! Thanks for the support!
9/12/12: I am excited to unveil the New Trials project that I've been keeping under wraps since October. It's called the "100 Themes Challenge". It's 44% complete and I hope it will inspire fan artists to contribute something for the holiday season and/or through out 2013. If you don't draw, feel free to make suggestions!
Draugurok drew a chibi of me (Preya aka Amethyst Beloved) in Sakura's elementary school uniform and it is beyond adorable!
Wish-chan stopped by deaviantArt and posted a gorgeous group picture of the Seijou High School Ensemble! Wish-chan told me that she believes it fits prompt 71: The True You and I agree so now we're at 45% complete! Wish-chan also wrote a beautiful entry in the Comments and Feedback section so do check it out (and leave a comment too!).
2/12/12: Happy December! Christmas and New Year's is around the corner and it marks another time of year when we get to hear from Wish-chan's. Today's update is a fanart from Chapter 57: The Gathering by me and it's Eriol, Aki and Tomoyo around the campfire during the Truth or Dare game. It's a picture for the "Fire" prompt for the fanart group project that I'm planning on revealing very soon.
25/11/12: Bubulona20 posted Silver Locket on deviantArt and added a fan art of Mizuki Mayura. For fun, Draugurok posted a chibi-version of Tani-chan, who is an active member of the NT Facebook group. I posted a new fan art of the time bomb from Chapter 19 titled "Out of Time".
18/11/12: All good things must come to an end, and that happens to be the case with granolabarcherry14's New Trials: The War, which concluded on November 14th. Congrats! It was such an interesting story about an alternate ending for New Trials.
11/11/12: Granolabarcherry14's New Trials: The War is moving along amazingly with regular updates so do check it out if you haven't already. She definitely shines a whole new light on Leiyun! New Trials doujinshi artist shana-haibara back with fifteen new pages for Chapter 1. Please support her!
04/11/12: Wish-chan’s birthday was on October 30th and there were many lovely gifts that were shared with the community. On devaintArt, Draugurok drew dashing Syaoran as the Kaitou Magician from Chapter 59.5’s Halloween special. Selenity Shiroi teased us with a NT Victorian Party sketch that holds so much potential. She also posted a gift of Sakura holding a cake. After Wish-chan commented “But is it horrible of me to wish that Sakura trips over and falls with the cake?” Selenity-chan couldn’t help but to whip up this picture: Oops. Katidid1992 drew Sakura in Halloween attire. Dreamystarskye drew a great picture for Halloween of scenes from her spin-off fanfiction that she wrote in the description.
Over at the Facebook Group, Saloni Khoja posted a charming picture of Syaoran waltzing with Sakura-hime. Drishti Sachdeva drew a cute picture of S&S wishing Wish-chan a happy birthday. Chibi Chan sketched a handsome Syaoran with a balloon. Hazuki Goldair’s gift was her cover of The Rose which was sung by Tomoyo in Chapter 56: A Tea Party.
In fanfiction, Bubulona wrote an interesting fanfic about The Great Five titled The Silver Locket, which received an honorable mention by Wish-chan. Plus on the Wish-chan’s Birthday event page you’ll find Elisa Cheng’s Chapter 56.9: Runaway Adventures in Tokyo where she posted snippets of a real gem in terms of missing moments: Meilin and Kai during the Best Couple Contest! As always, New Trials: The War is being constantly updated to check out the new plot twists.
The cherry on top of this special occasion would be hearing from our beloved Wish-chan. She shared a new fanart titled Lady Sakura and Lord Syaoran and she posted a new blog entry to thank the fans for the gifts and to give us a bit of news about the upcoming chapters.
Another event is behind us so it’s time to look forward to Christmas and New Year’s. I plan on launching a new fanart related project before the holidays. My latest picture, the teddy bear from Chapter 63 is for the “Lost and Found” prompt. More details in December!
Special thanks to Bubulona20 and gamma-rae-star for signing my guestbook!
28/10/12: It's Wish-chan's birthday this week! MuzikChic's beautiful gift is "Can I Take Off Your Mask?" and it's a scene from the Halloween Masquerade with Sakura in her gorgeous costume. Granolabarcherry14's The New Trials: The War is still going strong with more updates this week. The Comments and Feedback page has a new entry~ thank you, Selenity Shiroi! On a side note, do read her latest journal entry as it has some cute New Trials spin-off material.
21/10/12: The fan art section of the site has been updated because there was too much content for one page! It's now called Fan Art Collection where there are three sub-divisions: Galleries, Doujinshi and Artist Directory. The New Trials: The War by granolabarcherry14 has a couple of new chapters. A week and a half until Wish-chan's birthday!
14/10/12: The first present in honor of Wish-chan's birthday and Halloween is up! Dreamystarskye drew another beautiful group shot, the time featuring the girls of New Trials. In fanfiction, The New Trials: The War by granolabarcherry14 had a few more chapters added over the week. Finally, Shana-haibara is back and updated her New Trials doujinshi: pages eight through thirteen are up, thus completing the prologue!!! She also left a kind message in the Comments and Feedback page.
07/10/12: In fanfiction, The New Trials: The War by granolabarcherry14 has been updated so check it out. Plus, for the first time ever in New Trials, a 3D perspective has been done on one of the buildings: the Tanaka Home by Amethyst Beloved! Check out the comparison between the two versions.
30/09/12: The New Trials Facebook group has been very active along with deviantArt and even fanfiction.net! Shana-haibara has started her New Trials doujinshi and already has seven pages drawn from the Prologue. Drishti Sachdeva drew a great picture of Eron Chang. She also released another audio file of Yume No Tsubasa where she sings both the male and female parts herself, which can be found under the Files section of Facebook group. Over at fanfiction,net there's another spin-off fanfic: granolabarcherry14's The New Trials: The War was published on Sept 23rd and it's a fascinating tale of how the Alliance of the Stars is dealing with the war and she brings an original character in the mix.
In terms of anniversaries and achievements, NewTrialsOfCCSakura turned 1 on Sept 22nd and the Facebook group hit 200 members.
Finally, Wish-chan's birthday and Halloween is in one month! I even created a Facebook event, lol.
21/09/12: A new section has been added to the site: Comments & Feedback. It's not a guestbook, but at least you could leave your warm thoughts about the site and/or give me the heads up about an update that I don't know about yet.
Have you recently introduced New Trials to someone? Heighten their experience with the "Spoiler-free Guide to The New Trials Picture Book" found under the deviantID section on the New Trials deviantArt account!
Also on the NT deviantArt account, a new folder called "Gifts and Contributions" has been created and I've uploaded a couple more of Atlantis Forester's fanarts back from 2002 (Sakura and Sakura on a Swing). And finally, Tuka-chan has been added to the DeviantArt NT Artist Directory.
16/09/12: Kirei Blossom wrote another wonderful spin-off fic titled The Secret Wedding Chronicles that takes place after Chapter 68. Please read and review! Plus, I added another page to the Fan Art 100 section called "What Didn't Make the Cut" to show some fan arts that were intended for the project until more suitable pictures were released.
09/09/12: A lot of fun updates today, especially on the fanart front. There's a new NT artist with us: dreamystarskye drew a stunning New Trials fanart with practically everyone in the cast! A whopping thirty-five charcaters! Selenity Shiroi took a walk down memory lane and did a Then and Now on her first Meilin picture for New Trials. From the Facebook group, Chibi Chan's Tomoyo sketch was added, Saloni Khoja shared a wonderful sketch of the S&S sword fight scene from Star-Crossed, and Drishti Sachdeva posted two pictures of Tradional Sakura and Chibi S&S as Bunnies.
On the multimedia side of things, Kris posted a video in honour of International New Trials Day and gave an astounding testimonial on why NT is so epic.
03/09/12: International New Trials Day was a success as Wish-chan and her fans came together to celebrate the story's 13th anniversary. There are a lot of updates so I'll report them in chronological order. A couple of days before the big celebration, Chibi Chan showered us with many delightful sketches inspired by New Trials. The next day, Wish-chan shared a brand new fanart based on Chapter 4 and wrote a wonderful blog post that mentioned that the edited versions of New Trials from Prologue to Chapter 4 were released.
The fans were very generous with the gifts. Drishti Sachdeva posted a fan art of Sakura in a saree and a few audio tracks of her singing Catch You, Catch Me and Honey, which can be downloaded from the Facebook Group. Draugur drew a great fan art of Arc II S&S when they were trapped with handcuffs and as this is his sixth drawing for New Trials, I am featuring his gallery in the Fan Art Galleries section where he will join the ranks of other popular artists who are well known in the fandom for their art.
In other fanart news, Tuka-chan posted her very first drawing to celebrate New Trials Day. Katidid1992's gift was a picture of Arc IV Sakura titled "Come So Far" thinking back of her life since her Clow Card days and how now she's fighting the dark forces. Selenity Shiroi released her stunning "Sakura and the Five Force Treasures". It's also a related fan art for the Dark Forces Guide as that's when Sakura captured The Plague!
Finally, Hazuki Goldair teased a preview of her latest music video, featuring Kai and Meilin and Avianlover wrote a cute spin-off NT fic of the characters celebrating this special day. Overall it was a wonderful celebration that's not over yet as more fans finish off their gifts for the best fan fic in CardCaptor Sakura history!
26/08/12: Amanbu-chan's spin-off NT fic, The Stalking Date, has been updated with a couple of new chapters so don't miss out on the fun. MuzikChic drew a very pretty picture of Sakura that was inspired by New Trials and that could fit in Arc II. Draugurok also has a fabulous new picture up featuring the adorable scene from Chapter 65: Cohabitation, Part Deux when S&S mixed their ties.
NT Appreciation Day is in exactly one week! It will be the story's 13th anniversary.
12/08/12: A lot of interesting updates in three different mediums! nekochan213 has two more beautiful fanarts: S&S Rain Scene (Ch 67) and Tomoyo from Arc IV. Kris is back on YouTube with a new video review for Chapter 2: The Mysterious Past. Finally, there's a new addition to the Writer's Corner. Check out The Stalking Date by amanbu-chan, which is a new fic set after Chapter 66 and starring Miho and Aki.
05/08/12: A new section has been created: Cosplay and Photo Shoots and it features teruteru-bozu's beautiful cosplay pictures. The talented Selenity Shiroi has finished her Sakura in Magnet Costume fan art and it's stunning. It has been added to Arc IV of the Dark Forces Guide. Finally, nekochan213 (aka Asocialcat) shared a picture of NT Syaoran. Her name has been added to the dA Arists Directory.
28/07/12: A couple of fanarts and for the first time ever a New Trials cosplay! Bubulona20 drew a picture of the Chang Family and Vanessa C shared her first ever NT sketch of everyone's favorite Kai. Longtime NT fan, teruteru-bozu designed a beautiful costume based on Wish-chan's Girl in the Green Dress and posted a couple of pictures!
22/07/12: A new fan artist has been added to the DeviantArt NT Artists Directory! I met Katidid on dA back in May when I was spreading the word about The NT Picture Book. She just released a sweet S&S fanart from Chapter 64 called "Bittersweet Snow".
13/07/12: Happy birthday to our dear Li Syaoran! On this special day, the fandom has received a few gifts, from Draugurok and our wonderful Wish-chan who updated her blog with a Birthday Omake!
09/07/12: The New Trials Chapter Summaries have been added to The Writer's Corner. There are some new fanart by Draugurok, Bubulona20 and Okamihimesakura so be sure to check them out and support them!
02/07/12: The New Trials Fan Art 100 has a new addition: "Titles, Credits & Stats". Selenity Shiroi also posted her lineart of Sakura's outfit while she was capturing The Magnet.
29/06/12: Lots of updates today! Bubulona20 is the newest fan to join the growing list of New Trials Fan Artists. MuzikChic released two of Sakura's outfits which have been added to the Dark Forces guide under The Animate and The Jealousy. Draugurok drew a sweet Takashi and Chiharu picture from Chapter 47: Shredded Fantasy. Finally, The Fortune and The Crystal are drawn so all of the Sakura Cards that have been captured have been drawn. It's a great achievement!
18/06/12: The Youtube Videos page has been updated with a couple of tribute videos.
16/06/12: A new poem by Nina Tanaki has been added to the Writer's Corner!
11/06/12: Fan art alert! I just discovered two new NT artists and it is a pleasure to share them with the fandom! First there is Sourin's Finding You and then there is Fiji-fan who has drawn all of Tomoyo's fashion show outfits for Sakura! Enjoy and please support the artists! And for the first time, I used my own lineart to draw a Sakura Card! Here's The Pride! The Memory has also been created, thus completing the list of all the Sakura Cards that were captured in Arc IV.
09/06/12: I thought I wouldn't be able to create any more Sakura Cards, but I was wrong! Here are The Decay, The Despair and The Jealousy!
05/06/12: The Family Trees section has been added, and check out the new addition to the Fan Art Galleries: the "DeviantArt NT Artists Directory". There's another timeline comparing real time and New Trials time. In fan art news, Lana-445 has released a number or New Trials pictures: Kai and Meilin, Eriol and Tomoyo from Chapter 67.5, and Miho's Alice in Wonderland birthday party (sketched and coloured).
27/05/12: Here are the last two Sakura Cards that I can draw using MS Paint: The Phantom and The Metal. Plus, a warm welcome goes out to Draugurok who is one of our newest artists in the New Trials fandom. He's released a picture of Sakura in her Chapter 45 battle costume when she captured The Wave and The Magician!
25/05/12: Two new fan arts: The Stalker and The Unicorn!
19/05/12: The Writer's Corner section has been released and new Arc IV fan arts are posted: The Veil, The Forge, The Animate and a sketch of Sakura's Magnet costume.
16/05/12: New Youtube Videos are added along with The Heal and The Rocky!
13/05/12: The Fan Art Galleries page has been created. The Dark Forces section has two new Sakura Cards: The Obedience and The Plague.
10/05/12: The Youtube Videos page is up. The Magican Sakura Card and The Fate Sakura Card has been added to the Dark Forces section.
07/05/12: Created the Updates page! While the initial white-writing-on-black-background web page design suited the Dark Forces Description, I decided that a site devoted to fan projects needed a more delicate touch. I'm please with my choice! I also changed the colours of titles and headers through out the site.
So far this site is home to the Dark Force Descriptions and Sakura's Battle Outfits Guide, New Trials FanArt 100, a couple of timelines and important links. There will be more fan projects (both old and new!) to come!