~*~2009~*~
Titles of Posts
February 1st: Syaoran looks good in brown
March 19th: CCS and Dash Card epiosde
March 20th: DVD + CLAMP animes March 27th: New Trials in general...
March 30th: Miho
April 12th: New Fanart [S&S Hugging] April 28th: New Trials Ending Theme
April 30th: Sakura and Eron fanart
May 8th: Siblings
May 8th: Males of NT + CLAMP
July 15th: Happy birthday, Syaoran
July 17th: Polls
July 17th: Malanie the model’s origin post
July 22nd: Translation projects
August 14th: Fanart ~ Let’s Go to the Beach
August 20th: Fujitaka & Kaho
September 8th: New Trials summaries, reading, writing...
September 30th: Tsubasa final chapter
November 15th: Confusion about The Pride
March 19th: CCS and Dash Card epiosde
March 20th: DVD + CLAMP animes March 27th: New Trials in general...
March 30th: Miho
April 12th: New Fanart [S&S Hugging] April 28th: New Trials Ending Theme
April 30th: Sakura and Eron fanart
May 8th: Siblings
May 8th: Males of NT + CLAMP
July 15th: Happy birthday, Syaoran
July 17th: Polls
July 17th: Malanie the model’s origin post
July 22nd: Translation projects
August 14th: Fanart ~ Let’s Go to the Beach
August 20th: Fujitaka & Kaho
September 8th: New Trials summaries, reading, writing...
September 30th: Tsubasa final chapter
November 15th: Confusion about The Pride
Full-Length Posts
February 1st: Syaoran looks good in brown
I just had to completely agree Syaoran looks good in brown. He
generally looks good in earth tones, nee? I like him in navy blue too
though, simply because of the episode of him in the Move Card, season
1... Meilin's first appearance.
I can't believe I remember that, but I think he's the first male anime
character that I've seen changed clothes (it's a 90's thing, that male
characters always wear the same thing every day!)
March 19th: CCS and Dash Card epiosde
Hmmm... I try to stay away all discussion because I'm afraid of my big mouth and
giving away spoilers about New Trials. (Chapter 61 is coming along, the bulk
written.)
But who could resist talk about CCS? I completely agree with CCS not being
outdated. In fact, the animation is a lot higher quality and more consistant
than a lot of stuff out these days.
I love the Dash episode--an example of a beautiful non-manga episode where you
see the development in Sakura and Syaoran's relationship. They're still a little
distant but you see how much Syaoran has come since the beginning. He even
smiles a little bit for the first time ever. Lol... I haven't watched this
episode in years and I still remember.
March 20th: DVD + CLAMP animes Haha... being the machine-incompetent person I am, it took me the longest time
to even figure out what the heck Blu-ray is and what makes it any different from
regular DVD. Anyhow, I don't like how everything is turning super HD. Some
things (especially human beings) look a little better blurry. But inevitably,
the cost of the players will drop and we can all afford it one day.
On another note, I cannot imagine how awesome a remastered CCS will look. It's
really a series I won't mind owning because I love every episode--no rather, I
do want to own the collection some day when they have the ultimate media form
(with subtitles). I don't dare think what we will be using twenty years from
now. Heck, regular DVD didn't last long.
Kobato will be the first shoujo series I've been excited about in a long time.
At the same time, they don't really have a whole lot of material to work with...
unless it's gonna be 70 episodes with tons of fillers. Oh, we might get some
Touya cameos? Well, I'm excited to see the seiyuu casting. ^_^
It always makes me wonder though, whether CLAMP's magnum opus is X or Card
Captor Sakura. Or maybe they have something yet to come. I feel like CLAMP's pet
project is X, and they're saving it up (to finish it one day.) But I feel like
CCS has had the biggest cultural impact, no?
March 27th: New Trials in general...
Haha... I always wonder if I have ever bumped into any New Trials readers
perchance. Fanfiction writing is such a closet hobby for me, none of my friends
really know about my nom-de-plume. But I'm sorry you missed the event (but it
was pretty short anyway) so school is more important. :)
Hmm... the Opening theme is a very tentative plan. I will never have time to
make it. Lol... Maybe I could make a teaser of the OP though, or something like
the New Trials Yesterday's Letter Trailer I made. That itself has been a good
learning experience. Lol.. Though someone has shown interest in making a school
film project out of New Trials. :) I myself have absolutely no film nor
animation background so...
Now that I think of it, I've had all sorts of requests over the years. One
person requested to rewrite the Star-Crossed musical for a school play. Another
person requested to make a comic out of New Trials in her country (I think it
was Thailand... somewhere in South East Asia.) I guess like a doujinshi. Most
requests are usually using inspirations from NT in their own fanfics. People are
so nice about using permission though. :)
Even if I never get to make an OP, at least elliexchan made an AMV using Sakura
Drops already: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUKM7GdteDw :)
March 30th: Miho
[Kirei-chan posted an old picture of Miho: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/kireiblossom/miho.jpg]
Aw, Miho-chan! You actually capture her very well--true to all the details I
have in mind. Miho rather grew on me, but she's one of the few characters that I
knew exactly what she would look like. And on the contrary, I draw Miho quite a
lot (she's one of my favorite characters to sketch whereas Kai is one of my
least favorite--Kai's hard to do!) It's just that I never bother to scan the
pictures of her up.
April 12th: New Fanart [S&S Hugging] Well, I guess it's not exactly "new," but it's an old fanart that I drew back in
high school that I finally covered. It might be one of my favorite S+S pics
though. I wanted something bright and summery :) and this fanart probably
represents the happiest moment for Sakura and Syaoran.
Happy Easter!!!
http://wishluv.deviantart.com/art/Sakura-Syaoran-Hug-119031947
- Wish-chan
April 28th: New Trials Ending Theme
If New Trials was an anime, I always said that Strobe no Sora/ Sutorobo no Sora
by Maaya Sakamoto would be the ending theme. I was making the Arc 4 "ending
theme" using Koucha, also by Maaya Sakamoto and got distracted, hence this video
resulted. But I really like how it turned out, and I think it almost feels like
it could be the Card Captor Sakura season 4 anime theme because I love the song
so much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFyZpA-9d8Y Woohoo to HQ... But it's sort of
scary...
I posted the lyrics up at my blog:
http://wishluv.blogspot.com/2009/04/card-captor-sakura-new-trials-anime.html
The lyrics are so relatable to New Trials and the song always makes me smile.
I love Selenity Shiroi's Meilin fanart--ironically, I've been drawing her more
lately and will post them up some time later.
- Wish-chan
April 30th: Sakura and Eron fanart
Eron was feeling very cranky and left-out at all the S+S promotion going on...
So, here's a long over-due Sakura and Eron fanart:
http://wishluv.deviantart.com/art/Sakura-and-Eron-Violet-Ribbon-120947135
Next chapter's going to be fun now that Sakura's got her memory back. Lol...
Wish-chan
May 8th: Siblings
[...]
Miho was never even supposed to be a principal supporting character, but she sort
of stuck on, now that I think of it. Lol Never even noticed. And her arc is coming up
in NT. Hmm... Between the brothers in NT, Touya, Kai and Eron, I think I'd want
Eron as a brother. He'll be a creepy friend and a possessive boyfriend, but he's a good
brother. Kai is a betrayer and I'd be scared to bring home a boyfriend if Touya were
my brother.
LOL.
May 8th: Males of NT + CLAMP
Haha... you always read my mind, Kirei-chan,
I was going to write in my previous post, brother, I choose Eron, but if I
marry, I'd want to marry a guy like Fujitaka. I think I wrote a post about it
long ago. How a guy like Ryuuren would be good to look at and fun to be involved
with, but at the end of the day, the kind of guy I would want to marry is
dependable Fujitaka. Then again, in real life, I feel like there is not always a
convergence between love and marriage.
One of my closest friends in med school got proposed to last year by a guy she's
been dating for 5 years. She recently broke up with him even though she said she
might never find a guy as nice and caring as him. But if you don't love a
person, you don't love a person. She is currently going through the "is there
such a thing as true love" phase, and I told her she'll get out of it
eventually.
I actually think Syaoran would be a good, faithful boyfriend if he had been born
a simple, normal boy. But unfortunately, he isn't. On the other hand, I love Kai
to pieces, and he is by far the most popular original character. But I love him
as a character, not so much as a person. He has some serious issues that I guess
I deal with more in the second arc of Kaitou Magician Origins.
Now that I think of it, I've never been a real fan of CLAMP leads--it's
surprising I like Sakura so much (or not surprising--who wouldn't love
CCS!Sakura--she's so adorable!) Not as big fan of a fan of TRC!Sakuras. Anyhow,
I really didn't like Hotaru from Magic Knight Rayearth, I found her love
interest Lantis boring. Misaki from Angelic Layer was a Hotaru-clone, IMO,
though Oujiro is in my top 5 favorite CLAMP males list. Chi... She's pretty, but
that's about it. I don't even remember the name of the male lead. Kamui is the
ultimate CLAMP bishounen, but likewise, emoness is not very appealing to me. The
blonde lead from CLAMP Campus Detectives is also a Hotaru-clone that's just
really smart. Anyhow, it's lucky that CLAMP has a plethora of awesome side
characters. It's just that CCS is one of the few anime that I like ALL, every
single one of the characters. I totally sidetracked though. I was just thinking
about writing a blog entry of my favorite CLAMP characters and how poor Fujitaka
would never be on the list, but I would want to marry him. Or Ferio. Lol...
July 15th: Happy birthday, Syaoran
Happy Birthday Syaoran!!!
If my computer hadn't crashed, I would have had something up for you. >.<
You crack me up so much, Kirei-chan. I did the same "real-age" calculations for
Syaoran at one point. My only solace for liking a 10-year-old boy was that at
least in "real-age" he would almost be the same age as me. But now I've gotten
to the point where most anime characters are younger than me, so it doesn't
matter anymore. Sighs. I remember when I used to think 16 was old.
Time flies by. But at least in TRC, we see an older Syaoran, clone or not. :)
July 17th: Polls
Gosh,
I love all these polls. I have such a blast reading what some of these choices
are. Teehee...
So, Chapter 62 spoilers...Kai and the gun?
o He fired it and has been planning it all along.
o He fired it but it was a recent plan of desperation.
o He didn't fire it and it'll all be a huge, complicated misunderstanding
when no one believes him.
o He didn't fire it but he'll say he did to cover for someone else.
o DARK FORCE...IT HAS TO BE A DARK FORCE!!!
o Wait, there was someone other than Sakura and Syaoran in this chapter?
o I don't know...how could you Wish-chan!!! *dies from cliffhanger*
It makes me sad when I can't participate in a poll because I'm afraid of
revealing spoilers, etc. Teehee.. But sometimes I just participate anyway.
I think one poll I want to do is what scene people most want illustrated. For
example, I've always wanted to draw the Empire State building photoshoot, and
I've taken numerous photos of the Empire State building for reference purpose.
Lol.
July 17th: Malanie the model’s origin post
Melanie: So first of call I must commend Wish-chan. Being a former runway model myself
you really captured the back stage perfectly. :) It made me miss the old days of
runway.... except for the dieting part LOL.
Wow, that's awesome that you were a runway model~ (Ah, I have such diverse
readers). It seems like such a hard and stressful thing to do.
Anyhow, I'm totally naming one of the designers' models after you if you don't
mind. ^_^ If you want, you can specify looks and any other details you want as
well (ie. place of origin).
July 22nd: Translation projects
Desi-chan,
I've had a couple people asking for Spanish translations of New Trials and it
would be awesome to have both a French and Spanish project. You have 100% of my
authorization. Lol...
I feel like translation projects would be very difficult in general though, so
if there can be people helping out, that would be awesome. I love the idea that
anime fandom can bring people together globally. :)
Now that I think of it, there have been several doujinshi projects and whatnot
in the past that I never really heard back from. I wonder what happened to them.
Lol.
Anyhow, I'm always open to hearing ideas of how to improve New Trials and the
website, so I love hearing everyone's ideas. (Though my #1 priority always is
writing the next chapter hence the lack of updates elsewhere.)
- Wish-chan
August 14th: Fanart ~ Let’s Go to the Beach
Before summer came to an end, I finally drew a fanart that I've always been
meaning to draw. Well, not exactly this particular theme, but I always meant to
draw the young CCS crew in a bright, summery fanart.
http://wishluv.deviantart.com/art/Cardcaptor-Sakura-Summer-Lovin-133314401
I hope you're all having a good summer (those of in the Northern Hemisphere). I
am in dire need of beach and sunlight myself. I love the ocean so much, and it's
been over two years. Sighs...
- Wish-chan
August 20th: Fujitaka & Kaho
I don't usually respond to plot discussion because I tend to not be very good at
keeping spoilers to myself, but I just had to chuckle to myself at the thought
of Kaho dating Fujitaka or the sorts. Just imagine your ex-girlfriend becoming
your mother-in-law. Poor To-ya.
Fujitaka: Meet your new mother!
Sakura: Mizuki-sensei! Hanyaan!!!
Touya: ......
Kaho: You're still a good boy, Touya. I know I said the next time we meet, let
us be very good friends. Actually, I meant the next time we meet, I'll be your
*mother*.
Touya: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Of course, it is not a far stretch thinking of Kaho and Fujitaka being
compatible with each other. It'll result in a very Freudian situation for Touya,
nonetheless. Besides, I'd like to believe Fujitaka's OTL is Nadeshiko, so it's
not likely he would remarry.
- Wish-chan
September 8th: New Trials summaries, reading, writing...
Wow, thank you so much for your hard work as usual Amethyst-chan. (Missed having
you around.) >.< I can't believe you got so far with the summaries! That's so
much work. Hurray for Amethyst Beloved!
Strange as this sounds, I've never actually sat down and read over my fanfic
straight through (though I am writing it) since Arc 1. Lol. Main reason I can't
do it is because I start editing it. But I just have to randomly go back to
reference dialogues and events. It surprises me when I find snippets here and
there that I did not remember.
I had a horrible nightmare after writing one of the scenes in Chapter 63. >.<
It's already Christmastime-ish in New Trials land. Lol. I like writing Christmas stuff
in the middle of summer, I guess, and I get carried away and think it's winter already.
But I go outsideand it's just the coming of autumn.
Belated Happy Birthday, Melanie! It's my best friend's birthday today, and I'm
late sending her card and present. I'm such a horrible friend. Lol.
September 30th: Tsubasa final chapter
I was sitting in confusion for the past hour, thinking I missed something. lol.
Either A. Clamp is playing with us. B. The "special" chapter is going to be some
epic super-chapter that has a lot of explaining to do and redeem this "ending."
C. TRC's ending is not really here and xxxHolic will continue on with the story.
Dang, just when I had convinced myself TRC was going to become epic. If this
really is it, you know what I'm going to have to do? I really don't want to, but
after New Trials of CCS, I'm going to have to write a whole big fanfic on "The
New Trials of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles: The Story Never Ends," and I really
really don't want to do that. ^_^
- Wish-chan
PS. Regarding male readers, there are quite some around. At least over the
years, I've received emails from quite a few guys. And I'm sure there are some
more lurkers that do not speak up. CCS, though a shoujo anime, is quite popular
amongst males in Japan. And even in the States, I think they tried to
"shounenify" CCS, which I think was a horrible marketing strategy but just goes
to show you that CCS is a pretty versatile anime/manga.
November 15th: Confusion about The Pride
(In response to: “I noticed in this Chapter that Sakura
was trying to Seal the Pride but was unable to; the Pride affected her
Grandfather. But didn't she already seal the Pride in Chapter 58 when she got it
from Aki? I thought that card was already sealed, so why is it out again? It's
not like the Li's can release the cards back into Dark Forces.”)
You're right about Sakura sealing the Pride from Aki. I can't explain in more
detail because of spoilers regarding the Emotions, but here are some things to
note.
1. Sakura can't truly seal the Emotion without first overcoming it herself
first.
2. The Sakura who originally sealed the Pride is not the same Sakura she is now
with her memories recovered.
Hope that helps. But you are probably right that I should go back and include a
mention of the Pride being faced already because looking back, I don't think I
did the best job of explaining this in this chapter.
- Wish-chan
I just had to completely agree Syaoran looks good in brown. He
generally looks good in earth tones, nee? I like him in navy blue too
though, simply because of the episode of him in the Move Card, season
1... Meilin's first appearance.
I can't believe I remember that, but I think he's the first male anime
character that I've seen changed clothes (it's a 90's thing, that male
characters always wear the same thing every day!)
March 19th: CCS and Dash Card epiosde
Hmmm... I try to stay away all discussion because I'm afraid of my big mouth and
giving away spoilers about New Trials. (Chapter 61 is coming along, the bulk
written.)
But who could resist talk about CCS? I completely agree with CCS not being
outdated. In fact, the animation is a lot higher quality and more consistant
than a lot of stuff out these days.
I love the Dash episode--an example of a beautiful non-manga episode where you
see the development in Sakura and Syaoran's relationship. They're still a little
distant but you see how much Syaoran has come since the beginning. He even
smiles a little bit for the first time ever. Lol... I haven't watched this
episode in years and I still remember.
March 20th: DVD + CLAMP animes Haha... being the machine-incompetent person I am, it took me the longest time
to even figure out what the heck Blu-ray is and what makes it any different from
regular DVD. Anyhow, I don't like how everything is turning super HD. Some
things (especially human beings) look a little better blurry. But inevitably,
the cost of the players will drop and we can all afford it one day.
On another note, I cannot imagine how awesome a remastered CCS will look. It's
really a series I won't mind owning because I love every episode--no rather, I
do want to own the collection some day when they have the ultimate media form
(with subtitles). I don't dare think what we will be using twenty years from
now. Heck, regular DVD didn't last long.
Kobato will be the first shoujo series I've been excited about in a long time.
At the same time, they don't really have a whole lot of material to work with...
unless it's gonna be 70 episodes with tons of fillers. Oh, we might get some
Touya cameos? Well, I'm excited to see the seiyuu casting. ^_^
It always makes me wonder though, whether CLAMP's magnum opus is X or Card
Captor Sakura. Or maybe they have something yet to come. I feel like CLAMP's pet
project is X, and they're saving it up (to finish it one day.) But I feel like
CCS has had the biggest cultural impact, no?
March 27th: New Trials in general...
Haha... I always wonder if I have ever bumped into any New Trials readers
perchance. Fanfiction writing is such a closet hobby for me, none of my friends
really know about my nom-de-plume. But I'm sorry you missed the event (but it
was pretty short anyway) so school is more important. :)
Hmm... the Opening theme is a very tentative plan. I will never have time to
make it. Lol... Maybe I could make a teaser of the OP though, or something like
the New Trials Yesterday's Letter Trailer I made. That itself has been a good
learning experience. Lol.. Though someone has shown interest in making a school
film project out of New Trials. :) I myself have absolutely no film nor
animation background so...
Now that I think of it, I've had all sorts of requests over the years. One
person requested to rewrite the Star-Crossed musical for a school play. Another
person requested to make a comic out of New Trials in her country (I think it
was Thailand... somewhere in South East Asia.) I guess like a doujinshi. Most
requests are usually using inspirations from NT in their own fanfics. People are
so nice about using permission though. :)
Even if I never get to make an OP, at least elliexchan made an AMV using Sakura
Drops already: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUKM7GdteDw :)
March 30th: Miho
[Kirei-chan posted an old picture of Miho: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/kireiblossom/miho.jpg]
Aw, Miho-chan! You actually capture her very well--true to all the details I
have in mind. Miho rather grew on me, but she's one of the few characters that I
knew exactly what she would look like. And on the contrary, I draw Miho quite a
lot (she's one of my favorite characters to sketch whereas Kai is one of my
least favorite--Kai's hard to do!) It's just that I never bother to scan the
pictures of her up.
April 12th: New Fanart [S&S Hugging] Well, I guess it's not exactly "new," but it's an old fanart that I drew back in
high school that I finally covered. It might be one of my favorite S+S pics
though. I wanted something bright and summery :) and this fanart probably
represents the happiest moment for Sakura and Syaoran.
Happy Easter!!!
http://wishluv.deviantart.com/art/Sakura-Syaoran-Hug-119031947
- Wish-chan
April 28th: New Trials Ending Theme
If New Trials was an anime, I always said that Strobe no Sora/ Sutorobo no Sora
by Maaya Sakamoto would be the ending theme. I was making the Arc 4 "ending
theme" using Koucha, also by Maaya Sakamoto and got distracted, hence this video
resulted. But I really like how it turned out, and I think it almost feels like
it could be the Card Captor Sakura season 4 anime theme because I love the song
so much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFyZpA-9d8Y Woohoo to HQ... But it's sort of
scary...
I posted the lyrics up at my blog:
http://wishluv.blogspot.com/2009/04/card-captor-sakura-new-trials-anime.html
The lyrics are so relatable to New Trials and the song always makes me smile.
I love Selenity Shiroi's Meilin fanart--ironically, I've been drawing her more
lately and will post them up some time later.
- Wish-chan
April 30th: Sakura and Eron fanart
Eron was feeling very cranky and left-out at all the S+S promotion going on...
So, here's a long over-due Sakura and Eron fanart:
http://wishluv.deviantart.com/art/Sakura-and-Eron-Violet-Ribbon-120947135
Next chapter's going to be fun now that Sakura's got her memory back. Lol...
Wish-chan
May 8th: Siblings
[...]
Miho was never even supposed to be a principal supporting character, but she sort
of stuck on, now that I think of it. Lol Never even noticed. And her arc is coming up
in NT. Hmm... Between the brothers in NT, Touya, Kai and Eron, I think I'd want
Eron as a brother. He'll be a creepy friend and a possessive boyfriend, but he's a good
brother. Kai is a betrayer and I'd be scared to bring home a boyfriend if Touya were
my brother.
LOL.
May 8th: Males of NT + CLAMP
Haha... you always read my mind, Kirei-chan,
I was going to write in my previous post, brother, I choose Eron, but if I
marry, I'd want to marry a guy like Fujitaka. I think I wrote a post about it
long ago. How a guy like Ryuuren would be good to look at and fun to be involved
with, but at the end of the day, the kind of guy I would want to marry is
dependable Fujitaka. Then again, in real life, I feel like there is not always a
convergence between love and marriage.
One of my closest friends in med school got proposed to last year by a guy she's
been dating for 5 years. She recently broke up with him even though she said she
might never find a guy as nice and caring as him. But if you don't love a
person, you don't love a person. She is currently going through the "is there
such a thing as true love" phase, and I told her she'll get out of it
eventually.
I actually think Syaoran would be a good, faithful boyfriend if he had been born
a simple, normal boy. But unfortunately, he isn't. On the other hand, I love Kai
to pieces, and he is by far the most popular original character. But I love him
as a character, not so much as a person. He has some serious issues that I guess
I deal with more in the second arc of Kaitou Magician Origins.
Now that I think of it, I've never been a real fan of CLAMP leads--it's
surprising I like Sakura so much (or not surprising--who wouldn't love
CCS!Sakura--she's so adorable!) Not as big fan of a fan of TRC!Sakuras. Anyhow,
I really didn't like Hotaru from Magic Knight Rayearth, I found her love
interest Lantis boring. Misaki from Angelic Layer was a Hotaru-clone, IMO,
though Oujiro is in my top 5 favorite CLAMP males list. Chi... She's pretty, but
that's about it. I don't even remember the name of the male lead. Kamui is the
ultimate CLAMP bishounen, but likewise, emoness is not very appealing to me. The
blonde lead from CLAMP Campus Detectives is also a Hotaru-clone that's just
really smart. Anyhow, it's lucky that CLAMP has a plethora of awesome side
characters. It's just that CCS is one of the few anime that I like ALL, every
single one of the characters. I totally sidetracked though. I was just thinking
about writing a blog entry of my favorite CLAMP characters and how poor Fujitaka
would never be on the list, but I would want to marry him. Or Ferio. Lol...
July 15th: Happy birthday, Syaoran
Happy Birthday Syaoran!!!
If my computer hadn't crashed, I would have had something up for you. >.<
You crack me up so much, Kirei-chan. I did the same "real-age" calculations for
Syaoran at one point. My only solace for liking a 10-year-old boy was that at
least in "real-age" he would almost be the same age as me. But now I've gotten
to the point where most anime characters are younger than me, so it doesn't
matter anymore. Sighs. I remember when I used to think 16 was old.
Time flies by. But at least in TRC, we see an older Syaoran, clone or not. :)
July 17th: Polls
Gosh,
I love all these polls. I have such a blast reading what some of these choices
are. Teehee...
So, Chapter 62 spoilers...Kai and the gun?
o He fired it and has been planning it all along.
o He fired it but it was a recent plan of desperation.
o He didn't fire it and it'll all be a huge, complicated misunderstanding
when no one believes him.
o He didn't fire it but he'll say he did to cover for someone else.
o DARK FORCE...IT HAS TO BE A DARK FORCE!!!
o Wait, there was someone other than Sakura and Syaoran in this chapter?
o I don't know...how could you Wish-chan!!! *dies from cliffhanger*
It makes me sad when I can't participate in a poll because I'm afraid of
revealing spoilers, etc. Teehee.. But sometimes I just participate anyway.
I think one poll I want to do is what scene people most want illustrated. For
example, I've always wanted to draw the Empire State building photoshoot, and
I've taken numerous photos of the Empire State building for reference purpose.
Lol.
July 17th: Malanie the model’s origin post
Melanie: So first of call I must commend Wish-chan. Being a former runway model myself
you really captured the back stage perfectly. :) It made me miss the old days of
runway.... except for the dieting part LOL.
Wow, that's awesome that you were a runway model~ (Ah, I have such diverse
readers). It seems like such a hard and stressful thing to do.
Anyhow, I'm totally naming one of the designers' models after you if you don't
mind. ^_^ If you want, you can specify looks and any other details you want as
well (ie. place of origin).
July 22nd: Translation projects
Desi-chan,
I've had a couple people asking for Spanish translations of New Trials and it
would be awesome to have both a French and Spanish project. You have 100% of my
authorization. Lol...
I feel like translation projects would be very difficult in general though, so
if there can be people helping out, that would be awesome. I love the idea that
anime fandom can bring people together globally. :)
Now that I think of it, there have been several doujinshi projects and whatnot
in the past that I never really heard back from. I wonder what happened to them.
Lol.
Anyhow, I'm always open to hearing ideas of how to improve New Trials and the
website, so I love hearing everyone's ideas. (Though my #1 priority always is
writing the next chapter hence the lack of updates elsewhere.)
- Wish-chan
August 14th: Fanart ~ Let’s Go to the Beach
Before summer came to an end, I finally drew a fanart that I've always been
meaning to draw. Well, not exactly this particular theme, but I always meant to
draw the young CCS crew in a bright, summery fanart.
http://wishluv.deviantart.com/art/Cardcaptor-Sakura-Summer-Lovin-133314401
I hope you're all having a good summer (those of in the Northern Hemisphere). I
am in dire need of beach and sunlight myself. I love the ocean so much, and it's
been over two years. Sighs...
- Wish-chan
August 20th: Fujitaka & Kaho
I don't usually respond to plot discussion because I tend to not be very good at
keeping spoilers to myself, but I just had to chuckle to myself at the thought
of Kaho dating Fujitaka or the sorts. Just imagine your ex-girlfriend becoming
your mother-in-law. Poor To-ya.
Fujitaka: Meet your new mother!
Sakura: Mizuki-sensei! Hanyaan!!!
Touya: ......
Kaho: You're still a good boy, Touya. I know I said the next time we meet, let
us be very good friends. Actually, I meant the next time we meet, I'll be your
*mother*.
Touya: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Of course, it is not a far stretch thinking of Kaho and Fujitaka being
compatible with each other. It'll result in a very Freudian situation for Touya,
nonetheless. Besides, I'd like to believe Fujitaka's OTL is Nadeshiko, so it's
not likely he would remarry.
- Wish-chan
September 8th: New Trials summaries, reading, writing...
Wow, thank you so much for your hard work as usual Amethyst-chan. (Missed having
you around.) >.< I can't believe you got so far with the summaries! That's so
much work. Hurray for Amethyst Beloved!
Strange as this sounds, I've never actually sat down and read over my fanfic
straight through (though I am writing it) since Arc 1. Lol. Main reason I can't
do it is because I start editing it. But I just have to randomly go back to
reference dialogues and events. It surprises me when I find snippets here and
there that I did not remember.
I had a horrible nightmare after writing one of the scenes in Chapter 63. >.<
It's already Christmastime-ish in New Trials land. Lol. I like writing Christmas stuff
in the middle of summer, I guess, and I get carried away and think it's winter already.
But I go outsideand it's just the coming of autumn.
Belated Happy Birthday, Melanie! It's my best friend's birthday today, and I'm
late sending her card and present. I'm such a horrible friend. Lol.
September 30th: Tsubasa final chapter
I was sitting in confusion for the past hour, thinking I missed something. lol.
Either A. Clamp is playing with us. B. The "special" chapter is going to be some
epic super-chapter that has a lot of explaining to do and redeem this "ending."
C. TRC's ending is not really here and xxxHolic will continue on with the story.
Dang, just when I had convinced myself TRC was going to become epic. If this
really is it, you know what I'm going to have to do? I really don't want to, but
after New Trials of CCS, I'm going to have to write a whole big fanfic on "The
New Trials of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles: The Story Never Ends," and I really
really don't want to do that. ^_^
- Wish-chan
PS. Regarding male readers, there are quite some around. At least over the
years, I've received emails from quite a few guys. And I'm sure there are some
more lurkers that do not speak up. CCS, though a shoujo anime, is quite popular
amongst males in Japan. And even in the States, I think they tried to
"shounenify" CCS, which I think was a horrible marketing strategy but just goes
to show you that CCS is a pretty versatile anime/manga.
November 15th: Confusion about The Pride
(In response to: “I noticed in this Chapter that Sakura
was trying to Seal the Pride but was unable to; the Pride affected her
Grandfather. But didn't she already seal the Pride in Chapter 58 when she got it
from Aki? I thought that card was already sealed, so why is it out again? It's
not like the Li's can release the cards back into Dark Forces.”)
You're right about Sakura sealing the Pride from Aki. I can't explain in more
detail because of spoilers regarding the Emotions, but here are some things to
note.
1. Sakura can't truly seal the Emotion without first overcoming it herself
first.
2. The Sakura who originally sealed the Pride is not the same Sakura she is now
with her memories recovered.
Hope that helps. But you are probably right that I should go back and include a
mention of the Pride being faced already because looking back, I don't think I
did the best job of explaining this in this chapter.
- Wish-chan