Tsubasa Chronicle/Syaoran

Syaoran
Tsubasa Chronicle
Actor	Miyu Irino
First Appearance	The Inevitable Encounter
Last Appearance	Still appearing
Series Billing	Main Cast
Episode Count	31

Basic Information

Syaoran is a young archeologist currently residing in the country of Clow. He has been friends with Princess Sakura since they were young, and has fallen in love with her, but never admitted his feelings. When a mysterious spell caused her to lose her memories, he volunteered to take her to other worlds to find them. In exchange for the ability to travel, he had to give up his relationship with Sakura.

Syaoran is blind in one eye and his fighting style consists of mostly kicks to compensate for the lack of depth perception. He has also learned how to use a sword from Kurogane.

Character History

Not much is known about Syaoran's early years, not even to him - he seems to have blocked the memories out. All that is known is that life was hard and it traumatized him. He was adopted by Fujitaka, who took the boy along on his archeological expeditions. On one of these trips he met Seishiro, and in exchange for letting the mysterious stranger see a book he was carrying, Syaoran learned how to fight.

When they moved to Clow to excavate the ruins there, Fujitaka introduced Syaoran to Princess Sakura. She was tasked by her father to help him open up, largely succeeding because of her sunny demeanor. Eventually Syaoran became good friends with Sakura and grew to love Fujitaka as well.

At some point Fujitaka died, leaving Syaoran alone to finish the excavation of the ruins. He met with King Touya on a regular basis, and his friendship with Sakura only grew and deepened. He tried to express his love for Sakura one evening, only to back down at the last second. Unfortunately, this was his last chance to do so.

That night, Sakura entered the ruins and stepped onto a seal Syaoran had unearthed, rising in the air. Syaoran caught her when she fell, but he could not keep mysterious feathers from flying away from her - her memories. High Priest Yukito determined that she would die without these memories, so Syaoran volunteered to get them back, and Yukito sent the two teenagers to the Dimensional Witch, Yūko.

Yūko offers to help Syaoran, but she demands a price from him - his relationship with Sakura. As they travel from world to world and Sakura regains her memories, the one thing she will never remember is Syaoran. Any memories involving him have his part excised. This fact pains Syaoran greatly.

Kurogane and Fai were sent with Sakura and Syaoran on their interdimensional travels. Syaoran has become close with both of them, even apprenticing himself to Kurogane, who taught him how to fight with a sword.

Trivia

• Syaoran is an alternate universe version of Syaoran Li from Cardcaptor Sakura. He shares the same earnestness and great affection for Sakura, though his Cardcaptor Sakura counterpart is sometimes rude and surly.