Chapter 138

[celestials]

here is chap 138
http://photo.163.com/photos/cocoya118/110597207/
but i dont have the password so some please help!!!

[Crystall]

that password doesn't work for me... are u sure it's the right one? 

edit: ....ok....there was a post before mine... with a password....

[celestials]

well im looking for.. but if someone has it tell me!!!

[Touei]

The password is xueyuan

[Sandra-chan]

^^Thank you Znuese!!! I hope translation comes soon too

[Minoushka]

Sorry Cristall >_< I was the one who  wrote a password but it was not the good one...So I deleted my post ><

[celestials]

omg thanxxx for the password... i love the splashh page sxf 

[Gabys!]

Thanks to both of you, Celestials and Znuese!!! ^^

[IrisAstra]

http://ladydarkmoon.livejournal.com/131825.html?view=1391345#t1391345
Yay! Syaoran is looking scrumptious. And the barbed wire!

[mizunotsubasa]

Ladydarkmoon as it over at her journal http://ladydakrmoon.livejournal.com

[Kuro Tsubasa]

Here are the translations:

- Those two hearts, too fragile. A single moment is enough... if we're stained in white -

"A lineage handed down"

Page 2.

Fai: I wonder if they're our next opponents in chess, or...

Kuro: Or the ones who have been watching us during the journey.

Fai: Whoever they are...

Page 3.

Fai: I won't let them hurt us any more.

Kuro: ....

Page 4.

Clow: The night is chilly. You'll catch a cold.

Sakura: Father.

I was watching the ruins.

Page 5.

Sakura: Precious things from the past of Clow Country might be buried there. That's why everyone is working hard.

I know that. But still...

Clow: You're lonely because you can't be with them, right?

Sakura: Yes...

Page 6.

Sakura: Even though my birthday has passed and I grew up a bit...

Clow: Being apart from the ones you love always makes one lonely, no matter how old you are.

Sakura: Father too?

Clow: Of course I'm lonely.
And...
Even while I'm apart from them, I'm always wishing for those people to find happiness.

Page 7.

Sakura: Is there someone who you are apart from and want to meet?

Clow: That's right.
But there is something I have to do.

Sakura: Whaat? Couldn't I help?

Clow: If Princess Sakura keeps smiling, that's enough.

Page 8.

Sakura: Ah!

Clow: It seems the one you've been waiting for has arrived.

Even if he's someone you should have met, you can't meet him.
Even if you stretch out your hand, you can't touch him.

Sakura: Father?

Page 9.

Clow: Even if he reflects in your eyes, you can't reach him.

Even if you've chosen them for yourself, the painful things won't change.
Even like this... you want to protect, right?

Once you have decided something, you can't resent that. This too, is just like being blood related.

Page 10.

Sakura: Just now... a dream?

Or... a memory?

Father...

Who was he talking to?

Page 11.

R!Shao: It has become just like you said, Clow.

But it's something I've decided for myself.

Even if that heart won't return...

I said I'll protect her, no matter what.

Page 12.

R!Shao: Sakura. (1)

Announcer: Everyone, please enjoy today's chess.

Page 13.

Announcer: Now, to explain the setting...

Kuro: Enough of boasting! Let's begin!

Page 14.

Geo: Hey, hey...

Page 15.

Eagle: It seems to be getting interesting.

Fai: Getting hit by those seems pretty painful.

Page 16.

R!Shao: We'll win. For certain.

Page 17.

READY... GO!

Page 21.

R!Shao: !!

- Heart and body put to the test! Next, the group's opportunity to win..? -

I'd put this under a spoiler, but I don't know how. Can anyone tell me?

[Snow-chan]

Such a lovely splash page! The costumes are to die for and the expressions as well.
Syaoran on pg 12 and 16!
The thorns - ouch!

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I wonder what Eagle is saying with that smug face and Fai when he is licking his fingers *thud*

Edit.
Oh, a partial translation:
http://www.tsubasachronicle.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3689&page=3
and a full one too
http://www.tsubasachronicle.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3689&page=4

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Fai: Whoever they are...

Page 3.

Fai: I won't let them hurt us any more.

[Mina]

Oh my goddness.... this chapter was gorgeous... I love the way Clamp did the memory scene, making it look ripped/burned.

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And Clow! I shouldn't have been surprised but I still was when this chapter revealed that Clow knew of R!Syaoran watching through the seal of the eye, in fact, he directly talks to him... I bet C!Syaoran was clueless about what he was saying while Clow talked... because Clow was talking to R!Syaoran through C!Syaoran.

And R!Syaoran's angst with Sakura.. but interesting how Sakura and R!Syaoran remembered same memory during same night. And nooo! Poor R!Syaoran, Clamp keeps on beating him up.... first by C!Syaoran, then by rock throwing kids, then by Sakura(being distant...), and now hit with electric bolts and slammed into sharp vines... that's just mean, come on... he suffered being in the tube and once he's out, he suffers more....

And gosh, this made me love R!Syaoran more and more. I'm sorry C!Syaoran, but you are just too evil right now.

[ishiyaki]

Clow is so misterious as Yuuko
I don't understand!

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Poor RSyaoran!!! he seems very injured! all that spikes!!Oh my!! I can't wait!!!

arigato for translation!!!

[Crystall]

OMG!! OMG!!! this chapter is so.... *faints* i'm so excited cause i've waited this long.. 
the splash page totally rocks! sakura&fai together.. 
indeed...Clow is sooooo mysterious...  and i don't understand... R!Syao said that it's something he decided for himself - protecting her or something else? this is so weird... 

i have a question: does anyone know how many chapters TRC will have? 

and i suggest that the 2 topics this subject has to be merged or something, ne? 

anyway, this chap rocks!! 

[Emiko]

Topics merged. Please post the links to chapter downloads in the 'Chapter Discussions' subforum in the future, but, as always, thanks to anyone who provides the links! ^_^

[Sandra-chan]

Pretty chapter!
 

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The splash page was beautiful! The hole chapter was beautiful in fact, as for all the recent chapters (well and the older ones too ^^;) Anyway, I liked that they showed a bit more of the KuroxFai scene , I wonder if Eagle and co are the people watching them..
So R!Syaoran did know Clow - Sakura's father. Does this mean that Clow, Sakuras father is the Clow that is related to R!Syaoran? I guess it must be so, then it means that Sakura and R!Syaoran are related too (just like in CCS).

i have a question: does anyone know how many chapters TRC will have?

No one know exactly how long TRC will be, but it is said to be longer than X which is 18 ½ volumes.

[ishiyaki]

I love RSyaoran's expresion when he says "Sakura..."...that position of his hands over his nose has a lot of meanings...

I understand the translation, but I still not what Clow wanna say. It's difficult to understand Yuuko's philosophy, but Clow's is even worst...
Anyway, I don't see relation between Clow and RSyao. As you say, Sandra-chan, RSyao could have known Sakura but in a different time. He is going to protect her, so somebody (Clow) should tell him that mission, isn't it?

[Sailor Yue-chan]

both DL links are dead. NEED MIRRORS PLEASE

[kuma]

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kyaaah
i really like kurogane and fai fight along side each other
even though they are not in good terms with each other lately
their combi is still awesome

poor syaoran
it's not fair .....three against one
but i'll think he'll survive and get up to continue the game

can't wait for next chapter already
it's next week right.....
no more breaks?

[Snow-chan]

both DL links are dead. NEED MIRRORS PLEASE

Here is one http://www.sendspace.com/file/2ie17q

[ishiyaki]

HEY guys!

I've read a lot of interesting theories in www.crossed-destinies.net forums (spanish web, I'm sorry^^ U).

one of them is that Clow wasn't talking

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to CSyaoran, he was to RSyaoran!! RSyao could see through Clonie's eye and Clow knew that Sakura's friend was a copy.

NOW a CRAZY IDEA---> the blood line which Clow talks is

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MAGIC RELATION BETWEEN CLOW AND R!SYAO. Remember when RSyao used his magic against Clone, he used Clow's magic circle.

[Sokasato]

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'Even if he's someone you should have met, you can't meet him.
Even if you stretch out your hand, you can't touch him.' What does Clow mean by that? Anyone?

Poor Syaoran!! Why must Clamp beat him up so much?!!! He's only just begun to live!!

Can't wait for the next chapter!!

[Tsu-girl]

I don't know if I get it right but isn't Clow talking about Real Syaoran? He knows that the one, that Sakura will meet is a clone...

And talking about the blood relation is rather about both Syaoran's and the love traingle between them and the princess... It seems that Clow really knew the future.

And I think that Clow misses Yuuko... They are very alike ^^

*sigh* I wonder if Syaoran's losing has something to do with the strenght of Sakura's mind...

[cami_calzone]

I'm having trouble with the raw scans! They won't LOAD! GAAAH!

Any different links? Anything???

[Ando]

Wow. I had somehow gotten in my mind that we wouldn't get another chapter for weeks to come - what a pleasant surprise!

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Ahaha... Syaoran torture. You know you love it. This chess game is pretty violent, it appears. I guess we can assume that people occasionally do die in these tournaments?

How sweet that R Syaoran says Sakura's name in hiragana - did he do the same at that earlier incident, when he began calling her by first name but then altered it to "princess", does anyone remember? In either case, it's a nice change from the clone addressing her in katakana. On that note, Clow says his daughter's name in katakana too, doesn't he? Strange. But then, everything about that guy is strange.

I too think that Clow's missing Yuuko. Ohoho, I'm starting to become a Clow/Yuuko shipper...

I think I'm finally starting to get used to, and even like, CLAMP's increased use of graytones. One of the biggest reasons I fell in love with TRC to begin with was the artwork, including the big contrast between black and white.

And to end this long, unnecessary rant:

I. Want. Splash page. *hangs it on bedroom wall and stares at it for some hours*

[ishiyaki]

I'm having trouble with the raw scans! They won't LOAD! GAAAH!

Any different links? Anything???

You can try MSN groups "Tsubasa Chronicle Manga Online". I hope you find it. ^_^

[Sandra-chan]

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I think I'm finally starting to get used to, and even like, CLAMP's increased use of graytones. One of the biggest reasons I fell in love with TRC to begin with was the artwork, including the big contrast between black and white.

I liked the older trc style too but I when they started using graytones I thought it was more pretty that way, and I still think so. It adds more depth in to the pictures ^^

[princesslore]

OMG!!!!!!! THIS IS SO EXITING!!!!  ARIGATOU!!!

[Tsuki-kun]

Beautiful splash page!! Can't wait until the next one!

[tg]

Yay.  Several things happened in this chapter that stood out.  Most of you have said it already and others, I'd like to point out.

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1) Clow Koku!   Ahhhhahhh.   Now we're getting somewhere.  Clow Koku's past might be buried under those ruins.   Hmm.  Now, he may/may not be that important but I have a feeling, he is.  CLAMP.  You've invented a new Clow!  Hoo-rahhh.

2) Yes, I also believe Clow Reed is adressing R!Syaoran when he's talking to little Sakura and C!Syaoran.  I also believe that R!Syaoran was meant to meet Sakura instead of the clone because of what Clow said.  

Clow: "Even if he's someone you should have met, you can't meet him.  Even if you stretch out your hand, you can't touch him.  Even if he reflects in your eyes, you can't reach him.  Even if you chosen them for yourself, the painful things won't change.  Even like this...you want to protect, right?  Once you've decided something, you can't resent that.  This too, is just like being blood related."

Sakura: "Father...  Who was he talking to?"

R!Syaoran: "It has become just like you said, Clow.  But it's something I've decided for myself.  Even if that heart won't return....  I said I'll protect her no matter what.  .....Sakura."

Clow Reed can see the past, present, and beyond so I shouldn't be too surprised either.  But, I still am by all this.  ^_^  So sad that he misses Yuuko (if that's whom he's referring to). 
I hope R!Syaoran gets his own deserved break from being beaten up so much!   And if CLAMP is following the fact that yes, R!Syaoran is related by blood to the Clow family tree, then I shall grin. Clow Reed is right.  You can't "resent" that you're related to someone you want to protect who is currently in love with the "other you".  It can also relate to him falling in love with Sakura (if this does happen for real in the near future).  ^_0
Sakura...  I hope she learns to move on.  Her sorrow's making the manga only look darker and darker and...

3) I see what you guys mean in the previous chapter discussion thread about Fai still having a mask, in a sense.  It's like he has two personalities clashing at each other.  It can only be one or the other but never both.   >__<

4) Where in the worlds out of Mokona's hyper mouth is that C!Syaoran!?   Geeze.  I want to see what's come of him so far and what his chopped up shirt looks like now.  Such evil... 

5) This "chess" game is very brutal scary looking.   *blinks*

Looking forward to seeing how the Tsubasa team fights back at their opponents in the next chapter.   ^o^