xxxholic Chapter 170

O-M-G It's finally out !!! Our long awaited xxxholic chapter 170!!!!!!

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cnet128
starlady38

Scanlation wrote:
xxxholic170[franky-house]

YAY! Thank you very much, Yami-chan!

Ah.. the link for the raw is broken...it doesn't show up

chibi-chan wrote:Ah.. the link for the raw is broken...it doesn't show up

Hm... Sorry~ Maybe mangahelper do not like direct-link to their DDL ^^;;; so, I changed it now, and the batch download should come from ladydarkmoon now!! Enjoy ~

Thank you so much Yami-san *Downloading now, comment later*

okay i just read it. seems like it's going for the end for real now, huh. although you can never know with clamp...
anyway, yay! sakura and shaoran are alive somewhere! and they're waiting for tsubasa-shaoran and watanuki? i see. OR NOT! >_> do they know they have two sons? i mean, shaoran reset the world, so they shouldn't have the like, the memory of having two children? @_@
i guess we'll know soon anyway.

so the CCS Sakura and Syaoran are alive mmm I wanna see Kero and yue XD well apparently the final step of the series was taken XXXHolic and Tsubasa just a few months more (I really hope CLAMP does make a proper Epilogue for both series at least one like CCS and we get to see Watanuki and R!Syaoran see their parents again)

(and dear kumo of course they know if they didn't they wouldn't have handed over the Star Staff so the wish comes true XD)

English translation: cnet128
English scanlation: xxxholic170[franky-house]

and I will quote the part that interest all of us:

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FortuneTeller: Is Kimihiro-kun there?
Yuuko: No, he's out just at the moment.
FortuneTeller: There was something I wanted to let him know. // You remember back when you first brought him to me, to have his fortune told...
Flashback!FortuneTeller: Don't you worry. / Your parents have passed on just fine.

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FortuneTeller: I saw that his parents were no longer in this world, thanks to some sort of grave event... // ...So I told him that they had passed on. / But when he came to visit me this last time, // ...I realized that I was mistaken. // Kimihiro-kun's parents may not be in this world, but they still live, in another place.

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Yuuko: ...Indeed. // They are still waiting for their children. // Believing in the two of them, // all this time. // So you wanted to tell this to Watanuki?
FortuneTeller: That was my intention, but I feel that my failure to reach him is a sign. // It means that he need not be told of this just yet.

So the bets are open!!
Where are CCS|SxS?
My bet is they've been sleeping under the ruins all along, and that they are the power FWR is trying to get his hands on: since they are very well hidden, so well that the fortune teller thought at first they were actually dead, maybe the place they are in is of hard access and forced FWR to get memories from many different dimensions to actually manage to break through the world they are in.
There are endless arguments against this theory, but I will stick with that until I come up with something else more plausible.

EDIT: right after the translation, someone actually wrote a very interesting post, so I will include it here :

"The Butterfly Dream" is a parable by the classical Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, whose ideas have enjoyed a revival with postmodern thinkers. The parable is thus: Zhuangzi had a dream of being a butterfly that was so fantastically vivid, so convincing, that when he woke from it he was no longer entirely sure whether he was a philosopher who dreamed of being a butterfly or a butterfly who dreamed of being a philosopher.

The "moral" of the parable is that reality is subject to our interpretations, no more necessarily "real" than our dreams. In Holic, the butterfly motif is ALWAYS connected to Yuuko. Thus, invoking the "Butterfly Dream" parable is likely to be foreshadowing that there's going to be a choice involved between reality as it is currently perceived and the future as it has been dreamed to be. It also likely references how Watanuki is becoming more "real" by altering people's perceptions, because even his very existence is subjective.
[by The nakedcat]

Wait so, CCS!SAKURA AND CCS!SYAORAN ARE ALIVE!? YES!

Sorry but, I'm now happy! Happy! Happy! Hmmm...maybe those two are sleeping in the ruins...reminds me of how in Acid!Tokyo how Sakura and Subaru were asleep in that glwoing balloon thing in the water...maybe something similar happened to the CCS couple...

Ooh! And intresting info about the butterfly, very cool!

Translation by starlady38 , if anyone is interested ^^

Yayyyyyyyyyyyy! A tear of joy!!!! Thank you so much Sherry-chan!!! Yippee! Chibi knew Clamp never truly want to kill off our beloved CCS Couple!! All along, CLamp has been fooling us! >< Anyway, so Carcaptor Sakura and Syoran are in fact still alive and they sleepin somewhere in another or unknown world? O.O Like Sherry-chan said, maybe they're sleeping under the ruin but wait, how did they get there in first place? Chibi thought Sakura has no power to cross to other dimension o.o Chibi is so confused! Perhaps FWR stole their body and hidden them under the ruin or something..

woah, just read chapter 170 O.O

.........OMG CCS!SYAORAN AND SAKURA ARE ALIVE!?!?!?!

I just knew that if there was any possibility of them returning that the fortune teller lady had to take back what she said about his parents resting in peace! That's basically been the whole arguing point for me about the possibility of CCS!Syaoran and Sakura being alive! :D Now, not only did the fortune teller take back what she said, but explained in plain terms that his parents are waiting somewhere to meet their sons once more! AAAHHHH I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!

.......Now where are they? >.<

I am so glad for this. I LOVE that CCS S&S are alive.....I can see it now, CLAMP had to work together on this last time.


Crack a head for this theory on why CCS Sakura and Syaoran are alive right now..

Spoiler:

Lol! I love that theory! *ahem* Anyways, I'm happy that we find out that our fav. cute non yoai couple are alive! Woot!

Thanks for the chapter :)
OMG I'm really happy to know CCS! Sakura and Syaoran are still alive!!! this is a wonderful notice!

I agree. I love that the CCS couple are still alive, but what world would they live in now?

But I'm so confused with the "butterfly's dream" and such. And What does Yuuko mean, it's coming to an end. IS it the shop or is the end of her, O.o (hope not) the end of FWR, or what? :3 I can't wait for the next chapter, and the color pages!!!

i loved the meeting between Yuuko and Haruka!

so, CCS! couple are alive.. where are they and why did they have to leave Watanuki?

i think he (Watanuki) might have known the reason but then he had to give up his memories to Yuuko..

he went to Yuuko in order to help find the 2 Sakuras so he might of had some idea of what was going on .. he obviously knew more than the Tsubasa gang...so the answer might be in black Mokona's ring with his memories !?

Goodie<3 CCS couple are alive!

I guess that cooking lady has somwhat a deep meaning implicated to Watanuki's parents. Honestly, I feel great relief to hear our CCS aren't dead as we *cough* thought they were.

mistyco26 wrote:I guess that cooking lady has somwhat a deep meaning implicated to Watanuki's parents.

Huh?? Cooking lady?? But I thought the lady who learn how to cook is the one that believe in "If I don't know, then I don't need to worry about being disgusted!!"

YamiSakura wrote:

mistyco26 wrote:I guess that cooking lady has somwhat a deep meaning implicated to Watanuki's parents.

Huh?? Cooking lady?? But I thought the lady who learn how to cook is the one that believe in "If I don't know, then I don't need to worry about being disgusted!!"

True. Sorry, I was talking about the Fortune teller^_^

"The Butterfly Dream" is a parable by the classical Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, whose ideas have enjoyed a revival with postmodern thinkers. The parable is thus: Zhuangzi had a dream of being a butterfly that was so fantastically vivid, so convincing, that when he woke from it he was no longer entirely sure whether he was a philosopher who dreamed of being a butterfly or a butterfly who dreamed of being a philosopher.

The "moral" of the parable is that reality is subject to our interpretations, no more necessarily "real" than our dreams. In Holic, the butterfly motif is ALWAYS connected to Yuuko. Thus, invoking the "Butterfly Dream" parable is likely to be foreshadowing that there's going to be a choice involved between reality as it is currently perceived and the future as it has been dreamed to be. It also likely references how Watanuki is becoming more "real" by altering people's perceptions, because even his very existence is subjective.
[by The nakedcat]

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Thank you for sharing that! :D

That reminds me of a more Western story I know; where a person of a certain tribe is running from the Aztecs; who are celebrating a ceremony which involves sacrificing their prisoners. Anyways, the story starts by explaining that the person is in modern day, and gets into a motor-cycle accident. While he is in the relaxed atmosphere of the hospital, he has chaotic dreams of being chased by the Aztecs for being a sacrifice. He watches in fear as his friends are sacrificed one-by-one and his turn draws near.

Then he wakes up in the modern day hospital, enjoys his medication, warm food, and talks to other patients. He falls asleep again, and dreams he's been imprisoned, and soon to be sacrificed. He eventually gets carried up to the alter to be sacrificed - and just before the priest is about to kill him with the sacred blade - he realises - this is his reality. He is about to die, and the world of him being in a safe secure hospital was merely a dream, a wonderful dream.

So, I ponder what CLAMP has in store for us, as so much "reality" has been altered, and merged, and re-established thanks for FWR and "Syaoran".

:) I'm quite excited!

i'm glad that CCS syaoran and sakura are still alive!! when we can meet them? hopefully as quick as possible^^

tama.chama wrote:i'm glad that CCS syaoran and sakura are still alive!! when we can meet them? hopefully as quick as possible^^

Hopefully! They better show us CCS pappa and mamma's faces soon! It's already been revealed CCS couple are Watanuki-kun's/Syaoran-kun's parents so why do they keep on hiding their precious faces