Cardcaptor Sakura

Cardcaptor Sakura is a fantasy manga series that has been made into an anime.

Plot
The series focuses on Sakura Kinomoto, a fourth grade elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book in which they had been sealed for years. She is tasked with retrieving those cards in order to avoid an unknown catastrophe from befalling the world.

Characters

 * Akiho Shinomoto
 * Clow Reed
 * Eriol Hiiragizawa
 * Fujitaka Kinomoto
 * Kaho Mizuki
 * Kerberos/Kero
 * Maki Matsumoto
 * Meiling Li
 * Nadeshiko Kinomoto
 * Nakuru Akizuki
 * Naoko Yanagisawa
 * Rei Tachibana
 * Rika Sasaki
 * Ruby Moon
 * Sakura Kinomoto
 * Shouko Tsujitani
 * Sonomi Daidouji
 * Spinel Sun
 * Syaoran Li
 * Takashi Yamazaki
 * Tenkai Tachibana
 * Tomoyo Daidouji
 * Touya Kinomoto
 * Wang Wei
 * Yelan Li
 * Yoshiyuki Terada
 * Yue
 * Yukie Kimura
 * Yukito Tsukishiro
 * Yuna D. Kaito
 * Yuuki Tachibana

Het

 * SakuSyao — the ship between Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li
 * MeiSyao — the ship between Meling Li and Syaoran Li
 * SakuYuki — the ship between Sakura Kinomoto and Yukito Tsukishiro

Slash

 * TouYuki — the ship between Touya Kinomoto and Yukito Tsukishiro
 * ClowYue — the ship between Clow Reed and Yue
 * TouYue — the ship between Touya Kinomoto and Yue
 * SyaoYuki — the ship between Syaoran Li and Yukito Tsukishiro

Femslash

 * TomoSaku — the ship between Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji
 * SonoShiko — the ship between Sonomi Daidouji and Nadeshiko Kinomoto
 * TomoMei — the ship between Tomoyo Daidouji and Meling Li

Poly

 * TouYukiYue — the ship between Touya Kinomoto, Yukito Tsukishiro and Yue
 * TomoSakuSyao — the ship between Tomoyo Daidouji, Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li
 * MeiSakuSyao — the ship between Meling Li, Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li

Friendship

 * SakuKero — the ship between Sakura Kinomoto and Kerberos/Kero

Family

 * Sakura & Touya — the ship between Sakura Kinomoto and Touya Kinomoto

Fanon
This show was incredibly important for young lgbt+ kids and teens that felt represented, at a time where representation was scarce at best, and hostile at worst. The most popular ships, TouYuki and TomoSaku are beloved for this very same reason. Although one of the most popular ships, and the main one of the series, SakuSyao, is also very beloved for its revolutionary representation of an equal relationship and of a strong female protagonist fighting alongside her love interest. The show was a hit with both boys and girls in Japan, but a lot was changed in Nelvana and Warner Bros.’ English dub. Almost half the episodes were cut, character’s names were “Americanized”, a lot Sakura's characteristic traits were erased and the tone was more action-heavy to appeal to boys. And like Sailor Moon before it, all the lgbt+ content was censored or removed. Lots of English dubs changed or censored anime at this time, but Cardcaptors was particularly egregious because of how different the Japanese and original English versions really were.

Fandom
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