TomoSaku

TomoSaku is the femslash ship between Tomoyo and Sakura from the Cardcaptor Sakura fandom.

Canon
Sakura and Tomoyo are childhood friends. Throughout the series there are quite a few clues that Tomoyo felt love for Sakura, but some were much more explicit than others. For example, in “The Flower” manga chapter, Tomoyo tells Sakura that she loves her and she replies that she also feels the same. However, Tomoyo accepts that the meaning of “I love you” Sakura told her is different from hers.

However, Tomoyo’s infatuation for her friend, in addition to this love, admiration and respect for her role as a heroine, also included the fact that Tomoyo was always willing to help Sakura unconditionally. Tomoyo loves Sakura and what she represents. In addition, on several occasions Tomoyo made it clear to Sakura that she did not expect her to reciprocate her feelings and only cared about seeing her happy.

In “Sakura, Syaoran, and the Invisible Threads”, Sakura and Tomoyo go to a stuffed animal shop accompanied by Eriol and Syaoran. On this occasion, Tomoyo tells Sakura that the only thing she wants is for the person she loves to be happy, and although she wishes that somehow her feelings can get reciprocated, she also puts the happiness of her “loved one” above her own feelings. Sakura, surprised and without taking the hint, replies that surely her loved one is already very happy in her life.

On another occasion, Tomoyo talks to Syaoran about his feelings and makes the boy confess that he likes Sakura. Then, Tomoyo implicitly talks about herself when she reveals that there are “many people who like Sakura” as she was “a sweetheart of a person.” Tomoyo also talks about “hidden feelings in hearts” after ensuring that she is always taking care of Sakura, because she is “her friend”.

Finally, in a conversation with Kero, when they were trying to reunite Sakura and Syaoran, Tomoyo confessed to the guardian that loving someone means putting their feelings above yours. This implied that it did not matter if her heart broke when she saw her beloved with someone else, because she only wanted to see her happy; which is verified during the different moments in which she tried to help the boy to confess his feelings to Sakura, knowing that Sakura was not indifferent to them.

In the Clear Card manga, Sakura states that Tomoyo is her magician, in response to Tomoyo saying that she does not have powers to aid Sakura. Sakura shows a lot of affection towards Tomoyo and tells her that if Tomoyo was not there making the costumes, she would not always be giving her best. She does her best because Tomoyo’s effort makes her want to succeed.

Fanon
TomoSaku is one of the most popular ships in the series. Some fans adore their dynamics as friends, while many fans love the romantic version of the ship.

This ship also suffered the censorship of the dub adaptations outside Japan. In the Japanese version, it is obvious that Tomoyo has an unrequited crush on Sakura. Her eyes light up every time they see each other and she does not get jealous when Sakura talks about her male crushes. She also always puts Sakura’s happiness above her own. It is a genuinely nuanced relationship for a kids show, and a positive message for any LGBT+ kids who might be having these feelings for the first time. However, in the Nelvana dub, any and all mere mentions of Madison’s (Tomoyo’s) crush on Sakura are censored.

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Trivia

 * During Valentine's day, Tomoyo gifted homemade chocolates for Sakura. And Sakura gave her a reciprocal gift on White Day.
 * When Tomoyo learns of Sakura's new role as a Cardcaptor, she insists that Sakura must wear "special outfits" and begins providing Sakura with the various costumes she wears during her captures as well as accompanying her on missions to record the events with her video camera.
 * In the manga, some scenes give the appearance that Tomoyo has a crush on Sakura's brother Touya; however, according to an interview in the Cardcaptor Sakura Memorial Book, this was an error caused by one of the finishing artists not being aware that CLAMP intended for Tomoyo to have romantic feelings for Sakura.
 * Tomoyo first meets Sakura in the third grade when she receives an eraser in class after forgetting her own. The eraser, likely used only that one time, has become Tomoyo's most precious possession. It was that one random act of kindness that sparked the development of their relationship, where Sakura's ongoing cheerfulness, kindness, and cuteness are matched by equal amounts of love and devotion from Tomoyo.
 * In the manga Tomoyo professes her love for Sakura (albeit not in a very direct fashion) on multiple occasions, marked by the use of flowers in the background to indicate love (a common visual theme in manga and anime).
 * Hearts usually forms around her whenever she views Sakura's cuteness, and declares her opinion definitely that there isn't anything more interesting or cuter than Sakura.