Cinnamon Ass

Aaaand straight onto the next world we go after some angsting from Touya and Yukito (remember them?). This one is the Jade Kingdom, where the Sliders (come on, of course it’s Sliders CLAMP-ified) are greeted by some very perky women who direct them to the local town hall - turns out they need jobs. Syaoran and Kurogane sign up to be “Oni Hunters”, facing the demonic creatures that come out by night, while Sakura and Fye get to work on opening a restaurant (with some help from Mokona). Whilst fighting, Kurogane discovers that Syaoran’s right eye is made of glass, so he’s vulnerable to attacks from that side - we also find out that he was an extremely creepy little child, but Sakura taught him to say “thank you”, bless.

Ah yes, the Jade Kingdom. Mostly notable for one part of the plotline in particular which will have me wibbling away with glee when it turns up - for the moment, however, this is a nice beginning, with some decent fight scenes and character stuff. The tone of the series feels much closer to the manga now - I’m sure most of the dialogue and storyboarding is directly lifted from the manga panels anyway, but this arc feels like it’s going to be particularly well adapted from the first episode alone. I just feel it in my gut, ’tis all.

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