xxxHOLiC 167 spoiler translation

[starlady]

The roaming fates, while struggling, mix together!! What is the future that Yuuko gazes at from beyond a harsh viewpoint?

Ginryuu and Yuui's tatoo remain as they were.
Among them, there is a staff with lovely feathers attached.
It's the true star staff that Sakura from CCS left there.
And in another box, there is a photograph put in like the pocketwatch.

Like the egg that the copied Sakura of Clow country brought back,
Watanuki was separated into different forms.
Photographed there is the other Watanuki.
The true Shaoran's form was a lie.
Watanuki doesn't know about this photograph, or about his true name that is written down there.
But his body and his heart know, and that his own existence is unstable.
And that his parents sacrificed themselves protecting him in the world that had to be originally.
And that because of that he has to remain in this world as well.

Yuuko's mouth spins a shock!! We finally know the truth of the photograph!! Where is Watanuki's future!?

                                                         
Well, I wish I could say I was surprised.

Comments

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Well, I wish I could say I was surprised

me too.

no food porn this week... :(

[m-ka55.livejournal.com]

Surprise~~!!

Still, I think it's nice though :p

So...Watanuki is a clone?

[(Anonymous)]

I am now trying to figure out why CC Sakura/Syaoran would want to send their son into this mess.

It makes about as much sense to me as clone Sakura forcing Fai to meet Ashura for his own good.

Re: So...Watanuki is a clone?

[senefen.livejournal.com]

Maybe clone Sakura is secretly a bit of a bitch?

I'm pretty sure theres a bigger picture here, one that was worth their son losing all his memories, being trapped in a tube for 7 years, living alone for years, not being able to eat and all that other stuff. Plus giving up the staff, what I'm interested in is who the staff goes to. Yuuko doesn't keep things for herself, her shop is a resting point so to speak, that she's got the staff means someone else will need it one day.

I think the relationships just got more compliated too.

Re: So...Watanuki is a clone?

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

When I re-read CCS this winter I found myself wondering if the larger purpose of the Clow cards was so that Sakura would have her powers to trade for a wish to Yuuko. Which is ret-conning of course, but I flatter myself I was thinking a bit like CLAMP do.

[senefen.livejournal.com]

*sniggers at the thought of Watanuki and Syaoran-jr doing the DBZ fusion thing to fuse back together*

So this kind of implies that Syaoran and Sakura's son looks something like a mix between Kimihiro and Syao-jr. Also they're dead. CRAP!
*sigh* I wanted them to be seperate people, I'm scared Watanuki will end up in Syao-jr's shadow when I think Watanuki is a better character.

At least it's not food again >_>

[nekocat17.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation!!

But I'm confused, is this spoiler saying too that Watanuki is a replacement for Shaoran? Because somehow this one sounds like it has a different meaning.

Did I totally misread this?

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

The TRC spoiler said that Watanuki was created to fill the void Shaoran left in his world. I don't think this one contradicts that, exactly, but it does seem to place Watanuki before Shaoran (which makes sense, as W is indeed the protagonist of Holic).

Nice icon.

[monochrome-koi.livejournal.com]

wait...the true ShaoJr...is fake?

Wait? I dont understand @_@
But all I can say...poor Watanuki! Clamp just gave him the short end of the stick :\

[lodelco.livejournal.com]

I still don't get all that mumbo-jumbo. Guess I'll wait till next week.

*hibernation mode*

[truthseeker48.livejournal.com]

I was O_o? at the feathers part in the spoiler and sure I was translating it wrong but guess not...
But yay for answers and I'm curious to see if the picture will be similar to the one that "Syaoran" had at his house in Clow Country. More shadowed faces of CCS!Syaoran and Sakura xD

[herm-nefer.livejournal.com]

Oh japanese how you leave out words to make everything vague. Because even when we translate you it's still vague.

*headdesk* Watanuki, i love you more now, because i feel worse for you than i did to begin with T-Tu

P.S. when Watanuki was created he pulled a Clow Reed, and now we have his equivalent of Fujitaka and Eriol..this boy sounds more and more like Clow each chapter. Though, if Watanuki also became two, where's the other one? Unless one is Dream World Watanuki and the other is living world Watanuki...or he's other him is the memory Yuuko took...i'm confusing myself now...

[anessathiel.livejournal.com]

"And that his parents sacrificed themselves protecting him in the world that had to be originally."

CCS!Syaoran and Sakura! NOOOO! T.T

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

If you read my post right bellow, you'll see those spoilers do not confirm CCs|SxS at all, it might even be the contrary ^^

Of course, we still have to wait for the final chapter to come out but since I never believed a single second, from the very start, that SxS could be dead, this version pretty much match with my own personal thoughts.

[anessathiel.livejournal.com]

Now my brain's in a wreak, I hope everything can clear up before the "big battle" begins.

But is the other "Watanuki" related to Sakura? Since both his parents sacrificed himself, maybe it could be Nadeshiko or Fujitaka. (Though we don't know what happened after Nadeshiko died.)

Ok I'm guessing too much here. >.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

See what I said below, but to repeat, it's my strong impression that Shaoran and Sakura from CCS are indeed dead.

[cutesherry.livejournal.com]

Again, it's confusing, we need to have the actual chapter under our noses to have a right idea, but how come Yuuko, who supposedly knows EVERYTHING from the very start, got her "mouth spins in shock"?

But one of my doubts was finally resolved: I personally thought that Watanuki already existed and that his future was changed by 'Syaoran' choices, but the TRC's spoilers said that he was 'born' from his choices. Which contradicted with my thoughts...
But now that we know there are 2 Watanuki, everything is fine ^^
'Watanuki' (we don't know his real name) INDEED already existed since the very start and his parents died for him. Then, after 'Syaoran' made his decision, the 'other Watanuki' (the one we've been following from the beginning of the series) came to existence and was named 'Watanuki' ('April 1st' in chinese characters) by CCS|Sakura.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

As always I reserve the right to be wrong, but it's my strong impression that since Watanuki was originally Shaoran Jr. (referred to as "true Shaoran" here), when it says that Watanuki split into two, it means that Shaoran Jr.'s existence diverged into his and Watanuki's. There is only one Watanuki, the one we've been following since the beginning of Holic.

And as for Yuuko's mouth "spinning shock," I think it's a figurative way of describing that all this text is spoken by Yuuko.

[violet-sounds.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation!!
It seems CLAMP made their move at last, yahoo!!

[z-red-poppy.livejournal.com]

LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE

*nervous breakdown*

Excuse me while I cry my eyes out.

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