TRC 220 translation

[starlady]

 !!! page 01
Yuuko: Choose.
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!!! page 02-03
Weakness into strength,
Despair into hope,

Carve the
Living proof!!

Chapitre 220: The Strongest Magic
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!!! page 04
Clone Jr.: Choose what...

Yuuko: The future.

FX: Rustle
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!!! page 05
FX: Sudden stop

FX: Squeeze
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!!! page 06-07
Yuuko: ...Because you are created beings,

You will not die.

But,
Because of that,

You can be reborn.
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!!! page 08
Yuuko: You were each given life.

Clone Jr.: ...The price? 

Yuuko: There's no longer any need for you to tender anything.
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!!! page 09
Yuuko: Besides,

Since all beginnings are from us,
We ourselves have to pay that price.

Clone Sakura: From...us...?
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!!! page 10
Yuuko: Clow and I.

When I was on the verge of death,

Clow wished to preserve my life,
And because Fei Wong tried to grant that wish with his own hands, everything started there.
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!!! page 11
Clone Sakura: Clow...Father...?

Yuuko: He was that to you, yes.

Since Shaoran turned back time,
The paths of those who knew of Princess Sakura's mark of death were greatly changed.

The priestess of Clow country, Sakura's mother, the Queen, died,

And the King became your adoptive father.
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!!! page 12
Yuuko: So that Clow could fill that empty seat,
He went to another dimenstion,

Parting from those he loved,

So that he could watch over
And protect you.
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!!! page 13
Yuuko: And,
For the sake of the time that you chose, he entrusted his life and power
To you, Shaoran, as your price.

And,
Sakura,

I will pay your price.
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!!! page 14
Clone Sakura: Why...

Yuuko: Because I am the beginning of this twisted world.

I kept granting people's wishes in that shop.

So that I could use that as the price of your life.
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!!! page 15
Clone Jr.: ...Clow
Tried to resurecct you,

...knowing that it was forbidden?

Yuuko: No.

Clow didn't do anything.

Just
For one moment,

He thought that, "I want her
to open her eyes once more."

But Clow's magic was too great,
And for me, according to that strong feeling, time stopped completely. [TN: "Time" is written "moment."]
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!!! page 16
Yuuko: Clow has regretted the strength of that magic since then.

That he himself "is the strongest wizard in this world." [TN: "World" in the sense of "multiverse."]

...Since I chose, what will become of you?

That is
About me.


The three feelings that crossed...Everything depends on that strength...

Comments

[kishiu.livejournal.com]

Omg Yuuko... I just can't believe it, now I understand some things about CCS.. that was cool, but why why is Yuuko dead or semi-dead or whatever? I don't like that u.u

[itzeen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the translation!!!!!

[ariadnechan.livejournal.com]

Thanks and i got it at last i got it Yeah!!!!
since 2 or 3 years a go i know that Clow Reed of CCS is the Clow Reed of Clow Country and the death was a play for the guardians!!!! yey!!!

but booooooooo!!! he left and he can't never saw Yuuko again!!!
that is too sad poor Yuuko and Clow

[(Anonymous)]

So the Clow who was Sakura's father, and the one whom Yuuko knew, were one and the same ? ... Well, it explains why on the splash page of chapter 63 (not sure of the number), he had his CCS magic wand...

Still, is this the Clow from CCS? In CCS, he chose to die because he was the most powerful magician in the world : but if he did so, it was because he knew the future thanks to his powers, not because he stopped time for someone.

Moreover, if Clow went to Clow Country, how could he have been reincarnated in Eriol and Fujitaka in CCS?

We've seen that Shaoran's parents were not from CCS finally... So maybe the Clow Yuuko talks about is not from CCS either.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

Well, we know that Clow died after he went to Clow country to be king, because Touya is the king now. I really can't see that there's more than one Clow, Yuuko and FWR running around; their powers seem to be too strong for them to exist more than once.

[lilac-ayame.livejournal.com]

Me either, it would cause great inbalance in every world. It might be possible, considering the flow of time in every world is different, recalling the Spirit town.

Awww... Clow and Yuuko seem to have such an interesting story together.. Is FWR simply the third wheel or simply wanting to surpass Clow?

I'm still confused from what world exactly R!Syaoran, and his parents came from. Not from CCS? But with strength so similar with the one in CCS? @_@

I'm always amazed how CLAMP can so craftily make their stories intertwined... really.

Think she's in dire need of someone to sum everything that happened in TRC and xxxHolic and translate it in worlds in such a lazy bum like me can understand.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

Didn't Yuuko say at one point that FWR is also a descendant of Clow?

Scary scary scary thought: What if FWR is their son?

At this point it's my working assumption that R!Shaoran and his parents are from a world other than CCS, but as other people have pointed out, they could just be from later than CCS rather than another world entirely.

[valentines-av.livejournal.com]

Oh that sneaky son of a! <3 Clow~! I suspected he was't really dead after CCS. What a Xanatos Roulette he's played!