Tsubasa Chronicle/The Battle of the Mages

The Battle of the Mages
Season 1, Episode 5
Airdate	May 7, 2005
Written by	Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Directed by	Koichi Mashimo Masaki Watanabe Yuki Arie
ADR Writer(s)	Eric Vale
ADR Director(s)	Colleen Clinkenbeard
← 1x04 The Innocent Wanderer	1x06 → The Tears That Do Not Cry
Tsubasa Chronicle — Season One

The Battle of the Mages is the fifth episode of the first season of Tsubasa Chronicle, and the fifth episode overall. Masayoshi is kidnapped, but they may have finally found Sakura's feather.

Guest Stars:

Plot Overview

While watching Sakura sleep, Syaoran remembers a time when Sakura was sick with fever, and asked him to hold her hand.

Sorata bursts into the room, looking for a kiss from his sweetheart. Asagi hits him instead. They try to figure out where Sakura's feather is based on where Mokona gets its scary face, and deduce that the feather must be inside a Kudan. Syaoran, Fai, and Kurogane go into the city to look for it, but Mokona senses nothing. Masayoshi runs up to them, offering to help. Mokona jumps onto his shoulder. A strange bird swoops down, and grabs Masayoshi, leaving behind a letter that says to go to Hanshin Castle.

Suddenly, no one can understand each other. It appears to Syaoran that Fai and Kurogane are speaking another language. They quickly realize that Mokona was serving as a translator.

Meanwhile, the girl responsible for the kidnapping doubts that her men grabbed the right person.

As they are studying a sign, Syaoran, Fai, and Kurogane realize they can understand each other again. They run off to the castle, where they see Masayoshi and Mokona tied up. Three of the goons there create the strange bird they saw before, and attack. Kurogane promptly cuts it in half.

We find out the girl is called Primera, and when she finds out that the boy she has in custody is not Syaoran, she beats up her goons. Fai decides to take her on with his own Kudan, a giant bird. He flies up toward her, and she summons her own Kudan, a microphone. She unleashes several music attacks at Fai, which he deftly avoids. She changes the shape of her Kudan into a mic stand, creating a wave that Fai cannot avoid. It appears to hit, but he lands on the ground safely.

Fai asks her what happens if he gives up. She says that she'll fight Syaoran then. Fai says he'll have to keep fighting her, then. She attacks again, but this time he walks on the sound wave and jumps right in front of her. He says he doesn't want to hurt her. Upset, she cries out, unleashing another energy wave. The place explodes, and Masayoshi and Mokona go flying. Masayoshi's Kudan tries to save him. They are all caught by Shogo's Kudan.

Shogo asks Primera what she is doing, and she responds that she is upset at him because he doesn't come to see her anymore and she saw him with some other girl. He tells her he's been busy with work and school. It turns out she kidnapped "Syaoran" because she heard Shogo was interested in him and she figured that if Syaoran was in her fan club, Shogo would come visit her. Mokona announces that the feather is right there! But they still don't know whose Kudan has the feather...

Syaoran asks Shogo if the feather is inside Shogo's Kudan, and Shogo replies that Syaoran will just have to battle him to find out.

Notes

Locations

• Hanshin Republic

Character History

• Primera is an idol singer, and Shogo's girlfriend. Her fan club also doubles as her gang.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• They realize that Sakura's feather is inside someone's Kudan, and that it appears to be Shogo.

Characters

• Mokona serves a purpose other than just a transportation device and feather detector: it translates for the group, allowing them to understand each other.

• We see Fai's Kudan for the first time: a giant golden bird.

Referbacks

• Primera complains that she saw Shogo with another girl the night before; she is referring to his conversation with Sakura from last episode.

Trivia

Bumper

• Fai

Nicknames

• Mokona calls Kurogane "Kuro-rin".

Allusions and References

CLAMP References

• Magic Knight Rayearth: Primera the fighting pop idol.

Real World References

• Both "Hanshin Castle" and the "Hanshin Arena" are mentioned; these are named for the country where this story arc takes place—the Hanshin Republic, which in itself is a reference to the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese baseball team.

Memorable Moments

• Mokona singing a happy song as it's tied up above the castle.

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