Tsubasa Chronicle/The Bewitching Woman

The Bewitching Woman
Season 1, Episode 9
Airdate	June 4, 2005
Written by	Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Directed by	Koichi Mashimo Masaki Watanabe
ADR Writer(s)	Eric Vale
ADR Director(s)	Colleen Clinkenbeard
← 1x08 Beloved Daughter of God	1x10 → The Mirror of Separation
Tsubasa Chronicle — Season One

The Bewitching Woman is the ninth episode of the first season of Tsubasa Chronicle, and the ninth episode overall. Syaoran and the others launch an assault on the Ryoshi's castle.

Guest Stars:

Plot Overview

The Miteshu finally arrive, but they cannot enter the town because of the Ryoshi's magic. The Ryoshi is confident that the feather he has makes him invincible.

Everyone is resting at Chun'yan's house. When looking at Sakura, Chun'yan is reminded of her mother. Syaoran, Kurogane and Fai are talking about why Sakura entered the castle, and Fai thinks one of her feathers is there. Kurogane points out she only lost her feathers a few days ago, while the Ryoshi would have had it for a year now. Fai suggests that time may flow differently there.

Syaoran vows to get Sakura's feather back, but Fai says they need to take down the magic barrier first. Mokona suggests asking Yūko. It contacts her, and Fai gives up his staff in exchange for a black ball of energy capable of taking down the barrier. Chun'yan begs Syaoran to let her go with them to the castle, but he tells her to remain behind with Sakura.

At the castle, Mokona tells Syaoran to throw the ball, so he kicks it at the magic barrier, cracking it. They enter the castle, but quickly get lost. Fai senses where the magic is really coming from, and has Kurogane break the wall so they can step through. On the other side Kishi is waiting for them. She talks down to them, but Syaoran asks her for the whereabouts of the Ryoshi. She cannot tell them nor can she let them go, so they must fight. She uses her magic to change the room into an arena with tall poles to stand on above an acidic lake, as well as floating bubbles of acid that damage anything they hit. Fai and Kurogane make staffs to hit the bubbles with.

The townspeople decide to storm the castle and Chun'yan wants to join them, but Sakura says she must stay.

Fai tells Syaoran to go on ahead, and Kurogane launches Syaoran and Mokona upwards to find the feather. Syaoran cracks the magic barrier there, and leaves. Kishi attacks Fai and Kurogane more viciously.

Chun'yan still wants to go to the castle. Sakura is glowing, and stands up, and tells Chun'yan it's time to go.

Upstairs in the castle, Syaoran asks Mokona to leave for a bit - the Ryoshi's son is there, and he's had his strength enhanced by magic.

Notes

Locations

• Koryo (town of Ryonfi); time flows faster there than it does in Clow or the Hanshin Republic

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Syaoran, Fai, and Kurogane storm the castle and battle Kishi.

• Syaoran meets the Ryoshi's son again.

Characters

• This is the first time we see Mokona communicate with the other world (Yūko's Japan).

• The markings on Fai's back that he gave to Yūko were not the source of his magic, but a device to keep his powers in check. Apparently, he can still use magic, but has decided not to.

Referbacks

• Syaoran flashes back to when Sakura lost her feathers in 1x01.

• Yūko mentions when Fai gave up the markings on his back in 1x02.

Trivia

Bumper

• Kurogane

Nicknames

• Fai calls Kurogane "Kuro-pun". Mokona repeats it, and Kurogane tells them to shut up.

• During the fight with Kishi, Fai calls Kurogane "Kuro-min", "Kuro-sama" (lord), "Kuro-pii", and "Kuro-mu"

Allusions and References

CLAMP References

• CLAMP School Detectives: The Miteshu are actually the Clamp Campus Detectives. Here they scour the country seeking out injustice and corruption.

• ×××HOLiC: In this episode they call on Yūko for help. To take down the magic barrier around the castle, she sends a ball of bad spirit energy. The story of how she got this ball is part of XXXHOLiC.

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