Tsubasa Chronicle/The Dangerous Race

The Dangerous Race
Season 2, Episode 1
Airdate	April 29, 2006
Written by
Directed by
← 1x26 The Last Wish	2x02 → The Three Badges
Tsubasa Chronicle — Season Two

The Dangerous Race is the first episode of the second season of Tsubasa Chronicle, and the twenty-seventh episode overall. The gang enters a race in which one of Sakura's feathers is being offered as a prize.

Guest Stars:

Plot Overview

Syaoran has a strange and disturbing dream featuring a clone of himself and a strange voice. He is woken up by Mokona. Outside, Syaoran finds the other preparing aircraft for the upcoming race. Suddenly, Mokona transmits a message from Yūko, who is still waiting for her White Day present. Yūko is a bit surprised to find out about the race.

They flashback to their arrival, when they saw an advertisement about the race. Sakura's feather is the grand prize. After talking to Yūko, they all go out for a flight, and Sakura causes all of them to crash. Despite this, Sakura wants to help get her feather back. As they ride back in a car, they almost crash into a limousine. Kurogane spots Tomoyo in the back of the limo, but she's more interested in Sakura. It turns out she's Tomoyo Daidouji, president of the Piffle Princess Company, and Sakura is the heroine she needs for her film about the race.

Sakura tries to fly again, only to crash. Syaoran gives her another lesson on how to fly, while Kurogane and Fai have a discussion about how they meet different versions of the same person. Meanwhile, Fei Wang Reed's assistant sends in their agent, someone who Syaoran and the others have already met. The logic is that because they expect to see people with the same face in different worlds, they would never notice if someone they met before showed up.

At the race, Sakura, Syaoran, and Mokona are all surprised to see so many familiar faces. The pre-elimination race begins, and Sakura quickly finds herself in trouble as her vehicle goes out of control. Syaoran advises her to shut the engine off and glide. Meanwhile, Kurogane and Fai finish first and second. Other racers shortly follow. On the ground, all of the engines start to blow out. Unfortunately for Syaoran, his engine blows too — in mid-air. Sakura isn't affected because of when she shut her engine off, and Syaoran tells her to go on ahead and finish the race.

Syaoran finds himself fighting for position with several of the gang members, so he guns it and crashes into the finish line. The vehicle is destroyed, but Syaoran is fine and qualifies for the tenth spot in the final race.

Everyone, from Syaoran to Tomoyo, is pretty sure that the race was sabotaged — and that it was one of the finalists.

Notes

Locations

• Piffle World

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Syaoran, Sakura, Kurogane, and Fai compete in a race where the grand prize is one of Sakura's lost feathers. Even though she is not that good of a pilot, Sakura wants to help. All four of them qualify for the finals.

• The race is sabotaged, causing most of the overheated engines to blow out. No one is hurt, though Syaoran's vehicle is destroyed when he crashed into the landing pad.

Characters

• Syaoran has a strange dream where he glimpses the other Syaoran, the one in the tank.

• Sakura asks what Yūko meant by "something precious." Yuko tells her she doesn't need to know.

• Kurogane misses Princess Tomoyo.

Referbacks

• Yūko is still waiting for her White Day present for the Valentine's Day chocolate she sent in 1x17.

• Syaoran and Yūko mention their initial meeting from 1x02. Fai and Kurogane also mention their individual goals.

Trivia

Bumper

• Syaoran

Nicknames

• Mokona calls Kurogane "Kuro-rin"

• Fai enters himself in the race as "Swallow" and Kurogane as "Kuro-tan"

Allusions and References

CLAMP References

• X: The Syaoran in the tank is similiar to Nataku, who was a genderless clone grown in a tank.

• Cardcaptor Sakura: Tomoyo Daidouji is exactly like her counterpart from Cardcaptor Sakura, including the phalanx of female bodyguards, her similar role in the management of a toy company, and her penchant for capturing Sakura on videotape.

• Angelic Layer: Piffle Princess is the name of the company that created the angel dolls.

• The other racers consist of a variety of faces that Syaoran and friends have seen before:
  • Jade Country: Kyle Rondart
  • X: Yuzuriha Nekoi
  • Hanshin Republic: The rival gang members
  • Clover: Oruha
  • Duklyon: CLAMP School Defenders: Eri, Kentarou, and Takeshi
  • Jade Country: Mr. Grosum
  • Koryo Country: The Ryonfi and his son
  • Strength and Kindness (episode): Keifer and Charme
  • RG Veda: Souma and Ryuoh
  • X: Sorata
  • CLAMP School Detectives: Masayoshi Saito
  • X/1999: Shogo Asagi
  • Legend of Chun Hyang: Chun Hyang
  • CLAMP School Detectives: Nokoru, Suoh, and Akira

Real World References

• Yūko mentions White Day yet again. Sakura promises to send fondant.

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