History Manga / TsubasaReservoirChronicle

* OneTwinMustDie: [[spoiler:Fye D. Flowright revealed further in the plot that Fye isn't his real name, but his dead twin's name. In his town, having twins was literally a curse (because of them, his older brother died and his mother commited suicide). Then Fye and Yuu [[TakeAThirdOption escaped together]], but the curse still followed them, so Fye decided to [[AngstySurvivingTwin suicide in front of his brother so the curse would be broken]]. TheReveal is Yuu was actually the surviving twin, and as a tribute, he renamed himself as Fye in honor to his deceased brother.]]

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: [[spoiler:Fai and Yuui]]. Averted with Kamui and Subaru (probably because they're not actually related)[[note]]Oddly enough, Subaru's ''actual'' HalfIdenticalTwin sister Hokuto is nowhere to be seen[[/note]].

* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:Cloney was Fujitaka's adopted son in the altered version of Clow Country. [[EveryoneIsRelated Yes, the father of R!Sakura.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Fai was adopted by Ashura and seemed to think of him like a real father.]]

* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Fei Wong Reed made his GambitRoulette with the intention of bringing someone BackFromTheDead. Or apparently, to save someone else's life. And that person is Yuuko. She is ''not'' happy with this, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy and ends her unlife to help stop him]].]]

This is a completed manga series, ending with 233 chapters organized into 28 volumes. There was an anime adaptation by Creator/BeeTrain that ran for 52 episodes on Creator/{{NHK}}, as well as a movie, ''Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom'', and two sets of [=OADs=], ''Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations'' (which follows the DarkerAndEdgier and BloodierAndGorier storyline of the manga) and ''Tsubasa: Shunraiki'' (again, another supporter of said storyline). A sequel began serialization in August 2014, named ''Tsubasa World Chronicle'', and WordOfGod has stated it'll be connected to ''Manga/XxxHolic Rei''. It ended in 2016 and only released two volumes.

* {{Badass}}: Kurogane. Anyone who [[spoiler:hacks off his own arm]] without batting an eye is pretty hardcore.
* BadassFamily: [[spoiler: The Li's show that if you threaten their son, they will unload their spells on you. Considering that even Sakura had a {{Badass}} glare before the barrage, it's only expected that Ass-chin had an OhCrap moment.]]

* HighlyVisibleNinja: Kurogane, though he really doesn't need to worry about it much being the {{Badass}} he is.

** [[spoiler: R!Syaoran and R!Sakura both have the real name of Tsubasa, Kurogane's real name is Youou, and Fai's real name is Yuui.]]

* EveryoneIsRelated: All the [[spoiler:Sakuras, Syaorans, Watanuki ''and'' the BigBad are descendants of Clow]].

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The BigBad may be gone, and the Princess may be staying home this time, but Syaoran, Mokona, Kurogane, and Fai are still [[WalkingTheEarth walking the multiverse]] looking for the feathers. This time, however, is to restore ''two'' people rather than one. Also, they're looking for bodies for those two people along the way, but that's secondary to the feathers]].

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The reservoir of the title appears for the first time in Acid Tokyo, halfway through the story. At the very end, a mindbending [[TheReveal reveal]] unmasks it as possibly one of the most important locations in the entire CLAMP-verse]].

** So, whatever happened to [[spoiler:Sakura's memories of Syaoran]] anyway? By the second half of the series, the issue seems moot. However, in the epilogue, [[spoiler:Mokona gives the gang Larg's (the black Mokona's) earring. Because it contains C!Sakura's memories of C!Syaoran, along with Watanuki's memories of his parents, they will be taken back to both Clow Country and to the shop much more often than any other worlds. It's implied that they will also revisit most or all of the worlds they have been through before]].
** And there is Mokona's red earring. At first it seemed like a cute accessory. [[spoiler:Then Yuuko mentions (in ''Manga/XxxHolic'') that it can increase magical power. This wasn't used until Fai needed a power boost in order for him and Kurogane to escape the collapsing world. When they finally did, it was mentioned by Fei Wong Reed that Yuuko probably created it [[FridgeBrilliance just so that Fai and Kurogane could escape]]]].

* ContinuityCameo: Scores, but of particular note are [[spoiler:[[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Hikaru, Umi and Fuu]]]] as [[spoiler:C!Sakura's]] classmates in an alternate world.
* CreepyTwins: Subverted. People only ''thought'' [[spoiler:Fai and Yuui]] were bad luck.
** Also, the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] [[{{Bishonen}} twins]] [[spoiler:Kamui and Subaru]]. Being vampires fills in for the creepy-ness.

* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:''Tokyo Revelations'' went into high-octane NightmareFuel following the conclusion of the second season series and abandoning of the third season, as it jumped straight from playing its tropes straight to the dark version that the manga had slowly eased into. Of course, that arc was a significant jump darker even for the manga, but it was the low dive compared to the OVA's high dive. See also WhamEpisode]].

* EyepatchOfPower: Subverted. Both [[spoiler:Syaoran and Fai]] wear eye-patches at different points during the series, but both actually lost eyeballs and with them substantial magical power.
** In fact, it's the ''same'' eye-patch, as [[spoiler:Syaoran]] didn't need it anymore and thoughtfully passed it on. (Hopefully someone thought to wash it at some point.)

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Hanshin is Osaka. Koryo is Korea. Outo is Japan in the '20s. LeCourt is a magical London. Piffle and Edonis are generically futuristic.
** In the anime, Storm is Mayan and Daroga is modern America.

* FreakOut: [[spoiler:C!Syaoran, after killing C!Sakura. Doubles as a {{Tearjerker}} in retrospect, since this is probably how he regained his heart]].

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* GainaxEnding: The anime ending, mainly because they had a whole second season to explain who the antagonists were, and delve into the manga story, but instead frittered it away with two flashbacks of Kurogane (which was okay) and several dark twists of the characters and settings from the first story. So then the last 8 or so episodes felt extremely rushed, resolved little to nothing ([[spoiler: and after all that, Syaoran gets ''one feather'' for Sakura when the bird has millions and she ''doesn't even get to see Syaoran in her memory'', [[AndTheAdventureContinues simply so they can keep traveling]]]] ), and then Syaoran finished off the bird with a move [[AssPull more reminiscent of]] ShamanKing [[AssPull than the main story]], and did nothing to even mention Fai's story beyond the brief mention of Chii.
* GambitPileup: Incredibly large.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: In the English dub when the group was separated from Mokona, [[VicMignogna Fai]] spoke French and [[Creator/ChristopherSabat Kurogane]] spoke [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]].

* GrumpyBear: Kurogane

* CanonDisContinuity: In the anime. ''Tokyo Revelations'' picks up immediately after the escape from the Rekort library, ignoring the filler arcs from the broadcast series.

This is a completed manga series, ending with 233 chapters organized into 28 volumes. There was an anime adaptation by Creator/BeeTrain that ran for 52 episodes on Creator/{{NHK}}, as well as a movie, ''Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom'', and two sets of [=OADs=], ''Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations'' (which follows the DarkerAndEdgier and BloodierAndGorier storyline of the manga) and ''Tsubasa: Shunraiki'' (again, another supporter of said storyline). A sequel began serialization in August 2014, named ''Tsubasa World Chronicle'', and WordOfGod has stated it'll be connected to ''Manga/XxxHolic Rei''.

* BadassFamily: [[spoiler: The Li's show that if you threaten their son, they will unload their spells on you. Considering that even Sakura had a {{Badass}} glare before the barrage, it's only expected that Ass-chin had an OhCrap moment.]]

* BattleCouple: [[spoiler:Li Syaoran and Sakura.]] See the MamaBear + PapaWolf entry below.

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* MamaBear + PapaWolf: [[spoiler: The Li's show that if you threaten their son, they will unload their spells on you. Considering that even Sakura had a Badass glare before the barrage, it's only expected that Ass-chin had an OhCrap moment.]]
** Prior to that, "Fai-Mommy" and "Kuro-Daddy" had it well and truly covered since basically the start.

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:CLAMP's favourite ending. The Epilogue. Hopefully [[FlyingDutchman Syaoran]] will be free to be re-uninted with Sakura someday. Their names (see MeaningfulName below) are a hint. ]]
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: / NamesTheSame: R!Syaoran and Sakura both have the real name of Tsubasa, which means "wings." There are two of them. It also means the title of the series is actually a character's name, although the character doesn't appear until halfway through the series.]]

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* WalkingTheEarth / FlyingDutchman: [[spoiler:In the end, Syaoran chooses to do this in order to find a place where he, Sakura, and their clones can all exist together; this is actually his price for continued existence and he'll be wandering forever. Fai, Kurogane and Mokona go with him, and thanks to Mokona's memory-storing earring they can return to Clow Country and [[XXXHolic Watanuki's]] 'verse more often.]]

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted in the ''Tokyo Revelations'' OVAs. [[spoiler:Sakura fires her revolver eleven times on-screen. She has to reload after the fifth shot and runs out of ammunition after firing the six new rounds.]]

** [[Manga/RGVeda Ashura]] is also a subversion; although many fans interpret them as a man[[note]]No gendered pronouns are applied to Ashura in Japanese, but {{Creator/Tokyopop}}'s Manga/RGVeda translation applied male pronouns because of the lack of good, common gender-neutral pronouns in English, which led to this. However, Del Rey's ''Tsubasa'' translation preserved the lack of pronouns.[[/note]], they are [[NoBiologicalSex without any gender]].

** Particularly Fai.

** Kurogane is somewhat of a subversion since, although he's good-looking, he's too manly to qualify.
** [[Manga/RGVeda Ashura]] is also a subversion, due to {{Ambiguous Gender}}; even though many fans interpret them as a man, their gender is never actually stated.

This is a completed manga series, ending with 233 chapters organized into 28 volumes. There was an anime adaptation by Creator/BeeTrain that ran for 52 episodes on Creator/{{NHK}}, as well as a movie, ''Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom'', and two sets of [=OADs=], ''Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations'' (which follows the DarkerAndEdgier and BloodierAndGorier storyline of the manga) and ''Tsubasa: Shunraiki'' (again, another supporter of said storyline). ''A sequel began serialization in August 2014'', named ''Tsubasa World Chronicle'', and WordOfGod has stated it'll be connected to ''Manga/XxxHolic Rei''.

This is a completed manga series, ending with 233 chapters organized into 28 volumes. There was an anime adaptation that ran for 52 episodes, as well as a movie, ''Princess of the Birdcage Kingdom'', and two sets of [=OADs=], ''Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations'' (which follows the DarkerAndEdgier and BloodierAndGorier storyline of the manga) and ''Tsubasa: Shunraiki'' (again, another supporter of said storyline). ''A sequel began serialization in August 2014'', named ''Tsubasa World Chronicle'', and WordOfGod has stated it'll be connected to ''Manga/XxxHolic Rei''.

* CuteApproachesCamera: The Mokonas do this to wake up Shaoran.

** Played with. One town is ruled by father and son pair of insufferable bastard aristocrats but they weren't aristocrats by birth, they became aristocrats by BEING evil bastards. In another town the cold, seemingly evil aristocrat ruler puts rent in abeyance and personally searches for lost children every night. Also, there's [[spoiler:Ashura]], who [[spoiler:kills a presumably large amount of people to strengthen his magic but he only did it so that [[spoiler:Fai's first curse would activate on him instead of someone else]].