Thursday, September 1, 2016
Happy International New Trials Day 2016!
Happy International New Trials Day 2016!!! by wishluv on DeviantArt
I wish I could have finished the full version of this fanart, but I didn't think I would have time to color it in. Syaoran, unfortunately, is cut out but he's there, besides Sakura.
I was trying to figure out how many years have passed since I began writing New Trials, and this year, I just couldn't do the math until I saw a Facebook post which said it's been 17 years! I realize now that I picked the right fandom to pursue when I chose to begin writing New Trials in fall 1999. I seriously think CCS has the best and most united fandom out there, and it hasn't disappointed in the near 20 years that I've known this series.
I think I mentioned before that one of the reasons I began writing a fanfic for CCS was because I was dead sure that CLAMP would never write a sequel for it. Boy was I wrong. I'm so excited that CLAMP did choose to write a sequel for the 20th anniversary of CCS, other than Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles of course. It means new artwork, new merchandise! And I'm hoping that the Card Captor Sakura Clear Arc will be animated as well. Dare I dream of a new collaboration between Yoko Kanno and Maaya Sakamoto?
Of course, I am so far along in New Trials that a new sequel really has no impact on the story I have in mind. I didn't get much of a chance to work on Chapter 73: The Other Side of Midnight over my summer break, but it's a chapter I'm really excited about.
So, thank you for supporting New Trials and for us for supporting CCS for so long that CLAMP felt compelled to revisit their pet series. I swear, I think they must love Sakura and Syaoran as much as we do. I once wrote in some post long ago that though CCS is my favorite of CLAMP's works by far, I believe X, though yet unfinished, to be CLAMP's magnum opus. But perhaps, I was wrong, and it will be Card Captor Sakura, after all. I can go with that.
Do check out the fabulous artwork being posted on Facebook celebrating New Trials Day!
Music Spotlight is Yui's Gloria. I listened to Yui's Orange Garden Pop album on the airplane and remembered how much I liked her music all over again. She has such a poignant voice. This song's been stuck in my head for some reason though.
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17 years! Wow the time has flown by. Congratulations Wish-chan on your beautifully-detailed and well-thought-out story. I started reading 8 years ago at age 15, and am so glad I did. If you're ever in Toronto (Canada), shoot me a message. I would love to host you, and/or go out for coffee and discuss New Trials. I am eagerly awaiting Chapter 73 (especially the long-awaited confession! <3), but will settle for re-reading for now. Happy New Trials Day!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTbh New Trials is canon to me & I got confused for a moment when I read the official chapter 4 of the sequel & it showed Touya as a student in uni. We'll stay with you until the very end, Wish-chan!
ReplyDelete@ Kate, thank you for the invitation! I've actually never been to Canada though very close to the border. I've always wanted to visit. Actually, one of my top places I want to visit is Prince Edward Island. My dream is to having a New Trials Community meet-up someday. ^^ Hopefully I can get Chapter 73 up at a decent date.
ReplyDelete@ Christelle (what a beautiful name) Isn't Touya's new character design so cute in the Clear Card Arc? I think he would have been my favorite male character in CCS if Syaoran hadn't shown up. He's drunk from the foundation of youth or something. :)
17 years ago I was 10 years old and watching Card Captor Sakura everyday after school, with my sisters in Rio de Janeiro in Brazilian Portuguese. Since then I have moved back and forth between continents. During my BA in Rome I stumbled on this amazing work of WishChan back in 2012. Since then I have done my MA and now work in an IGO, but few things give me so much joy as seeing these amazing characters mature--from already 'intense' children into their adolescent years. It makes me wonder how time and experience are interrelated, and also, how lucky a human being is to experience that first love. How important It is to relish and savor those early moments of intense emotion. How you, WishChan, manage to take the reader into the character's depth of emotion and cognitive process is a true credit to your writing. Keep going, you have our full support. Hopefully we get to see more SCC animations, but the true treat would be to see your work! :-)
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