Cardcaptor Sakura
omnibus v.1-4
Author: CLAMP
Dark Horse Comics
Each volume is approx. 550
pages
Fourth grader Sakura
Kinomoto finds a strange book in her father's library -- a book made
by the wizard Clow to store dangerous spirits sealed within a set of
magical cards. But when Sakura opens it up, there is nothing left
inside but Kero-chan, the book's cute little guardian beast . . . who
informs Sakura that since the Clow cards seem to have escaped while
he was asleep, it's now her job to capture them!
(Source: Goodreads/DHC)
Spoiler
warning: Retrospective reviews contain
spoilers for the books they discuss as well as later events in the
series. Read on at your own peril!
Once
upon a time, Tokyopop (remember them?) sold Card Captor Sakura manga
by the issue, doling out the story chapter by chapter every month to
a ravenous, maho shojo starved fanbase whose thirst had been
partially slated with Sailor Moon and various similar releases. If
Sailor Moon was the magical girl to rule them all, Card Captor Sakura
was her high-spirited little sister who fought just as hard and would
eventually gain the same massive audience (especially when the
Cardcaptors fans high on Nelvana/Fox Box realized their favorite
anime actually came from an earlier manga).
