The BEST episodes of Cardcaptor Sakura
Every episode of Cardcaptor Sakura ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cardcaptor Sakura!
Sakura Kinomoto is appointed Card Captor by the Guardian of the Seal, Kerberos, when she accidentally opens the magical book of Clow Cards and scatters them to the four winds. To protect the world from disaster she must capture all of the Clow Cards with the help of her friend Tomoyo and Kerberos.
#1 - Sakura, the Shrine, and the Zoo
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/15/2018
Sakura is visiting the Tsukimine Shrine market with Meiling, Akiho, and the rest of their friends. She enjoys a day of browsing the many shops and stalls on the grounds along with Akiho, who's never seen a Japanese shrine before.
#2 - Sakura's Clear Cards
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/10/2018
Sakura has seen the mysterious robed person in her dreams many times. It turns out Akiho has been having the same dreams herself, and she's grown worried over their unsettling contents.
#3 - Sakura and the Clear Cards
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2018
It's April, the cherry trees are in full bloom, and Sakura has entered Tomoeda Middle School. She's reunited with Syaoran, who has returned from Hong Kong, and her new student life has begun.
#4 - Sakura, Tomoyo, and the Giant House
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/23/1998
Sakura is invited to Tomoyo's home for the first time. She is shocked to find Tomoyo's house to be an elaborate mansion complete with its own maids. Tomoyo presents a special chest and explains the key to the box bounces out whenever she tries to open it. Kero senses it's the work of a Clow Card!
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#5 - Sakura and the Lovely Transfer Student
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2018
A new transfer student named Akiho Shinomoto joins Sakura's class. She's just arrived in Japan after living overseas, so her Japanese is still very stiff and formal. Sakura invites her to eat lunch with her group, excited to make a new friend.
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#6 - Sakura, the Clock, and a Hide-and-Seek Game
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2018
Sakura finds out that Akiho has moved into the mansion formerly inhabited by Clow Reed's reincarnation, Eriol. She pays a visit with Tomoyo and meets Kaito, the butler who's been taking care of Akiho since her childhood.
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#7 - Sakura and the Crazy Sweets
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/6/2018
Today is the cooking lesson in home ec class that everyone's been looking forward to. Sakura's morning is thrown into a panic when she forgets her apron, but she and her friends are excited to make roll cakes in class.
#8 - Sakura, the Rabbit, and the Song of the Moon
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2018
Sakura continues to face the hooded figure in her dreams. At school, everyone says they want to hear Akiho sing again after being charmed by her voice at their flower-viewing party, so they meet in the music room after classes are over.
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#9 - Sakura and the Room with No Exit
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2018
It's the new term, and the hot topic at school is clubs! Sakura and Tomoyo decide to join the same clubs they did in elementary school, cheerleading and chorus.
#10 - Sakura's Heavy Rain Alert
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2018
It's been raining buckets all day. Sakura and Tomoyo take shelter in a park on the way home from school, and suddenly the Key of Dreams at Sakura's chest begins to shine... Is it the work of a card?
#11 - Sakura Feels a Pull at the Flower Viewing
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2018
Sakura is having a flower-viewing party with her friends Tomoyo, Syaoran, Chiharu, Naoko, and Yamazaki, as well as the new transfer student Akiho.
#12 - Sakura and a Game of Tag in the Garden
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2018
Sakura and Kero-chan visit Tomoyo's house to test the abilities of the Record card. Tomoyo's mother appears and gives Sakura an enthusiastic welcome, then the girls head outside to test the card.
#13 - Sakura's Strawberry Picking Adventure
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/1999
Sakura'a class go to a strawberry farm, learning Toya and Yukito are working there voluntarily. Syaoran senses something within the study room, but Meiling drags him away before he can investigate. Later, Sakura learns no one can enter the building. She, Tomoyo, Syaoran, and Meiling become locked in the room and can't escape.
#14 - Sakura and the Calendar of Memories
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1999
Fujitaka gives Sakura her mother's old calendar, and learns about her great-grandfather (the two had previously met, though Sakura remains unaware of his identity) and how he disapproved of his granddaughter's marriage to Fujitaka. Hoping to set things right, Sakura hand-makes a gift and uses the Flower card to decorate it, along with a letter about how happy her mother was.
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#15 - Sakura's Sheep Warning
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1999
Yue secretly confides with Kerberos that he has recently been losing his energy, and that Sakura's powers alone aren't enough to help him maintain himself; he adds that if his power disappears, both he and his alter ego Yukito, who is oblivious to this incident but growing increasingly aware of it, will fade from existence. Toya, who is aware of Yukito's predicament, attempts to tell him the truth, but is once again interrupted by Nakuru, making it clear she is doing so on purpose. Meanwhile, Sakura's attention is drawn to a large, deep hole in the middle of the playground. She is able to enter the hole, though her friends are not since it is sealed by Clow Reed's magic.
#16 - Sakura and the Awakened Star Key
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1999
Rain still falls on Tomoeda. In her kitchen, Sakura thinks about the previous night when she was unable to release her key into the staff. Touya comes downstairs and notes that she's up early as well as calling her a monster, but is visibly concerned when Sakura makes no retort. She asks him if Yukito was going to visit their house that night and he tells her that Yukito hadn't planned on it, but that he would probably come if they were having something good for dinner. In Sakura's room, Kero thinks about the strange presence he sensed the day prior, hoping it wasn't what he thought it was.
#17 - Sakura and the Final Clow Card
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/1999
Sakura and Kero combat the destructive Earthy Card, putting the Tokyo citizens to sleep, including Yukito. Using the Wood Card, Sakura is able to restrain Earthy, letting her catch it. With the final Clow Card complete, Kero transforms into his true form of Cerberus, a winged lion. However, the Final Judgement is at hand.
#18 - Sakura and a Rainbow of Memories
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/4/1998
Sakura's family and Yukito takes a vacation to the country side, where Sakura meets a kind old man. The old man mentions his deceased granddaughter, and how much Sakura reminds him of her. As thanks for spending time with him, the man hands Sakura a present. Soon the vacation ends and Sakura has to go home, but not without leaving a little present of her own.
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#19 - Transfer Student Versus Sakura
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/8/1998
Sakura properly meets Meiling, who openly reveals she and Syaoran are engaged. Meiling, aggressive and bratty, takes a disliking to Sakura, believing she is Syaoran's rival. At home, Sakura learns a mysterious woman is challenging people to fights. Worried this woman could target Toya, Sakura searches for her.
#20 - Sakura and the Snowy New School Term
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/1999
Sakura becomes a fifth grader. Yukito gives her a watch as a present. Despite it being April, it begins to snow outside, which quickly turns into a blizzard. Sensing a Clow Card, Sakura, Kero, and Syaoran brave the storm to catch it.
#21 - Sakura and the Mysterious Transfer Student
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1999
Sakura’s class receives a new transfer student, Eriol Hiiragizawa, a boy from England, and he starts charming Sakura, making Syaoran jealous. Later on, Sakura receives a vision from Clow Reed that he may bring trouble to her, and that night an unnatural storm hits town. Sakura decides to investigate, and discovers that the storm was created by magic. Sakura tries to end the storm, however trouble arises when Sakura attempts to use her Clow Cards.
#22 - Sakura, Tomoyo, and the Ball Trap
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1999
Sakura grows in magical strength and power for every Clow Card she transforms into a Sakura Card, while Yue's energy begins to falter. Yue also comes to the realization that Eriol is in fact Clow Reed and transforms in front of him. However, Eriol makes Yukito faint and erases his memory of him ever realizing who Eriol truly is; Clow Reed, since he is not yet ready to reveal himself and also reverses Yue's transformation back into Yukito. Syaoran, in the meantime, has fully realized his strong romantic feelings for Sakura and consults with Tomoyo, who helps him deal with his jealousy towards Eriol and gives him the confidence (just barely, though) to speak his mind to the oblivious Sakura. Before he can do so, however, both he and Sakura sense Clow Reed's presence once again, this time in the form of a basketball that leads them through the school at night.
#23 - Sakura, Xiaolang, and the Tsukimine Shrine
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/29/2000
Sakura heads to school in the morning, but does not see Yukito. She notices that there is a festival and asks Syaoran whether he wants to go to the festival at Tsukimine Shrine. He agrees, much to Sakura's delight. As the lessons continue, Sakura feels sleepy again. Syaoran notices this and is worried. As Tomoyo and Sakura walk home, Sakura admits that she feels much better now and thanks Syaoran and Tomoyo for their help. As Syaoran and Sakura walks to the shrine, Sakura gives Syaoran her handmade scarf, which Syaoran shyly accepts.
#24 - Sakura, the Past, and Clow Reed
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/7/2000
Wondering what will happen once all the Clow Cards have been transformed, Sakura uses the Return card to travel back in time to talk with Clow Reed. Sakura meets with Clow Reed and he answers her questions, but during the experience, Sakura realizes that Clow Reed's house is the same one that Eriol is now living in.
#25 - Sakura's Terrifying Test of Courage
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/11/1998
Sakura and her class is on a trip to the beach for a few days. On the first night, Naoko tells one of her scary story causing Sakura to flee to the teacher's lodging, but she is found by Syaoran who senses something in a cave nearby. Together at the beach, the two have their first civil conversation where Syaoran tells Sakura about Wei Wang, his legal guardian. In a test of courage, the students are sent into the cave to place a candle at the shrine. However, all of them save Sakura and Syaoran disappear.
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