The BEST episodes of Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE

Every episode of Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE!

Sakura, Syaoran, and many other characters from CLAMP's mangas and animes are back in a brand new series: Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- (manga) and Tsubasa Chronicle (anime). However, they are not the same as you remember. Sakura is the princess of a peaceful, desert country while Syaoran is her childhood friend and the head of an archaeological dig that took his father's life. Instead of Tomoeda, Japan, they now live in the desert country of Clow with a mysterious ruin that Syaoran is excavating. One thing that hasn't changed, though, is their relationship and their hesitation of declaring their love for each other. However, that all changes when the ruins Syaoran is excavating calls upon a mysterious power within Sakura that has the potential of changing the world. Though Syaoran manages to save Sakura, her feathers which contains her memories all the way from the moment she was born are scattered into many different dimensions.

Last Updated: 9/6/2024Network: NHKStatus: Ended
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Kero and Mokona
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9.35
87 votes

#1 - Kero and Mokona

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/9/2006

The next world appears to be uninhabited, but evidence suggests otherwise. While camping out, Mokona has trouble deciding who to sleep with. Mokona is lonely and converses with Yūko.Syaoran, Sakura, Fay and Kurogane wake up the next morning to discover they have become shorter than Mokona. Cerberus finds Mokona and explains that all humans have shrunk in the Country of Kero.

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Wings Toward Tomorrow
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9.34
89 votes

#2 - Wings Toward Tomorrow

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/4/2006

Chaos has trapped Sakura in a crystal then reveals his true form (A bird with millions of feathers that look like Sakura's). However, Sakura while imprisoned learns that Chaos can't control his body and to free him, Syaoran must beat his true form. Sakura learns who Chaos really is and why he wanted to travel with her. Who really is Chaos and will Syaoran be able to defeat his Chaos's true form?

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Dangerous Road
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9.33
88 votes

#3 - Dangerous Road

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/15/2006

The gang end up in a world that looks like a desert. But when Mokona takes out the feather from the previous world, it got swiped by a truck! Syaoran and others board a bus to catch up with the truck and they see a familiar face!

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Goal of Glory
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9.33
88 votes

#4 - Goal of Glory

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2006

Sakura continues racing in her dragonfly while avoiding obstacles. Meanwhile, using the sensor, Syaoran and Ryuuoh find out where the interference for the race is coming from. They head over to the Piffle Corporation Building and find that Tomoyo’s secretary is the one behind the sabatoge. When they arrive they find that he is about to shoot down Sakura’s dragonfly. Can Syaoran and Ryuuoh stop him?

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Sorrowful Miracle
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9.32
88 votes

#5 - Sorrowful Miracle

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/20/2006

Our heroes land in the next world and spot a new feather right away embedded in a protruding stone. But what's this the feather's not within a stone, but within the horn of dragon. The townsfolk proceed to attack the dragon with the objective of obtaining the feather, but they fail. Syaoran and crew go to help them out, but it seems these townspeople have been waiting for their return. Our heroes have a returned to the world where they obtained a feather in a floating temple from a god. According to the town chief their god had announced to them that on the night of the next new moon all the people who were revived from Sakura's wish will vanished. The townsfolk hope to use the power of the feather together with Sakrua's prayers to keep them living. With the help of Kurogane and Syaoran the townsfolk attack the dragon once more. Syaoran sliced off the dragon's horn with his hien.

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Love That Transcends Time
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9.32
88 votes

#6 - Love That Transcends Time

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/1/2006

With a final embrace from King Ashura a gian light emerse living Sakura's feather in King Yasha's place. King Ashura explains that King Yasha was never there to begin, that King Yasha has been dead for a long time and was only able to appear to be alive by the power of the feather's illusion. With King Ashura left in the castle she has but one wish: to revive King Yasha, but with the ability to revive life being impossible the castle commences to crumble unable to fufill her wish. What will happen to Ashura and will Sakura and the other safely escape the castle?

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Secret of the Library
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9.32
88 votes

#7 - Secret of the Library

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/5/2006

The book of memories - it registers the memories of the first person to open it, and delivers the memories to the next person who touches it.

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The Fifth Oath
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9.32
88 votes

#8 - The Fifth Oath

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/2/2006

After Fye put a barrier around them, Mokona teleported the group outside of danger but still in the same world. They try to hide in the library. Where to find out more about Syaoran's past Kurogane sets a trap for Syaoran to open the "Book of Memories" first but things go horribly wrong and Kurogane opens the book frist and Syaoran second. Syaoran is now trapped until he is finished seeing Kurogane's past. To makes things worse, the country security has found out where the group is hiding. Will they escape from the country security?

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Mokona the Artist
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9.32
89 votes

#9 - Mokona the Artist

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/8/2006

Our heroes land in the next world, but what's this? Oh no our lovable gang has been chibified! Yes everyone is in chibi form in this next world, but Mokona is no where to be found. Everyone comences to look for him. It seems Mokona was resting in a room with an artist. This artist has the power to manipulate anything she draws especially with a new found pen which happens to be Sakura's feather. Mokona asks for the feather back when he notices our friends drawn in chibiform in a new world on a piece paper laying next to the feather. It seems the feather drew them onto the paper thus putting them in a story that can only escape by being drawn out. With Mokona's strong desire to save them he draws a story to help get them out. Will Mokona be able to save Sakura and the others?

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Black Steel
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9.32
89 votes

#10 - Black Steel

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/29/2006

Syaoran comes across "the book of memories," well a copy of it. Kurogane opens it and finds that nothign is written inside of it. He hands the book to Syaoran who opens the book and finds himself looking at a younger version of Kurogane. Can this be Kurogane's past?

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A Warped Wish
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9.32
89 votes

#11 - A Warped Wish

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/14/2006

Chaos tell Syaoran about how there are more of Sakura's feather where they found the ones he had. Syaoran decides to go find them and Fay and Kurogane join him leaving Sakura and Mokona alone at Chaos's Palace. The place Chaos told Syaoran turned out to be trap. What is Chaos planning to do with Sakura?

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A Frozen Spirit
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9.32
89 votes

#12 - A Frozen Spirit

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/28/2006

Chaos had challeged Syaoran for Sakura. The winning gets to travel with her, but Syaoran's sword breaks during his previous battle. Kurogane trains Syaoran to master his sword. Will he be able to master Kurogane's sword and defeat Chaos and save Sakura once in for all?

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The Secret of Hijutsu
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9.31
89 votes

#13 - The Secret of Hijutsu

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/23/2006

Kishimu has taken Syaoran and Kurogane to her world. Where they find out that Ryanban's son is behind the attacks. He has found one of Sakura's feathers and is using them to control the minds of demons from Kishimu's world. Will Syaoran and Kurogane with the help of Chun Hyang stop Ryanban's son?

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Dangerous Race
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9.30
91 votes

#14 - Dangerous Race

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/29/2006

After a strange dream, Syaoran wakes up in a futuristic world called Piffle and joins the others. After a chat with Yuuko, the group sets out to take part in the Dragonfly Race; the grand prize is one of Sakura's feathers! Nearly crashing into her, Sakura and the others meet Tomoyo Daidouji, the president of the Piffle Princess Company and hostess of the Dragonfly Race. Tomoyo decides on Sakura as her heroine for the race; unfortunately, Sakura is not the best driver and she crashes more than once.

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Endless War
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9.29
89 votes

#15 - Endless War

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/17/2006

The statues of Ashura and Yasha continue to glow as the sky appears to crack, so Mokona transports Sakura and Syaoran to a different world, where they meet Ashura who appears to be in a war with Yasha. Sakura and Syaoran discover Fay and Kurogane (with black eyes), but are they the companions they have had all along?

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Faraway Homesickness
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9.29
89 votes

#16 - Faraway Homesickness

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/26/2006

Sakura and Syaoran along with the other find themselves in what seems to be the Clow Country. However, they later find out that there are no people here. Fye believes this to be part of Sakura's memories and the only things present here are the things that she remembers the most, which is why there is not a single picture of Syaoran in his house. Fye says that the feather must be in the place that she is the most unknown to which in this case turns out to be the ruins. Will Syaoran get Sakura's feather back from the same place they had last been before she lost all her memories and went on this world hopping journey?

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Two Memories
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9.29
89 votes

#17 - Two Memories

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/24/2006

Sakura has a dream that seems to have told the past story between Ashura and Yasha. It seems the two are tragic lovers. Anyway Syaoran returns, but with many wounds and his eye begins to hurt. Sakura unconciously kisses it for him. Could this be something she did as memory from her body or something else? Syaoran goes into town with the king's most loyal soldier, Kumara, to look for the real Fay and Kurogane, but with no luck. Syaoran has an episode in town with his still hurting eye and visions of his double harbored in a glass case with our overlookers. Our mysterious overlookers are unhappy about the sudden world change mostly because they had nothing to do with it. It seems Yuuko purposely made the world change as a favor to Ashura and also to stop the meddling of the overlookers. King Ashura decides to go back to the floating castle with just Kumara and Syaoran in her party to battle King Yasha and his underlings. It seems King Yasha decided to travel lite as well with just this world's Fay and Kurogane. Just one attack seals King Yasha's fate as Ashura defeats him. A glowing light emerses and as King Yasha's body disappears Sakura's feather appears.

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Sakura Works
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9.29
90 votes

#18 - Sakura Works

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/30/2006

The group lands in the next world and finds the feather almost right away for sale in a jewllery shop. how will the gang pay it! Sakura gets a job!

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A Date with the Wizard
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9.28
89 votes

#19 - A Date with the Wizard

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/3/2006

The group lands in a world that they have yet to see a ray of light. It seems in this world everyone has the power to use magic. This world chooses their king by a dream that everyone has and sees the same person, only the next king does not want to take up her duties and ever since darkness has been a foot. But when Fay refuses to use his magic to convice the king otherwise, they all get thrown in jail. Kurogane helps break them out, but strange soldiers come to stop them. Fay and Sakura escape while Kurogane and Syaoran stay behind to fight. Fay and Sakura come across the king. Who is this King and will Fay be able to convince the king to do his/her duties?

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The Origins of Ashura
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9.28
89 votes

#20 - The Origins of Ashura

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/10/2006

The group arrives in a new world, but it seems that Kurogane and Fay landed somewhere else. Syaoran, Sakura and Mokona end up with a group of female circus travelers who worship Ashura, a goddess of war. Kurogane and Fay end up in the shrine of the opposing god Yasha. But all isn’t what is it seems when Sakura and Syaoran discover that the leader of the circus, Suzuran, and the priest in the shine, Souseki, are actually secret lovers.

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Determined Friends
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9.28
89 votes

#21 - Determined Friends

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/21/2006

Chaos shows his true nature, he wants to travel with Sakura and find all her feathers instead of Syaoran, Fay, Kurogane and even Mokona. He shows Sakura how much power he really has and beat Syaoran to the ground. However keeps standing up. Will Syaoran be able to defeat Chaos and stop his plan?

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The Second Hardship
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9.28
90 votes

#22 - The Second Hardship

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/16/2006

Mokona takes Sakura and the others to country where they met Chun Hyang. When they reach the city, they soon find out that they have been attacked by demons from Kishimu's world and they have been stealing souls of the villagers. The villagers all avoid Chun Hyang since she belives that Kishimu wouldnt do this. Can Sakura and the others help Chun Hyang find out who is behind this and get all the stolen souls back?

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Resolution to Live
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9.27
121 votes

#23 - Resolution to Live

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/27/2005

This episode starts directly from where the previous episode ended. Kurogane and Fai battle the oni, which they manage to stay alive, though Fai's ankle is injured. New oni slayers show up in the store. The person that Kuro and Fai were directed to meet had just left the place. A stronger oni arrives on the scene, doing weird things once more. Syaoran is unable to do much, but the teamwork of the oni slayers takes down the oni. Fai and Kuro come back to give the bad news. At the end, Syaoran realizes that he cannot rely just on his kicking skills and ask Kurogane to teach him how to fight with a sword. The mystery man shows up once again, is he related to the weird incidents that has been happening lately? What about Sakura's feather?

Directors: Koichi Mashimo
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Cats and Dogs
star
9.26
121 votes

#24 - Cats and Dogs

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/20/2005

It seems Syaoran and Kurogane had stolen the prey of two demon slayer partners Yuzuriha Nekoi and Kusanagi Shiyuu as they introduce themselves Kurogane discovers from them that Fay and had given him and Syaoran the aliases Big puppy and Little puppy. Back at the cafe they treat the partners to some cake and tea while Kurogane huffs at Fay for the names (he and Sakura are Big Kitty and Little Kitty). The partners get called out for a bounty so leave promising to come back and swap stories. Syaoran and Sakura have a momentary heart to heart when Sakura almost discovers that Syaoran was probably an important person to her, but because of Yuuko's work she instantly forgets her discovery.

Directors: Koichi Mashimo
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The Last Wish
star
9.23
123 votes

#25 - The Last Wish

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/15/2005

As Syaoran, Fye, Kurogane, Sakura, and Mokona arrive to the next world Syaoran collapses of fatigue due to the previous battle. An elderly woman offers her home for them to rest and also tells them the story of the castle. She tells them that if they make it up there alive a wish will be granted to them, but many have tried and died. They decide to investigate and see if it is the work of one of Sakura's feathers. What will be their wish?

Directors: Koichi Mashimo
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