Talk:List of Cardcaptor Sakura characters

Merges

Per earlier discussion on Talk:Cardcaptor Sakura and Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Anime and manga, I've tagged many of the individual CCS character articles for merging to this list. The articles fail WP:N and WP:FICT, with no significant coverage in multiple, third party sources, and no reliable, extensive information on creation/conception and reception. I have not tagged Sakura's article, as I know her article can meet those requirements if its cleaned up and redone properly. I've also left Syaoran's untagged, for now, for the same reason. Thoughts/discussion on those tagged? Note, if you disagree with a specific merge, please provide evidence to show why the character is notable in the real world (not within the series) and that a proper character article can be made for them. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 07:12, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Sounds about right to me. -- Ned Scott 07:37, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Proper articles on the major characters are possible. "Creation and conception" info can be found in interviews with CLAMP (those ladies do like to talk!). For example, the CCS interviews in CLAMP no Kiseki have some details on the creation of Kero-chan, Syaoran, Sakura and her family. There's also a nice interview in the CCS Memorial Book. "Appearances in other media" is easy: write on the CCS video games and the character's appearance in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. Maybe even add how the character was changed in Cardcaptors. "Reception" can be (maybe) put together from comments found in various reviews and poll rankings (characters other than Sakura must've ranked in some poll). And let's not forget the merchandise! Minor characters should be merged. I don't see a proper article on Takashi Yamazaki in the foreseeable future.

Again, the information is out there. We just have to look for it.--Nohansen (talk) 15:10, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Please remember, if the only information is from CLAMP and their love of talking, then they do not meet WP:FICT for having their own articles. They must have significant coverage in reliable, third-party sources. Otherwise, any info from CLAMP can be properly noted in the list, giving it better out of universe coverage. To have their own article, each character must be able to have a good reception section, not just a single line mentioning a ranking in a poll, and good conception/creation information. If they are unlikely to be able to brought to the level of our GA character articles, they belng in the list. The change from Cardcaptors is easily covered in the list, as is a very brief mention of appearances in Tsubasa since most of them also have Tsubasa articles. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 18:17, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

GAs are easily achieved. "Creation and conception" info can only come from the creators, and there's plenty of CLAMP interviews available. A "Reception" section is put together from comments found in various reviews, poll rankings and merchandise released in the character's likeness. And again, "Appearances in other media" is the easiest section to write. It wouldn't be any different from current GA on animanga characters (like Himura Kenshin).

The info exists. It's not for lack of info that the articles are in poor shape; it's because of lack of interest from the editors.--Nohansen (talk) 20:03, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

As I said, Sakura could easily be brought up to Himura Kenshin's level. However, not every last CCS character can be. You haven't specifically said which ones you really feel could be, but seem to be saying they call can maintain their own articles which just isn't true. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 23:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

When I said "proper articles on the major characters are possible", I meant Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Kero-chan, Yukito/Yue, even Clow Reed. Maybe Toya. I'd like to say Meiling, too, but CLAMP (and the interviewers) seems to forget about her. Maybe it's because she's an anime-only character... Anyway, the rest can be merged. I said so at the beginning: "minor characters should be merged".--Nohansen (talk) 05:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm highly doubtful on Clow Reed, but the rest possibly. Toya maybe because of the whole relationship with Yukito, if its been covered in various LGB places as some other fictional same-sex couples have been. If the merges are good, we'd start with the minors anyway. The rest would be only after attempting to fix them up properly. Your list does remind me of the issue of dealing with Yukito/Yue. Right now, they have separate articles and are often treated separately. Do you think they should be kept as separate articles, or put into a single article? -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 05:22, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to see Yukito's and Yue's articles merged... but, right now, I can't say what's the best the way to do it:

• An article on Yukito Tsukishiro, with a section on his true self; or
• An article on Yue, with a section on his human alter-ego.

I'm leaning towards the first option, since that's the way it is revealed to the reader/viewer and Yukito is a more prominent character than Yue.--Nohansen (talk) 05:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

That sounds about right to me, to have it be on Yukito. Yue is rarely seen (particularly in the manga), and other than the role as the judge (sort of :-P), doesn't have a huge role in most of the story. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 15:29, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

But we have more information in Yue's article currently; wouldn't it make more sense to merge the smaller article into the larger? I'm not entirely sure who has the larger role in the series, though Yukito makes more appearances in the anime, so I'm not entirely sure we should decide on those basis. My only concern is that I have noticed in the fan community that Yue's got a pretty big following, and it might be easier to get some information that's not completely in-universe. On the subject of Toya, I do think, but am not entirely certain, that CLAMP repeats their relationship in other places besides CCS. I know I've heard that somewhere in the fan community that CLAMP has used them like their 'soul mate' couple and re-used them. This may be in Tsubasa, but never having read that series, I cannot say for sure.-- 3loodlust (talk) 14:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Not quite. The size of one versus the other doesn't matter in deciding the merge target, but what makes the most sense. Also, Yue's article is longer because it is full of unsourced original research and fan theories. Yukito has the larger role in both series, with Yue making few appearances in either format. Fan-base is also irrelevant in deciding the main article. Yue having fangirls doesn't matter in deciding if he should be merged to Yukito. For Toya/Yukito, they do appear together in Tsubasa as well as Hanshin Republic, though both their CCS articles only mentions their being friends. It is only Yukito, however, and not Yue making these appearances. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 15:58, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

That might at least help expand Toya if we could tie him and Yukito with other series. I'm still not sure I'm comfortable with making either Yue or Yukito a side-note, though, isn't there a better way we could merge the information into one article so that we could expand ideas equally on each character? Personally I still think we should keep the two articles separate, but if we can find a better way to combine the articles (because you’re right, there is much information on both sides that can be reduced), then I won’t object. -- 3loodlust (talk) 16:47, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

In my opinion, I'd suggest to end up Sakura, Syaoran, possibly Tomoyo, Touya, Yukito/Yue, Kero/Cerberus, Clow/Eriol, merge Kaho, Meiling, Fujitaka, Nadeshiko, Sonomi, Chiharu, Rika, Takashi, Naoko, Yoshiyuki, and merge or add Ruby/Nakuru and Spinel as sections on the Clow/Eriol page. (Pages listed as A/B to merge with each other.) Akata (talk) 04:10, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Commencing

Months later, I've finally started doing some of these merges. I'm starting with all of the relatively minor characters then working my way up. For those where merging isn't a clear yeah/nea, I'll start a separate "formal" discussion when the rest are done. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 20:00, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

As an update, I have performed seven of the merges today. In doing the merges, I rewrote quite a bit to try to be less in-universe, condense the plot, and remove the rampant OR that was running through the character pages. I have noticed several characters are missing some of their voice actor info, so I've left hidden notes to that affect. I've gone ahead and tagged the list for needing a better lead, more references, particularly from non-primary sources, and that there still is much work needed to deal with the in-universe aspects. I'll try to get some more merging done tomorrow. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 03:56, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

I am generally accepting of the mergings with the exception of possibly Nadeshiko. She is the only character who appears prominently in Tsubasa that does not have an article. If Nadeshiko does not have her own page, then I think that her entry should be expanded to include her role in Tsubasa that has thus far been fairly significant, more so than the roles of Fujitaka or Touya in TRC. Lore aura (talk) 20:15, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Tsubasa has its own character list where such information should go. This is the list of Cardcaptor Sakura characters. Other than a note in the coming reception section to note that some characters were "reused" in Tsubasa with new histories, etc, the information here will be purely about CCS. The CCS Nadeshiko is not a notable character hence her not having an article. The Tsubasa Nadeshiko isn't notable either, which is why she doesn't have an article for that series either. Remember, notability has nothing to do with the prominence of their role in the series, but significant coverage of the character in reliable, third-party sources. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 21:03, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow, very impressive work on this page, AnmaFinotera, it's gone quite a ways in four months. I think this was an excellent job with the merges—they’re all the exact same ones discussed in June—and I defiantly think your right on the topic of discussing some of the other merges which apparently are more of a topic of controversy. Most of the supporting characters are now merged except Toya. We really should figure out what to do with him; his only main roles in the series are his relationship with Yuikto, and his saving Yue in volume 9. I'm not sure if that's enough information to be left alone or not, not to mention the issue of whether or not anyone could obtain additional information to make his article a little less in-universe at some point in time. Any opinions on whether or not he should be merged too? -3loodlust (talk) 01:12, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) I'm going slow, but surely through them. For Toya, right now I'm still leaning towards merge because I'm not seeing any real-world notability. I'm leaving him for last, though, to give folks time to point out any RS' I may have missed. Hopefully, once done, I'll have some time to dig out my manga volumes and get to work on sourcing up this list.-- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 01:19, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Wow, I've been away for far too long I see; there've been some changes in my absence. So far I agree with the merging you've undertaken, AnmaFinotera, but I'm worried in particular about one of the new tags I see on the page about merges. I think it's fine to merge the supporting characters in—Eriol, perhaps one could even say Touya—because in previous discussions most people were unanimously for (or at least not against) that action. I think where the major characters are concerned though, we should take a step back. I'm still in favor of merging some of the major characters—either Yue with Yuki, or we could even do Yue and Cerberus which a better alternative. I just know that previously there was a lot of controversy over what to do with Yukito, Yue, Cerberus, and Touya and I think that perhaps there is still a better way to reduce the number of pages and size of the individual profiles without simply throwing everything onto the character list. I'm really in favor of perhaps integrating Cerberus and Yue together (which I feel there could be sufficient information for an article besides simply the in-universe). If people preferred it, I'd say the same might be possible for Yukito and Touya, but truly I think those two would be better off in the character list. I assume we're going to try and keep Syaoran and Sakura. Just something to think about before these merges get too far. -3loodlust (talk) 21:49, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

I hate to reply to myself, but I couldn't think of another section to post this under. I'm afraid once again coursework at school drove me away from editing this past semester, but you all have done quite a lot of good work on all the merges while I was gone. :) This article is starting to look much better than it had for a long time after its creation. I ran through some of the major characters and made a few revisions to grammar, diction, and corrected a few facts that weren't quite in line with what's actually written in the canon. I can provide page-specific references to the parts of the manga I took the information from, however, if there is any controversy. -3loodlust (talk) 21:07, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Clow Reed in xxxHolic

Hee is what the English translation notes say directly:

• Clow Reed
  • "First mentioned in xxxHolic volume 1 and finally (partially) shown in xxxHolic volume 2, Clow Reed is the creator of the Clow Cards, the Cardcaptor Wand and the guardians Yue and Keroberos. In conjunction with Yuko, he also created the two Mokonas."

From this description, even AnmaFinotera would have to agree (although she might deny it) that this is the same as CCS Clow. There are only one set of Clow Cards, one Yue and Keroberos that anybody knows of. I say we reincorporate that into the article - I've temporarily added it but it may get removed again. 213.166.17.12 (talk) 09:57, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Again, no, that does NOT explictly state "This is Clow Reed from Cardcaptor Sakura." You have no basis to claim that there is only one set of anything. There are now what, two Syaorans, three Sakuras, or something like that in Tsubasa. Again, unless a reliable source explicitly states it is the same and explictly states he is from CCS and not just another revisit of the same character design/name, the current wording will stand. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 14:27, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

The evidence is still shaky here, but I must agree now it's looking like the two Clow Reeds are the same after all. Of course there's no way to prove that definitively as of yet, but I think with the revelations of chapters 220 and 221 that CLAMP most likely intends their audience to believe that the Clow Reed of xxxHolic and TRC is in fact the same one who left Yue and Cerberus in CCS. There may come a time when we'll have to change the page to fit with this long-held claim. -3loodlust (talk) 21:53, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

The issue is, xxxHolic and TRC still do not actually say "from Cardcaptor Sakura" nor does either series fully state it is the same universe. Indeed, thus from from what I've read, it makes it very clear it is an alternate universe of all the characters. So while he may have made all of that in those series, does it mean he is the exact same one as the one in CCS? While I have never argued what CLAMP's implications may be, Wikipedia editors can not extrapolate their own views into articles. It must be verifiable, either by being directly stated in the primary material, or stated by a reliable third-party source. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:04, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

So far we have in xxxHoLic that Clow's reason for re-incarnation was Yuuko... but yeah, as far as I remember it is stated in xxxHoLic there are infinitely many of each person, except Watanuki. Akata (talk) 22:20, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Even if there can still be some debate (though I personally think it will eventually be revealed in full that the Clow Reed of xxxHolic is the Clow Reed of CCS) over whether the information from xxxHolic should be integrated into Clow’s character, might we at least include him along with Sakura and Syaoran as a character whose "design" and "name" were used in that particular series? (It seems like a good compromise for the time being.) -3loodlust (talk) 22:00, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Portraits

Is there a Wikipedia policy against adding portraits on lists like this? --200.138.55.189 (talk) 23:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes. They are not allowed. Only one or two group images may be added, if they are official images. No user-made pictures and no individual pictures, per WP:NONFREE. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 00:21, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Should Wei and Sakura's Grandfather be included?

Should Wang Wei, Syaoran's guardian, be included? I know he didn't really contribute to the plot of the series much but he made a number of appearances. Plus, should Sakura's grandfather be included too, since he did appear as a main character in two episode. Evilgidgit (talk) 15:11, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

No, both are minor characters. Wei is an anime only character, and has no appearances at all in the original work. His role in the adaptation is so minor he was merged to Syaoran's section. Sakura's grandfather is also a minor character mentioned as needed in the major and supporting characters' sections. He does not need his own section. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 15:44, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

It's not her grandfather, it's her great-grandfather. As in 2015, there is a section about him. --2.245.125.244 (talk) 21:44, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

The Clow Cards

Yep, it's me again. I've be pondering whether or not the Clow Cards should be added into the article. I mean they technically are characters in a manner, although I suppose they can be counted as items, a plot point, or a Macguffin. But if they were to be included into this article with their own section, I think just the following should be included: A brief overview of the cards' purpose and history, info on several notable cards (e.g. The four elementals, Light and Dark, the most often used cards, Mirror, Dash, and Nameless Card/Nothing/Hope). What do you think? Evilgidgit (talk) 18:11, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

No, they should not. They have already been deleted more times than I can count. They are not characters. Relevant cards are mentioned in character sections as is already needed. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:45, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

They ARE characters and the fact that they keep having to be deleted by arrogant, smug, wiki-gods shows just how far those wiki-gods are out of touch. That's why I loathe Wikipedia so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.29.56.90 (talk) 12:37, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Tomoyo

Tomoyo should be included as a protagonist; to say that Yue is a protagonist, when he appears in only half of the series, and say that Tomoyo is a supporting character, is preposterous. While she does not have any magical powers, she plays a role of utmost importance in the anime! She should, without doubt, be in the protagonist section of the article, and perhaps Toya also! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.196.177 (talk) 22:00, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Tomoyo is not a protagonist. Please go look up the word. She is a supporting character, same as Toya. She does not, in fact, play that important a role in either version, but that is not relevant to what is or is not a protagonist. She is not the focus of the series, nor is she greatly changed by it. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:06, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Ok sorry. (And with all due respect, please do not tell me to look up a word. My vocabulary is commendable, if I do say so myself.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.202.123 (talk) 22:29, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Side note - if this article is adhering to what is a protagonist in the TRUE sense of the word, then only Sakura should be included, should she not? She is the focal point of the series. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.202.123 (talk) 22:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

The list is adhering to the true sense of what a protagonist is. Syaoran is also a protagonist as he is also a principal character of the work, and changed by the events. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:49, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

But he's still not the central character though. But okay.. thank you :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.202.123 (talk) 22:56, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry - by me saying that he is not the main character, the series does not necessarily portray him as a protagonist until the latter half. Sakura remains, at least in my eyes, the sole protagonist; it is her story, and concludes with a victory that is solely hers. Syoran is in a sense a deuteragonist perhaps. Sorry if I'm being a pest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.202.123 (talk) 23:00, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Are you speaking solely about the anime, or about the actual original work, the manga. For Wikipedia purposes, we include the deuteragonist in as a protagonist. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 23:03, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Both; both are entitled 'Cardcaptor Sakura ', i.e, Sakura as the title character and focal point. Forgive me if I'm confusing matters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.202.123 (talk) 23:08, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Persistent inclusion of unsourced information

User:Nuobgu keeps reverting my edits despite the fact that I'm removing unsourced info. It's getting annoying, since there's no source for the Animax VAs. MizukaS (talk) 03:46, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Sakura's catchphrase

She uses several phrases during the transformation sequence, but she is much more known for saying "Hoeeee" in the anime than "everything will be alright". [1] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 02:18, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Separate article for Syaoran Li?

I was wondering if is worth making an article for Syaoran Li, like the one there currently is Sakura Kinomoto. My argument for this is that:

a) After Sakura, he is arguably the second most important character in the series. Indeed, in the Cardcaptors dub, he is the joint main protagonist.

b) There is plenty of material to make an article for him, if the entry for him on the Cardcaptor Sakura Wiki is anything to go by.

c) We already have articles on Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, clone) and Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, original), so given we have two articles on alternative versions of the same character, having a third one seems justifiable.

What does everyone else think? ISD (talk) 15:16, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

@ISD: I haven't read this series in a long time or the Clear Card but I do have the Clamp no Kiseki guideboks that might help with adding creation and characterization sources so I believe Syaoran can have his article as long as he passes notability guidelines.Tintor2 (talk) 12:00, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

@Tintor2: Regarding notability, I imagine that second hand sources might be difficult to find, but the Sakura article only has 27 different references in it this might be as big a problem as I fear. It might be possible to make the article work. ISD (talk) 14:21, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

@ISD: In case you are unaware, all reviews from Mania.com can be found in fandompost.com . Animenewsnetwork also has a bunch of reviews about the series so there might be content about Syaoran. THEM seems to comment on Syaoran's handling by the English dub. I think Syaoran Li was also present in Netwype and Animage awards of characters of the years.15:18, 15 November 2021 (UTC)Tintor2 (talk)

@Tintor2: OK, that all sounds useful. ISD (talk) 15:22, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

This tidbit. I'll try searching more later.Tintor2 (talk) 15:22, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

@Tintor2: It seems Syaoran is only mentioned once in that article. Anyway, I have made a start on the article, which be expanded over time. ISD (talk) 16:41, 15 November 2021 (UTC)