Syaoran n Sakura

Syaoran and Sakura

Syaoran (小狼, Shaoran) is a fictional character appearing as one of the protagonists from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, a manga series written and illustrated by Clamp. In Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Syaoran is introduced as young archeologist who is in love with Sakura, his childhood friend and the princess from the Kingdom of Clow. When Sakura's memories are scattered throughout parallel dimensions, Syaoran goes on a quest to recover them, giving all of Sakura's memories involving him as a payment to travel. Across the series, Syaoran is revealed to be a clone from another teenager created by Fei-Wang Reed, the sorcerer who caused Sakura to lose her memories. As a seal from his original self placed on the clone's body breaks, Syaoran becomes one of the series' antagonists, moving according to Fei-Wang's will. He has also been featured in other Clamp works including the manga xxxHolic, and the drama CD series Holistuba.
Syaoran's character was based on Syaoran Li, a character from Clamp's Cardcaptor Sakura manga. The character has been well-received by readers from the series, placing high in various popularity polls from Tsubasa and manga and anime series in general. He also received positive comments by publications from manga and anime who pointed his role in the series and his relationship with Sakura. Syaoran's role as an antagonist has also received positive comments and various writers started giving nicknames to differentiate him from his original self often calling him evil.

Sakura (サクラ^?), also known as Princess Sakura (サクラ姫, Sakura Hime), is a fictional character and one of the protagonists from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, a manga series written and illustrated by Clamp. In the series, Sakura is a princess from the Kingdom of Clow who has her memories separated from her body to parallel dimensions. Having fallen catatonic and being near death, Syaoran, her childhood friend, goes on a quest to recover her memories which took the form of feathers. As a payment for travelling, Sakura loses all the memories she ever had regarding Syaoran who she was in love. Nevertheless, as the journey continues, Sakura starts bonding with Syaoran and learns about how the sorcerer Fei-Wang Reed was responsible for the loss of her memories and the recovery from all of them will help Fei-Wang. Besides Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Sakura also appears in other works from Clamp including xxxHolic and the drama CD series Holitsuba.
The character of Sakura was based on Sakura Kinomoto, the protagonist from Clamp's previous manga Cardcaptor Sakura sharing a similar relationship Syaoran, who also based on a character from the same series. Her character has been well-received by Japanese readers and audiences, appearing in various popularity polls from Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle as well as series in general. Publications for manga, anime and other media have also commented on Sakura's character. She received praise for her personality, her relation with Syaoran, as well as her development across the series.