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Cardcaptor Sakura – 24 – HOEEEny, I Shrunk the Cardcaptor
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 25 – Double Trouble
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 22 – Enter Sandcard
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 37 – The Voice
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 43 – Meiling Out
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 17 – ERASED (Temporarily)
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 36 – White April
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 41 – Dress Rehearsal
The Arts Festival is upon us, and Sakura’s class will be performing a play; specifically, Sleeping Beauty. Mizuki-sensei employs amidakuji in order to determine who plays what role. As…
Cardcaptor Sakura – 35 – Christmas Inferno
After having the Tokyo Tower dream again—this time while in class—Sakura wakes up with Mizuki-sensei looking right at her, giving further credence to the theory that she’s the shadowy…
Cardcaptor Sakura – 64 – Mean Slopes
Sakura heads from the pool to the slopes in consecutive episodes, and from the first shot of her in her ski outfit admiring the snowy mountains, you just knew…
Cardcaptor Sakura – 57 – Going Up…
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Episode 74: Cardcaptor Sakura – Volume 11
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Episode 64: Cardcaptor Sakura – Volume 3
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 23 – Songs After Dark
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 40 – Tower of Dreams
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 50 – Thread and Thrum
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Episode 71: Cardcaptor Sakura – Volume 8
Lucy and Robin discuss volume 8 of Cardcaptor Sakura, as the new threat keeps Sakura and her friends on their toes.
Episode 72: Cardcaptor Sakura – Volume 9
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 53 – Tour de Dash
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 04 – Into the Woods
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Lucy and Robin begin discussing one of CLAMP’s most famous works: Cardcaptor Sakura.
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 51 – Bearing the Brunt
Sakura can’t quite make her homemade teddy bear not look like Kero-chan, so Eriol volunteers to help her fix it. When a delighted Sakura asks what he’d like as…
Cardcaptor Sakura – 27 – Return By Card
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 54 – The Calendar Watchers
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Cardcaptor Sakura – 66 – These Bitter Tears
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