#Sakura's Daughter

[profound-ninjasalad11]

Oh god....pressure,pressure and more pressure is what I'm sensing here.

[rutbort]

Its literally them

[arfisrar]

'I can't take my eyes off of you,

Can't take my mind of you'

[mokutone]

i just really think theyre SO alike,

[sasusakumyotpforever]

♡ Like Mother, Like Daughter! ♡

[meoowwxx]

sapphic sasusaku bc some of you asked for it

[katagawajr]

local single dad does his best for daughter + 7 adopted teenagers

[takestothesky]

it’s been years and I still can’t believe we went through the entire chunin exam arc just for them not to end up together

like this was an actual crime

[uzumaki-sayuri]

Chibi Hanami Uzumaki for you

[bythepen98]

Sakura 🌸 ||

Finished

I know she's more slender in canon but I have a this thing for Sakura looking adorable and petite when she's all covered up, especially in her lab coat, and looking jacked when she takes it off. The fact that she can cause earthquakes with her punches and have the muscles to prove it is so 👌👌. Especially an older and more seasoned Sakura.

Just because she's busy being a mother and konoha's top medical ninja doesn't mean she'll willingly skip her regular arm day exercises. Probably exchanges workout tips with Lee every now and then. Time has lessened her exasperation and now she's slightly more eager to be his occasional workout buddy.

I have to include sasusaku as well so of course he'll be there appreciating the view while Sarada is in constant awe at her mother's physique.

[meimi-haneoka]

Do you know where Cosmos flowers get their peculiar name from?

Yes, it's a reference to the other type of cosmos...

Spanish priests found this flower in Mexico and were struck by their beautiful & orderly arranged petals, reminding them of the beauty found in the order of the cosmos.

...And of course, I can't help but think about the reason why Lilie named her daughter like that.

The most obvious reason is of course the meaning that the name takes when written in Japanese. 秋桜, a "cherry blossom of autumn".

As to indicate the inevitability of Akiho and Sakura's meeting, the power of hitsuzen, and how much they would influence each other's lives, as each other's counterparts. Spring and Autumn. Similar warmth, and yet distinct.

Lilie of course knew all of this, so she didn't miss the chance to name her daughter after the most distinctive flower in autumn. (Curious fact, Akiho is born on September 18th, when technically in the northern hemisphere it's still summer for 3/4 days! But going by meteorological seasons it's already autumn)

And yet, I also want to think that Lilie chose that name for its intrinsic meaning too.

I'm pretty sure that the moment Lilie saw her, she knew the baby girl would've never developed any magical power. Lilie was that powerful, she certainly knew. She might have already known from her foretelling dreams, although I'm not inclined to follow this theory.

So I like to think that she, actually both her parents wanted to bestow on her a name that could tell her in every moment of her life "you are beautiful and perfect as you are, to us. Everything in you is orderly and exactly as it's meant to be", exactly like the universe and the flowers that were named after it.

Cosmos are also resilient flowers that can grow beautifully everywhere, in most conditions with little care and little water. They grow very tall and if you cut the spent flowers they re-bloom stronger than before. The only thing that can kill them is frost. And I can't help but associate it with the ice cold brought by the loss of the most important person, indicated in the story itself with the final part set in winter. (Clamp themselves confirmed that the change of the seasons in Clear Card follow a certain change in the plot itself)

I honestly can't think of a more perfect flower for Akiho.✨🌼

(top images courtesy of ポムの蒼。@ pomu_iyashi on Twitter)

[fjb-blurbs]

Kizashi, shocked: I just electrocuted myself...

Kizashi: how shocking.

Sakura: ohm my, how do you feel currently?

Kizashi, grinning: I feel kind of amped.

Sakira, giggling: watt, I can’t hear you.

Kizashi: I said it hertz a lot.

Sasuke: ...are they ok?

Mebuki, calmly: this is normal, they’re fine.

Sasuke, bewildered: but he was jus-

Mebuki: he’s fine. i’d be more concerned if they weren’t making puns.

Source: criticalrole-incorrectquotes

[rutbort]

WIP

[xbuster]

[completeoveranalysis]

[3]

In that way that they do sometimes, Fai has seamlessly taken up Yuuko’s explanation and continues it simultaneously, but back in Nihon, going over the exact same plot point to people presumably having the exact same questions. 

You know. Hitsuzen. 

I actually tried to find if Fai is responding to anyone’s question but no I think he just launched into this explanation apropos of nothing. 

And then we transition seamlessly back to Yuuko, but also please enjoy Sakura in the top panel with the thick ominous shadow behind her - the same way that used to frame Syaoran before it was revealed that he was also a clone. 

And also the sakura blossom hanging above Yuuko’s palm, leaving a shadow on her skin - both continuing the shadow metaphor but also visually showing us both a real sakura (blossom) leaving a fake image by casting a shadow. 

They didn’t need to do this for us but they DID. 

MOKONA CRYING DESTROYS MY SOUL EVERY TIME

HOW CAN ANYONE STAND IT ;_;

Also I’m glad this chapter is basically just taking the time to unpack and explain all the story beats I had spent so long thinking through last time around. It’s very nice to get it all confirmed so quickly, but also with a correction - Fai didn’t NEED to sense that Sakura was a clone with his magic, apparently Evil Wolverine let him know she was a clone from the start. But like, off screen. Where we couldn’t see it. 

Evil Wolverine does this an uncomfortable amount. 

;_; oh Fai.

[sasusakumyotpforever]

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