Cosplay Spotlight: Sakura & Yūko

Sunday 4 July 2010

Character: Sakura & Yūko

From: Tsubasa Chronicles & xxxHolic
About the character’s:

Yūko Ichihara is a woman who runs a shop that deals in granting wishes in exchange for something of equal value to the wish; sometimes this is referred to as a soul. She can take anything from a precious object to abstract concepts, such as love and luck in exchange. She usually displays an immature and free-spirited attitude, drinking saké at all hours of the day and forcing difficult tasks upon Watanuki. While dealing with customers or giving Watanuki advice, she is much more stern and offers cryptic messages to warn him and others of impending danger. She constantly speaks of inevitability and how nothing is a coincidence.

Sakura is the princess of the Kingdom of Clow, who befriends and falls in love with Syaoran during her childhood. A powerful force strips her of her memories and magical abilities, which take the form of feathers. All the feathers are spread throughout different ‘dimensions’ (parallel worlds). To retrieve the feathers and thereby save her life, she and Syaoran are sent to Yūko, who gives them the use of Mokona in exchange for Sakura’s memory of Syaoran, which causes him to be absent from any memories restored to her. She is initially weak, confused, and constantly tired, but she grows stronger as she regains her feathers. She is very friendly with Fay and Mokona, she grows close to Syaoran again, and she notices that she is missing something from her memories. Sakura possesses unnaturally good luck; Yūko calls her “God’s favorite daughter.” Sakura also has the ability to “hear” the voices of those who cannot be heard, such as spirits of nature, and to see ghosts.

Country: Spain

Cosplayers: Melukuto

MysteriousMaemi’s Thought’s: Nice cosplays with a wink to the original drawings.

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