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AND THE BATTLE OF THE SYAORANS BEGINS
Gosh another heartbreaking thing about every single move they make is that we’ve SEEN these moves before. Syaoran uses a similar spell that we saw Fai use in Seresu, and uses Fai’s magic to do it. And then he poses with his sword in a way I’m sure we’ve seen before, which just SCREAMS of the fact this is Syaoran! This is him! But he’s not home and he’s trying to kill you.
Meanwhile Lava Lamp does his finger thing that’s (once again) reminiscent of the way CCS!Syaoran casts magic, but without the slips of paper, because he’s advanced so much beyond than those simple spells.
Now he’s doing THIS. And he’s being defensive! He deflects the attacks that (also again) would have hit Sakura, but doesn’t attack Syaoran in kind. Yet.
Instead he leaps out into battle, drawing the attacks away from Sakura as he LEAVES HER BEHIND IN THE BUBBLE OF AIR
WHICH, I ADMIT, IS A NICE CONCERN FOR HER SAFETY WHEN THERE’S A RABID SYAORAN ON THE LOOSE
BUT HI YES HELLO SAKURA IS TRAPPED IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE ONCE AGAIN. JUST LIKE SHE WAS IN ACID TOKYO, HITTING THE WALLS LIKE THEN TOO, HELPLESS AS (ONCE AGAIN) THE SYAORANS FIGHT RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.