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* BirdsOfAFeather: Naoko starts dating a geek-and-proud-of-it named Shinji Asaba, because they both share similar interests. [[spoiler:Unfortunately this relationship comes to an abrupt end late into the fanfic when Shinji cheats on Naoko.]]
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Naoko starts dating a geek-and-proud-of-it named Shinji Asaba, because they both share similar interests. [[spoiler:Unfortunately [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this relationship comes to an abrupt end late into the fanfic when Shinji cheats on Naoko.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Definitely darker than the source material, exploring such themes as AttemptedRape and the negative aspects of a TeacherStudentRomance.
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Part of the reason Sakura decides to hit the ResetButton at the end of chapter 6 is because Syaoran and Chiharu never got the chance to say goodbye to his sister and her father, respectively, before they passed.
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** Chapter 23 introduces Megumi, who is explicitly described as a slut and doesn't hesitate to flirt with and try to seduce even taken men.
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** Chapter 23 introduces Megumi, who is explicitly described as a slut and doesn't hesitate to flirt with and try to seduce even taken men. She even has plans to become a prostitute after school, stating it's "good money."
* RedLightDistrict: Chapter 13 features the red light district of Shibuya as the third version in chapter 13. The brothel members are described as having been "[[BreakTheCutie trained]]" by the pimps, who state that one has to break a girl to make them a "good whore," and has a waitress described as not looking old enough to drink the alcohol she serves. Sakura's mother Nadeshiko was kidnapped by the employees there, but her friends raided the building and rescued her before anything truly unfortunate happened.
* RedLightDistrict: Chapter 13 features the red light district of Shibuya as the third version in chapter 13. The brothel members are described as having been "[[BreakTheCutie trained]]" by the pimps, who state that one has to break a girl to make them a "good whore," and has a waitress described as not looking old enough to drink the alcohol she serves. Sakura's mother Nadeshiko was kidnapped by the employees there, but her friends raided the building and rescued her before anything truly unfortunate happened.
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* DrowningMySorrows: After Sakura and Syaoran [[spoiler: finally consummate their relationship]] in chapter 32, Tomoyo and Meiling spend the night drowning their sorrows with wine... with very little actual alcohol in it, of course.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: When Chiharu comes across the photo of her and her friends' mothers in chapter 13, it's noted that they all look so much like their daughters that Chiharu is briefly convinced that they ''are'' of her and her friends. However, she realizes otherwise when she notes Nadeshiko's RapunzelHair and Sonomi's BoyishShortHair.
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* AbusiveParents: Chapter 6 reveals that Satome is a victim of physical and emotional abuse by his mother, thus explaining his bullying and [[StrawMysogynist hatred of women]]. In chapter 19, when karma finally catches up to him and he's arrested for being a serial rapist, dear ol' Mom arranges for him to be assassinated in jail and his death ruled as a suicide to avoid any negative publicity towards her career.
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* AbusiveParents: Chapter 6 reveals that Satome's mother Himiko, Tomoeda's district attorney, is revealed to be one, constantly beating him because he is the [[ChildByRape product of rape]] and she only sees him as a reminder of said rape; as a result, Satome is has become a victim of physical StrawMisogynist and emotional abuse by his mother, thus explaining his bullying and [[StrawMysogynist hatred of women]]. SerialRapist. In chapter 19, when karma finally catches up Satome is in jail for his AttemptedRape of Tomoyo, he tells the lawyer assigned to him that his mother put him in the hospital ''eight times'' for a total of fifteen broken bones, and that he's arrested for being a serial rapist, dear ol' Mom perfectly willing to confess to ''all'' of his rape charges as long as it keeps him away from his mother until he's twenty. Shortly after, however, his mother arranges for him to be assassinated in jail and his death ruled as a suicide to avoid any negative publicity towards because his status as a rapist would reflect poorly on her career.career of prosecuting sexual predators.
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* GroinAttack: In chapter 18, after Sakura saves Tomoyo from being raped by Satome, the Mirror Card, taking Tomoyo's form, shatters a mirror in the room and stabs him in the groin with a shard of said mirror, ensuring he will never hurt a girl as such again.
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* GroinAttack: GroinAttack:
** In chapter 18, after Sakura saves Tomoyo from being raped by Satome, the Mirror Card, taking Tomoyo's form, shatters a mirror in the room and stabs him in the groin with a shard of said mirror, ensuring he will never hurt a girl as suchagain.again.
** Naoko knees Shinji in the crotch with enough force to put him in the infirmary as payback for cheating on her.
** In chapter 18, after Sakura saves Tomoyo from being raped by Satome, the Mirror Card, taking Tomoyo's form, shatters a mirror in the room and stabs him in the groin with a shard of said mirror, ensuring he will never hurt a girl as such
** Naoko knees Shinji in the crotch with enough force to put him in the infirmary as payback for cheating on her.
* IWillWaitForYou: Two different examples:
** In chapter 15, when Fujitaka is conflicted over moving on from Nadeshiko and dating [[MayDecemberRomance Hinami]], the spirit of Nadeshiko herself appears and encourages him to go for it, wanting him to be happy.
** In chapter 16, after Sakura and her friends finally manage to redeem Reiko's spirit, Renji vows to wait for her as she's going off to Heaven, but Reiko tells him to start a family and have fun with his life before then.
** In chapter 15, when Fujitaka is conflicted over moving on from Nadeshiko and dating [[MayDecemberRomance Hinami]], the spirit of Nadeshiko herself appears and encourages him to go for it, wanting him to be happy.
** In chapter 16, after Sakura and her friends finally manage to redeem Reiko's spirit, Renji vows to wait for her as she's going off to Heaven, but Reiko tells him to start a family and have fun with his life before then.
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* {{Irony}}: As lampshaded in chapter 19, Satome's mother, Tomoeda's district attorney, has made a career stopping sexual predators, while her own son is a serial rapist.
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* {{Irony}}: As lampshaded in chapter 19, Satome's mother, Tomoeda's district attorney, has made a career stopping sexual predators, while her own son is a serial rapist.SerialRapist.
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* MyFistForgivesYou: When Renji discovers that Sakura's group knew that his LoveConfession would redeem Reiko's spirit and let her move on, he remarks that he isn't sure if he should thank Syaoran or deck him. When Syaoran tells him to do as he wishes, Renji promptly punches him out, remarking that they could have let him know Reiko still had a few days so they could have gone on a real date. Nonetheless, he's grateful that he'll be able to see Reiko again because of them and walks off with a TearfulSmile.
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* EtTuBrute: An unusual retroactive example of this trope, as the act in question wasn't considered a betrayal at "the time it actually occurred", since no one knew at the time. The act in question is [[spoiler:Tomoyo secretly videotaping Sakura and the rest of their friends while they were naked, or changing, or in swimsuits, etc. This is discovered in chapter 26, and since the tapes technically classify as child pornography, Tomoyo [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]] the trope by predicting in advance that her friends will react by feeling betrayed, which is exactly what happens.]]
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Played with. Shinji Asaba tries to defend Naoko from Satome and his thugs, but Shinji only gets his ass kicked. However, Naoko thinks what Shinji did was impressive anyway, because he lasted a while and actually managed to hit one of the thugs.
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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: [[spoiler:By chapter 32, Meiling and Matsumoto develop chemistry together, because Meiling decides to take Matsumoto's sexism as a ''challenge'' so she can be even more awesome just to prove him wrong, and Matsumoto could easily conceive an heir with more submissive girls, but they "wouldn't be as much fun" as Meiling.]]
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:To describe Satome as an "asshole" is a ''massive understatement'', but he's not the main villain of the fanfic; he's dead by chapter 19. The main villain is an enemy striking at Sakura magically from the shadows.]]
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Naoko starts dating a geek-and-proud-of-it named Shinji Asaba, because they both share similar interests. [[spoiler:Unfortunately this relationship comes to an abrupt end late into the fanfic when Shinji cheats on Naoko.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Shinji Asaba has a brief sexual encounter with another woman, though only because he wanted to know what it was like to have sex with someone besides Naoko. Naoko responds by kicking his ass.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Shinji Asaba has a brief sexual encounter with another woman, girl, though only because he wanted to know what it was like to have sex with someone besides Naoko. Naoko responds by kicking his ass.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Shinji Asaba has a brief sexual encounter with another woman, though only because he wanted to know what it was like to have sex with someone besides Naoko. Naoko responds by kicking his ass.]]
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** In chapter 32, it's revealed that, prior to becoming a card, the Mirror was a girl who was raped and subsequently murdered, something that Clow Reed mentioned in his journals while trying to figure out how to save her. In [[FridgeBrilliance retrospect]], this adds new meaning to her volatile reaction to Satome's AttemptedRape of Tomoyo in chapter 18.
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** In chapter 32, it's revealed that, prior to becoming a card, the Mirror was a girl who was raped and subsequently murdered, something that Clow Reed mentioned in his journals while trying to figure out how to save her. In [[FridgeBrilliance retrospect]], retrospect, this adds new meaning to her volatile reaction to Satome's AttemptedRape of Tomoyo in chapter 18.
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* SerialRapist: Satome confessed to his lawyer in chapter 19 that he's raped at least seven girls. He tries to rape Sakura, Tomoyo, and Naoko as well, but he's thankfully stopped from that.
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* DefiledForever: Satome invokes this when he is preparing to rape Sakura in chapter 10, stating that by the time he's finished having his way with Sakura, not even a "foreign piece of shit" like Syaoran will want her. Fortunately, he's stopped before anything truly unfortunate happens.
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** [[TheBully Satome]], due in part to his [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], firmly believes that girls are only good for making babies and thus has raped at least seven different girls, as well as nearly raping Sakura, Tomoyo, and Naoko on different occasions.
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** [[TheBully Satome]], due in part to his [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], firmly believes that girls are only good for making babies and thus has raped at least seven different girls, as well as nearly raping Sakura, Tomoyo, and Naoko on different occasions. Furthermore, he also spitefully calls Syaoran and Meiling "foreign trash."
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In chapter 32, it's revealed that, prior to becoming a card, the Mirror was a girl who was raped and subsequently murdered, something that Clow Reed mentioned in his journals while trying to figure out how to save her. In [[FridgeBrilliance retrospect]], this adds new meaning to her volatile reaction to Satome's AttemptedRape of Tomoyo in chapter 18.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil:
** In chapter 10, Satome attempts to rape Sakura, only to be [[VillainousRescue stopped]] by an assassin hired to kill her, who firmly believes that "only the worst of scum use sex as a weapon against women."
** In chapter 32, it's revealed that, prior to becoming a card, the Mirror was a girl who was raped and subsequently murdered, something that Clow Reed mentioned in his journals while trying to figure out how to save her. In [[FridgeBrilliance retrospect]], this adds new meaning to her volatile reaction to Satome's AttemptedRape of Tomoyo in chapter 18.
** In chapter 10, Satome attempts to rape Sakura, only to be [[VillainousRescue stopped]] by an assassin hired to kill her, who firmly believes that "only the worst of scum use sex as a weapon against women."
** In chapter 32, it's revealed that, prior to becoming a card, the Mirror was a girl who was raped and subsequently murdered, something that Clow Reed mentioned in his journals while trying to figure out how to save her. In [[FridgeBrilliance retrospect]], this adds new meaning to her volatile reaction to Satome's AttemptedRape of Tomoyo in chapter 18.
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* AmoralAttorney: Himiko Satome is a minor example. She's Tomoeda's district attorney, as well as an {{Abusive Parent|s}} who beats her son at the slightest provocation.
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* FairPlayVillain: Ryuji Akuma, the assassin hired to kill Sakura in chapter 10, states that he will fight Sakura his own way rather than the way his employer wanted him to... by giving her four days to prepare to a fight to the death, warning her that, if she does not do so, he will simply kill Sakura and her entire family, including Tomoyo and her mother.
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* FreudianExcuse: As revealed in chapter 6, Satome is the way he is because his mother constantly abuses him, and he attacks girls out of misplaced anger towards his mother.
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* NeverMyFault: In her EstablishingCharacterMoment in chapter 6, Satome's mother shatters a plate while ranting at her son, and then blames ''him'' for it before beating him.
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* RummageSaleReject: Sakura's combat clothes in chapter 10 are described as a cross between a MartialArtsUniform and a SailorFuku.
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* HeadDesk: Sakura, Syaoran, and Meiling all do this when Takashi sings "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman" in chapter 14.
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* AttemptedRape: Satome, the resident school bully, threatens to rape Sakura and her other female friends on several different occasions, but is thwarted every time. His final attempt, centered on Tomoyo, results in a [[LetsGetDangerous furious Sakura]] brutally attacking him and using the Mirror Card to [[GroinAttack neuter him]].
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* AttemptedRape: Satome, the resident school bully, threatens to rape Sakura and her other female friends on several different occasions, but is thwarted every time. His final attempt, centered on Tomoyo, results in a [[LetsGetDangerous furious Sakura]] brutally attacking him and using the Mirror Card to [[GroinAttack neuter him]].
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Inverted; Renji, one of Reiko's one-night stands, confesses to her spirit that he loves her and wanted to be her boyfriend before she died. Reiko is so moved by this that she finally lets go of her anger towards Sakura and peacefully passes on to Heaven.
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* TheNecromancer: In chapter 24, Sakura's attacker reanimates the corpses of several of Sakura's family members at the Amamiya family graveyard, including her mother, so as to use Sakura's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of ghosts and zombies]] to his advantage. Sakura uses the Light Card to free their souls, and both she and Syaoran agree that the fact that her attacker resorted to such a tactic is [[MoralEventHorizon going too far]].
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* TheNecromancer: {{Necromancer}}: In chapter 24, Sakura's attacker reanimates the corpses of several of Sakura's family members at the Amamiya family graveyard, including her mother, so as to use Sakura's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of ghosts and zombies]] to his advantage. Sakura uses the Light Card to free their souls, and both she and Syaoran agree that the fact that her attacker resorted to such a tactic is [[MoralEventHorizon going too far]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Not exactly villains in the true sense, but there are two examples:
** [[TheBully Satome]], due in part to his [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], firmly believes that girls are only good for making babies and thus has raped at least seven different girls, as well as nearly raping Sakura, Tomoyo, and Naoko on different occasions.
** Likewise, Reiko, as part of her [[{{Poltergeist}} hauntings]], derisively carves "lesbian" into Tomoyo's desk, and later calls her a "lesbian whore."
** [[TheBully Satome]], due in part to his [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]], firmly believes that girls are only good for making babies and thus has raped at least seven different girls, as well as nearly raping Sakura, Tomoyo, and Naoko on different occasions.
** Likewise, Reiko, as part of her [[{{Poltergeist}} hauntings]], derisively carves "lesbian" into Tomoyo's desk, and later calls her a "lesbian whore."
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In chapter 32, it's revealed that, prior to becoming a card, the Mirror was a girl who was raped and subsequently murdered, something that Clow Reed mentioned in his journals while trying to figure out how to save her. In [[FridgeBrilliance retrospect]], this adds new meaning to her volatile reaction to Satome's AttemptedRape of Tomoyo in chapter 18.
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** In life, Reiko is stated to has regularly slept with members of the school sports teams as a way to boost morale. When the BigBad uses SympatheticMagic to transform her into Sakura's undead {{doppelganger}}, she uses it to her advantage to have sex with other male students and tarnish Sakura's reputation.
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** In life, Reiko is stated to has regularly slept with members of the school sports teams as a way to boost morale. When the BigBad uses SympatheticMagic to transform her into Sakura's undead {{doppelganger}}, she uses it to her advantage to have sex with other male students and tarnish Sakura's reputation. In chapter 16, she explicitly states she's slept with at least fifteen different boys.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: When Sakura discovers her relation to Masaki Amamiya in chapter 24, she is quick to call him out over his disowning Nadeshiko for her marriage to Fujitaka.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The faculty at school repeatedly fail to take Satome's bullying seriously, resulting in multiple rape victims. It's only after he tries to rape Tomoyo in chapter 18 only for Sakura to stop him violently that they finally realize how dangerous he is.
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* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: Well, everyone in the Li family anyway. Meiling reveals at one point that all Lis are trained in martial arts from an early age.
* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: Well, everyone in the Li family anyway. Meiling reveals at one point that all Lis are trained in martial arts from an early age.
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* BurnTheWitch: During chapter 2, Takashi tells stories about witch trials and burnings... [[InnocentlyInsensitive which obviously makes Sakura uncomfortable]].
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* BurnTheWitch: During chapter 2, Takashi tells stories about witch trials and burnings... [[InnocentlyInsensitive which obviously makes Sakura uncomfortable]]. As a result, Chiharu mistakenly believes that he too has found out about Sakura's magic and chews him out for scaring her, only to discover that he was merely telling a story that Eriol informed him of back in elementary school and end up blowing TheMasquerade to him herself.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: In the {{flashback}} in chapter 13, when a client at the adult bar discovers that all of the prostitutes there are only there because they were kidnapped and "[[BreakTheCutie trained]]", he is completely taken aback and punches out one of the employees, remarking that he may have bad luck finding a girlfriend, but when he "buys a girl's time," it should be ''her'' decision.
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* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Cousin]]: In [[WholeEpisodeFlashback chapter 13]], Sonomi shows just how far she's willing to go for Nadeshiko's sake by breaking her captor's jaw with a lead pipe.
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* AbusiveParents: Chapter 6 reveals that Satome is a victim of physical and emotional abuse by his mother, thus explaining his bullying and [[StrawMysogynist hatred of women]].
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* AbusiveParents: Chapter 6 reveals that Satome is a victim of physical and emotional abuse by his mother, thus explaining his bullying and [[StrawMysogynist hatred of women]]. In chapter 19, when karma finally catches up to him and he's arrested for being a serial rapist, dear ol' Mom arranges for him to be assassinated in jail and his death ruled as a suicide to avoid any negative publicity towards her career.
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* GenerationXerox: In chapter 13, it's established that Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Naoko, and Chiharu's mothers are similar to their daughters, albeit with different pairings:
** Tomoyo is a LipstickLesbian and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited in]] [[KissingCousins love]] with Sakura, echoing the relationship between their mothers Sonomi and Nadeshiko.
** Nadeshiko was in a TeacherStudentRomance, whereas Rika is in one with Mr. Terada.
** Yuuka, Rika's mother, had a "foreign boyfriend" (Rika's father Jyou is [[ButNotTooForeign Japanese-American]]); Sakura is in a relationship with Syaoran, a Chinese boy.
** Chiharu's mother, Yukiko, had a tendency to [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale strangle]] her then-boyfriend just as Chiharu does to Takashi, though in that case, it's for getting lost in sports stories rather than telling lies.
** Tomoyo is a LipstickLesbian and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited in]] [[KissingCousins love]] with Sakura, echoing the relationship between their mothers Sonomi and Nadeshiko.
** Nadeshiko was in a TeacherStudentRomance, whereas Rika is in one with Mr. Terada.
** Yuuka, Rika's mother, had a "foreign boyfriend" (Rika's father Jyou is [[ButNotTooForeign Japanese-American]]); Sakura is in a relationship with Syaoran, a Chinese boy.
** Chiharu's mother, Yukiko, had a tendency to [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale strangle]] her then-boyfriend just as Chiharu does to Takashi, though in that case, it's for getting lost in sports stories rather than telling lies.
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* ButNotTooForeign:
** Sakura and Tomoyo are stated to be of British descent, their maternal great-grandfather, Masaki Amamiya, being a British immigrant to Japan.
** In chapter 13, Rika is established as 1/4th American through her father Jyou.
** Sakura and Tomoyo are stated to be of British descent, their maternal great-grandfather, Masaki Amamiya, being a British immigrant to Japan.
** In chapter 13, Rika is established as 1/4th American through her father Jyou.
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* BurnTheWitch: During chapter 2, Takashi tells stories about witch trials and burnings... [[InnocentlyInsensitive which obviously makes Sakura uncomfortable]].
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* CanonForeigner: AlternateReality versions of Kurogane and Fye from ''Anime/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' appear in the fic, here as {{Occult Detective}}s hired to investigate Sakura's attacker.
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* MayDecemberRomance: In chapter 15, Fujitaka finds himself attracted to a girl named Hinami Togashi, a girl around Toya's age. With [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy approval]] from the spirit of Nadeshiko, he decides to go for it.
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* AdultsAreUseless: The faculty at school repeatedly fail to take Satome's bullying seriously, resulting in multiple rape victims. It's only after he tries to rape Tomoyo in chapter 18 only for Sakura to stop him violently that they finally realize how dangerous he is.
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* TemptingFate: In chapter 18, Satome laughs off Tomoyo's warnings about Syaoran's threats and what her mother will do to him if he does rape her, stating, "I've heard that bullshit before. I'm not dead or in jail, am I?" After Sakura [[BigDamnHeroes swoops in]] and saves Tomoyo, he ''does'' end up in jail, and by the next chapter, his own mother has been arranged for him to be killed and his death ruled as a suicide.
* TheUnfettered: Sakura's attacker really does not care who gets hurt or how much pain he causes in his attempts to get at Sakura. On several different occasions, he has endangered innocent lives, including Sakura's friends.
* TheUnfettered: Sakura's attacker really does not care who gets hurt or how much pain he causes in his attempts to get at Sakura. On several different occasions, he has endangered innocent lives, including Sakura's friends.
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* BigSisterInstinct: In chapter 12, Reiko's ghost invades Syaoran's home, intending to [[RevengeByProxy hurt Syaoran to get at Sakura]], but [[spoiler: the ghost of]] Fanren is there to fend her off.
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* ButterflyOfDoom: In chapter 8, Sakura uses the Time Card to travel back in time by one day to stop Tomoyo's mother Sonomi from getting killed by a drunk driver. She succeeds, but her classmate Reiko Ichibai is killed instead, much to her horror. Both Kero/Cerberus and Yue tell her that, regardless of what Sakura tried to do, someone ''was'' going to die that day, and her interference just changed who died and when.
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* ButterflyOfDoom: In chapter 8, Sakura uses the Time Card to travel back in time by one day to stop Tomoyo's mother Sonomi from getting killed by a drunk driver. She succeeds, but her classmate Reiko Ichibai Ichimai is killed instead, much to her horror. Both Kero/Cerberus and Yue tell her that, regardless of what Sakura tried to do, someone ''was'' going to die that day, and her interference just changed who died and when.when.
* CastFromHitPoints: Sakura and Syaoran both heal one another by transferring their own magical energy to the other on different occasions; the experience leaves them physically drained and requiring bedrest. In chapter 12, Syaoran takes it UpToEleven and transfers so much of his own magic and life force to Sakura that he rapidly ages; according to his mother Yelan, if Sakura hadn't shared her magic with him, he would have died.
* CastFromHitPoints: Sakura and Syaoran both heal one another by transferring their own magical energy to the other on different occasions; the experience leaves them physically drained and requiring bedrest. In chapter 12, Syaoran takes it UpToEleven and transfers so much of his own magic and life force to Sakura that he rapidly ages; according to his mother Yelan, if Sakura hadn't shared her magic with him, he would have died.
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Another fic, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2188199/1/Sakura-s-Christmas-Surprise Sakura's Christmas Surprise]]'', written by the same author, serves as a prequel to this fic.
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* AbuseMistake: In chapter 12, the ghost of Reiko slams Sakura's head into a locker at school, bruising her forehead. Since ghosts are InvisibleToNormals and Syaoran was the only other person present at the time, Teikei, the school disciplinarian, assumes that Syaoran attacked her until Tomoyo, the team CameraFiend, provides proof that he didn't do it.
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* AbuseMistake: In chapter 12, the ghost of Reiko slams Sakura's head Sakura face-first into a locker at school, bruising her forehead. Since ghosts are InvisibleToNormals and Syaoran was the only other person present at the time, Teikei, the school disciplinarian, assumes that Syaoran attacked her until Tomoyo, the team CameraFiend, provides proof that he didn't do it.
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* BringMyBrownPants: In the first chapter, Naoko wets herself at the sight of the dragon.
* BrokenBird: Reiko Ichimai. As she puts it in chapter 14, she had no friends, no girl ever called her, and all the boys only cared about her for sex. However, as Tomoyo points out, part of that is her own fault because she never bothered to reach out to anyone.
* BrokenBird: Reiko Ichimai. As she puts it in chapter 14, she had no friends, no girl ever called her, and all the boys only cared about her for sex. However, as Tomoyo points out, part of that is her own fault because she never bothered to reach out to anyone.
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* ChildByRape: Satome himself is one; his mother only sees him as a reminder and thus constantly abuses him.
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: In chapter 3, Sakura is shocked at Syaoran for losing control of himself and brutally beating Satome to protect her. In this case, it's more due to the fact that he lost control and has been explicitly trained to kill.
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: In chapter 3, Sakura is shocked at Syaoran for losing control of himself and brutally beating Satome to protect her. In this case, it's more due to the fact that he lost control and has been explicitly trained to kill.
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* HollywoodToneDeaf: Syaoran's singing has been described as sounding like a strangled cat.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The story opens with Sakura fighting off a giant dragon golem, [[BrokenMasquerade exposing her secret to her friends in the process]].
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The story opens with Sakura fighting off a giant dragon golem, [[BrokenMasquerade exposing her secret to her friends in the process]].
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* ReallyGetsAround:
** In life, Reiko is stated to has regularly slept with members of the school sports teams as a way to boost morale. When the BigBad uses SympatheticMagic to transform her into Sakura's undead {{doppelganger}}, she uses it to her advantage to have sex with other male students and tarnish Sakura's reputation.
** Chapter 23 introduces Megumi, who is explicitly described as a slut and doesn't hesitate to flirt with and try to seduce even taken men.
** In life, Reiko is stated to has regularly slept with members of the school sports teams as a way to boost morale. When the BigBad uses SympatheticMagic to transform her into Sakura's undead {{doppelganger}}, she uses it to her advantage to have sex with other male students and tarnish Sakura's reputation.
** Chapter 23 introduces Megumi, who is explicitly described as a slut and doesn't hesitate to flirt with and try to seduce even taken men.
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* SympatheticMagic: In chapter 16, the BigBad uses a strand of Sakura's hair to convert Reiko's spirit into a corporeal duplicate of Sakura.
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* TheGhost: The mysterious BigBad who's targeting Sakura has yet to confront her directly, though in [[spoiler: chapter 25, the apparent prime suspect is Meiling's grandfather]].
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* TheGhost: The mysterious BigBad who's targeting Sakura has yet to confront her directly, though in [[spoiler: chapter 25, the apparent prime suspect is 25 onwards, it's all but confirmed to be Meiling's grandfather]].
* HeroicBSOD: Sakura spends several chapters after Reiko's death depressed and angst-ridden.
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* JapaneseChristian: Sakura mentions at one point that Tomoeda has a higher-than-usual Christian population, and that she herself was baptized, though she identifies more as Shinto.
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* PervertedSniffing: In chapter 23, Syaoran succumbs to temptation and sniffs a pair of Sakura's dirty panties that she changed out of momrnts before. Unfortunately, Sakura reenters the room at that moment and catches him in the act.
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* PervertedSniffing: In chapter 23, Syaoran succumbs to temptation while waiting for Sakura to get ready for a shopping trip and sniffs a pair of Sakura's dirty the panties that she changed out of momrnts before.had worn to bed. Unfortunately, Sakura reenters the room at that moment and catches him in the act.
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* YouCantFightFate: It's established that the world runs in balance and when it's someone's time to die, someone ''is'' going to die, and if another were to interfere and save the doomed person, another person who should have lived will be doomed in his/her place. Sakura finds this out in [[ButterflyOfDoom the worst]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone possible way]].
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* PervertedSniffing: In chapter 23, Syaoran succumbs to temptation and sniffs a pair of Sakura's dirty panties that she changed out of momrnts before. Unfortunately, Sakura reenters the room at that moment and catches him in the act.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In chapter 25, Sakura is brainwashed into attacking Tomoyo, though Syaoran, Meiling, and Kurogane stop her and snap her out of it.
* TheGhost: The mysterious BigBad who's targeting Sakura has yet to confront her directly, though in [[spoiler: chapter 25, the apparent prime suspect is Meiling's grandfather]].
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* {{Poltergeist}}: After dying from getting hit by a truck, Reiko becomes a vengeful spirit who begins to torment Sakura, who she blames for her death, and her friends and family as RevengeByProxy. Upon discovering that Reiko will go to Hell if she keeps going down this road, Sakura manages, through much trial and error, to redeem Reiko's spirit and get her to peacefully move on.
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* TheNecromancer: In chapter 24, Sakura's attacker reanimates the corpses of several of Sakura's family members at the Amamiya family graveyard, including her mother, so as to use Sakura's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of ghosts and zombies]] to his advantage. Sakura uses the Light Card to free their souls, and both she and Syaoran agree that the fact that her attacker resorted to such a tactic is [[MoralEventHorizon going too far]].
* {{Poltergeist}}: After dying from getting hit by a truck, Reiko becomes a vengeful spirit who begins to torment Sakura, who she blames for her death, and her friends and family as RevengeByProxy. Upon discovering that Reiko will go to Hell if she keeps going down this road, Sakura manages, through much trial and error, to redeem Reiko's spirit and get her to peacefully move on. It's later discovered that Sakura's mystery attacker arranged for this as part of his campaign against Sakura.
* {{Poltergeist}}: After dying from getting hit by a truck, Reiko becomes a vengeful spirit who begins to torment Sakura, who she blames for her death, and her friends and family as RevengeByProxy. Upon discovering that Reiko will go to Hell if she keeps going down this road, Sakura manages, through much trial and error, to redeem Reiko's spirit and get her to peacefully move on. It's later discovered that Sakura's mystery attacker arranged for this as part of his campaign against Sakura.
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* AbuseMistake: In chapter 12, the ghost of [[spoiler: Reiko]] slams Sakura's head into a locker at school, bruising her forehead. Since ghosts are InvisibleToNormals and Syaoran was the only other person present at the time, Teikei, the school disciplinarian, assumes that Syaoran attacked her until Tomoyo, the team CameraFiend, provides proof that he didn't do it.
* AbusiveParents: Chapter 6 reveals that Satome is a victim of physical and emotional abuse by his mother, thus explaining his bullying and [[StrawMysogynist]].
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* AbuseMistake: In chapter 12, the ghost of [[spoiler: Reiko]] Reiko slams Sakura's head into a locker at school, bruising her forehead. Since ghosts are InvisibleToNormals and Syaoran was the only other person present at the time, Teikei, the school disciplinarian, assumes that Syaoran attacked her until Tomoyo, the team CameraFiend, provides proof that he didn't do it.
* AbusiveParents: Chapter 6 reveals that Satome is a victim of physical and emotional abuse by his mother, thus explaining his bullying and[[StrawMysogynist]].[[StrawMysogynist hatred of women]].
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* AttemptedRape: Satome, the resident school bully, threatens to rape Sakura and her other female friends on several different occasions, but is thwarted every time.
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* AttemptedRape: Satome, the resident school bully, threatens to rape Sakura and her other female friends on several different occasions, but is thwarted every time. His final attempt, centered on Tomoyo, results in a [[LetsGetDangerous furious Sakura]] brutally attacking him and using the Mirror Card to [[GroinAttack neuter him]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Definitely darker than the source material, exploring such themes as AttemptedRape and the negative aspects of a StudentTeacherRelationship.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In chapter 10, the assassin after Sakura saves her from being raped by Satome and [[KickTheSonOfABitch brutally]] [[{{Fingore}} punishes]] him for it, remarking that only the "worst of scum" would stoop so low. However, he also tells Sakura afterwards that if Satome had intended to merely kill her rather than rape her, he would have allowed him to do so.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In chapter 10, the assassin after Sakura saves her from being raped by Satome and [[KickTheSonOfABitch brutally]] [[{{Fingore}} punishes]] him for it, remarking that only the "worst of scum" would stoop so low. However, he also tells Sakura afterwards that if Satome had intended to merely kill her rather than rape her, he would have allowed him to do so.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Definitely darker than the source material, exploring such themes as AttemptedRape and the negative aspects of a StudentTeacherRelationship.
TeacherStudentRomance.
*EvenEvilHasStandards: {{Doppelganger}}: In chapter 17, the mystery BigBad uses SympatheticMagic to turn Reiko into a corporeal duplicate of Sakura.
* ElectromagneticGhosts: In chapter 14, Tomoyo uses a tape recorder to hear what Reiko's ghost is trying to say to her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards[=/=]VillainousRescue: In chapter 10, the assassin after Sakura saves her from being raped by Satome and [[KickTheSonOfABitch brutally]] [[{{Fingore}} punishes]] him for it, remarking that only the "worst of scum" would stoop so low. However, he also tells Sakura afterwards that if Satome had intended to merely kill her rather than rape her, he would have allowed him to doso.so.
* {{Fingore}}: In chapter 10, Satome attempts to rape Sakura, but he is stopped by an assassin targeting her, who beats Satome up and breaks his hand as a reminder to keep his hands off women.
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* ElectromagneticGhosts: In chapter 14, Tomoyo uses a tape recorder to hear what Reiko's ghost is trying to say to her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards[=/=]VillainousRescue: In chapter 10, the assassin after Sakura saves her from being raped by Satome and [[KickTheSonOfABitch brutally]] [[{{Fingore}} punishes]] him for it, remarking that only the "worst of scum" would stoop so low. However, he also tells Sakura afterwards that if Satome had intended to merely kill her rather than rape her, he would have allowed him to do
* {{Fingore}}: In chapter 10, Satome attempts to rape Sakura, but he is stopped by an assassin targeting her, who beats Satome up and breaks his hand as a reminder to keep his hands off women.
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* GroinAttack: In chapter 18, after Sakura saves Tomoyo from being raped by Satome, the Mirror Card, taking Tomoyo's form, shatters a mirror in the room and stabs him in the groin with a shard of said mirror, ensuring he will never hurt a girl as such again.
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* ItsPersonal: Satome develops a feud with Sakura and her friends.
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* AbuseMistake: In chapter 12, the ghost of [[spoiler: Reiko]] slams Sakura's head into a locker at school, bruising her forehead. Since ghosts are InvisibleToNormals and Syaoran was the only other person present at the time, Teikei, the school disciplinarian, assumes that Syaoran attacked her until Tomoyo, the team CameraFiend, provides proof that he didn't do it.
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* FlashbackEpisode: Chapter 13 centers on a flashback featuring Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko's respective mothers and [[GenerationXerox the parallels]] between them and their daughters.
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* JapaneseChristian: Sakura mentions at one point that Tomoeda has a higher-than-usual Christian population, and that she herself was baptized, though she identifies more as Shinto.
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* RuleOfThree: In chapter 8, three people die simultaneously: Tomoyo's mother Sonomi, Syaoran's sister Fanren, and Chiharu's father. Thanks to Sakura and the [[ResetButton Time Card]], Sonomi is saved, but Reiko is killed in her place.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sakura is ''extremely'' reluctant to [[TechnicalPacifist harm]], let alone [[ThouShaltNotKill kill]] anyone or anything, human or otherwise. In the first chapter, she attempts to peacefully calm down the rampaging dragon, but changes her tone as soon as she discovers that said dragon is actually a magically-animated golem and thus not actually alive.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Chapter 13 centers on a flashback featuring Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko's respective mothers and [[GenerationXerox the parallels]] between them and their daughters.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Chapter 13 centers on a flashback featuring Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko's respective mothers and [[GenerationXerox the parallels]] between them and their daughters.
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'''''Shadow of the Dragon''''' is a ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' ContinuationFic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/22510/Lord-Archive Lord Archive]]. It can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2081666/1/Shadow-of-the-Dragon here]].
Five years after the events of the anime, Sakura and her friends are drawn back into the world of magic when Sakura faces repeated attacks from an unidentified mystical source.
!!''Shadow of the Dragon'' provides examples of the following tropes (Beware of spoilers):
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* AbusiveParents: Chapter 6 reveals that Satome is a victim of physical and emotional abuse by his mother, thus explaining his bullying and [[StrawMysogynist]].
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Invoked by Meiling as her reason for joining the cheerleading squad.
* AntiMagic[=/=]PowerNullifier: Chapter 10 sees Sakura face a "Null Mage," a person who, while unable to actually cast spells, can negate magical powers at will.
* AttemptedRape: Satome, the resident school bully, threatens to rape Sakura and her other female friends on several different occasions, but is thwarted every time.
* BrokenMasquerade: The fic opens with Sakura's friends Naoko, Chiharu, and Rika discovering the existence of magic and Sakura's powers after Sakura is forced to use magic in front of them to fight off a giant dragon golem. Takashi and Mr. Terada also become {{Secret Keeper}}s as well.
* TheBully: Satome.
* BullyHunter: Syaoran and Meiling beat up Satome and his goons in defense of their friends, with Syaoran explicitly warning Satome that if he does anything to hurt Sakura or the others, he will make sure they never find his body.
* ButterflyOfDoom: In chapter 8, Sakura uses the Time Card to travel back in time by one day to stop Tomoyo's mother Sonomi from getting killed by a drunk driver. She succeeds, but her classmate Reiko Ichibai is killed instead, much to her horror. Both Kero/Cerberus and Yue tell her that, regardless of what Sakura tried to do, someone ''was'' going to die that day, and her interference just changed who died and when.
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: In chapter 3, Sakura is shocked at Syaoran for losing control of himself and brutally beating Satome to protect her.
* ContinuationFic: Of the ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' anime.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Subverted; in chapter 10, Sakura actually trains to fight so as to has something other than her magic to fight the assassin with.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Definitely darker than the source material, exploring such themes as AttemptedRape and the negative aspects of a TeacherStudentRelationship.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In chapter 10, the assassin after Sakura saves her from being raped by Satome and [[KickTheSonOfABitch brutally]] [[{{Fingore}} punishes]] him for it, remarking that only the "worst of scum" would stoop so low. However, he also tells Sakura afterwards that if Satome had intended to merely kill her rather than rape her, he would have allowed him to do so.
* FlashbackEpisode: Chapter 13 centers on a flashback featuring Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko's respective mothers and [[GenerationXerox the parallels]] between them and their daughters.
* FreakyFridayFlip: In chapter 4, Takashi and Chiharu persuade Sakura to use the Change Card to swap their bodies so as to get a view on how tough the other has it. They both come out with better understanding of the other.
* ItsAllMyFault: Sakura is reduced to a sobbing wreck after Reiko dies in a car crash, which Sakura herself was [[ButterflyOfDoom indirectly responsible for]].
* {{Poltergeist}}: After dying from getting hit by a truck, Reiko becomes a vengeful spirit who begins to torment Sakura, who she blames for her death, and her friends and family as RevengeByProxy. Upon discovering that Reiko will go to Hell if she keeps going down this road, Sakura manages, through much trial and error, to redeem Reiko's spirit and get her to peacefully move on.
* TakeAThirdOption: When trying to find out how to help Reiko, most of the rituals and exorcisms Sakura researches either talk about forcing the spirits in question from moving on (which, seeing as Reiko is being consumed by hate and anger, means Hell in her case) or [[CessationOfExistence destroying the spirits outright]]. Sakura refuses to do either one, wanting to redeem Reiko.
[[/index]]
Five years after the events of the anime, Sakura and her friends are drawn back into the world of magic when Sakura faces repeated attacks from an unidentified mystical source.
!!''Shadow of the Dragon'' provides examples of the following tropes (Beware of spoilers):
[[index]]
* AbusiveParents: Chapter 6 reveals that Satome is a victim of physical and emotional abuse by his mother, thus explaining his bullying and [[StrawMysogynist]].
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Invoked by Meiling as her reason for joining the cheerleading squad.
* AntiMagic[=/=]PowerNullifier: Chapter 10 sees Sakura face a "Null Mage," a person who, while unable to actually cast spells, can negate magical powers at will.
* AttemptedRape: Satome, the resident school bully, threatens to rape Sakura and her other female friends on several different occasions, but is thwarted every time.
* BrokenMasquerade: The fic opens with Sakura's friends Naoko, Chiharu, and Rika discovering the existence of magic and Sakura's powers after Sakura is forced to use magic in front of them to fight off a giant dragon golem. Takashi and Mr. Terada also become {{Secret Keeper}}s as well.
* TheBully: Satome.
* BullyHunter: Syaoran and Meiling beat up Satome and his goons in defense of their friends, with Syaoran explicitly warning Satome that if he does anything to hurt Sakura or the others, he will make sure they never find his body.
* ButterflyOfDoom: In chapter 8, Sakura uses the Time Card to travel back in time by one day to stop Tomoyo's mother Sonomi from getting killed by a drunk driver. She succeeds, but her classmate Reiko Ichibai is killed instead, much to her horror. Both Kero/Cerberus and Yue tell her that, regardless of what Sakura tried to do, someone ''was'' going to die that day, and her interference just changed who died and when.
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: In chapter 3, Sakura is shocked at Syaoran for losing control of himself and brutally beating Satome to protect her.
* ContinuationFic: Of the ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' anime.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Subverted; in chapter 10, Sakura actually trains to fight so as to has something other than her magic to fight the assassin with.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Definitely darker than the source material, exploring such themes as AttemptedRape and the negative aspects of a TeacherStudentRelationship.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In chapter 10, the assassin after Sakura saves her from being raped by Satome and [[KickTheSonOfABitch brutally]] [[{{Fingore}} punishes]] him for it, remarking that only the "worst of scum" would stoop so low. However, he also tells Sakura afterwards that if Satome had intended to merely kill her rather than rape her, he would have allowed him to do so.
* FlashbackEpisode: Chapter 13 centers on a flashback featuring Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Chiharu, and Naoko's respective mothers and [[GenerationXerox the parallels]] between them and their daughters.
* FreakyFridayFlip: In chapter 4, Takashi and Chiharu persuade Sakura to use the Change Card to swap their bodies so as to get a view on how tough the other has it. They both come out with better understanding of the other.
* ItsAllMyFault: Sakura is reduced to a sobbing wreck after Reiko dies in a car crash, which Sakura herself was [[ButterflyOfDoom indirectly responsible for]].
* {{Poltergeist}}: After dying from getting hit by a truck, Reiko becomes a vengeful spirit who begins to torment Sakura, who she blames for her death, and her friends and family as RevengeByProxy. Upon discovering that Reiko will go to Hell if she keeps going down this road, Sakura manages, through much trial and error, to redeem Reiko's spirit and get her to peacefully move on.
* TakeAThirdOption: When trying to find out how to help Reiko, most of the rituals and exorcisms Sakura researches either talk about forcing the spirits in question from moving on (which, seeing as Reiko is being consumed by hate and anger, means Hell in her case) or [[CessationOfExistence destroying the spirits outright]]. Sakura refuses to do either one, wanting to redeem Reiko.
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