History Manga / CardcaptorSakura

* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: While the series isn't exactly a LongRunner as such, the ''Clear Card'' series (written 16 years after the original manga ended) picks up less than a year later, but Sakura has gone from having an old-fashioned analogue mobile phone and writing letters, to using a modern smartphone and communicating by email. Also, judging from the controller Kero plays games on, her games console has gone from a [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] to either a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS3 or PS4]].

Compare ''Manga/SailorMoon'', which is the other "major" example most English-speakers think of vis-à-vis {{Magical Girl}}s. Contrast ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', and also ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', the most notable {{Deconstruction}}s of the ''whole'' genre and concept (and the last of which feels aimed rather squarely at this series in particular).

* ForWantOfANail: If Sakura hadn't found that book in the basement, she wouldn't have released the Clow Cards and Kero wouldn't have discovered her.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** Tangentially related; the merchandise can't decide whether it wants to use Chinese or Japanese spellings, so we get "Syaoran" and "Meiling" on the same things. "Syaoran" is Japanese Romaji with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunrei-shiki Kunrei Romanization]] method (seldom used outside Japan and not often even there). "Shaoran" is Romaji with the more widely-used Hepburn system. Shaoran's Chinese name would be romanized as "Xiaolang", meaning "little wolf". "Meirin" would be the appropriate Japanese Romaji for Meiling's name (which means "Strawberry Bell", amusingly enough).
** Interestingly, [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]], during their license rescue, brought the hammer down as they are occasionally wont to do... and decided to cleave for the ''Chinese'' readings of the Li family names over everything else. While this makes the most sense from an English-language perspective, it's also the first time a product release has ever formally referred to the male lead as "Xiaolang" and throws some fans off-balance. (Hilariously, this means "Meiling" remains unchanged, comparatively.)

It has [[TheWikiRule its own wiki]] [[http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/Cardcaptor_Sakura_Wiki here.]]

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* KansaiRegionalAccent: Kerberos, the Beast of the Seal who guards the Clow Cards, spent a while in Osaka and picked up the accent. Lampshaded by Sakura as soon as she heard him speak for the first time.

* BareYourMidriff: Sakura has [[https://ccsakura.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_7_Battle_Costume two]] [[https://ccsakura.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_43_Battle_Costume outfits]] that shows her belly button.

** Tomoyo, and it's not at all subtle. In fact there's even a Bonus video that jokingly suggests the whole series was single-handedly filmed by her. And that somehow includes even the sequences where no cameras were present by any conceivable means. She's a ShipperOnDeck too. Yup. That was subtler.
*** Notably, In VideoGame/GranblueFantasy, whenever Sakura wins in a fight, a bush moves up to her, revealing Tomoyo recorded the whole thing.

** Sakura is probably the one case that rarely does anything to bring it on herself. She's just a clumsy ExtremeDoormat that got dragged into something huge, and unfortunately in this universe, SlapstickKnowsNoGender.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: While the AmusingInjuries are toned down from standard anime, Meiling and Sakura herself tend to go through a lot of light hearted abuse.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Any fan of ''Naruto'' would instantly recognize this, but the name is pronounced "Sock-er-a," not "Sa-core-a," as the dub insisted upon.