Card Captor Sakura

French edition published by Pika Édition, written and illustrated by the CLAMP collective.

This fourth volume tightens the bond between Sakura and Shaoran, whose initial rivalry gradually gives way to a closeness neither of them yet dares to name. Battles against the Clow Cards become the occasion for several scenes where their understanding, often silent, speaks louder than any dialogue.

Meiling, who arrived with the firm intention of one day marrying Shaoran, is forced to confront a reality she'd rather not see: her cousin's feelings are shifting, and not in the direction she hoped. CLAMP handles this love triangle with rare tenderness, never turning Meiling into a joke but instead giving her real emotional depth.

On the cards' side, captures grow more demanding, some requiring Sakura to understand an emotion or a need rather than simply unleash her magical strength — foreshadowing the philosophy that will later govern the transformation of the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards.