Yue

From CardCaptor Sakura

Yue (月, ユ, Chinese Pinyin: Yuè) is a fictional character in Clamp's anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura. He is voiced by Megumi Ogata. In English, he is voiced by Sam Vincent, and in the 2nd Movie by Steve Staley.

Contents 1 Naming 2 Apperance 3 Personality 4 Storyline 4.1 Clow Cards Arc 4.2 Sakura Cards Arc 5 Powers and Abilities 6 References

[edit] Naming

Yue (月) means moon in Mandarin Chinese. (The Japanese word for moon is tsuki, but uses the same kanji.) Because his name is not of Japanese origin, Yue's name is spelled in katakana, not hiragana.

In the English anime and the later printings of the English manga, his name is romanized as "Yue" (after the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of his name). In the early English manga, his name is romanized as "Yueh" after the Wade-Giles romanization "Yüeh".

[edit] Apperance

Yue is a beautiful young man with long, white hair that flows down his back in a loose ponytail. His bangs are short, and reveals his alice-blue eyes. He also has an earing on his left ear. He wears white robes with a dark blue armor covering them. He also has large angel-like wings he can use to fly.

[edit] Personality

Yue is the one of two Guardians of the Clow Cards, along with Cerberus . While Cerberus acts as the elector, choosing a candidate to become the next Master of the Clow, Yue is the judge who will test the candidate. On the outside he acts very cold and aloof and is much more serious and intimidating than his counterpart, Cerberus. He shared a special bond with Clow that made it hard for him to accept Sakura Kinomoto as a "replacement" for his creator during the Final Judgement, although Sakura manages to work her way into his heart at least as a very good friend.

[edit] Storyline

[edit] Clow Cards Arc

Yue makes his first appearance when Sakura, the Cardcaptor, captures the final Clow Card, The Earthy. He then announces that he must judge Sakura's worthiness: if she can defeat him in combat, she can be the Mistress of the Cards. Sakura, however outright refuses to harm him, in part because Yukito Tsukishiro, a young man for whom Sakura cares deeply, is his temporary form and would be likewise wounded.

Also, as she confirms in the manga chapter entitled "The Final Judgement" because of her natural determination to befriend even the most distant of people she encounters. At first, Yue was determined that nobody succeed Clow Reed, and even threatens to shoot Sakura when she tries to ask him about it.

Eventually, after transforming her staff to one of her own star power with some help from Clow Reed's Moon Bell, Sakura manages to nonviolently defeat Yue by capturing him in a ball of wind created by the Windy card. After this she finally asks her opponent about his love for Clow, and follows up with a speech in which she tells him that she would rather be his friend than his master.

[edit] Sakura Cards Arc

Unfortunately, the presence of his true form becomes too great for Sakura's magic to support him, especially since transforming all the cards into Sakura Cards is draining her energy, and the strain soon threatens his own existence and that of Yukito Tsukishiro . Since Yue represents the moon, his powers mimic the way the moon reacts to light; the moon cannot make its own, and it dependent on the light of the sun to shine, just as Yue is dependent on his Master's power for strength. Yue and Cerberus carefully keep this fact kept secret from Sakura, since there was nothing she would have been able to do about it, and telling her would have only caused her unnecessary worry.

Both Yue and Ruby Moon realize that Toya Kinomoto has the power needed to sustain his life. Ruby tries numerous times to get the power herself, but Toya, realizing it could save Yukito, gives his power to Yue. But, in return, Yue had to swear to protect Sakura with all his power.

Yue rushes to Sakura's aid in her final confrontation with Eriol, arriving just in time to save her and Syaoran from Spinel's attack. He was prevented from helping her for a time during the battle by Ruby Moon, but when Sakura falls crashing through the nearby trees, he overpowers his opponent due to what Spinel describes as "the power of the heart that believes in their owner."

He also helps her transform The Light and The Dark along with Cerberus by combining his powers into Sakura's staff. Later that night he confronts Eriol (who had left Sakura and company with Ruby to join him in the garden) about why it was that Clow made him go through all the pain and suffering when Clow had still existed as Eriol. Eriol responds that, though he has retained all of Clow's memories and most of his magic, he himself is not Clow Reed, and there is no way to bring back the dead.

[edit] Powers and Abilities

Barriers: Being a perfecter of the Clow Cards, Yue and Cerberus, both, can create strong magical barriers, only breakable by Sakura or Clow Reed.

Crystal: After forming energy in his hand, Yue can create crystal shards that multiply and fly at the enemy with incredible speed and cutting ability.

Energy Manipulation: Yue can also create streams of blue energy to use as a weapon. he can form it into other shapes, like a bow, which can fire energy arrows.

Clow Cards: Yue demonstrates the ability to either circumvent or manipulate the power of any Clow cards that fall under his jurisdiction. For example, he cannot be frozen using the Time card, or bound using the wood card as both are under his jurisdiction. However, once Sakura transforms her staff, he is unable to control the cards.

[edit] References

Cardcaptor Sakura
Timeline of events
Media	English dub • Episodes (Clow Card: 1 2 • Sakura Card: 3) • DVDs • Albums • Clow Cards • Media
Theme Songs	Catch You Catch Me • Groovy! • Tobira wo Akete • Honey • Platinum • Fruits Candy • Tooi Kono Machi de • Ashita e no Melody
Locations	Tomoeda • Hong Kong
Main Characters	Sakura Kinomoto • Syaoran Li • Meiling Li • Tomoyo Daidōji • Cerberus • Yue • Clow Reed • Eriol Hiiragizawa • Yukito Tsukishiro
Minor Characters	Toya Kinomoto • Fujitaka Kinomoto • Nadeshiko Kinomoto • Sonomi Daidōji • Spinel Sun • Ruby Moon • Kaho Mizuki • Chiharu Mihara • Rika Sasaki • Takashi Yamazaki • Naoko Yanagisawa • Yoshiyuki Terada