Sakura Kinomoto is now a 1st grade student at Tomoeda Junior High School, and has also been reunited with Syaoran Li now that he returned to Tomoeda. Sakura is overjoyed to be able to attend the same school as her beloved Syaoran and spend more time with him. At the same time, that night she sees a mysterious dream. A mysterious hooded figure shatters clear cards. When Sakura awakens from the dream, the Sakura Cards have turned clear and lost all of their magic powers. Sakura is once again faced with strange happenings occurring all over Tomoeda.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original story’s publication, this new chapter in the “Cardcaptor Sakura“ story began publication in the monthly shojo manga anthology “Nakayosi“ (KODANSHA) from 2016. While recent years have brought us many reboots of beloved franchises, CLAMP raised expectations by adding their own little twists to keep it fresh. First of all, Sakura’s “growth“ into a junior high student. In this way they were able to mature the story for the fans who read the original story when they were children, while also keeping to the current anthology’s target audience. In addition, there are the warm words of the characters that have been cherished through the years. This story is overflowing with warm, heartfelt words like “thank you“, “it’s okay“, and “special“. These are common themes in all of CLAMP’s works, but pairing them with someone like Sakura, who is beloved by everyone, has garnered overwhelming and universal support. An animated series was aired on NHK in 2018. From 2022, to celebrate the anime’s 25th anniversary, there have also been a wide variety of merchandise released alongside cafe collaborations and other events.