Yukito Tsukishiro
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is a fictional character, in CLAMP's anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura. He is known as Julian Star in the English adaptation Cardcaptors.Yukito is also a character in CLAMP's series .
Name
Yukito's first name (雪兎) means snow rabbit. CLAMP gave him this name partly because he has very white skin and partly because of his alter-ego, Yue, whose harsh and cold personality is reminiscent of the associated season of winter. Yukito's surname (月城) means Moon Castle. This is because Yue symbolizes the moon, and Yukito serves as a body for him. In Japanese folklore, there happens to be a rabbit in the moon.Character
Yukito is best friends with Toya Kinomoto (Tori Avalon in Cardcaptors), and he is also the early romantic interest of Sakura Kinomoto (Sakura Avalon). He is in the same grade as Toya, either year 11 or 12. He wears wire-framed glasses and has short silvery grey hair.Unknowingly, he is also the Moon Guardian called Yue (spelled Yueh in older English versions of the manga). When Yukito transforms into Yue and back, his body is enveloped in large wings. In the second half of the series, Yukito learns of the existence of Yue and sometimes subconciously communicates with him.
In Cardcaptors, all references to Sakura and Syaoran's crushes on Yukito were removed, as were any overt references to Yukito's homosexuality with Toya.
Actions and Role
From the moment Yukito is introduced, it is clear that Sakura has an enormous crush on him. She continually marvels that he can be friends with her "barbaric brother." Everyone involved, including Yukito himself, believes that his meeting Toya in junior high school three years ago had been coincidence.However, Yukito's nature as the false form of Yue also means that many of the things he thought he knew about himself are false. He lives in an elaborate house with his grandparents (the house is real, but the grandparents do not exist). In fact, it is unclear whether or not Yukito himself existed at all before his meeting with Toya and introduction to Sakura.
Yukito is peripherally involved in many of Sakura's adventures as the Cardcaptor, mainly because of Sakura's crush on him and his close proximity to the Kinomoto family. In the process, Yukito becomes the object of another juvenile crush; this one held by Syaoran Li (Li Showron). Not until the last Clow Card is collected does Yukito's true form, Yue, emerge and challenge Sakura's right to the cards. Afterwards, the Yukito and Yue personailities coexist, with Yukito unaware of Yue's presence.
Unfortunately, the strain on Yue's energies become so great that even Yukito's massive consumption of food could no longer support it. Yukito begins to fall ill, becoming drowsy, falling asleep at the slightest opportunity, and eventually beginning to fade away altogether. The only thing that can save him is a massive infusion of magical energy, which Yue finally receives from Toya (whose earlier efforts to warn Yukito of his plight were continually interrupted by the aggressive Nakuru Akizuki, also known as Eriol Hiiragizawa's Moon Guardian, Ruby Moon).
Soon afterwards, Yukito listens to and very gently declines Sakura's confession. He has always been aware of Sakura's feelings but tells her that he believes they are more familial (where Yukito resembles Sakura's father) than romantic. Sakura immediately realizes that "the one (Yukito) likes best" is in fact Toya. Earlier that day, Yukito had told Toya how alarmed he was that he had suddenly learned about the existence of the Yue identity and the falsehood of most of his memories, but Toya replies that it doesn't matter to him since the moments they have shared together are real.
In the manga, Yukito is last seen in the Kinomoto kitchen with Toya, helping to prepare breakfast. This somewhat implies that Toya has come to fully understand Yukito's feelings for him and reciprocates them.
Statistics
- Birthday: December 25
- Blood Type: AB
- Favorite Subject: Math
- Least Favorite Subject: None
- Favorite Color: White
- Favorite Flower: Primrose
- Favorite Food: Anything
- Least Favorite Food: None
- Favorite Recipe: Curry stew
- Wish List: New lunchbox
Yukito in Tsubasa
Yukito makes multiple appearances in . He is first shown in the Kingdom of Clow, where he is the High Priest and the best friend and confidante of Toya, the King of Clow. It is Yukito who uses his magical knowledge to send Syaoran and the stricken Princess Sakura to Tokyo to meet with Yūko Ichihara (in ×××HOLiC), whom he refers to as "The Space-Time Witch." Like his counterpart in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yukito's powers relate to the moon; he possesses the ability to send others across dimensions and also the ability to see the future. The magic circle he uses to send Syaoran and Sakura to Yuuko Ichihara is almost identical to the one used by Clow Reed in Cardcaptor Sakura.Another version of Yukito appears as a waiter in the restaurant with Toya in the Hanshin Republic, the first world Syaoran and his companions visit. His appearance, along with Toya, illustrates the concept that Syaoran will encounter people he already knows, but are the not same person in the sense that he knows them. Also, he appears in Outo Country along with Toya as patrons in the cafe run by Sakura and her travelling companions.
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