As we mentioned above, the story’s action starts when Fei Wong Reed attacks Sakura and Syaoran interferes. This event provoked the scattering of Sakura’s memories (in the shape of feathers) throughout many worlds. So, in order to travel through dimensions and recover them, Syaoran agrees to give up his relationship with Sakura. As they were childhood friends and, obviously, there was love chemistry between them, we can imagine that was a great sacrifice for him.

But it doesn’t stop there. Recovering the memories of a now dormant Sakura meant a lot of perilous missions and epic bloody battles, because those little delicate looking feathers have strong magical powers. They can even keep people alive, so logically everyone wants them. Thus, living your life permanently on the line and being continuously injured for a girl who does not remember who you are screams how important is such girl to you in all the languages of the universe.

Sakura also pays an indirect price for being able to travel in order to recover her feathers (her memories with Syaoran). Although she remains as a typical “princess in disgrace” for most of the story, she slowly evolves into an active character. Sakura also creates a new relationship with Syaoran, where they take care of each other as best as they can.

When Syaoran’s seal is broken in the OVA Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations and he becomes a heartless tool for Fei Wong Read to do his dirty work, Sakura singlehandedly recovered one of her feathers. From that point onwards, she is shown with a more serious and dark personality, firmly determined to bring back Syaoran’s heart at any cost… which is exactly what she does by deciding to die in his hands on that sword duel.

We know that Syaoran can’t have a relationship with Sakura, but nevertheless, we never see any of the two romantically interested in any other character throughout the adventures of Tsubasa Chronicles. Fai and Kurogane are more like surrogate parental figures and they are more interested on each other anyway.

So, with all this business of having two Syaorans and two Sakuras, it would have been simply too easy to cheat, even if by accident, right? Especially because after Syaoran left the group and his place was taken by Tsubasa, everyone thought Sakura was princess Tsubasa, his childhood companion. But no, cheating never happened! This couple deserves an award for their loyalty.

One of the repetitive themes on Tsubasa Chronicle and xxxHOLiC is “hitsuzen”, which can be loosely translated as “destiny”, “faith”, or “the unavoidable”. It’s clear that hitsuzen operated when Sakura fell in love again with Syaoran on their journey throughout the worlds. But well, how could she not? A brave, handsome, kind and clever guy who risks everything for your sake is someone you simply can’t unsee XD We can imagine that is why Sakura’s body moved in Shura country to kiss him on the cheek.

Anyway, at the same time, there is another force operating in CLAMP’s world, which is mentioned later in xxxHOLiC. This force is “hitsuyou” which can be translated as “need”, “wish”, or “want”. By actively building their relationship from zero at various times and, paying the high prices for each others salvations, Sakura and Syaoran are also showing “hitsuyou”. Which takes us to our final reason...

Sakura and Syaoran were naive teenagers in the beginning of Tsubasa Chronicles, but all the pain and suffering they went throughout their apparently endless journey made them grow up. Still, there were several moments when they could take a break and enjoy being together, just side by side, unlike so many couples nowadays that jump into each others pants without even dating.

The times when they were a waiter and a waitress in a Coffee Shop in Oto country, or when they worked in a circus in Shara country (when Syaoran had to dress up as a girl), are the moments that create great couple memories. Also, when they entered the race in Piffle world and learned how to fly, this pair showed us that despite all the gloomy perspectives, we can always focus on hope and the future. Sakura, who at first was a terrible racer, ended up winning the competition aided by Syaoran’s moral support.