From the back cover:
The odd group of dimension travelers arrives in a country full of magic seeking a book that may hold the key to finding one of Princess Sakura’s powerful memory feathers. But the volume they need turns out to be a national treasure, off limits to the public. Now Syaoran, Kurogane, and the others must brave traps, ravenous beasts, and some of the universe’s strongest magicians in order to steal the book. When it comes down to enchantments versus martial arts skills, can the team pull off the biggest caper of their career so far?
Review:
A lot of important stuff went down in this volume and, though the individual chapters often seemed short and occasionally uneventful, the whole was definitely greater than the sum of its parts.
In addition to learning a little bit more about the motivations of the villain, readers also learned more about the main characters, as two of them displayed previously unseen sides of themselves. While battling for access to the book containing Sakura’s feather, Syaoran seemed briefly to be taken over by a more ruthless fighter. Kurogane noticed something afoot immediately. Later, when the group’s escape attempts were thwarted, Fai relented and performed some magic so they could transport to another world. “First one and now the next!” Kurogane noted.
By the end of the volume, the tone of the story had become quite serious. I thoroughly approve! It really seems that things are going somewhere at last.
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