Madoushi

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Madoushi 魔導師
Series	Cardcaptor Sakura
Profile
Birthday	Unknown
Age	Unknown♰
Relatives	Clow Reed♰ (romantic interest/former rival)
Residence	Hong Kong, China - Water Dimension
Powers/Abilities	Hydromancy Magic water orbs Dream infiltration Spectral flight
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Hair	Black
Eyes	Brown
Appearances
First Appearance (Manga) N/A	Last Appearance (Manga) N/A
First Appearance (Anime) Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie	Last Appearance (Anime) Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Voices
Seiyuu Megumi Hayashibara	English Nicole Oliver (Cardcaptors)

Madoushi, (魔導師, Madōshi, lit. Sorceress), is the recurring antagonist of Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie as a vengeful spirit wishing to destroy Clow Reed, her former rival.

Etymology

Her name in Japanese, 魔導師, literally means "sorceress", her real name is unknown.

In the Cardcaptors English dub, she is known as "Su Yung".

Appearance

The Madoushi is a young Chinese woman in her twenties or thirties, dressed in the style of a few hundred years ago. She has red makeup over her eyes, and lipstick as well. She has long black hair, tied in an old Chinese style, and wears a golden fan hairpiece with a circular green gemstone and a pair of pale blue wings on either side of it. She wears a long cream-coloured flowing skirt, and orange and red traditional Chinese dress over top, with sleeves so long they fall past her hands. Her most notable feature is a pair of blue ribbons. As a spirit, she maintains her youthful appearance.

Personality

Original Japanese

The Madoushi was a fortune teller in Hong Kong who was quite popular until Clow Reed came to town. Despite not being a fortune teller himself, Clow Reed made future predictions that were more accurate than Madoushi's, which angered her, and led her to challenge him to one fight after another. She created a dimension where she would hide and wait for Clow Reed to come even after her death. However, she was not without compassion, as viewers were initially led to believe that she had always despised Clow Reed, but according to a flashback of Clow Reed giving her a hair ornament as a birthday present, it was revealed that the two had reconciled their differences, with Madoushi falling in love.

Cardcaptors English Dub

Imprisoned in a watery dimension by Clow Reed for many years had her effects on Su Yung. Beforehand she was a loving and caring woman, falling in love with Clow Reed and was taught how to perform magic and sorcery. However, she began abusing her magic for corrupted purposes, leading to a confrontation with Clow Reed who imprisoned her in another dimension as punishment. This made Su Yung very much obsessed with revenge, waiting many years for the chance to exact vengeance on Clow Reed, yet maintained some form of longing to see him again.

In general

She had a short temper, and could easily grow impatient, as seen when she demanded to know where Clow Reed was when Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li appeared in her dimension. Despite her anger and vengeful desires, she displayed a sense of sadness and inner-turmoil and had a compassionate side as well. She had strong perceptive abilities but was unable to recognize Clow Reed's magical energy from Sakura's.

Plot

Life

Madoushi lived in Hong Kong around the time Clow Reed created the Clow Cards in the city. She acted as a fortune teller, foreseeing a person's future through water. However, her predictions attracted Clow Reed who disputed her claims, leading to a number of battles between the two. Before her death and subsiquent transferring to another dimension, he gave her a hairpiece for her birthday.

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie

After years of waiting, Madoushi senses what she thinks is Clow Reed's magical energy, but it is actually Sakura's, who became in possession of the Clow Cards. Madoushi uses dreams and forces events so Sakura can win a trip to Hong Kong. Sakura arrives in the city with Tomoyo Daidouji, brother Touya Kinomoto, Yukito Tsukishiro and Cerberus, Madoushi repeatedly haunting her with dreams. Whilst visiting Bird Street, Sakura spots the two birds who appeared in her dreams and pursues them to an old well. Madoushi hypnotizes Sakura, but Syaoran Li, a descendant of Clow Reed, arrives to stop her.

Madoushi's hair ornament acts as a third entrance to her prison in the English dub.

A day later, Sakura is again lured by the birds, this time into an old antique store where she and Cerberus find an old book with a drawing of Madoushi and the well. Madoushi successfully hypnotizes Sakura into opening the book, transporting her and her companions into her dimension. Madoushi is surprised and enraged by Sakura's presence, and a battle follows between her and Syaoran but he is captured by her. Sakura escapes the dimension with Cerberus and Tomoyo. Sakura discovers the well is another entrance to the dimension, confronting Madoushi once again. Madoushi escapes to Hong Kong, confronting Sakura. She discovers Clow Reed passed away and angrily attempts to drown Sakura, but fails when she latter uses The Arrow to escape.

Sakura approaches Madoushi, relating to Madoushi's feeling of loss with her own (presumably referencing to her deceased mother). Madoushi asks once again if Clow Reed is actually dead to which Sakura confirms it. As Sakura cries, Madoushi begins to dissolve into water droplets, accepting her lover's fate and decides to join him in the afterlife. Before vanishing, she apologizes for her actions and returns Sakura's kidnapped friends to her. Sakura picks up Madoushi's hairpiece but it dissolves in her hands, Madoushi laid to rest.

The Water Dimension

The unnamed dimension Madoushi is trapped in serves as a main location in the movie. It resembles a large rundown chamber flooded with water, and large stone columns placed across the room with a glass room reflecting light into the room. The dimension seems to spread beyond the room into a mishmash of other dimensions, but they have a water element to them. Madoushi spent many years in the dimension, beyond death, waiting for Clow Reed to come to her. She can control the water in this dimension, imprisoning several characters in watery orbs which she absorbs to escape the dimension. There are at least two entrances to the dimension: An old book and a well. In the English dub, Madoushi's hairpiece became a third entrance.

Cardcaptors

In Cardcaptors, Madoushi was given an actual name, Su Yung. She bumped accidentally into Clow Reed and the two instantly fell in love then and there. It is unknown where Su Yung was around during the creation of the Clow Cards, but she was aware of them, and presumably Cerberus and Yue. During their relationship, Clow Reed taught her how to master sorcery and magic. Eventually she began using the magic for evil purposes, offering Clow Reed a chance to rule the land, but he refused and imprisoned her. Trapped for what she believed to be forever, Su Yung tried to escape and summon Clow Reed but unknowingly died, lingering on as a spirit. Clow Reed passed away, although Su Yung remained unaware of this.

For a time, Su Yung was Clow Reed's lover. According to Cerberus, the two met and fell in love instantly. Clow Reed believed she was mature and wise enough to be taught magic. While their romantic relationship is limited in detail, Clow Reed expressed disappointment during a confrontation with her over the abusive use of her magic; leading to a battle and Su Yung's imprisonment. Su Yung became bitter and vengeful, feeling betrayed by her lover (this also makes her unaware that he was already dead). However, as a spirit she still displayed hints of love for Clow Reed, despite him having imprisoned her.

Relationships

Clow Reed

After Clow Reed monopolized the fortune telling market in Hong Kong, Madoushi became dangerously competitive with him, at least initially. The flashback of Clow Reed giving her a birthday present in the form of a hair ornament indicates that the two may have reconciled at some point and even started falling in love. She started developing feelings for him, but it isn't indicated if he returned the feelings. She constantly made mention that there was something she wanted to tell him, presumably that she loved him.

Sakura Kinomoto

Unaware of Clow Reed's death, Madoushi mistook and disliked her archenemy, Sakura for him due to their similar magical energy and tried to ensnare her in prophetic dreams to lure her into her dimension with. Upon meeting Sakura face to face, Madoushi became enraged at her presence and aggressively attacked her throughout the movie. Deciding to exact her revenge upon Sakura, she attempted to drown her. However, Sakura was eventually able to appeal to Madoushi's feelings. Madoushi then finally understood that Clow was dead and put an end to her rage. Sakura then commented that she knows how painful it is to lose a loved one.

Syaoran Li

When Madoushi sees Syaoran appears out of nowhere in her dimension by stopping her attack used with The Freeze Card by Syaoran. When she saws he has Clow Cards too, as Madoushi surrounded by the tornado from Syaoran using The Storm Card. Then, she gets more furious breaks the tornado out and imprisons Syaoran along with Meiling, Tomoyo, Touya and Yukito in the giant water orbs by their prisoner. But Sakura already saves Tomoyo and frees her before them. After Madoushi disappears she lets Syaoran, Meiling, Touya and Yukito by their freedom to Sakura.

Powers and Abilities

Hydromancy: According to Cerberus, she was capable of predicting future events via water and make images appear on its surface. Madoushi also possess a powerful ability to manipulate water and create floods.

Magic Water Orbs: She can create strong jets of water, enclose others within impenetrable spheres by using giant water orbs to capture, and imprison her friends and her relatives.

Spirit Birds: Madoushi wears a flowing ribbon which are animate and can transform into a pair of identical silver birds, which she uses to lure Sakura into her dimension. As the ribbons, they can be utilized to bind victims.

Penetrate Dreams: Madoushi displays an ability to enter and paralyzed other people's dreams. She performs this ability throughout the movie until she is fully introduced, slowly revealing herself to Sakura and using her ribbons as bait to ensnare Sakura. Upon achieving this, Madoushi attacks and wounds Sakura using the ribbons by binding Sakura's arm, leaving a burn mark on her arm from the ribbons in real life.

Trivia

• Madoushi's English voice actor, Nicole Oliver, also voices Meiling Li in the English dub of the show.