| The Watery | |
| Name | |
| Kanji | 水 |
| Katakana | ウォーティ |
| Magic | |
| Sign | Moon |
| Hierarchy | N/A |
| Magic Type | Eastern Magic |
| Temperament | Aggressive |
| Important Events | |
| Captured (Anime) |
Episode 3 |
| Captured (Manga) |
Chapter 3 |
| Transformed (Anime) |
Episode 63 |
| Transformed (Manga) |
Chapter 44 |
The Watery is a Clow Card with the power to manipulate and control water. It is one of the four elemental cards, and as such it is one of the most powerful cards.
It is also one of the original nineteen cards from the manga series.
Appearance[]
Watery appeared somewhat shapeless at first, taking the form of large torrents and even a serpentine shape made of water. Her true form was not revealed until shortly before her capture.
Watery resembles a blue, adolescent mermaid with webbed, elven ears, and two wing-like fins, much like a flying fish, on her back. Her hair is parted in the middle with several strands emanating from the top. A scaly circlet decorates her forehead.
As a Sakura Card in the manga, Watery receives two star earrings and a collar resembling her circlet.
In the Clear Card Arc, while under Syaoran's command, her star earrings are replaced with crescent moons.
Personality[]
As an attack card, Watery is noted as being extremely aggressive and violent, even attempting to drown Sakura and her friends, as well as others before she was resealed.
Magic and Abilities[]
Water Magic: Watery is able to control water and create whirlpools and tidal waves. It also once created a serpentine body of water and a bubble submarine that allowed its user to breathe underwater for a short time. It can also absorb the power from other water-based Clow Cards like The Rain.
Fortune Telling: All Clow Cards have the ability to help their user predict the future. Their method of fortune-telling is similar to that of tarot cards. The interpretation of the message the Clow Cards relay depends on the magical power of the user.
History[]
Clow Card Arc[]
In Episode 3 of the anime, Watery makes a home in an aquarium where it attacked the animals and staff members, and later Sakura, too. In the manga (Volume 1), Watery first appears in school's swimming pool, where it tried to drown a number of students. In both cases, Sakura Kinomoto manages to capture Watery by luring it into a walk-in freezer with Windy and locking it in until it froze. In the anime, Windy is also used to accelerate the freezing process, capturing Watery faster.[1]
In the manga, Volume 1 (Chapter 5), Watery was invoked to exit the lake and locate The Illusion. Sakura used Watery to capture The Rain and The Sand, the last with help of Syaoran's The Freeze. Watery also teamed with Windy to help take down The Firey which enabled Sakura to capture it at last. Sakura tries to use Watery against The Mirror, but it doesn't work do to Mirror being a special card. Sakura uses Watery in an attempt to defeat Earthy, but Earthy does not seem to be affected by Watery's powers.[2]
Sakura Card Arc[]
In Volume 7 (Chapter 27), Sakura used Watery to stop a cyclone but ultimately failed and backfired on her. In Episode 63, Sakura transforms Watery to save Rika from drowning in a pool gone haywire. In Volume 11 of the manga, Sakura transforms Watery to avoid Eriol Hiiragizawa's fire attack.
In The Sealed Card movie, Sakura uses the Watery at the beginning of the movie to vanquish a fire monster created by the Create in a battle scene for one of Tomoyo's videos. However, the Nothing soon captures Watery and it plays no further part in the movie.
Clear Card Arc []
Watery, like the other Sakura Cards, turned "clear" (blank) and are rendered powerless.
It is later revealed that the Cards were with Syaoran in order to protect Sakura magical powers had grown enormously and that this could be detrimental to her. With the collaboration of the cards, who also wish to protect Sakura, Syaoran is able to rewrite the contract of the cards, replacing Sakura’s name on them with his name and allowing him to utilize their powers, which essentially makes him the new master of the cards.
When the Cards pass under Syaoran's possession, they receive his Moon powers and appeared the Crescent Moon symbol in their forms. The cards moved by their love for Sakura and their desire to protect her. Left with Syaoran through a spell arranged by his mother to prevent Sakura's powers from growing further while creating the Clear Cards; but doing so is extremely exhausting for him and takes longer than desired. However, when the world is rewritten by a taboo magic, the cards return to Sakura's possession as if they had never left.
Appearances[]
Season One[]
- Sakura's Heart-Racing First Date (first appearance)
- Two Sakuras
- Sakura's Wonderful Christmas
Season Two[]
Season Three[]
- Sakura's Sheep Warning?!
- Sakura, the Pool, and the Huge Wave
- Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card
Clear Card Arc[]
- Sakura's Thrilling Aquarium Visit (flashback)
Cards[]
As one of the four elemental cards it is extremely powerful. It is one of the two elemental cards directly linked to Yue's Eastern Magic and The Moon. The cards under The Watery are:
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Prior to being captured, Kero noted that the Watery was an aggressive card. After Sakura captured it and signed her name, Watery soon became a calm force; willing to help Sakura, possibly out of respect for taming it.
- In the English-dubbed version, Watery is one of two cards to have the '-ey' removed; renaming it "Water".
- The other exception is Earthy being called Earth in the English-dubbed version.
- The kanji at the top of the card: 水, (Pronounced 'Mizu') means 'water' in Japanese.
References[]
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| List of Clow Cards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main cards |  | |
| Cards under The Dark | ||
| Cards under The Earthy | ||
| Cards under The Firey | ||
| Cards under The Light | ||
| Cards under The Watery | ||
| Cards under The Windy | ||
| Negative Card | ||
| Original Sakura Cards | ||