Rewritten:
TRC, is a heavy piece of material. The first thing you should know is that this is a world of crossover. What does this mean you ask? Any material that CLAMP has produced may or may not have been put into the world of TRC. Mainly it will be characters that are central to CLAMP’s other works. People who seem like they should be important or have some distinct background but you aren’t getting. It’s not necessary to read them before reading TRC, but trust me. If you read them before you read TRC, you’ll see these people and be like “Oh my god, its them!” (I believe X's characters play a particularly large role in TRC). The one work you may want to consider reading side by side with TRC is xxxHolic. Not particularly necessary either, but there may be a few inconsistencies that may seem odd or have no explanation to you that came from the witch Yuko that would have been explained in xxxHolic.

Story: It’s one of those love/hate relationships for me. I felt that TRC was a journey for CLAMP, a journey through each of their mangas, their stories, while developing a new story along the way. While Sakura and Syaoran, Fai, Kurogane and Mokona travel so are the rest of us, meeting each of the characters in a different light. The story behind Sakura, Syaoran, Fai and Kurogane though are unique and twisted in themselves. You can’t really find any fault to it, although I don’t particularly like the ending. And I don’t particularly care for how long it was. I sort of felt this dragging motion when reading it when I got to the very last volumes. I think the story lies in the crossover though, the traveling between worlds. The mixture of CLAMP’s signature works, angst and fluff, drama and romance, violence and adventure has your head spinning, albeit in a very good way, that will make you cry, squeal in delight, smile in happiness and gasp in horror. And the twists. When has any piece of work done by CLAMP been without multiple twists? Oh they have you turning they do. Once again, there’s a common undertone of shounen ai here, so if that’s a problem for anyone than you should get over yourself and accept the world as it is.

Art: I believe you must have a certain amount of appreciation to love CLAMP's work. Their art is unique, containing long lined characters, very detailed eyes and often hair (which was always odd for me), and very detailed clothing. In TRC it's sort of soft and very quiet which fits the setting of the plot for the first half. When we get to the second half, the clothing, the dark lines, the deep backgrounds reveal to you the level in which the story will now take. I've always loved CLAMP's art so this was highly enjoyable for me. I also believe that it sort of loses it's sensual feel that the older works used to have (e.g., Tokyo Babylon, X, RG Veda) although there is an aesthetic appeal to it.

Character: I feel that the characters are the story in TRC. I am biased towards Kurogane and Fai, for I am their supporter, but I also feel that they develop the most throughout the story. So much angst and drama, so much humor and light-hearted banter. This connection that they make with each other is unique and powerful. Syaoran and Sakura go through a lot of pain throughout the series and though I think they are most notably the least developed, they are the most important in the series. Even Mokona becomes a central character. And it’s not just the five main characters. Everyone you meet through each of the world’s becomes a part of the overall story. That’s the point of TRC. That is how TRC develops and continues to evolve. How each of the characters interacts and faces the problems before and their pasts behind them and their future before is how they develop. So when I say that the characters are truly the story, I mean it.

Enjoyment: What is there not to enjoy? I've seen old characters brought to life, new characters given life, CLAMP's trademark brought to the extreme (their endless way to confuse you greatly), humor, sadness, ordeal's overcome. I've cried, laughed and was even frustrated. You simply cannot go wrong with this manga. It will have you thinking, for long even after you've finished it. This is a once in a lifetime work that should not be forgotten.