Of Swords and Parasols

I think the only real problem I have is that we still don't know real!Sakura that well, and she's the basis for everything. Most of what we know of her is her as a little kid. Granted, clone!Sakura started out rather one note and empty, but with her, Clamp had the luxury of time to develop her into her own character and let us get to know her. With real!Sakura, they don't have the luxury of volumes of buildup to the main plot. She doesn't show up until the main plot is well underway, and I don't see them being willing or able to take a volume or two off just to let us get to know her as a teen. Sure, she's cute as a button (I think it's a rule for Sakuras), and we can assume she's like clone!Sakura was once she got going, but it'd be nice to just highlight her some.