#6 - Sakura and Memories of Her Mother

This time it's one of my favorites from the first season. Naoko saw a ghost (Naoko loves ghost stories) while she was walking in the woods and tells Sakura and the rest about it, so of course, they've got to go investigate. Sakura is not looking forward to it to say the least. Turns out there is a ghost, but everyone sees something different and Sakura sees.. her mother who died when she was just 3 years old.

The ghost might be a clow card so Sakura and Kero and Tomoyo go back to find it. Sakura sees her mother again at the edge of the cliff there and walks over the edge, but somehow her fall is slowed, and Yukito is there to catch her and takes her back to his house to recover a bit.

Even after all that, Sakura tries again to find out the truth. Turns out it is a clow card, ILLUSION, and she captures it (of course). And there's a nice surprise at the end of the episode involving Touya :)

In the manga: A different setting yet again. The ghost appears in the lake at Penguin Park. And Tomoyo sees King Penguin instead of a nikuman ;) They also see the ghost again during a festival at the park, so Sakura, Tomoyo, and Kero go to investigate. Instead of the bunny costume Sakura is wearing the costume she wears in episode 7 of the anime. She also gets a new cell phone from Tomoyo to use. Sakura dives into the lake using WATERY to make a bubble, but stays there too long and almost drowns. When she wakes up she's at Yukito's house. Volume one of the manga ends with this story.