The Power

The Power
Clow Card Sakura Card True Form
Name
Kanji	力
Katakana	パワー
Magic
Sign	Sun
Hierarchy	The Firey
Magic Type	Western Magic
Temperament	Mischievous; aggressive
Important Events
Captured (Anime)	Episode 13
Captured (Manga)	N/A
Transformed (Anime)	Episode 52
Transformed (Manga)	N/A

The Power is a Clow Card with the power to grant its user immense physical strength. It is aligned under The Firey.

It is one of the fifty-three Clow Cards in the anime.

Appearance

Power's visible form is a tiny, pink, little elfin girl in a sleeveless, pink, tutu-like dress with baggy pants. She has pink hair tied in two high buns in the back with long ribbons ending in ball ornaments; red eyes; two large, studded bracelets on her wrists; a red choker on her neck, a yellow gem on her dress; three pink gems on her forehead; and pink, ball earrings.

Personality

Power is very proud and loves physical challenges; she also enjoys showing off her abilities with feats of strength.

When Power is freed from the Clow Book, she becomes invisible and begins demonstrating her abilities by causing a ruckus; only turning visible when one presents her with a physical challenge. If the challenger wins, Power will surrender herself.

Magic and Abilities

Strength Magic: Despite her petite appearance, Power has tremendous, superhuman strength; she is able to grant this enhanced strength to her master.

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.

Synopsis

The Elephant's Test of Strength

Power first appears in Episode 13 where, during the night, it turns the King Penguin slide in the local park upside down and on to its head.

The next day Power shows up at the Tomoeda zoo during a school field trip by Sakura Kinomoto and her class. The Power, in an invisible state, wrecks considerable property damage and terrifies the people and animals. It particular targets a mother Elephant and her child and cruelly torments them and tosses the mother Elephant by its trunk high up into the sky.

Sakura intervenes and uses The Windy to rescue the Elephant and cushion it's descent. As Power begins lifting the Elephant again by the ruff of its nose, Sakura hastily challenges it to a test of strength and, piquing Power's interest, names the contest as a game of tug of war. Power agrees and manifests in its visible form: An adorable pink little girl.

In the succeeding test of strength the Power is on the verge of triumph, even with the mother Elephant, helping Sakura pull on the rope. However, Power is defeated when Syaoran Li invokes The Time card and sabotages its physical challenge with Sakura, causing it to lose (although Sakura thinks that the Elephant she saved earlier helped her).

As a result, Sakura is able to capture and seal away a visibly crestfallen Power, which joins the ever-growing list of Clow Cards under her ownership. At the end of the episode, Sakura uses Power to turn the King Penguin Slide back into its normal position.

Vs. Fight

The Power's sheer strength is later used to defeat The Fight card, despite the latter vastly outmatching Sakura in terms of martial arts skill. Sakura managed an accidental strike to the head of The Fight with her sealing wand and, with the strength of Power behind the blow, Fight is knocked out cold.

Transformation

Power is transformed in to a Sakura Card in Episode 52. Sakura uses it to move the King Penguin slide back into place.

Gallery

Trivia

• It is possible that, like with The Rain and The Cloud, The Light and The Dark, The Big and The Little, and The Time and The Return, she also has a sister card, The Fight card. Both share similarities, such as their abnormal strength and challenging personalities. Likewise, they share many differences, such as The Fight being a teen-aged-girl, and The Power being a little girl; as well as the way they act—using their strength—The Power uses it to show off/play, while The Fight uses it to become stronger.
  • Tomoyo Daidouji notes the two cards to be quite similar.^[1]
• The kanji at the top of the card: 力, (Pronounced 'Chikara') means 'strength', 'power', 'strong', 'strain', 'energy' and 'vigor' in Japanese.

References

Navigation

v · d · e List of Clow Cards
Main cards	The Dark • The Earthy • The Firey • The Light • The Watery • The Windy
Cards under The Dark	The Change • The Dream • The Erase • The Illusion • The Silent • The Sleep • The Time
Cards under The Earthy	The Flower • The Libra • The Lock • The Loop • The Maze • The Mirror • The Sand • The Shield
Cards under The Firey	The Arrow • The Fight • The Power • The Shot • The Sword • The Through • The Thunder • The Twin
Cards under The Light	The Big • The Create • The Glow • The Little • The Return • The Shadow • The Sweet
Cards under The Watery	The Bubbles • The Cloud • The Freeze • The Mist • The Rain • The Snow • The Wave • The Wood
Cards under The Windy	The Dash • The Float • The Fly • The Jump • The Move • The Song • The Storm • The Voice
Negative Card	The Nothing
Original Sakura Cards	The Nameless Card • The Hope