<p>Actually, the notion that it's Sakura's sacrifice is correct! This is actually explained at the beginning of <em>xxxHolic</em> volume 2, chapter 8, which covers the same event of the four travelers showing up at Yuko's shop, but from the <em>xxxHolic</em> side of things. I'll quote Yuko, and for convenience I'm just going to ignore Watanuki's dialogue in between her lines (it isn't any less clear without it anyway).</p>
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<p>&quot;There are actually four people Mokona Modoki is taking on a journey through the worlds. Sakura-chan is one of them. In other words, Sakura-chan has to pay the price for the wish, too. But she left her kingdom with nothing but the clothes on her back. She has nothing she can pay with. And even though her memories are scattered across the worlds... the one thing that is most important to her is her memory of Syaoran-kun. Yes. That is the price she pays. She is the person for whom the help of Mokona Modoki is most urgent. And so, the cost to her is the greatest. And in truth, I should have demanded all of Syaoran-kun's memories of Sakura-chan as well. But... this is enough. To have the person most important to you forget you completely... It turned out that Syaoran-kun paid the price with his most precious relationship. I let them off easy. I'm just a big softie.&quot;</p>
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<p>And there you have it! It really was Sakura's sacrifice, and Syaoran was actually able to get off easy because Sakura's sacrifice is so big. And to be clear here, I don't remember how the anime words it, but the manga of <em>Tsubasa</em> and <em>xxxHolic</em> uses the word &quot;relationship&quot; to describe what he's sacrificing. He is sacrificing his relationship with Sakura. So, going off this quote, it can be thought of as an overlapping sacrifice between Sakura and Syaoran.</p>
<p>So, Funimation, if you ever play that commercial again you better change it to &quot;Her soul. Also her sacrifice.&quot;</p>

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<p>Fai, Syaoran, and Kurogane each pay a price to Yuko so they can travel to different dimensions. But the thing Syaoran sacrifices is Sakura's memory of him. Those memories belong to Sakura, not him, so it seems odd.</p>
<p>And I can still remember all the promotional material making a big deal of this. I can still remember those &quot;Her Soul. His sacrifice.&quot; things, years ago from before I even knew what the heck this show was, and sorry, but this whole thing just seriously annoys me, because Syaoran didn't sacrifice anything, Sakura did! She's the one who lost something, and she's the one who's going to suffer the most for not having those memories! It's borderline paternalistic to say that Syaoran is sacrificing something here, and it takes some patriarchal thinking to say he owns Sakura's memories and is allowed to offer them up to someone else.</p>

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This is a really nice self-answered Q&A. :)
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Isn't losing her memories of Syaoran more of a sacrifice for Sakura than Syaoran?
# Isn't losing her memories of Syaoran more of a sacrifice for Sakura than Syaoran?
Posted by: username_0 on 2022-03-03
Fai, Syaoran, and Kurogane each pay a price to Yuko so they can travel to different dimensions. But the thing Syaoran sacrifices is Sakura's memory of him. Those memories belong to Sakura, not him, so it seems odd.

And I can still remember all the promotional material making a big deal of this. I can still remember those "Her Soul. His sacrifice." things, years ago from before I even knew what the heck this show was, and sorry, but this whole thing just seriously annoys me, because Syaoran didn't sacrifice anything, Sakura did! She's the one who lost something, and she's the one who's going to suffer the most for not having those memories! It's borderline paternalistic to say that Syaoran is sacrificing something here, and it takes some patriarchal thinking to say he owns Sakura's memories and is allowed to offer them up to someone else.
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> **username_1**: This is a really nice self-answered Q&A. :)  
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### Answer by username_0 on 2022-03-03. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
Actually, the notion that it's Sakura's sacrifice is correct! This is actually explained at the beginning of *xxxHolic* volume 2, chapter 8, which covers the same event of the four travelers showing up at Yuko's shop, but from the *xxxHolic* side of things. I'll quote Yuko, and for convenience I'm just going to ignore Watanuki's dialogue in between her lines (it isn't any less clear without it anyway).

> "There are actually four people Mokona Modoki is taking on a journey through the worlds. Sakura-chan is one of them. In other words, Sakura-chan has to pay the price for the wish, too. But she left her kingdom with nothing but the clothes on her back. She has nothing she can pay with. And even though her memories are scattered across the worlds... the one thing that is most important to her is her memory of Syaoran-kun. Yes. That is the price she pays. She is the person for whom the help of Mokona Modoki is most urgent. And so, the cost to her is the greatest. And in truth, I should have demanded all of Syaoran-kun's memories of Sakura-chan as well. But... this is enough. To have the person most important to you forget you completely... It turned out that Syaoran-kun paid the price with his most precious relationship. I let them off easy. I'm just a big softie."

And there you have it! It really was Sakura's sacrifice, and Syaoran was actually able to get off easy because Sakura's sacrifice is so big. And to be clear here, I don't remember how the anime words it, but the manga of *Tsubasa* and *xxxHolic* uses the word "relationship" to describe what he's sacrificing. He is sacrificing his relationship with Sakura. So, going off this quote, it can be thought of as an overlapping sacrifice between Sakura and Syaoran.

So, Funimation, if you ever play that commercial again you better change it to "Her soul. Also her sacrifice."
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