Card Captor Sakura Season 1 Episode 7 Sakura's First Challenge as a Thief!?
- May 19, 1998
Sakura's First Challenge as a Thief! is the seventh episode of the first season of Card Captor Sakura. The episode revolves around Sakura's desire to retrieve a lost item, which ends up leading her down a path she never imagined.
The episode begins with Sakura discovering that her beloved teddy bear, which she had given to her father, has gone missing. She goes to school feeling down only to find out that her classmate, Rika, has also lost her favorite item - a teacher's notebook. Both Sakura and Rika think that their items might have been stolen.
Sakura uses her newly acquired Card Captor skills to try to locate the missing items. She starts to question the people who might have seen the items - one of whom is Tomoyo's mother, who works at the school. However, while Sakura is questioning her, her father accidentally bumps into Sakura and reveals that he had given the teddy bear to his co-worker as a present for his newborn daughter.
Sakura then hatches a plan to get the teddy bear back by dressing up in a thief costume and sneaking into her father's workplace. Tomoyo helps her with the disguise, and Sakura devises a plan to sneak in and retrieve the teddy bear while her father is out of his office.
However, as she is sneaking through the hallway, she runs into a real thief who had broken into the building. The thief had the notebook with him, and Sakura realizes that her classmate's item was stolen by the same person who had taken her teddy bear.
Sakura, now in her thief costume, begins to chase the thief, and she finally captures him with the help of Kero's guidance. The episode ends with both Sakura and Rika happy to have their items back, and Sakura being praised by Kero for her bravery.
Sakura's First Challenge as a Thief! is a fun and exciting episode of Card Captor Sakura that showcases Sakura's courage and determination to retrieve her lost item. The episode is also noteworthy for its emotional moments, such as the scene where Sakura's father confesses to giving her teddy bear away. Overall, this episode is a great addition to the series and solidifies Sakura's character as a brave and resourceful young girl.