When I first saw Tomoyo, the first thought that ran through my mind was, "Man, she is strange." Of course, this was in the first episode where all Tomoyo did was talk about how she wanted to tape Sakura and how Sakura's the most cutest thing in the world and how nothing is better at being taped than Sakura is.

Tomoyo is Sakura's best friend, and they have been best friends for a long time. Tomoyo loves Sakura to pieces. It almost seems that she loves Sakura more than a friend, but does a good job of keeping that a mystery. She is constantly taping Sakura, and every single thing that Sakura says, or every little thing that Sakura does, Tomoyo goes on about how cute Sakura was when she looked like that, and how she wished that she had her video camera along with her to tape the moment. This leads to many funny scenes in which Tomoyo gasps and says, "Oh no!" And everyone panics and looks at her and says, "What's wrong?!" Then Tomoyo says, "I forgot my video camera." And everyone falls over. Tomoyo and Sakura's friendship started when Tomoyo was new in class, and she lost her eraser. Sakura offered to give Tomoyo her own eraser, and that's how it all began. Tomoyo treasures that eraser very dearly and keeps it locked up in a case with Nadeshiko's (Sakura's mother's) bouquet of flowers from her wedding with Fujisawa (Sakura's father).

After Sakura became a Card Captor, the next day at school, she was at school early for cleaning duty, when Tomoyo came early also and told Sakura that she had something she wanted to show her. "Last night I filmed something very interesting," Tomoyo said; It was a taping of Sakura and Kero-chan flying beside the moon with the Fly card! Of course, Sakura cried out in shock and surprise when she saw the tape, which caused Kero-chan to jump out of Sakura's backpack, yelling, "What's wrong, Sakura?! Is it a Clow Card? Where? I'll fight you so come on!!" Kero-chan wasn't supposed to have gone to school with Sakura, but he had snuck in and hid in Sakura's lunch box. Now they were found out by Tomoyo, and they were in quite a troublesome situation. What to do now?

Unlike what they were expecting, Tomoyo didn't seem surprised at all. Sakura introduced Kero-chan to Tomoyo, and then Kero-chan explained to her how Sakura became a Card Captor. Tomoyo clapped and said, "How wonderful! The Card Captor protecting the city from the chaos of the Clow Cards! How cool!" Sakura said that there was no way she could do such a thing, but Tomoyo held her hand excitedly and said, "No. Sakura-chan can do it. Can I please see you use magic?" So, as nobody else was watching, Sakura did the spell to release the Sealing Wand. Tomoyo was very excited with the whole idea, and she asked Sakura, "Do you have a special pose? A special pose and magical phrases are the key to a magical girl!" So, that was how Tomoyo joined Sakura and Kero-chan in catching the Clow Cards.

Tomoyo and Kero-chan immediately became very good friends from the first time they both met. This is because of Tomoyo's extremely amiable personality, and the fact that both Tomoyo and Kero-chan are very excited about Sakura being a Card Captor. Whenever Sakura refuses to do a certain assignment because she is scared, Tomoyo and Kero-chan both outnumber her two to one because they both want her to do it. So Sakura ends up going through with the plan anyways. Tomoyo always goes with Sakura and Kero-chan to tape her, and she always makes costumes for Sakura to fight with. Since Tomoyo's mother is conveniently the president of a big company, her family has a lot of money, and therefore she always has all the materials that she needs to make the costumes. Tomoyo also makes a matching outfit for Kero-chan also, usually consisting of a bow or a hat or something like that.

Besides making costumes and outfits for Sakura and Kero-chan to wear while battling the Clow Cards, Tomoyo's other hobby is dedicated to the video camera. She is always taping everything, and her favorite subject to tape is Sakura and her heroism with the Clow Cards. She never lets herself live it down if she forgets her camera and misses the chance to tape Sakura. Tomoyo also has an AV room set up in her house for her to watch and edit all of the stuff she taped of Sakura. But that's not all that she's good for; Tomoyo also has an amazing voice, possibly the best in the school. When the Song card was in the school, it copied the most beautiful voice and mimicked it, singing it at night when nobody else was around. Many people thought that it was a ghost, but then Sakura noticed that it sounded a lot like Tomoyo's voice. The Song card had copied Tomoyo's voice because it was the most beautiful. Tomoyo can also cook very well. So even though Tomoyo isn't very good in sports and energetic activities like that, she still has many talents.

Though Tomoyo doesn't have any magical power, she is still very helpful to Sakura and Kero-chan in catching the Clow Cards. First of all, she makes the costumes. If it weren't for the costumes, the Clow Cards would win against Sakura with their spirit. Also, Tomoyo makes each costume collaborate with the Clow Card that is on the loose. For example, when Sakura was fighting the Thunder card, Tomoyo made a costume out of rubber so it would repel the lightening and electricity. In the CCS movie, when Sakura went into a place with lots of water, Tomoyo made a water proof costume that was very easy to move around in. But making costumes isn't the only thing that Tomoyo does to help Sakura. Tomoyo is always cheering Sakura on and supporting her whenever she needs it. When Kero-chan is almost found talking and moving  by other people, Tomoyo also does a very good acting job of covering it up. Kero-chan once told her that she could win the Oscar for her performances. :P

Since Tomoyo's mother is the president of a very big company, Tomoyo's family is very important. It isn't every day when you see an elementary school girl being accompanied with four bodyguards. Sakura, never knowing that Tomoyo had bodyguards, was very surprised when Tomoyo was escorted by them to school when they were cathing the Shadow card. Other than the four bodyguards, Tomoyo is an only child who lives with her mother and servants in their humongous mansion. Tomoyo's mother Sonomi Daidouji is a very busy lady, so she doesn't have a lot of time to spend with Tomoyo. However, she does try to be with Tomoyo as much as possible. We don't hear much about Tomoyo's father.

Tomoyo's best friend ever since she came to Tomoeda Elementary is Sakura. They are always together, and Tomoyo loves Sakura to pieces. Sometimes one might wonder if it is friendship love, or perhaps a bit more than that. But we can never be sure. Sonomi (Tomoyo's mother) is Nadeshiko's (Sakura's mother's) cousin. So, Sakura and Tomoyo are both related in some way, even though it's not a very close relation. They're like second cousins. Speaking of Tomoyo's love life, she doesn't really have a crush on somebody like Sakura does. Other than maybe having feelings towards Sakura, Tomoyo really doesn't have any other romantic interest in the anime. In the manga, however, she does blush around Touya, but that really doesn't develop into a huge crush like Sakura has on Yukito. The fans love to match her up with Eriol.

Tomoyo is a very kind-hearted and sweet girl. She is always ready to support Sakura in any way possible, and vice versa. Tomoyo is very aware of Sakura's crush towards Yukito-san, and even if Tomoyo might have more than a friendship love towards Sakura, she still encourages Sakura to be brave and approach Yukito. Tomoyo understands Sakura's feelings more than Sakura does sometimes, and they have a very nice friendship. It's not one of those friendships when the two characters constantly beat each other up, which I must admit I find more amusing, but after a while, you really see how much these two girls care for each other. I think that everyone should have a friend like Tomoyo. She is extremely loyal, kind, caring, funny, supportive, and everything else that one would want in a good friend.

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