What is the relationship between Clow Reed and Ichihara Yuko?


According [here](http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/Clow_Reed),

> Clow had accidentally wished for Yuko to live, thus severing her time from
> all dimensions. Clow regretted this wish, and no longer wanted the title of
> "world's most powerful magician".

Though it was said on the same link that their relationship is unclear and
that Clow Reed had a former lover named
[Madoushi](http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/Madoushi) (appeared in Cardcaptor Sakura
Movie 1), I would still like to ask (because someone here might know) how Clow
Reed and Yuko is related. Clow Reed wouldn't have wished for Yuko to still
live if there was nothing deep in their relationship. So are there any formal
statements from CLAMP about their real relationship and the story behind Clow
Reed wishing for Yuko to live?




For one thing, it wasn't a very deep thought that caused him to wish for her
to still be alive. Instead, according to
[here](http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Y%C5%ABko_Ichihara):

> Upon her death, Yuuko finally explains her connections with Clow Reed. As
> Yuuko lay dying, Clow Reed had the briefest thought that he wanted her to
> remain alive. Clow's magic was so powerful that this single thought caused
> Yuuko to become frozen in time.

Additionally, according to [here](http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Clow_Reed):

> In Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Clow Reed is mentioned by Yuko frequently.
> They seem to have worked together for the same event that Yuko always talks
> about: "the day that has to come". For this purpose, both created the
> Mokonas (which implies that they had met the "Real" Mokona of Cephiro).

As far as I can tell from everything I've read, they are not related by blood.
Instead, they worked together. They may have been no more than acquaintances
or maybe friends, as there seem to be few implications that they were ever
anything more.

The only time I have seen it implied was in Chapter 138 of Tsubasa, where Clow
said to Sakura, "Being apart from the one you like, no matter how old you are,
is a lonely thing. And while apart, I'm wishing for that person to be happy."
There are thoughts that he may have been talking about Yuuko. It is possible
that he was talking about Madoushi, but Madoushi only appeared in an anime
movie and so may not have been canon to the manga.

I cannot find any official statements on the matter, though.




For one thing, it wasn't a very deep thought that caused him to wish for her
to still be alive. Instead, according to
[here](http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Y%C5%ABko_Ichihara):

> Upon her death, Yuuko finally explains her connections with Clow Reed. As
> Yuuko lay dying, Clow Reed had the briefest thought that he wanted her to
> remain alive. Clow's magic was so powerful that this single thought caused
> Yuuko to become frozen in time.

Additionally, according to [here](http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Clow_Reed):

> In Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Clow Reed is mentioned by Yuko frequently.
> They seem to have worked together for the same event that Yuko always talks
> about: "the day that has to come". For this purpose, both created the
> Mokonas (which implies that they had met the "Real" Mokona of Cephiro).

As far as I can tell from everything I've read, they are not related by blood.
Instead, they worked together. They may have been no more than acquaintances
or maybe friends, as there seem to be few implications that they were ever
anything more.

The only time I have seen it implied was in Chapter 138 of Tsubasa, where Clow
said to Sakura, "Being apart from the one you like, no matter how old you are,
is a lonely thing. And while apart, I'm wishing for that person to be happy."
There are thoughts that he may have been talking about Yuuko. It is possible
that he was talking about Madoushi, but Madoushi only appeared in an anime
movie and so may not have been canon to the manga.

I cannot find any official statements on the matter, though.

