Maki Matsumoto
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| Maki Matsumoto | |
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| Cardcaptor Sakura character | |
 Maki Matsumoto |
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| Created by | Clamp |
| Voiced by | Kotono Mitsuishi (Jpn) |
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| Aliases | Maggie (Eng Cardcaptors) |
| Gender | Female |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Owner of shop, Twin Bells |
| Residence | Tomoeda,  Japan |
Maki Matsumoto (松本 真樹 Matsumoto Maki?) is a fictional character in the anime adaptation of Clamp's manga series Cardcaptor Sakura. She is known as Maggie in the English adaptation Cardcaptors. Like Meiling Li, she did not appear in the original manga. She's voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi in the Japanese anime.
[edit] Character and Role
Maki was the owner of Twin Bells, a new gift shop in Tomoeda. Maki's shop sells stuffed animals, stationery, and other collectibles. Sakura Kinomoto (Sakura Avalon in Cardcaptors) and her friends shop there often, and some Clow Cards have appeared there also. The shop is built into a small apartment building, where Maki lives on the second floor.
Maki first appears in episode 5, when Sakura sees her setting up in the morning for a grand opening. She is having some trouble, though, as boxes keep falling over. In addition, one mysterious stuffed panda keeps returning to the shop every time it is bought. The panda is soon discovered to be The Jump in hiding.
Maki was previously engaged to a designer who loved plush toys. It was his dream to design toys one day and sell them all in a shop. However, he died in an accident, so Maki tries to continue this dream and run a successful shop. The incident with The Jump had caused Maki much stress in another town, as customers were accusing her of stealing toys after they were purchased. Maki closed her store there and moved to Tomoeda, hoping that the strange occurrences would not happen again. She unfortunately gets plagued again by The Jump, but Sakura soon seals the Clow Card and saves Maki's business.
Maki appears again in episode 21, "Sakura's Long Marathon Race", but she is only seen for a moment as she waves at Sakura as she passes by from the door of Twin Bells.
Twin Bells becomes the hiding place of another Clow Card, The Shot, in episode 28. Maki introduces new "enchanted cards" that grant their owners good luck, and The Shot (in card form) hides among them on the card rack.
In Episode 34, she gives Sakura and Yukito their second puzzle and clue during the Quiz day.
Maki also appears in the first movie when Sakura wants to purchase a notebook for winter vacation homework. Twin Bells is part of the Tomoeda Shopping District, which has an end-of-the-year sweepstakes for customers. The grand prize is a trip to Hong Kong, which Sakura wins. Maki makes a brief non-speaking cameo in the second movie as well, handing out balloons on the day of the Nadeshiko Festival.
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