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I'm confused. What does Watanuki have to do with Syaoran at all
I'll probably say this badly, so if someone else wants to jump in, be my guest. It's explained in TRC ch 201 that
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Watanuki was "created" to fill the void of time left by Syaoran making a taboo wish to turn back time to change the moment when the seal of death was placed upon Sakura. Watanuki takes Syaoran's place in his original dimension.
Maybe thinking of it like the timeline in Back to the Future II might help. When Marty McFly goes back in time with the sports results and Biff takes them, Biff creates a new future timeline - a branch that is different from the one that Marty knew. Marty now exists in the new branch, and the old branch no longer exists. However, since we're talking about dimensions and time voids, the dimension that Syaoran was originally from DOES still exist, just without Syaoran in it because he made a wish to turn back time to save Sakura in Clow (and chose to give up his time and freedom as the price) instead. So, since Syaoran is no longer in the original Japan dimension, Watanuki is a created existence to be the "Syaoran" of his original dimension in Japan. Watanuki isn't Syaoran himself, though - just taking his place.
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