Started watching a new series because I found it it was by Clamp through Belldandy. I had already gotten the movie or OVA xxxHOLiC: Manatsu no Yoru no Yume awhile ago, but never really watched it till I realized that a TV series was being released for it. Then I started watching it this weekend and got addicted to it. The drawing style is weird, typical of Clamp. The arms and legs are really long, quite disproportionate from the rest of the body, but the drawing style is pretty amazing.
The series is based on the manga that is still in the works:
xxxHOLiC, Vol. 1
xxxHOLiC, Vol. 2
xxxHOLiC, Vol. 3
xxxHOLiC, Vol. 4
xxxHOLiC, Vol. 5
xxxHOLiC, Vol. 6
xxxHOLiC, Vol. 7
xxxHOLiC, Vol. 8
xxxHOLiC Episode 1 – Hitsuzen (Inevitable)
xxxHOLiC Episode 2 – Kygoen (Falsehood)
Spoilers: (Show)
First of all, I have to say Yuuko, the main female character, is so PRETTY! The story begins with a boy named Watanuki. He is a very spiritual person and has been seing spirits ever since he can remembered. These spirits are in the form of goo or blobs and they try to drag him down and not let him move. No idea why though and Watanuki doesn’t seem to know either.
One day, while being chased by these spirits, Watanuki finds himself at a weird looking house and the moment he touched the fence, the spirits disappeared. And out of control, he started walking into the house all on his own. There you meet 2 little girls: Maru and Moro, and what relationship they have with Yuuko is still a mystery. At first it seems Yuuko’s is a store owner of random crap, but later it seems she’s muc more of a fortune teller or psychic. In this store, whatever you wish for can be delivered, but with a equivalent cost of course, sometimes even your soul. Yuuko says that their meeting was inevitable and it was not a mere coincidence. This all sounded like psychic talk initially, but it also fueled the storyline.
She tells Watanuki what he wants to hear and tells him that she can stop him from seeing the spirits. And in exchange, he’ll have to work there part time until she determines he’s paid off the cost. Watanuki at first was hesitant, but for the story to continue, he finally obliges. He does basically all the chores around the house and we then meet this cute little black mouselike creature that likes to eat and drink. The little mouselike creature is called Mokona.
The second episode revolves around a lady who has a bad habbit of lying. Watanuki noticed black smoke coming out from her pinky. Pinky if you didn’t know is the symbolism for promise, though in Japanese culture, it can also be used to mean girlfriend or boyfriend. The story goes on and she almost gets killed because of her bad habbit, not in the sense that lying got her in trouble, but that the there was a bad aura around her which was slowly damaging her body because of this. Watanuki followed her and even rescued her from an accident.
I also haven’t talked about the movie or OVA, but that you should watch for yourself. Did I mention how pretty Yuuko is?
