Watanuki Kimihiro is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. Seemingly by chance, he encounters a mysterious witch named Yuuko, who claims she ca...
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May 04, 2008
Jarrah
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This review is for the (incomplete) series as a whole.
YA urban fantasy manga. Watanuki Kimihiro sees spirits; more than that, he's attractive to spirits, who sometimes want to give him chocolates and pine at him, but more often want to eat him. Fleeing for his life, Watanuki stumbles into the not-quite-real shop of Ichihara Yuuko, the Dimension Witch. Yuuko grants wishes, for a price, and she offers to grant Watanuki his wish to never see or be bothered by spirits again - his payment More...
YA urban fantasy manga. Watanuki Kimihiro sees spirits; more than that, he's attractive to spirits, who sometimes want to give him chocolates and pine at him, but more often want to eat him. Fleeing for his life, Watanuki stumbles into the not-quite-real shop of Ichihara Yuuko, the Dimension Witch. Yuuko grants wishes, for a price, and she offers to grant Watanuki his wish to never see or be bothered by spirits again - his payment More...
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May 13, 2008
Nick
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Overall Rating: A-
Synopsis: xxxHolic by Clamp follows Watanuki, an orphan who is plagued by spirits. While being chased by spirits, Watanuki runs into a strange shop and meets a strange woman named Yūko. She turns out to be a powerful witch, and makes a deal with Watanuki to help him remove his "curse" in exchange for working in her shop and cooking for her. Hijinks and adventure ensue.
I can't remember now why I picked up the first volume of xxxHolic, but I'm glad I d More...
Synopsis: xxxHolic by Clamp follows Watanuki, an orphan who is plagued by spirits. While being chased by spirits, Watanuki runs into a strange shop and meets a strange woman named Yūko. She turns out to be a powerful witch, and makes a deal with Watanuki to help him remove his "curse" in exchange for working in her shop and cooking for her. Hijinks and adventure ensue.
I can't remember now why I picked up the first volume of xxxHolic, but I'm glad I d More...
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Jul 12, 2008
Caroline
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A solid start to the series, which I'm still unsure of how it will work out. While it's overall humorous, it has a really dark overtone--the main character can see spirits and the female lead is a witch. I wasn't really certain what this series would be like, since CLAMP's work can be anything from incredibly silly to very dark and serious (X/1999 is the obvious contender for their darkest series).
So far a good start, and I really enjoyed the character of Yûko (but I generally have a More...
So far a good start, and I really enjoyed the character of Yûko (but I generally have a More...
May 31, 2008
Firekeeper
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xxxHolic is an original manga with a bunch of great ideas. And Yûko is amazing. I thoroughly enjoy reading about her... antics, and I can't wait to read the sequels.
Oh, and if the title sounds or the covers look weird to you, don't let them scare you. I was a bit nervous about the series at first, since it kinda looked and sounded like it was a book about druggy people or something, but when I read about Yûko in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, I really wanted to read more about her. She's suc More...
Oh, and if the title sounds or the covers look weird to you, don't let them scare you. I was a bit nervous about the series at first, since it kinda looked and sounded like it was a book about druggy people or something, but when I read about Yûko in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, I really wanted to read more about her. She's suc More...
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Aug 02, 2011
I liked this book! I can tell it's going to be an interesting series! The artwork was beautifully detailed and enchanting, especially Yuuko's costumes. I like the instant chemistry between the characters. Yuuko seems quite shady, but not necessarily in a bad way, and Watanuki seems crabby - and not too bright, making such an open-ended deal with such a shady witch! I wonder if she'll ever let him work off his wish! The style was very straight forward, and at the same time quite cryptic, if tha
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Jan 10, 2009
Obisbooks
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Watanuki gets mysteriously drawn to this shop. The owner Yuko tells him “hitsuzen - a naturally foreordained event, a state in which other outcomes are impossible, a result which can only be obtained by a single causality and other causalities would necessarily create different results” She also tells him that she grants wishes, for a price. He doesn’t want to believe, doesn’t want to be there, but there is a problem. He sees spirits, has all his life and he’s tired of it, so if there’s a chanc
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Aug 12, 2011
Candido
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Okay so right when I finished Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles last year I started to read xxxHolic, because characters from Tsubasa, and Holic would appear in both series. But anyways this series was way different from Tsubasa, it had more to do with the supernatural, and desires of people, aside from Tsubasa which was more about a group of people venturing different world in search of princess sakura’s memories that were scattered into feathers.
The main character Watanuki starts of as whinnin More...
The main character Watanuki starts of as whinnin More...
Jun 08, 2011
Ayu
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I bought this manga because I was read TRC first and they said that this book was the companion. At first, it's kinda hard for me to like this story because it's simpleness (that a word?). What made me keep going was the quotes Yuuko always said--stab me to heart like CLAMP always does. But then after volume 10, the pace changed, together with TRC plot on volume 15 who also get darker. The link between two stories getting tighter and TRC group keep mentioning by Yuuko, said that Watanuki's and T
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Apr 28, 2011
Kate
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I've always wanted to read a manga by CLAMP. If you read manga, you kind of need to read at least one series by CLAMP. Just because. I chose to read xXxHolic (pronounced simply as "holic"; the xXx stands for a variable or a blank in Japanese).
xXxHolic is absolutely stunning in its art. In fact, it's so gorgeous and intricately drawn that at times I felt overwhelmed by it. As the story developed, it showed that it was strong enough to handle such elaborate art, where both More...
xXxHolic is absolutely stunning in its art. In fact, it's so gorgeous and intricately drawn that at times I felt overwhelmed by it. As the story developed, it showed that it was strong enough to handle such elaborate art, where both More...
Jan 15, 2011
Alfonso
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this was exactly what I was expecting! God bless those girls from Clamp! They rock!! Fun, cute, simple! The Clamp chicks always do that! they just drop all the fantasy elements of the show in your face and you decide if you buying or not! And as usual I’m buying! this is about some kid who can see ghosts… (classic!) waling into a very special shop… a shop that sells wishes! But (you guessed) at a price! His wish is to stop seeing ghosts! And his price is cleaning! He has to clean for the shop ow
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Mar 07, 2010
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Oct 21, 2011
Lianne
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I've been a fan of CLAMP for a long time. I'm still hoping that they'll eventually finish off their series X (X 1999 in North America). I also really liked the Magic Knight Rayearth series.
This series comes across as a bit of an experiment. The artwork is a definitely change from most of their series, making me think that it's drawn by someone other than the group's primary artist.
Watanuki is a teenager with a form of second sight. He unwittingly accepts help from a stran More...
This series comes across as a bit of an experiment. The artwork is a definitely change from most of their series, making me think that it's drawn by someone other than the group's primary artist.
Watanuki is a teenager with a form of second sight. He unwittingly accepts help from a stran More...
Jul 04, 2011
Laura
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Manga
Once I watched the Youtube video and figured out how to read Manga, I got the hang of it. The first couple of pages were slow going as I kept trying to read from left to right and forgot that I needed to hold the book backwards and upside down. I figured it out and enjoyed the book much more than I thought I would and certainly didn’t expect the book to have a moral.
The story revolves around a boy named Kimihiro Watanuki who has the unfortunate ability to see spirits. They ch More...
Once I watched the Youtube video and figured out how to read Manga, I got the hang of it. The first couple of pages were slow going as I kept trying to read from left to right and forgot that I needed to hold the book backwards and upside down. I figured it out and enjoyed the book much more than I thought I would and certainly didn’t expect the book to have a moral.
The story revolves around a boy named Kimihiro Watanuki who has the unfortunate ability to see spirits. They ch More...
Oct 25, 2011
"El estudio CLAMP, que como los aficionados al manga saben está compuesto por cuatro mujeres, se ha hecho indudablemente su hueco en el mercado del cómic japonés. Su fácilmente reconocible estilo y sus tramas encuadradas en el sh?jo (tipo de historias dirigidas principalmente al público joven femenino) han hecho las delicias de muchos lectores y han cosechado éxitos alrededor de todo el globo. Prueba de ello son las famosas series de Cardcaptor Sakura o Chobits que incluso se conocen entre
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Oct 23, 2011
cindy
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Status: Completed series
Read by downloading from:
chap 01-58 (vol 01-10) : http://www.realitylapse.com/manga/xxxhol...
vol 11-14 : http://bwys.org/projects/xxxholic.php (website dedicated to clamp series)
vol 15-19 : http://www.mangatraders.com/manga/series... (it has complete series, should have just gone here in the first place)
Review of the whole series.
I saw the anime from time to time a while back ago, and it stole my attention. So when I read the mangg More...
Read by downloading from:
chap 01-58 (vol 01-10) : http://www.realitylapse.com/manga/xxxhol...
vol 11-14 : http://bwys.org/projects/xxxholic.php (website dedicated to clamp series)
vol 15-19 : http://www.mangatraders.com/manga/series... (it has complete series, should have just gone here in the first place)
Review of the whole series.
I saw the anime from time to time a while back ago, and it stole my attention. So when I read the mangg More...
Feb 10, 2009
Kate
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Watanuki is cursed to see the spirits that haunt the living world. He is constantly seeing things he doesn't want to and so when a spirit leads him to a mysterious shop where a beautiful woman tells him she will grant his greatest wish, he jumps at the chance. Yuko, a capitalistic mystic, won't do anything for free. She presses Watanuki into service to clean her house, cook her food, run her errands and so on. Working for a mystic can be an interesting experience when you can see spirits. W
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Apr 28, 2011
Federiken
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Al fin un primer tomo de manga que me parece muy bueno por mérito propio y no por acumulación de ideas explotables para los siguientes. Este manga no necesita de todo un tomo de presentación sino que utiliza apenas el primer capítulo, y el resto lo deja para distintos casos menores e historias cortas que nos sumergen muy rápido en el sub-universo Holice, que se nota desde un principio que forma parte de algo mayor (además de que ya se que cruzan todas las series desde antes). El dibujo, muy boni
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Aug 07, 2010
Witchy
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From the Witchy Books Network review blog:
When he bumps into a garden wall, Watanuki Kimihiro's legs get a life of their own and lead him inside. There, he finds an enigmatic witch known as Yûko, and she tells him their meeting was fated. She grants wishes for a cost, and she knows his-- she will take away his burden of seeing spirits after he works off her price. He grudgingly accepts, but he is not prepared for he methods...
This was a great first volume for another s More...
When he bumps into a garden wall, Watanuki Kimihiro's legs get a life of their own and lead him inside. There, he finds an enigmatic witch known as Yûko, and she tells him their meeting was fated. She grants wishes for a cost, and she knows his-- she will take away his burden of seeing spirits after he works off her price. He grudgingly accepts, but he is not prepared for he methods...
This was a great first volume for another s More...
Mar 05, 2010
Lila704
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i really liked this book. At first I thought it was blah and I wanted to put it aisde but then it got really exciting. I learned, well I feel that everything that we have ever experienced is hitsuzen. Hitsuzen is unchangable, fated destiny. The main character is Watnuki and he's an orphan who can see spirits, when he goes into Yuko's shop, she says she can grant his wish of never seeing spirits ever again. To pay for that, he ends up wotking for her, but he changes for the better. He meets new f
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Dec 09, 2010
Terri
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CLAMPS's crossover series with Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. Holic is where many of the explanations for TRC are fleshed out, and while it's possible to read one without reading the other, they'll make more sense together.
xxxHolic is more focused on the paranormal than TRC was, but it's also very funny. Spirit beings follow Watanuki around, and in exchange for helping him get rid of them, he becomes a helper at Yuuko's shop. He gets into all kinds of scrapes and nearly dies sever More...
xxxHolic is more focused on the paranormal than TRC was, but it's also very funny. Spirit beings follow Watanuki around, and in exchange for helping him get rid of them, he becomes a helper at Yuuko's shop. He gets into all kinds of scrapes and nearly dies sever More...
Jun 26, 2010
Review by taylor93:
Himihiro watanuki makes the mistake of telling "yuko", the owner of a shop that grands wishes, so then she has hold on him. Watanuki askes for a wish, to not see or be followed by the spirits that he sees everyday, and inreturn Yuko requires servitude form Watanuki, so he becomes her slave and watches her grant wishes to other people.
I liked the story, the shop owner is an interesting character and her over sexyness is funny, especially since she ha More...
Himihiro watanuki makes the mistake of telling "yuko", the owner of a shop that grands wishes, so then she has hold on him. Watanuki askes for a wish, to not see or be followed by the spirits that he sees everyday, and inreturn Yuko requires servitude form Watanuki, so he becomes her slave and watches her grant wishes to other people.
I liked the story, the shop owner is an interesting character and her over sexyness is funny, especially since she ha More...
May 26, 2011
Sarah
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Now that my son's older, his taste in reading is converging with mine (as is his taste in television and movies). One series he and I are both tearing through having watched the anime series together is xxxHolic by the mangaka group CLAMP.
The series begins with Kimihiro Watanuki, a young man living on his own and besieged by spirits. What he wants more than anything is freedom from their constant stalking. Fate brings him to Yûko's shop where he is given the chance to learn how to co More...
The series begins with Kimihiro Watanuki, a young man living on his own and besieged by spirits. What he wants more than anything is freedom from their constant stalking. Fate brings him to Yûko's shop where he is given the chance to learn how to co More...
Oct 21, 2011
Aimee
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This manga was really awesome. XXXHolic combines a witch, philosophy, a medium, some annoying children, and a bit of romance to create a fascinating storyline. Yuuko is really interesting because she is seemingly trying to help people by fulfilling wishes, but her methods seem pretty depraved. She is a complete seductress, I picture her having a husky voice, and everything from the artwork to the dialogue creates her vibrant character. Even though Yuuko works Watanuki like a slave, it is pre
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Apr 01, 2011
Mely
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Reread 2011. Volume 1: The stories are boring. The art is gorgeous. Shop owner and wish granter Yuuko bids fair to become one of my favorite characters--all sly smiles and mysterious eyes, elegant lines and glorious curves, part ukiyo-u and part Art Nouveau.
Flailing excitable Watanuki is chased by spirit creatures most other people can't see. He finds shelter in the shop of Yuuko, who grants wishes in exchange for steep prices, and whose apparent omniscience assorts oddly but well More...
Flailing excitable Watanuki is chased by spirit creatures most other people can't see. He finds shelter in the shop of Yuuko, who grants wishes in exchange for steep prices, and whose apparent omniscience assorts oddly but well More...
Oct 06, 2008
Tawnie
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Grades: 9 to 12 Genre: Manga, Supernatural
Kimihiro Watanuki is cursed with the ability to see spirits. One fateful day, as he is running away from a spirit, he stumbles into Yuko Ichiihara’s shop. This beautiful and mysterious shopkeeper offers to cure him of this problem, but at a price. He must work in her shop for no pay until he has built up enough credit to have his wish granted. As he works with Yuko, Watanuki gets drawn into helping Yuko grant the wishes of other customers. She More...
Kimihiro Watanuki is cursed with the ability to see spirits. One fateful day, as he is running away from a spirit, he stumbles into Yuko Ichiihara’s shop. This beautiful and mysterious shopkeeper offers to cure him of this problem, but at a price. He must work in her shop for no pay until he has built up enough credit to have his wish granted. As he works with Yuko, Watanuki gets drawn into helping Yuko grant the wishes of other customers. She More...
Jan 29, 2012
Raven
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Ada sebuah toko yang bisa mengabulkan semua permintaan pelanggannya dengan harga yang setara. Di sana Kimihiro Watanuki membeli permintaan agar “tidak bisa melihat siluman lagi”. Sebagai bayarannya Watanuki harus bekerja part-time bagi penyihir pemilik toko, Ichihara Yuko (bukan nama sebenarnya). Yuko menyebut pertemuan mereka “takdir (hitsuzen)” dan ia menolak konsep “kebetulan”. Watanuki diperlakukannya seperti PRT tapi Watanuki mendapatkan banyak pelajaran berharga dari para pelanggan toko da
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Apr 07, 2011
Susan
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This is an interesting supernatural series with some Tsubasa crossover occasionally woven in. The plot is somewhat like Pet Shop of Horrors in that the magic shop draws a variety of unusual customers with a variety of serious problems and they rarely take the advice the witch gives them. The main character Watanuki looks a little like a tall, lanky Harry Potter, but his hot-tempered personality couldn't be more different. He has good reason for frustration however. Yuko, the powerful witch who o
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Aug 20, 2008
Karaoke OK
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[Series Length: 13+ volumes / Read: volume 1-6]
I had always held great esteem for the CLAMP manga-ka circle, whose comics featured elegant and world-famous signature character designs and interesting stories that spawned a generation of highly successful anime adaptations.
But after reading several volumes of this series (the first manga from CLAMP that I truly began to seriously read, outside of an older but much better series titled "Wish"), I've begun to wonde More...
I had always held great esteem for the CLAMP manga-ka circle, whose comics featured elegant and world-famous signature character designs and interesting stories that spawned a generation of highly successful anime adaptations.
But after reading several volumes of this series (the first manga from CLAMP that I truly began to seriously read, outside of an older but much better series titled "Wish"), I've begun to wonde More...
Mar 20, 2011
Bianca
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XXXHOLIC
CLAMP<- author
150 PAGES
Kimihiro is a teenage boy <- not your average one like on tv
who can see ghosts <- they follow him around
pulled in by a witch's lure spell(Yuuko) offers to grant him one wish
sooner he realizes it was a trick so that he could only work for Yuuko
though just by hanging around her(Yuuko) he learns many things
this book is full of surprises it has a little comedy but mostly wisewords
I reccomend th More...
CLAMP<- author
150 PAGES
Kimihiro is a teenage boy <- not your average one like on tv
who can see ghosts <- they follow him around
pulled in by a witch's lure spell(Yuuko) offers to grant him one wish
sooner he realizes it was a trick so that he could only work for Yuuko
though just by hanging around her(Yuuko) he learns many things
this book is full of surprises it has a little comedy but mostly wisewords
I reccomend th More...
Jun 29, 2009
Snoobles
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Naturally a good supplement to Tsubasa, but definitely not as worth reading. It is a little too reminiscent of Legal Drug except minus the gay undertones (sadly) and with the addition of the overtly mysterious and well-endowed Yuko-san who does little to nothing to advance the series except leaving puffs of smoke around and hanging out in doorways with very little clothing on. More CLAMP re-hashing old Japanese folk tales in modern settings, except not as fulfilling as in their other works.
