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XXXHolic

Kimihiro Watanuki is a high school student plagued by yōkai, spirits with a strong attraction to him. The spirits are invisible to others and encounters with them are extremely troublesome. When he stumbles into a shop that grants wishes, however, events in his life promise to become more unusual.

The shop is owned by Yūko Ichihara, a mysterious and beautiful (sometimes playful) witch of many names and esoteric renown. For a price, she offers to grant Watanuki's wish to be rid of the spirits. The price, according to Yūko, must be of equal value and so, as payment, he temporarily becomes Yūko's part-time employee.

Watanuki's job consists of small errands dealing with the supernatural and household chores. His love interest, Himawari Kunogi, and "rival", Shizuka Dōmeki, occasionally join him in his work as per Yūko's request. The three become increasingly close despite Watanuki's annoyance with Dōmeki.

The world of xxxHolic is directly connected to several other of Clamp's works through dimensional traveling. The series is directly connected to Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, while other series including Cardcaptor Sakura, Legal Drug, and Magic Knight Rayearth are referenced at different times.

Yūko constantly refers to hitsuzen (必然?), meaning inevitability, destiny, or fate, as being the driving force in the world. She states that there is no such thing as coincidence, and that every single action and decision is inevitable, because without them, other related events in the future could not happen.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XxxHolic

i want to read this soooooooooo bad!!!!!!!!

well, get to it! they have it pretty far into the series online.

ehhhh....i dont feel comfortable downloading stuff and my library doesnt have it

if you go to mangafox, you can just view it. besides, if you really like it, you'll check it out at the library to read again anyway

lol

really?

yep, both onemanga and mangafox are pretty good sites.

mmmk, i'll try

onemanga didnt work for me.......

it didn't? do you think you need flash for it? it works for me. hmmm, mangafox might use the same stuff onemanga uses.

hmmm, thats alright...........

it might be blocked for your computer. i really don't get why it wouldn't work though.

yep, its probably blocked...

totally waiting on skip beat! soo awesome!

ren? yes, he's hot. lol. i loved it from the very beginning! the facial expressions are awesome! some of them literally have me laughing out loud! bo is so much fun too! his expressions are the best!

yeah, that's sho. though i would probably better describe it as being ditched. in his eyes they were never a potential item. she was always hoping that they would be. it makes it even better how everyone thinks that they were together though. all in all, it's hilarious!

oh no! I just read the lasted book to come to my library and it gave away something I hadn't yet read in Tsubasa!!!

Yeah! It's not fair!

I haven't read the ending!! I'm waiting for them to finish publishing the books. It's a different experience when you have the books than when you read them online.

it ended?! i haven't read holic online in such a long time! it was always difficult for me to remember which chapter i was on since it didn't list the vol. numbers.

it's definately wrapping up. i think that it's a shame that tsubasa is twice as long as it though

Yeah, every time a new book comes out, I feel I have to go reread all the ones before it!

i felt that way with fruits basket. but i didn't re-read it when i should have, lol. just too much happened to too mnay different people.

true. but when i don't re-read a series that often, i feel like it just takes up space on my bookshelf. i might feel that way since i have limited space for my volumous collection, so i can't waste space for something i don't like.

mine are too! whenever i try to get rid of some my boyfriend stops me claiming we need them for our future library. sometimes it's a little frustating. i want space now!!

My book shelf is itty bitty, so of course, nothing fits on it... :P but I can't bring myself to get rid of any books.

ya, under the bed! lol

really? I didn't even know

I never even noticed! But now that I think about it, you're right... that's so cool!

I love Clamp's style! It's so elegant and complex!

Did xxxHolic end yet?

oh idk!

I was only at the part when Watanuki sees a memory of Yuko.

umm

WatNuki sees a dream about Yuko, did you see that chapter?

I don't think so

Do you want me to tell you the last part of xxxHolic or no?

NO!!!

nope, keep it a secret. i'll eventually get to the end

haha same here. With emphasis on the eventually