xxxHOLiC Chapter 213 Discussion

Also is the egg going to hatch or what?

I have mixed feelings about this.



The ending itself wasn't that bad, in fact it was somewhat fitting. The problem is, it felt too rushed. Ever since Rou the rest of the cast suddenly disappeared, as if they were not important at all. There were too many loose ends thus giving an overall feeling of dissatisfaction.



OriginGenesis said:
This is intolerable. There are too many questions unanswered.

First of all, when the hell did 100 years pass?

Second of all, is the Domeki that Watanuki talking to Shizuka Domeki or his son?

The Domeki talks as if he knows Yuuko and Watanuki very well, almost as if he is Shizuka Domeki.

Third of all, what's with the damn egg?





1. Apparently since the last chapter.

2. The one Watanuki is talking to is Doumeki's great grandchild. I guess he talks as if he knows Watanuki very well because, just as his ancestors, he's been visiting/living with Watanuki all his life.

3. No idea, but supposedly Doumeki wished for the egg to erase Watanuki's memories about Yuuko, and said their descendants to use it when they see it right (so he could be truly free from his cage).

that was some bs, i didnt even realize it was ending til just 10min ago or so. total disappointment. i dont even know how they came to that ending. one of my favorite manga reduced to crap, thanks clamp

firekites said:
Rou (not the OAV, the manga) is, to me, a big epilogue. We all knew what was going to happen - Yuuko was finally able to pass away, and Watanuki took her place. That's it.



We were able to see how the rest of the characters grew older and still took care of him.



What did you want to read? Did you want Yuuko to come back to life and screw space/time again?



I don't get you, people. I really don't.



No, I didn't want to read Yuuko coming back to life. Never. That would've been plain stupid. I wanted to read Doumeki Shizuka using that damned egg, making Watanuki right and mortal again and the shop in ruins. In my book, that'd be a perfectly reasonable ending, setting things right. (Which was kinda the message of TRC and Holic: don't mess with the natural flow of time and setting of world cuz it could turn out disastrous.)

I would have rather it ended when Watanuki first took over the store and decided to wait for Yuko.  At least then it felt like an ending.



This just feels like the manga was cutoff as opposed to ending.

X_x I didn't realize this was the last chapter until I saw the second OVA for Rou and saw people ranting about how the xxxHolic manga had ended.  So, I went back and reread the last chapter and while I would personally like to see more of Watanuki's work as shop master, the ending isn't the worst thing I've ever seen.  Yeah, the pacing was rushed, but I wasn't confused by Doumeki's great-grandson's appearance. and over 100 years have passed, actually. Ultimately the ending just makes me feel sad for Watanuki. He waited all that time for Yuuko, but it's never to be.  I'm of course also sad that Shizuka Doumeki is gone, but at least CLAMP didn't dwell on the  original cast's passings.  Overall, I wouldn't decrease my rating for xxxHolic because of this ending. It's a somber, but fairly fitting open conclusion.

That was SO CLAMP.

I mean, they will use the characters or the story in the future, again. Just too obvious.



Or wait, maybe they are just crazy...



As already said here, surely there will be an extra chapter; but it's not like if that will solve things... don't hope something good.

I'm in the minority here, but I actually liked the ending. I a huge fan of downer endings. Watanuki not meeting Yuuko even after 100 years and the twist that Shizuka was long gone had me floored. Overall I liked it a bit more than Tsubasa.

8/10