xxxHOLiC Chapter 213 Discussion

OMFCLAMP!!!! SERIOUSLY FUCK!!! I AGREED!!! THEY TOTALLY CAME UP WITH game8910 THAT THEY PLAN THE ENDING 2 HOURS BEFORE THE DUE DATE!!!



i  mean...it was a befitting but so heart wrenching that i want to strangle the fucking life out of a cardboard piece and papercut myself to death with a giant sword (made out of duct tape). fuck. I cry. ran out of the room. come back and finish the chapter. cry fuck some more. now i'm going to bed mad at CLAMP. ...such an amazing piece yet the ending could have been more satisfying......

I just finished the manga myself; the ending was lackluster that's for sure.




I like the mood they were going for but up until that point there were hints for a more hopeful ending. Such as Watanuki getting the chrysanthemums for the wine, which were picked by Yuuko herself and even sent his tanks back via ame-warashi.



Wata even sent his thanks along back to her. That was to me foreshadowing to an eventual return to each other most likely in the afterlife.



Of course that could have been exactly what happend to Yuuko. She was technically dead till her wish time ran out. She never specified iirc who had wished her back. If that was the previous Clow that Wata really is then it's a viscious circle of summoning Yuuko dieing, coming back and summoning her again. That's where the egg would come in.



Such a complicated story though deserves a clearer and more articulated ending. The entire series was well thought out for the most part; to end it without the same attention is the sad part really.

Wow, that was a bit sudden. Though I actually expected something like this as an ending. In my opinion, this series went on a downhill after TRC ended, I just couldn't enjoy it any longer. Not my favourite series, not my favourite ending, still it wasn't bad.

Yes, i was all excited when they decided to countinue it past yuuko dieing ... but i much rather they had not. The whole last 20+ chapters have done nothing but add worthless chapters to it, and make the ending even worst.



The fact that he didn't use the egg to remove his memory, and that they sped through time like that, which was surprising though, easily discarding everyone like that.. ehh.

rebwaters said:
Well... What can I say... it was a what the fuck ending... In both ways... bad and good way... I seriously think it's a screwed up ending, but since it's CLAMP me needs to readjust my parameters of enjoyment and rating... Ambiguous... it was again an ambiguous ending and that makes me so pissed, but also we got clues and IMAGES of what's the end of this journey... a long one nonetheless.



What I liked. Time passing without being noticed. A new Doumeki. The feeling of being freed and the need to move on. I really liked that and especially the feeling of moving on and freedom... ata should stop mourning and enjoy life, just as Zombie Yuuko did while she was alive.... Quite true... Man this story is so tragic :(



What I disliked: The feeling of being rushed... The sudden change of pace and pretty much the big difference between Rou and the other part of xXxHOLiC Monthly serialisations and the time between releases really killed HOLiC....



But really pissed me off was the fact that the so awaited promised ending that would tie up the whole TRC/xXxH universe never came... Is this really the closure for this universe? I don't think so... there's no clue in how TRC really ended.... And we got an open ending here with xXxHOLiC... that's just not right. That means CLAMP got lazy and ended their works in just random ways....



At least the meaning and power of the egg is clear to me... it's a tool to make Watanuki forget completely about Yuuko. Pretty much a tool to make Watanuki a normal person... A tool to get rid of all his powers... The dreams.... and Yuuko... Oh btw, did someone notice that Wata used Clow's seal to invoke his powers and make that cage for the Butterfly? That was cool



What really surprised me is the fact that the Dou we knew and cared for is not there anymore, but the Dou that's keeping Wata company is no other than a descendant of Shizuka Doumeki... what the heck... I really didn't see that coming... But I guess some clues were laid down here and there for us to notice before this last chapter... This Doumeki didn't really behaved like the one we knew... He was strange... plus... He crossed his arms immediately... something that the other one would never ever do in his life....



In a sense... it was an awful ending, but it's a satisfying one since this means that we will never really see again Yuuko, and that now Wata is finally powerful enough to move on and successfully be the rightful store owner.... But where's Mokona... and Maru and Moro?



And so that's it? No Epilogue.... maybe we'll see one... I hope that answers some lose ties that were left here and there... or will they do some random epilogue that tells us nothing... I hope we get a epilogue with the people of the Universe....



Signs,

Green

totally with u...

:'( i hope theres an epilogue ne....

this ending does seem a bit of a joke that all doumeki family are allways the same and how hes lost track of time whilst waiting i guess the egg is someway of them continuing the series if they ever want to. the dream of yuuka is important as it means hes closer to meeting her again.

I think they didn't want to do a sappy happy ending and keep it open ended for future use perhaps. Having Watanuki appear in other series and such.



But imo they totally hinted at the eventual happy ending. That in it of itself is what keeps my nerd rage minimal.

Lol what the hell happened in this chapter? It was like "I was in a dream and saw Yuuko and couldn't continue, so I woke up to talk to Doumeki and go back to sleep again - repeat 3 times"