- #34
The ending I feel was somewhat appropriate given the nature of the last few chapters.... it wasn't so much surprising as it was saddening for me. That Watanuki seems to be "alone" once again... I don't feel that Doumeki's descendants can really replace our first Doumeki, with whom Watanuki shares blood and an eye with. I was also made sad by Watanuki's changes after Yuuko died.. he became quieter and less prone to his random outbursts which were the comedic relief throughout the story..... All in all the manga seemed to somber towards the ending, and though the people at Clamp say that Watanuki is happy in his decision, I (and I'm sure other followers of xxxHolic) am deeply saddened by it.
I can't accept that our Watanuki is going to spend the rest of his life waiting with only Doumeki's descendants for company (as Makono and the girls don't make many appearances towards the end) and the hope of meeting Yuuko again (which is clearly not going to happen based on his dream.) IT'S JUST ALL WAY TOO SAD given the silly and happy atmosphere of, basically, the rest of the manga. Also, Himawari getting a husband, even after we find out that Watanuki does share a mutual love for her... After this I was kind of hoping that, hey, maybe Watanuki might find a partner in Kohane who became really beautiful but no. The fact that we don't know what happens to Kohane, besides getting old and becoming beautiful and what-not, is similarly disappointing. Doumeki had a follow through in the form of his descendants, why not Kohane-chan!!!!!!??
I am way too sad. I would hope there would be some kind of follow up to help my fellow heavy hearted fans but it's been several years since the end of the series (I've finished it just now). Poor Watanuki, who became way emotionally distant after the death of Yuuko, and poor Doumeki and basically poor everybody who (in my eyes) didn't receive a proper sending off for the ending of what could have been a perfect series. Kohane loved Watanuki. However she agreed to marry Doumeki and have children so that the decendents would keep Watanuki company as to not make him lonely, and keep him safe, since Doumeki's bloodline is powerful. This is all because Watanuki wanted to stay in the shop forever so Kohane couldn't really be with Watanuki. :( I was also really dissapointed when they didn't get together. Doumeki should have used the egg that Yuko gave him earlier to erase his memories of Yuko-san, since it's already impossible for her to reunite with Watanuki.. I'm also curious as of what happenned to the warashi-spirit that had a crush on watanuki.
