xxxHOLiC Chapter 213 Discussion

over 100 years has passed, doumeki has died and he passed the egg to his great grand son. that 4 generations later, hell. what the hell was this..he is gonna stay there till he dies isn't he? time to read the squeal..



edit: sequels didn't really clear anything either.



reading other posts, i can get along with a ending a little better.. though it bothers me that watanuki never moved on, moving on is not equal to forgetting people you once cherished..and it seems even in dead he won'r be able to see yuuko.  

So this is 100 years into the future?



So where are all the flying cars, man??? :D

Hm, well I thought the dream of Yuuko telling Watanuki he was free to leave the cage was quite lovely and poetic. I was satisfied with that as an ending. But I admit I was a little disappointed we didn't get to find out more about the egg. And there seemed to be a vague insinuation that 100 yrs had passed and that ... what? Was Doumeki really the same person as his great-grandfather? That was kinda confusing.

Well, I'm just going to go reread Cardcaptor Sakura and remember the days when CLAMP could write endings that aren't disappointing.

;_;

This end is... this end is... disappointing !!



drop to 9 to 7... T-T

What???  What???  It's over?

The ending was... meh. I knew that chapter 213 was the last one so I had big expectations for it when I started reading it. It was basically like "Oooh, how are they going to end it? How are they going to end it?"



And then I read it and I feel like going to CLAMP and just going batshit crazy. It was like reading Hikaru no Go's ending all over again... T-T

Screw you CLAMP! Why? Why? Why ruin a series that had so much potential? WHY?



Of course I calmed down later on and thought about it all and bleh, so anyway:



Pros: The whole mood did fit, as well as the whole time passing by thing. I did feel like Watanuki grew a lot during the whole series and even though I pound my head on my desk in frustration, I feel like the extent of his character growth really showed up in this chapter. (Freedom of the store, etc) Also, we got to see Yuuko again!



Neg: Even though the time skip was expected, it was rushed.... like seriously rushed. It didn't match the pace of the previous chapters at all. It's like, slow chapter with Watanuki granting wishes, slow chapter with Watanuki cooking, slow chapter with Watanuki calmly talking with Doumeki- THEN quick skip to about 100 years in the future with Doumeki's great-grandson. I mean, WTF.

Also, even though Watanuki grew a lot, I didn't feel that satisfied about him at the end. He's still waiting for Yuuko, still sitting there smoking pipes, and I really just want him to see him do something for himself. Not to mention: The egg. What the hell was the point of the egg?!

Finally the main problem: There just wasn't any sense of conclusion. Especially when you compare it with the beginning part of the series. Before Yuko died (and even after) Watanuki was always helping others, caring for others, learning from others. We saw him make friends and be happy. What do you get in the last chapter? Watanuki.... just doing... nothing. It's just painful. You don't even know about what happened to everyone else. Himawari, Doumeki, Kohane, Tiny Fox, Fortune Teller, Zashiki Warashi, ame warashi, cute oden fox, and all those characters we've grown to love.



I swear Clamp, I'm honestly thinking of not reading Gate 7. So much wasted potential...

>Reads the ending months ago

>Wonders why it hasn't been updated for a while

>Find out that that was the actual ending

.________.