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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
Es introductorio y te cuenta un poco los personajes pero esta más logrado de lo que puede parecer en un primer momento, simplemente hay que fijarse en los trajes de la protagonista, lo cogi para cumplir la premisa de leer algo que empezaran x y las Clamp me dieron esa oportunidad a parte este año no he leído mucho manga cosa que es bueno remediar aunque sea al final de año.
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It has been quite a long time since I initially read this series, and having only just found out about the Live action TV Show I thought i'd re visit the world and see if I still loved it just as much.
I did!
Whist not a lot happens in this volume, it's mainly just setting up the story, and it can in fact be a little confusing at times if you don't pay close attention, I still adore this volume. Watanuki is one of my favourite mange and anime characters of all time and it was a joy to go back and see a more innocent naive version of him...before Clamp truly put him through the wringer!
I did!
Whist not a lot happens in this volume, it's mainly just setting up the story, and it can in fact be a little confusing at times if you don't pay close attention, I still adore this volume. Watanuki is one of my favourite mange and anime characters of all time and it was a joy to go back and see a more innocent naive version of him...before Clamp truly put him through the wringer!
CLAMPS's crossover series with Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. Holic is where many of the explanations for TRC are fleshed out, and while it's possible to read one without reading the other, they'll make more sense together.
xxxHolic is more focused on the paranormal than TRC was, but it's also very funny. Spirit beings follow Watanuki around, and in exchange for helping him get rid of them, he becomes a helper at Yuuko's shop. He gets into all kinds of scrapes and nearly dies several times, hollering and complaining all the while.
The series continued after TRC ended and is still serializing in Japan, which means it's incomplete. Still, you can find most of the volumes in stores and find the rest online.
xxxHolic is more focused on the paranormal than TRC was, but it's also very funny. Spirit beings follow Watanuki around, and in exchange for helping him get rid of them, he becomes a helper at Yuuko's shop. He gets into all kinds of scrapes and nearly dies several times, hollering and complaining all the while.
The series continued after TRC ended and is still serializing in Japan, which means it's incomplete. Still, you can find most of the volumes in stores and find the rest online.
Unsurprising that I am enjoying another series from Clamp. Love the magic stuff, love the art, love the sexy space time witch. Especially liked the first story about a pathological liar.
My first foray into Manga. It was a lot easier to follow than I anticipated and I thought there were a lot of really interesting aspects to it. A good first experience :)
El final se lleva mis cinco estrellas.
A ver. No digo que la historia no haya sido buena y solo el final lo salva, pero soy tan fan de estas mujeres que hicieron todo bien y bueno, ahí van mis cinco estrellas.
Hace mucho quería leer Holic, luego de ha de leído Sakura y Las guerreras mágicas. Se que aún hay mucho por leer de Clamp y quería que está fuese mi siguiente historia.
Aún no llego a comprender del todo que está pasando, igual que el protagonista! Por lo que no me alarma tanto
A ver. No digo que la historia no haya sido buena y solo el final lo salva, pero soy tan fan de estas mujeres que hicieron todo bien y bueno, ahí van mis cinco estrellas.
Hace mucho quería leer Holic, luego de ha de leído Sakura y Las guerreras mágicas. Se que aún hay mucho por leer de Clamp y quería que está fuese mi siguiente historia.
Aún no llego a comprender del todo que está pasando, igual que el protagonista! Por lo que no me alarma tanto
Now that my son's older, his taste in reading is converging with mine (as is his taste in television and movies). One series he and I are both tearing through having watched the anime series together is xxxHolic by the mangaka group CLAMP.
The series begins with Kimihiro Watanuki, a young man living on his own and besieged by spirits. What he wants more than anything is freedom from their constant stalking. Fate brings him to Yûko's shop where he is given the chance to learn how to control and avoid the spirits for a price. He basically becomes her indentured servant and cook.
After their initial meeting, the remaining episodes usually are a retelling of a superstition or well known horror story. The first one is about a woman who is a perpetual liar. If she can't learn to acknowledge her bad habit (as Yûko calls it), she will be destroyed by her lies.
This series is on my short list of all time favorite mangas and it is my favorite translation. Each volume has a back of book explanation on key points in the book. In this one, there is a call back to a popular children's show that was similar to Romper Room. Had I not read the translation notes, I would have missed the parallels.
As Yûko is also known as the "dimensional witch", her abilities give CLAMP the opportunity to keep a parallel story line going in a separate series: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles. I'm also reading that series but I'm not as far along in it as I am in xxxHolic.
Although Del Rey, the publisher of the translations, recommends the books for 13 and older, I would recommend it third graders and older who are getting interested in horror stories and / or graphic novels. There's no graphic violence, nor adult themes (beyond Yûko and Mokina's taste for saké).
The series begins with Kimihiro Watanuki, a young man living on his own and besieged by spirits. What he wants more than anything is freedom from their constant stalking. Fate brings him to Yûko's shop where he is given the chance to learn how to control and avoid the spirits for a price. He basically becomes her indentured servant and cook.
After their initial meeting, the remaining episodes usually are a retelling of a superstition or well known horror story. The first one is about a woman who is a perpetual liar. If she can't learn to acknowledge her bad habit (as Yûko calls it), she will be destroyed by her lies.
This series is on my short list of all time favorite mangas and it is my favorite translation. Each volume has a back of book explanation on key points in the book. In this one, there is a call back to a popular children's show that was similar to Romper Room. Had I not read the translation notes, I would have missed the parallels.
As Yûko is also known as the "dimensional witch", her abilities give CLAMP the opportunity to keep a parallel story line going in a separate series: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles. I'm also reading that series but I'm not as far along in it as I am in xxxHolic.
Although Del Rey, the publisher of the translations, recommends the books for 13 and older, I would recommend it third graders and older who are getting interested in horror stories and / or graphic novels. There's no graphic violence, nor adult themes (beyond Yûko and Mokina's taste for saké).
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
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