I really do miss the old Watanuki.... though he's a little bit sexier these days. And speaking of sexy.... is it weird I find Haruka-san sexy? XD I think Domeki-kun is cute... but his grandpa... hubba hubba!! XD They are essentially twins... it's always weird how even when you have two people who look exactly alike, there always seems to be one that is a little bit hotter than the other :-p In this case, definitely Haruka-san. This volume had Ranma 1/2 sydrome... just seemed like a bunch of little random storylines to keep the story going. Nothing really exciting or interesting happened. The one thing that did intrigue me was the story of why Himawari-chan can't come to the shop. But of course, it wasn't ever really fully answered.Two volumes left to go! Hopefully it ends decently! Until the last couple of volumes this had been my preferred read when it came to CLAMP's more recent work. But, the last volume and a half have felt like filler. It isn't the feeling of impending doom that seems to hovering over Watanuki and Domeki. Before Yuko's disappearance the small stories that involved visitors to her shop, and what happened to her customers, are what kept this series interesting. Now we seem entrenched in a longer story arc, but one that went nowhere in this volume.
What do You think about XxxHolic, Vol. 17 (2011)?
Scans read March 2011, Del Rey September 2011.
—mayazoe
a beautifully controlled vol. two to go!
—bookworm
