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XxxHOLiC: AnotherHOLiC (2006)

by CLAMP(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0345505182 (ISBN13: 9780345505187)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Del Rey

review 1: Let me start off by saying that I have never read the xxxHOLiC manga, nor have I seen the anime. I'm a fan of CLAMP and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, but this light novel was my first venture into the story of Watanuki Kimihiro. I'll admit that there were a few moments when I was a bit lost, if only because I wasn't familiar with the original story, but it wasn't really that hard to figure out what was happening once I got further into the stories.This book is comprised of three stand-alone short stories - the first is about a girl who can't help but break any taboo that she comes across (if the pedestrian light is red, she'll cross the street, if a sign says 'do not enter,' she enters anyway); the second story is about a girl who seems to be receiving text messages from h... moreer dead best friend; and the third story was about an obnoxiously rude man who can see demons but also has the power to 'unsee' them if he wishes. All stories feature high school student Watanuki Kimihiro and the dimension witch, Ichihara Yûko, and are tied together through the idea of wish granting.While I liked the stories well enough, I do have to say that the writing was a bit flat. This may be because it was translated into English from the original Japanese novel, but it felt a bit unattached, as though I were watching an anime with no sound and having to rely only on subtitles. This bothered me quite a bit, but as the stories themselves were pretty interesting, I was able to keep reading - they each had a unique spin on some oddities of human behavior, which I found entertaining.I now think that I'd like to check out the original xxxHOLiC manga to get a better grasp of the story-line - the idea of a boy working as an indentured servant to a wish-granting 'dimension witch' in exchange for losing the ability to see and attract demons is rather intriguing. But for now, this particular story collection gets 3 out of 5 stars from me.
review 2: I was surprised when I first learn that xxxHolic has a written novel so I decided to pick it up. I realy like the morals in each of the 3 stories and I have to say that the description of Yuko-san was, somewhat, more cruel and mysterious in Watanuki's view compare to the Yuko-san expressed in the manga and anime. But overall, this is another great book written by NisiOisiN and I'm looking forward to read more work from him less

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