xxxHolic, Vol. 8
by:
CLAMP (author)
William Flanagan (translator)
Kimihiro Watanuki’s after-school job working for the mysterious witch Yûko Ishikawa has taken a dangerous turn. A recent assignment cost Kimihiro his right eye to a spider with a grudge. Now the missing eye has become the latest must-have item in the spirit world. Even the Zashiki-Warashi, the...
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Kimihiro Watanuki’s after-school job working for the mysterious witch Yûko Ishikawa has taken a dangerous turn. A recent assignment cost Kimihiro his right eye to a spider with a grudge. Now the missing eye has become the latest must-have item in the spirit world. Even the Zashiki-Warashi, the pretty spirit who has a crush on Kimihiro, has become entangled in the mess . . . and she’s being held captive by an unknown evil! Can Kimihiro save both the girl and his eye–without getting himself killed by beings more powerful than he can imagine?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345483362 (0345483367)
Publish date: 2006-12-12
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Humor,
Comedy,
Mystery,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Manga,
Supernatural,
Seinen,
Shojo
Series: xxxHOLiC (#8)
Nice conclusion to the "Watanuki's Lost Eye" subplot in this episode, and I like the call back to Watanuki's earlier adventures with the Youkai. I'll have a full review up on Bureau42 in a couple weeks.
Reread 2011. In which Watanuki is bad-ass.Watanuki saves the ame-warashi with a piece of broken glass. Dômeki gives up half of his eye.There is a slight epilogue where a lightning-spirit electrocutes Watanuki and then gives him a fireworks display. Dômeki can see through Watanuki's eye. Watanuki...
Reread 2011. In which Watanuki is bad-ass.Watanuki saves the ame-warashi with a piece of broken glass. Dômeki gives up half of his eye.There is a slight epilogue where a lightning-spirit electrocutes Watanuki and then gives him a fireworks display. Dômeki can see through Watanuki's eye. Watanuki...
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