xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 176

SPOILER Summary/Synopsis:

After Watanuki and Doumeki finish eating, Doumeki wants some of the cookies that Himawari-chan made. Watanuki goes off on Doumeki but since Himawari-chan wanted them to share the cookies, he agrees to this, telling Doumeki he better appreciate them. Doumeki acknowledges that the cookies were made for Watanuki’s sake and he tries one, finding it a bit sweet but good. Watanuki slowly tries one and enjoys it, then states that he hopes the woman he was teaching to cook could find happiness through eating. Doumeki says she will, providing she actually eats the stuff.

As usual, Watanuki stops by the woman’s house to drop off food, this time nozawana and umeboshio. The woman sounds annoyed through the intercom about Watanuki’s month-long efforts so Watanuki tells her he just wants her to try his food. He leaves it at the gate and he and Doumeki are off. The woman does come out and retrieve the bag, apparently remembering Watanuki telling her during the cooking lessons that he wanted to cook and eat with her so they could learn more about each other.

Thoughts/Review:

I really look forward to the story moving on from this boring cooking thing. I suppose it is either this or the manga go on hiatus though since all the action is over on the Tsubasa side.

OK, so Watanuki got to eat a cookie Himawari-chan has made in xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 176. Has he “learned” anything more about Himawari-chan or does he know all there is to know already? I ask because CLAMP wants us to believe that one can learn alot about another person via their cooking and so logically, Watanuki should learn something, right?

Still, if I were this lady and had a nut job leaving food at my door every day, I’d never eat it. That’s just me though.

While I’m thinking of it, why hasn’t this lady been named yet by anyone? That is so strange.

I suppose next chapter will have this lady either eat Watanuki’s food or destroy Tokyo in a rampage after she becomes 50-feet tall. I’m thinking that second option isn’t going to happen, though that would be interesting.