xxxHOLiC Live Action Drama Review Episode 01 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: High school student Watanuki has a problem seeing the supernatural, though he’s learned to put up with it to a degree. One day after school, while walking down a wooded lane, he encounters an archway, whereupon he enters and discovers he’s in the yard of some
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xxxHOLiC Rei Manga Chapter 01 Review
March 12th, 2013 
AstroNerdBoy xxxホリック ◆ 戻 chapter 01 xxxHOLiC Rei chapter 01 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Watanuki comes to the shop to find Yuuko-san lounging on the couch. After accusing her of having another hangover, Yuuko-san attempts to prove this wrong with a flurry of maneuvers with a ping-pong paddle, which doesn’t impress Watanuki. Yuuko-san is more interested in the
CLAMP Ressurects xxxHOliC Manga – Will It Be a Shuffling Zombie?
December 3rd, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Howdy folks! Longtime readers of my blog will know that I was a big fan of CLAMPs xxxHOLiC manga series until CLAMP unceremoniously ended it, taking the time to wrap things up, but in a very unsatisfactory way. So imagine my surprise when Seichan of CLAMP*NEWS brought to my attention that xxxHOLiC will return as
xxxHOLiC Manga Volume 19 Review (Finale and Final Thoughts)
August 14th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy xxxホリック Volume 19 (finale) xxxHOLiC volume 19 manga review –> Purchase from Buy.com –> Purchase from Barnes & Noble –> Purchase from RightStuf *SPOILER WARNING* For this final volume, highlights include Ame Warashi visiting Watanuki with a special order of chrysanthemums that Washiki Warashi picked for him so that he can make a special sake
Piracy Wars: Do Scanlations of Manga With Poor Endings Really Hurt U.S. Sales of Said Manga Titles?
March 15th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy Piracy Wars: Do Scanlations of Manga With Poor Endings Really Hurt U.S. Sales of Said Manga Titles? For the longest time, I have lamented the fact that School Rumble was cut short in the U.S. As is typical of U.S. publishers, there’s this need (whether forced upon them by contracts with Japan or not) to
xxxHOLiC Manga Volume 18 Review
January 11th, 2012 AstroNerdBoy xxxホリック Volume 18 xxxHOLiC Manga Volume 18 –> Purchase from Buy.com –> Purchase from Barnes & Noble –> Purchase from RightStuf *SPOILER WARNING* With this penultimate volume of xxxHOLiC, there’s still no indication of the death that is soon to come to this manga series. That’s because even at this point, the stories written were
xxxHOLiC Manga Volume 17 Review
September 25th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy xxxホリック xxxHOLiC Manga Volume 17 –> Not available FROM RAKUTEN.COM (formerly BUY.COM) –> Not available FROM BARNES & NOBLE –> PURCHASE FROM RIGHTSTUF! Note: At some point, an omnibus edition will replace the single edition. *SPOILER WARNING!* Even though I am still unhappy with how xxxHOLiC was ended and treated by CLAMP, there are still
xxxHOLiC: Rou Adayume OAD Review
March 27th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy ×××HOLiC・籠 あだゆめ xxxHOLiC: Rou Adayume SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Haruka visits with Watanuki in the dream realm and wants a wish granted, which Watanuki accepts. Over breakfast, he discusses this with Mokona, citing a famous dream story and Haruka’s wish to have a dream deciphered. After getting Maru and Moro to set up four tsuitate to form
