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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CLAMP is a group of four women who have become one of the most popular manga artists in the world - Satsuki Igarashi, Mick Nekoi, Mokona Apapa and Nanase Ohkawa. They started out as doujnishi (fan comics) creators, but their skill and craft brought them to the attention of publishers very quickly. Their first work from a major publisher was RG Veda, but their first mass success was with Magic Knight Rayearth. From there, they went on to write many series, including Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits, two of the most popular manga available. Like many Japanese manga artists, they prefer to avoid the spotlight, and little is known about them personally. CLAMP is also the author of Tsubasa, another title brought to you by Tanoshimi.
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Clamp, stylized as CLAMP, is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader Nanase Ohkawa, who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively, and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. Almost 100 million Clamp tankōbon copies have been sold worldwide as of October 2007.
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Watanuki's Eye and Zashiki-Warashi!,
By AstroNerdBoy "AstroNerdBoy" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: xxxHOLiC, Vol. 8 (Paperback)
In volume 8 of the manga, the story of Watanuki's missing eye continues. It is a prized item within the spirit realm and soon, the very pretty youkai/sprite Zashiki-Warashi (whom you'll remember has a crush on Watanuki) is involved in this. However, she is captured by the evil Jorô-Gumo, leading her crew of loyal Karasu Tengu to seek Yûko-san's (and ultimately Watanuki's) help.
The second story in the manga is about the thunder creature Raijû, whom Watanuki notices in an appliance store and has to rescue. The final story features a snow man contest between Watanuki and Doumeki-kun with the winner getting a special prize as Yûko-san observes. It was great seeing the Zashiki-Warashi return to the story. I really like her, though it was a shame that she and Watanuki didn't get to spend more time together at the end. The resolution of Watanuki's eye-arc was rather interesting and could lead to some additional "fun" down the road. The story of Raijû was OK. It gave us another look at Watanuki's progress since meeting Yûko-san, but also provided an interesting revelation about Doumeki-kun. The story of the snowman felt like filler to me, but I didn't mind. Del Rey does its usual good job with this title. Hat's off to the translator here! Bottom line: More good "xxxHOLiC" goodness, with the big plus for the return of the Zashiki-Warashi.
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Number 8, couldnt be better,
By Petra "pezpez" (Graz/Austria) - See all my reviews
This review is from: xxxHOLiC, Vol. 8 (Paperback)
xxxHolic number 8 is one of the best in the Clamp series. Watanuki has given up searching for his lost eye which the grudge of the spider take him away until he starts seeing strange things with his blind eye. They find out that its coming from the spiderqueen which is holding the power of watanukis sight in her hands. All demons of the "other world" are in a great hurry to get the incredible power inheriting watanukis eye to increase their strength. The Zashiki Warashi from the mountain tries to bring watanukis eye back and gets captured by the spiderqueen. So its watanukis turn to save her, but can he get back both of them??
First of all i hope this review is a little helpfull, i apologize for any failures and mistakes in my writing! (Im from Austria, so german would be better ;-) I really love all mangas and animes from clamp, and xxxHolic and Tsubasa are my favourites! The story and the Characters are so fantastic! Watch out for the next issues, its worth it!
3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: xxxHOLiC, Vol. 8 (Paperback)
CLAMP, xxxHolic vol. 8 (Del Rey, 2006)
A spirit reveals to Watanuki that his right eye has become a much sought-after item in the spirit world. When an old friend gets kidnapped, Watanuki is sent to rescue her, and finds himself at the center of a power struggle-- with that same right eye at its heart. While the series does feel like it's starting to cohere, it's still fragmentary, which keeps me from truly embracing it, but I get the feeling things will really gear up in a couple more volumes. Worth sticking with so far. *** * * * CLAMP, xxxHolic vol. 9 (Del Rey, 2006) It's the usual, pretty much. The same running jokes, the same episodic feel, everything about xxxHolic that's had me annoyed the past few collections without any of the good stuff. Well, okay, some of the good stuff--the main story that ran through this volume was stronger than they have been recently--but I still think I'm done with this one for at least a while. **
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