xxxHolic

"There's no coincidence, only inevitable"

"xxx" in the title has no connection to nudity whatsoever, as this seinen anime is free from fanservice. However this anime, which pronounced as "Holic", has a very deep story and contains a lot of life philosophies.

xxxHolic ×××ホリック -- xXxHoLic is a 24-episode anime, based on a manga with the same title serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine created by CLAMP, a group of female mangaka.

The story follows a high schooler named Watanuki Kimihiro, who possess a power to see spirits, even attracting them. He feels so disturbed with this ability. One day, he stumbles into a magical shop that can grant people's wishes, owned by a witch Ichihara Yuuko with her servants Maru and Moro, and Mokona. Watanuki wants to get rid of his 'special ability', and thus he has to pay to Yuuko as a part-time employee, helping Yuuko with spiritual things and do housework chores.

In his part-time job, he discovers more about life, friendship, love, and learn more about himself as his life evolves with his friend-rival Doumeki Shizuka who has ability to purify evil spirits, and his crush Kunogi Himawari.

What do Watanuki learn about life? Will his wish come true? Watch the anime!

xxxHolic offers a unique way to learn about life philosophy and about Japanese spiritual tradition as well. Yuuko often speaks out wise quotes which you can learn out of it. In spite of being a supernatural anime, this anime is both thrilling, sometimes scary, yet humorous.

Pros and cons

(+) Contains moral values, wise words, and life philosophy that we can learn from

(+) Unique theme and story

(+) Good character development and exploration

(-) Not proportional artwork

(-) Some of the episode are boring

(-) Contains very deep story, might be difficult to digest for some people

Story = 3.5/5

Artwork = 3/5

Animation and Color = 3/5

Character development = 4/5

Soundtrack = 4/5

Overall = 3.5/5

Genre = supernatural, horror, slice of life, thriller, drama, comedy

Demographic = seinen

Original creator = CLAMP

Director = Tsutomu Mizushita

Seiyuu = Jun Fukuyama (Watanuki), Sayaka Ohara (Yuuko), Kazuya Nakai (Doumeki), Shizuka Ito (Himawari)