xxxHolic

Quick note before I begin on this one. No, xxxHolic is not porn or porn related. I say this because every time I recommend this anime, people always ask if it's porn and I'm sick of it. Thank you for taking the time to read this.



Genre: Supernatural, Comedy

Summary: Kimihiro Watanuki, a teenager cursed with the ability to see evil spirits (and also tends to attract them), one day meets a mysterious woman named Yuuko. She claims to have the means to end his torment (specifically, she grants wishes), but she never works for free, and she wouldn't help him until he works for her enough to pay for her services. Therefore, he starts to work in her shop and discovers that in it, nothing is quite what it seems.

The Good and the Bad: This anime doesn't have very many flaws in my opinion. However, I must find something. Therefore, I would like to point out that I don't like indestructible characters (most characters in this anime are). This, as some people might point out, may be an unfair judgment seeing as
a) It's a comedy, so nobody who anyone has a connection to dies and
b) It is rather hard for an anime to carry on with its main characters dead.
Now then, for the good parts (in top 3 list form, these are my favorite things about the anime in no particular order).
1) I love the attention to detail, especially in Yuuko's shop (I like Yuuko's shop in general)
2) It's funny (and doesn't keep recycling the same jokes)
3) When a (named) character appears, they usually stay and have some sort of back story which is not revealed in a flashback (I hate flashbacks).

My rating: 8.5/10