#i'm still so mad bc i did use to own all of xxxholic on paper but i sold everything at some point bc of financials difficulties

[icharchivist]

so about the xxxholic posts it just brought back SO many memories like holy shit

i haven’t read the manga in over ten years (about the time it crossed over with TRC and i was super lost, and then it’s when i fell out of manga all together)  and i haven’t been thinking too much about it ever since

and there were reasons i don’t really want to get into bc it’s pretty bleak where i convinced myself that perhaps i completely imagined Watanuki and Doumeki’s chemistry and that i was only shipping them for shallow reasons, so i never really looked back

and the gifsets from the movie just hit me violently in the face and now i have so many memories about the manga and especially the whole Eye arc and i’ve been unable to stop thinking about it ever since like holy shit. holy shit. Like yeah no i didn’t imagine shit it was peak romance over here. Like what the hell. No WONDER i was obsessed with them when i was 16. 

i need to plan a big reread of both xxxholic and TRC at the same time so at least i can vindicate my younger self, but for now i’m just. goodness. Those two. 

And perhaps i should watch the movie bc the aesthetics are on point and the DouWata scenes are making me lose my mind.

#i'm still so mad bc i did use to own all of xxxholic on paper but i sold everything at some point bc of financials difficulties #(i bought them with pocket money from my dad for years but then years later my mom got in debt so. well.) #(and the manga edition of xxxholic are more pricey than regular manga since they're drop dead gorgeous with the color pages) #but so now ten years later i wanna reread them and it's just oh right i can only just. hunt them online if i want them i guess. #bc it's too pricey to buy it all back #unless i find a bundle deal on a reseller site.... #i'll think about it though probably after December is over #since the christmas period's gift planning is going to take up most of the budget huh... #ichatalks