Okay, so I was not completely up to speed this time around with Holic(I KNOW! THE HORROR!). Rei seemed like such a long read that I didn't want to get myself into without rereading the original Holic series.
Buuuut--how foolish of me to even start theorizing about Tsubasa World Chronicle without familiarizing myself with it's brother, Rei!
I might've just flipped to the most recent chapters of Rei that were released this month and everything is coming together. In the words of my dear friend Aurora (tsubasachro), "I think everything [about Tsubasa World Chronicle Chapitre 1] will make sense if we just read Rei." I might have laughed out loud and told her that it was foolish to believe the answers would be given to us so simply by CLAMP but as it turns out, the two tie in so perfectly that (surprise!) it had to have been planned....
SO! I want to meet the loyal XXX HOlic Rei fans out there! YOU are a lucky bunch right now....because these last few chapters have illuminated the answers to so many mysteries. Let us, Holic and Tsubasa fans, come together once more to enjoy the interconnectedness of the two plots.
Are you relieved?
Why do you think Syaoran needs those items Watanuki hunted for with so much dedication?
~Wall-iE
The last chapter of XXX Holic came out recently. I am sorry I haven't been keeping up with this world much, for me it hasn't been the same without Tsubasa. Any ideas for this world now that Holic is over? Let me know, I would love to add guest posters.
1. THE EGG
Finally we understand!
From what I read, the egg will erase all of Watanuki's memories of Yuko....
My theory, if you remember, was that it would give birth to a new world where all the clones could coexist, etc, and watanuki would join them. Tsubasachro, you're wish is granted. Even if they never used the egg, at least we know what it is for at the end.
2. NOT DOUMEKI
Has it only been this chapter? How long has it been? His companion in this chapter, in none other than Doumeki's Decendent!!!! The egg has been passed down through generations, because there still hasn't been that perfect moment to erase Watanuki's memories.
3. TIME
You heard right, decendent! At least 100 years have passed and now Watanuki's sentence is over. He is powerful enough to leave his prison (the shop). Does this mean that Syaoran is able to stay stationary? Or is he already dead? After all, Syaoran was not in the shop, so his life was not permanent, and he has not been developing as a mage.
4. THE BIRD AND THE BUTTERFLY
Yuko is the butterfly, Watanuki is the bird. Somehow, my perception of the dream was that Yuko was smiling, so she was at peace. Ergo, the bird escaping from the cage was metaphorical for him being about to move on, as she had.
On the flip side, the cage could be the shop. And in the butterfly joining Yuko, perhaps he will now search for her in the world....?
Go stretch those legs wata-kun!
5. MEMORY HURTS?
So the egg hasn't been used because it would be "painful" for watanuki to forget. If he forgets, he wouldnt know he was supposed to be sad, because he wouldn't remember Yuko in the first place! But hey, hasn't this guy forgot enough? First his real parents, and now his adopted mom. A touching ending, to see that Yuko wanted him to be happy, thus the egg to erase the bad memory. But Doumeki,and his whole family have kept the egg a secret. They also want watanuki to be happy WITH the memory. That is the deepest show of friendship and shows the extent of love that Doumeki felt for him as a friend. *tears!
~Wall-iE
Edit: Check the english scans out on Onemanga here: http://www.onemanga.com/xxxHolic/193/01/
Wata- kuuun looks so sad ;_;
Courtesy of Starlady38 on livejournal ^^
!!! page 01
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!!! page 02
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!!! page 03
Haruka: Good evening,
Watanuki-kun.
Watanuki: Good evening, Haruka-san.
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!!! page 04
Haruka: So Shizuka was getting in the way again today, huh.
Watanuki: He drank punctually from dinner until nightcap.
Right now he's either sleeping in the parlor I used earlier or studying for college.
Haruka: You're the same as always. Him too.
Though his frame has grown huge.
Watanuki: Now you look much younger, Haruka-san.
Haruka: That's because I am as
I was then.
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!!! page 05
Haruka: And
So are you, Watanuki-kun.
A guest came today, huh.
Watanuki: Yes.
She brought a shamisen.
Haruka: Were you able to grant her wish?
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!!! page 06
Watanuki: Somehow.
FX: Smooth
Haruka: And it seems you're uninjured, too.
Watanuki: Mokona said that to me too.
Haruka: And Shizuka too?
Watanuki: He's the most obstinate.
Haruka: That's the same as ever, too.
Watanuki: Really, the shop hasn't been injuring me practically at all, lately.
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!!! page 07
Watanuki: And you've taught me various things too, Haruka-san.
Haruka: Like this, in a dream.
What I taught you was only the technique to learn "what I want to know" in a dream, and
Some techniques to use the things in the storehouse.
Watanuki: You call that only some?
Haruka: It's only a little.
Well, the rest is just their application.
Besides, both were really because the power was sleeping within you from the beginning.
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!!! page 08
Haruka: She didn't receive a payment for the period you were working in this shop.
Even though she told you that your being able to see spirits, and them being attracted to your blood, would stop.
Watanuki: Because that was necessary for me to inherit the shop.
Haruka: That's right.
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!!! page 09
Haruka: A strong power was inherent in you,
But you weren't using it.
Maybe because that person sealed it.
Even so, there were many beings attracted to your blood,
Which is why only the power of those eyes wasn't extinguished.
If you can't see, you can't avoid danger, either.
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!!! page 10
Haruka: Because she didn't take a payment,
The power within you was unbound, and is growing even now.
You understand that besides the fact that you can't leave this store, which is a unique place, you're proceeding, right?
Watanuki: Yes.
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!!! page 11
Haruka: Power that's too strong
Doesn't only bring happiness.
Watanuki: It's much more common that it only calls disaster,
Right.
That was the first thing you taught me, Haruka-san.
Haruka: Nevertheless,
Though?
Watanuki: Nevertheless,
Yes.
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!!! page 12
Haruka: My Shizuka is obstinate, but you're considerably so too.
Watanuki: He's much worse.
Haruka: Ha ha ha...
FX: Smooth
Haruka: ...I met that person once.
In a dream.
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!!! page 13
Haruka: She told me to take care of you.
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!!! page 14
Haruka: If you believe that you can meet,
You mustn't do anything to make her cry, then.
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!!! page 16
Watanuki: Yuuko-san.
