Kobato
I decided to re-read Kobato, since it's short and I don't think I've ever read it through the proper way (I'll never understand why CLAMP released volume #2 first).
Maybe I'm just being weird but I find Kobato sadder then things like X and Tsubasa, even though it's the cute manga.
Like when bad things happen in X, my reaction is "cool, another guy got decapitated!". With Tsubasa, I gleefully rub my hands together and then go looking at who's wanking (this is especially fun if someone I don't like is doing the wanking! XD). With xxxHolic, my reaction is rage and "CLAMP, LEAVE WATANUKI ALONE!" because they're always doing bad things to that poor kid. But Kobato just leaves me sad.
I mean she's homeless for the first part of the story and then when she finally finds a place to stay she doesn't even have a futon and therefore has to sleep on a mat. Even Fujimoto is surprised when he visits her place and finds nothing there. It's just sad. Kobato goes on and on about helping people but what I really want is for someone to help her. She needs to bump into Watanuki, he can never resist helping someone.
It doesn't help that I know CLAMP is going to eventually hit the series with the angst stick. I'm getting concerned about 'Holic too since it's been a while since anything bad has happened there. Not since before the Kohane arc when Sakura returned to TRC (and is Watanuki ever going to get new glasses? If I lost mine, I'd be at the store the same day trying to get them replaced).
Maybe I'm just being weird but I find Kobato sadder then things like X and Tsubasa, even though it's the cute manga.
Like when bad things happen in X, my reaction is "cool, another guy got decapitated!". With Tsubasa, I gleefully rub my hands together and then go looking at who's wanking (this is especially fun if someone I don't like is doing the wanking! XD). With xxxHolic, my reaction is rage and "CLAMP, LEAVE WATANUKI ALONE!" because they're always doing bad things to that poor kid. But Kobato just leaves me sad.
I mean she's homeless for the first part of the story and then when she finally finds a place to stay she doesn't even have a futon and therefore has to sleep on a mat. Even Fujimoto is surprised when he visits her place and finds nothing there. It's just sad. Kobato goes on and on about helping people but what I really want is for someone to help her. She needs to bump into Watanuki, he can never resist helping someone.
It doesn't help that I know CLAMP is going to eventually hit the series with the angst stick. I'm getting concerned about 'Holic too since it's been a while since anything bad has happened there. Not since before the Kohane arc when Sakura returned to TRC (and is Watanuki ever going to get new glasses? If I lost mine, I'd be at the store the same day trying to get them replaced).