CLAMP’s New xxxHOLiC Manga Announced

12.03.2012 13:58

xxxHOLiC manga: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/xxxholic/

During the recent CLAMP Festival 2012 event, the four-member manga artist group CLAMP has announced that they will launch a new series of the xxxHOLiC manga in Kodansha’s Young Magazine next February. The new series will be called xxxHOLiC: Rei (The kanji for “rei” roughly means “return”).

The original xxxHOLiC manga was serialized in Young Magazine periodically from 2003 until March 2010. It then moved to the Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in June 2010 where it ended serialization in February 2011. The manga inspired two anime TV series, an anime movie, and several animation DVDs. Besides, a live-action TV adaptation is slated to air next April.

The story revolves around Kimihiro Watanuki, a high-school student disturbed by his ability to see the supernatural, who meets Yūko Ichihara, a witch who owns a wish-granting shop. Watanuki requests to have his ability to see spirits removed and, as payment, Yūko hires him to work in the shop, resulting in various supernatural encounters.