This episode confirms it (I guess). There won't be any
direct Tsubasa Chronicle crossovers in the anime series, though all the events that occur because of Tsubasa Chronicle will still be included. You see in this episode we see Maru and Moro using Fay's staff that they got via a trade in
Tsubasa Chronicle Episode 9 but while we saw the whole trade in Tsubasa, here in xxxHolic the whole thing happened off screen. This may seem wierd as the Tsubasa guys havn't been mention in this series yet, but when you think of the xxxHolic and Tsubasa movies, we actually see Yuko meeting Syaoran and Sakura in a flashback and we can see another take on this
Tsubasa Chronicle Episode 2 I guess if xxxHolic did it again it would be a bit redundant.
So yeah, crossovers are happening off screen, but the results are still shown (eg, fay's staff).
I really don't mind this at all actually. It allows xxxHolic more time to develop on it's own and there are always the movies for direct crossovers.
As for this episode, it was done very well. The monkey paw creepiness was kept as we the death at the end of the episode. Lots of little details here and there.
4 stars from me.
Next week looks like our first anime-unique story arc! Seems to focus on Domeki.
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