So in xxxholic, Watanuki can see spirits.
Other than ending up weird in public coz of this ability (or curse), the spirits sometimes wants to kill him too.
Therefore, his life is really, really screwed.
One day Watanuki met Yuko, a witch? Spiritual being?? who promised to remove this ability but in turn he has to pay a price, which pretty much revolves around him doing chores for Yuko. And by the way, xxxholic is clean, the xxx didn't mean anything funny. ^^
I first started reading/watching this series because of the art work but the idea of having a "curse" and being misunderstood quickly appealed to me when I was still an angry teen. xDDD I remember this line that Yuko said which I held very dearly to. She said, "If Watanuki can choose not to see spirits by WILL, he would have done so."
I didn't complete the story and many years later, this line got a whole new meaning.
Sometimes people regret things. Should have done this, should have done that... Shouldn't have done this, shouldn't have done that...
If only...
I think, if people can in the first place know what to do, they would had chosen something that makes them happy always.
It sure sucks a little to find out things later and whatnot, but other than better late than never, probably if one is to go back in time, they would have committed the same mistake again since in the first place they couldn't make the correct decision.
It is ok to feel sad about certain things, it is ok to take some time but monitor how oneself is going.
I once illustrated this to a friend.
At Point B you found out that you make a mistake at Point A. If you brood too much, one day you are gonna realise in horror at Point D that you spent 2 points in life brooding when there are other things you can work on.
It ain't so much about the mistake but rather how one handles it.
Sometimes certain things happens and as long as one learns from it, the same mistake won't be made again.
