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I mean, this is just annoying! This isn't a [[Lucky Charms Title]], it's just meaningless letters! '

* It stands for the unknown; "fill in the blank". Lots of characters addicted to various things.

** Because CLAMP are Japanese, which gives them a -4 penalty to sanity checks, are not native english speakers, which gives a significant penalty to language checks, and ''are CLAMP'', which gives them another -4 to sanity. That is to say, its written by lunatics who are not entirely fluent in the nuances of the language they named it in. It may be close to x-aholic, which is what a native speaker would name it, but its impressively close.

** This was actually kind of explained in the 'movie' A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which Yuuko explains that when a person who has an addiction to or obsession with some object or activity they're described with the word -holic (or -aholic) What exactly, Yuuko/Watanuki or any of the other characters are obsessed with, who knows. It could be that Watanuki is obsessed with trying to establish his existence, or that Yuuko is addicted to collecting strange and supernatural objects (or alcohol). So the title may be taking the [[Your Mileage May Vary]] concept with the title.

** Okay, so Watanuki kind of {{spoiler|''lied to Doumeki about the true reason he's stuck in the shop'', as he was trapped in the other world and the only way he could've gotten out was by ''paying his freedom''.}}

** But now what I don't get is why Watanuki would {{spoiler|lie about why he is staying in the shop}} in the first place. Sure, it's a really long explanation, but what's to be gained from it? Or did I just miss something?

*** Watanuki lied probably because Doumeki would likely pay a price. If it's Watanuki's choice, then he respects it, but if it was forced, as this was the case, he'd search for something to give on return and hurt himself.

*** This fits the narrative really well so far, but my problem is the same as it was when {{spoiler|he was staying to see Yuko again}}. What pissed me off was that Watanuki spent the series learning about how he should let others help carry his burden. Supposedly. He apparently hit his head and forgot the entire eye incident off screen, as this plot/character point keeps getting drop kicked out a window every time I turn around. It isn't even as though he's sparing his friends of hardship, either. They're going through hell, and not being able to do anything only makes it worse for them.