As a fan of the manga, this was fun to watch! Was it a great adaptation that stayed true to the original story? of course not. The manga is fairly long, so they would obviously have to cut the story down a lot. The plot threads they chose for this adaptation were kind of strange? They could have chose better fitting parts of the books. I'm not sure if everything makes complete sense unless you have an understanding of the source material either. It was a fun watch. The set and costume design was fantastic. I also quite liked the cinematography. TL;DR great show for fans of XXXHOLIC. Odd story fragments but overall enjoyable.