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The comic series xxxHOLiC is filled with morally-ambiguous "lessons" at the ends of its story arcs (e.g., "Not taking other people's advice seriously will get you killed," "The food you cook bares your soul to the people who eat it," "Don't eat processed foods or else your body won't decompose after you die," "Abused women are beyond help," "Abused children need supernatural intervention in order to save themselves," etc.).

The real kicker, though, and the one lesson that wasn't apparently meant to be ambiguous, was the moral at the very end. The protagonist spends the entire series learning that he has a life worth living and that other people deeply care about him. Due to an unexpected tragedy near the end of the series, however, he shuts himself away from the world and never goes beyond his front yard again. It's strongly implied that his close friends are deeply upset by this, but can't do anything to help him beyond making sure that he's safe and well-fed.

The main writer of the series stated that her intention was to show that there are all different kinds of happiness, and that the protagonist was finding happiness in his own way.

On top of that, the series ending also strongly suggested that the only way to "get over" the death of a loved one is to forget about them completely.

I hated the Monkey's Paw chapter. The woman obeys Yuko and doesn't open the box. Some of the wishes had nothing to do with their consequences (making it rain empties the pool? What?). And then the Paw grants a wish she made in her head, interprets it in a destructive way, and ignores all the other silent little wishes she must have made before that.

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