“xxxHOLiC” to be performed onstage, will feature an all male cast

CLAMP’s “xxxHOLiC” is coming to the stage and it will feature an all male cast.

Ichihara Yuko will be played by Ohta Motohiro and Watanuki Kimihiro will be played by Sakamoto Shogo. Both actors took to Twitter to announce they will be in the stage version of “xxxHOLiC”.

演劇調異譚「xxxHOLiC」2021年秋、上演決定！
僕は壱原侑子役で出演します。
夢か、現実か、幻か、一体なんなのか。或るのか、無いのか。
そんな時間を創れたらいいなぁって、感じています。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。
ちなみに今日エイプリルフールですが上演しますのでご心配無く。

— 太田基裕 motohiro ota (@motohiro0119) April 1, 2021

2021年秋、演劇調異譚「xxxHOLiC」に四月一日君尋役として出演します！
あの世界観を舞台上でどう表現しお届けできるか、これからとても楽しみです。
皆さん、待っていてください。
よろしくお願いします！#xxxHOLIC

— 阪本奨悟 (@Sakamoto_Shogo) April 1, 2021

In 2003, “xxxHolic” charged onto the Seinen manga scene on Weekly Young Magazine and is still ongoing today. The manga which is originally created by the popular mangaka group known as CLAMP (Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi) who have created series such as “X”, “Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle”, “Angelic Layer”, “Magic Knight Rayearth”, “Chobits” and many other titles.

“xxxHolic” was first released as a film titled “xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 2005. A 24-episode television series followed in 2006 in Japan and a seconds season featuring 13-episodes thereafter.  “

The anime revolves around the character Watanuki Kimihiro, ateenager who attends school and is somewhat a student with not many friends and also a lone child (his parents are no longer living).  He’s also a great cook but his emotions are always high and tends to over-react at things.

Ever since he was younger, he has attracted ghosts (because of his blood) who have been after him and it’s come to the point that it has gotten worse. One day while escaping from the ghosts, he learns that home/shop somehow banished the monsters. Drawn to come inside the home, Watanuki meets the owner Ichihara Yuuko.

Yuuko is a mysterious woman who offers to stop the ghosts from following Watanuki but in return, she will need payment. Watanuki agrees and now his bounded by an agreement to cook for Yuuko everyday.

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