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xxxHOLiC

7.2(796)
First Aired:April 6, 2006
Seasons:2 seasons
Episodes:37
Status:Ended

Kimihiro Watanuki is a high school student plagued by ayakashi spirits, both of which are invisible to everyone else but him. The series begins when Watanuki stumbles, seemingly by chance, into a shop that grants wishes. The shop is owned by Yūko Ichihara, a mysterious witch of many names and esoteric renown. For a price, she offers to grant Watanuki's wish to be rid of the spirits. The price, according to Yūko, must be of equal value; so, as payment, he must become Yūko's temporary, part-time cook and housekeeper.

Cast

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Kimihiro Watanuki (voice)

Sayaka Ohara

Sayaka Ohara

Yūko Ichihara (voice)

Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai

Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)

Shizuka Itoh

Shizuka Itoh

Himawari Kunogi (voice)

Mika Kikuchi

Mika Kikuchi

Mokona (voice)

Hisayo Mochizuki

Hisayo Mochizuki

Moro (voice)

Kazuko Kojima

Kazuko Kojima

Maru (voice)

Seasons

Kimihiro Watanuki can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes. On the way home one day, while plagued by some spirits, he is inexplicably compelled to enter a strange house. There, he encounters Yuuko, a mysterious woman who claims to be able to rid him of the ability to see and attract the troublesome creatures—for a price. She demands that he work at her "store" that grants wishes to people, and thus begins Watanuki's adventures through weird and wonderful events.

Hitsuzen

E1Hitsuzen

25m7.2

Apr 6, 2006

Watanuki's life changes completely when he meets Yūko for the first time. Watanuki is given a job at Yūko's shop, paying off his debt. Mokona, Maru and Moro all make their first appearance in this episode.

Falsehood

E2Falsehood

25m7.5

Apr 13, 2006

A client seeks Yūko's aid because she has problems with her right little finger; Yūko tells her that it is happening because of a bad habit of hers. Watanuki learns more about Yūko while becoming the shop's cook. Himawari-chan and Doumeki both make their first appearance in this episode.

Angel

E3Angel

25m7.2

Apr 20, 2006

Himawari-chan asks for Yūko's help to solve a series of mysterious incidents occurring at the school, involving a game called angel. Yūko meets Himawari-chan, and Watanuki is forced to work with Doumeki. Doumeki begins to learn about his true nature.

Divination

E4Divination

25m7.5

Apr 27, 2006

Yūko decides to show Watanuki what a real Diviner can do. Watanuki learns more about Yūko's powers, while his past is explained. The important butterfly symbolism found throughout the series is also explained.

Word-Chain Game

E5Word-Chain Game

25m7.5

May 4, 2006

Watanuki encounters an uncommon oden shop in the middle of the night, while engaging in a dangerous task with Mokona's aid. Watanuki meets the Fox family and later gives the Young Fox a Haja Arrow. The full moon brings new life to Yūko's shop.

Indulgence

E6Indulgence

25m7.5

May 11, 2006

Watanuki and Yūko pay a visit to a client who desires to abandon her addiction to computers.

Hydrangea

E7Hydrangea

25m7.8

May 18, 2006

A rain sprite (Ame-warashi) seeks Yūko's help to save a friend of hers.

Contract

E8Contract

25m7.5

May 25, 2006

A teacher in Watanuki's school gets her hands into a dangerous item from Yūko's shop, the monkey's paw. The teacher's discovery eventually leads to her downfall and of the monkey's paw choking her.

Promise

E9Promise

25m7.5

Jun 1, 2006

Yūko receives a Pipe Fox as payment from Ame-warashi, while another client with bad habit problems arrives at the shop.

Candlelight

E10Candlelight

25m7.7

Jun 6, 2006

Yūko decides to arrange a ghost stories meeting with Watanuki and his friends.

Confession

E11Confession

25m7.7

Jun 15, 2006

When a Zashiki-warashi accidentally steals Doumeki's soul, Watanuki has to go after her to get it back, aloof to what are her true intentions.

Summer Shadow

E12Summer Shadow

25m7.7

Jun 22, 2006

It's summer and the gang decides to spend some days in a house by the beach. For some reason Doumeki keeps asking Watanuki to call for his help, but he can't figure out why. Unbeknownst to them, there's a ghost lurking inside. When Watanuki discovers this, will he investigate alone?

Transfiguration

E13Transfiguration

25m7.7

Jun 29, 2006

Watanuki investigates a classmate of his who started to behave strangely since a pair of wings started to grow from her back.

Seal

E14Seal

25m7.7

Jul 6, 2006

Watanuki and Doumeki meet a pair of twin sisters and even go to a date with them, but Watanuki can't shake the feeling there is something strange about the older one.

Release

E15Release

25m7.7

Jul 13, 2006

The situation involving the twin sisters start to get dangerous as one of them starts to bleed for apparently no reason.

Reunion

E16Reunion

25m7.7

Jul 20, 2006

In order to make the Pipe Fox revert to its original form, Yūko sends Watanuki to purify it in a mystical mountain, where he meets the Zashiki-warashi again.

Circumstances

E17Circumstances

25m7.7

Jul 27, 2006

Watanuki brings to the shop a woman with an urge to always take irrational decisions in her choices.

Hozuki

E18Hozuki

25m7.7

Aug 3, 2006

Yūko receives a magic lantern, also called a "ground cherry", and asks Watanuki and Doumeki to take it to a very uncommon festival.

Irrational

E19Irrational

25m7.7

Aug 10, 2006

Watanuki and the gang, including the Zashiki-warashi and the Ame-warashi, have an interesting snowball fight.

Compensate

E20Compensate

25m6.8

Aug 17, 2006

A desperate customer seeks Yūko's help because she is being haunted by a strange photo that she can't get rid of.

Nail Clippers

E21Nail Clippers

25m7.7

Sep 7, 2006

Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.

Temptation

E22Temptation

25m7.7

Sep 14, 2006

Watanuki meets a beautiful woman and starts to see her every day hoping to soothe her loneliness, but somehow he starts to get sick and can't figure out the reason.

Choice

E23Choice

25m7.7

Sep 21, 2006

As Watanuki has more encounters with the mysterious woman, his condition worsens and Doumeki decides to intervene.

Reminiscence

E24Reminiscence

25m7.7

Sep 28, 2006

Watanuki reminisces about his childhood, when he was saved by a boy who became a precious friend of his.

Still working to get his wish complete, Watanuki finds himself into more mess than he can handle when certain facts about his everyday life gets revealed and when he needs to learn the lesson of Yuuko the hard way.

Spiderweb

E1Spiderweb

25m

Apr 3, 2008

Due to an unfortunate incident, Doumeki's right eye is covered by a mysterious spider web. Watanuki, feeling guilty for his condition, takes a drastic measure to revert it.

Left Eye

E2Left Eye

25m

Apr 10, 2008

Doumeki studies some occult books looking for a way to restore Watanuki's sight, until a strange creature appears and starts to devour its contents.

Half

E3Half

25m

Apr 24, 2008

After learning that the Zashiki-Warashi disappeared while looking for his right eye's sight, Watanuki rushes to help her. Upon finding her, he also discovers the creature who possesses his stolen eye.

Dream-Buying

E4Dream-Buying

25m

Apr 24, 2008

Watanuki and Yūko encounter a strange creature who deals with dreams and items which come from them.

Affinity - Kohane

E5Affinity - Kohane

25m

May 1, 2008

Watanuki meets Kohane Tsuyuri, a little girl who is famous medium, and he discovers that they have much in common.

Peace - This Flower

E6Peace - This Flower

25m

May 8, 2008

Even without knowing the rules, Watanuki is dragged by Yūko and friends to play some mahjong at Doumeki's place, unaware of their true purpose.

Water Cat

E7Water Cat

25m

May 22, 2008

By the request of the Neko-Musume, Watanuki and Doumeki work together to take the water from a well back to the shop. But they grow more and more suspicious of a woman standing in the window next to the well.

Sound of Bells - Whisper

E8Sound of Bells - Whisper

25m

May 22, 2008

A girl claiming her house is filled with scary and strange noises seeks Yūko's aid.

Rumor

E9Rumor

25m

May 29, 2008

After learning that Kohane is being harassed by the public as many believe her powers are a fraud, Watanuki pays a visit to her.

No Return - Awareness

E10No Return - Awareness

25m

Jun 5, 2008

Tired of seeing Kohane being harassed by the media and mistreated by her own mother, Watanuki takes her to the shop.

Secret - Alone

E11Secret - Alone

25m

Jun 12, 2008

Watanuki's little finger continues to hurt and he becomes more suspicious of Himawari. In the following day, he suffers a serious accident just after she touches him.

Truth

E12Truth

25m

Jun 19, 2008

Watanuki learns that Doumeki and Himawari became Yūko's clients in order to save his life and hears from Himawari the truth about her.

Repaying Kindness

E13Repaying Kindness

25m

Jun 26, 2008

All is well now and Watanuki is now doing his regular errands for Yūko. Upon coming home from grocery shopping, he meets the Fox who is the son of the oden shop owner. He wanted to thank watanuki so he offered him fox oden. After eating the fox oden Watanuki wanted to thank to fox so he asked Yūko to grant him the wish to able to meet the fox spirit again.

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Kimihiro Watanuki is a high school student plagued by ayakashi spirits, both of which are invisible to everyone else but him. The series begins when Watanuki stumbles, seemingly by chance, into a shop that grants wishes. The shop is owned by Yūko Ichihara, a mysterious witch of many names and esoteric renown. For a price, she offers to grant Watanuki's wish to be rid of the spirits. The price, according to Yūko, must be of equal value; so, as payment, he must become Yūko's temporary, part-time cook and housekeeper.

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