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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.
Cast

Jun Fukuyama
Kimihiro Watanuki (voice)

Sayaka Ohara
Yūko Ichihara (voice)

Kazuya Nakai
Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)

Shizuka Itoh
Himawari Kunogi (voice)

Mika Kikuchi
Mokona (voice)

Hisayo Mochizuki
Moro (voice)

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.

E1Hitsuzen
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.

E2Falsehood
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.

E3Angel
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.

E4Divination
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.

E5Word-Chain Game
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.

E6Indulgence
May 11, 2006
Watanuki and Yūko pay a visit to a client who desires to abandon her addiction to computers.

E7Hydrangea
May 18, 2006
A rain sprite (Ame-warashi) seeks Yūko's help to save a friend of hers.

E8Contract
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.

E9Promise
Jun 1, 2006
Yūko receives a Pipe Fox as payment from Ame-warashi, while another client with bad habit problems arrives at the shop.

E10Candlelight
Jun 6, 2006
Yūko decides to arrange a ghost stories meeting with Watanuki and his friends.

E11Confession
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.

E12Summer Shadow
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?

E13Transfiguration
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.

E14Seal
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.

E15Release
Jul 13, 2006
The situation involving the twin sisters start to get dangerous as one of them starts to bleed for apparently no reason.

E16Reunion
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.

E17Circumstances
Jul 27, 2006
Watanuki brings to the shop a woman with an urge to always take irrational decisions in her choices.

E18Hozuki
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.

E19Irrational
Aug 10, 2006
Watanuki and the gang, including the Zashiki-warashi and the Ame-warashi, have an interesting snowball fight.

E20Compensate
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.

E21Nail Clippers
Sep 7, 2006
Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.

E22Temptation
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.

E23Choice
Sep 21, 2006
As Watanuki has more encounters with the mysterious woman, his condition worsens and Doumeki decides to intervene.

E24Reminiscence
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.

E1Spiderweb
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.

E2Left Eye
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.

E3Half
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.

E4Dream-Buying
Apr 24, 2008
Watanuki and Yūko encounter a strange creature who deals with dreams and items which come from them.

E5Affinity - Kohane
May 1, 2008
Watanuki meets Kohane Tsuyuri, a little girl who is famous medium, and he discovers that they have much in common.

E6Peace - This Flower
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.

E7Water Cat
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.

E8Sound of Bells - Whisper
May 22, 2008
A girl claiming her house is filled with scary and strange noises seeks Yūko's aid.

E9Rumor
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.

E10No Return - Awareness
Jun 5, 2008
Tired of seeing Kohane being harassed by the media and mistreated by her own mother, Watanuki takes her to the shop.

E11Secret - Alone
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.

E12Truth
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.

E13Repaying Kindness
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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Storyline
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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