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xxxHOLiC

2006 · 2 seasons · 37 episodes · Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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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.

Seasons

2 seasons · 37 episodes

1
Hitsuzen

6 Apr 2006 25m

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.
2
Falsehood

13 Apr 2006 25m

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.
3
Angel

20 Apr 2006 25m

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.
4
Divination

27 Apr 2006 25m

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.
5
Word-Chain Game

4 May 2006 25m

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.
6
Indulgence

11 May 2006 25m

Watanuki and Yūko pay a visit to a client who desires to abandon her addiction to computers.
7
Hydrangea

18 May 2006 25m

A rain sprite (Ame-warashi) seeks Yūko's help to save a friend of hers.
8
Contract

25 May 2006 25m

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.
9
Promise

1 Jun 2006 25m

Yūko receives a Pipe Fox as payment from Ame-warashi, while another client with bad habit problems arrives at the shop.
10
Candlelight

6 Jun 2006 25m

Yūko decides to arrange a ghost stories meeting with Watanuki and his friends.
11
Confession

15 Jun 2006 25m

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.
12
Summer Shadow

22 Jun 2006 25m

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?
13
Transfiguration

29 Jun 2006 25m

Watanuki investigates a classmate of his who started to behave strangely since a pair of wings started to grow from her back.
14
Seal

6 Jul 2006 25m

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.
15
Release

13 Jul 2006 25m

The situation involving the twin sisters start to get dangerous as one of them starts to bleed for apparently no reason.
16
Reunion

20 Jul 2006 25m

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.
17
Circumstances

27 Jul 2006 25m

Watanuki brings to the shop a woman with an urge to always take irrational decisions in her choices.
18
Hozuki

3 Aug 2006 25m

Yūko receives a magic lantern, also called a "ground cherry", and asks Watanuki and Doumeki to take it to a very uncommon festival.
19
Irrational

10 Aug 2006 25m

Watanuki and the gang, including the Zashiki-warashi and the Ame-warashi, have an interesting snowball fight.
20
Compensate

17 Aug 2006 25m

A desperate customer seeks Yūko's help because she is being haunted by a strange photo that she can't get rid of.
21
Nail Clippers

7 Sept 2006 25m

Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.
22
Temptation

14 Sept 2006 25m

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.
23
Choice

21 Sept 2006 25m

As Watanuki has more encounters with the mysterious woman, his condition worsens and Doumeki decides to intervene.
24
Reminiscence

28 Sept 2006 25m

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