xxxHOLiC
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.
Episodes
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.
1Hitsuzen
25 minApr 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.
2Falsehood
25 minApr 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.
3Angel
25 minApr 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.
4Divination
25 minApr 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.
5Word-Chain Game
25 minMay 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.
6Indulgence
25 minMay 11, 2006
Watanuki and Yūko pay a visit to a client who desires to abandon her addiction to computers.
7Hydrangea
25 minMay 18, 2006
A rain sprite (Ame-warashi) seeks Yūko's help to save a friend of hers.
8Contract
25 minMay 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.
9Promise
25 minJun 1, 2006
Yūko receives a Pipe Fox as payment from Ame-warashi, while another client with bad habit problems arrives at the shop.
10Candlelight
25 minJun 6, 2006
Yūko decides to arrange a ghost stories meeting with Watanuki and his friends.
11Confession
25 minJun 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.
12Summer Shadow
25 minJun 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?
13Transfiguration
25 minJun 29, 2006
Watanuki investigates a classmate of his who started to behave strangely since a pair of wings started to grow from her back.
14Seal
25 minJul 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.
15Release
25 minJul 13, 2006
The situation involving the twin sisters start to get dangerous as one of them starts to bleed for apparently no reason.
16Reunion
25 minJul 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.
17Circumstances
25 minJul 27, 2006
Watanuki brings to the shop a woman with an urge to always take irrational decisions in her choices.
18Hozuki
25 minAug 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.
19Irrational
25 minAug 10, 2006
Watanuki and the gang, including the Zashiki-warashi and the Ame-warashi, have an interesting snowball fight.
20Compensate
25 minAug 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.
21Nail Clippers
25 minSep 7, 2006
Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.
22Temptation
25 minSep 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.
23Choice
25 minSep 21, 2006
As Watanuki has more encounters with the mysterious woman, his condition worsens and Doumeki decides to intervene.
24Reminiscence
25 minSep 28, 2006
Watanuki reminisces about his childhood, when he was saved by a boy who became a precious friend of his.
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