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xxxHOLiC

TV-PG2006•25m•7.2/10

AnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(793)

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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Production

Production I.G

Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 6, 2006

Last Aired

June 26, 2008

Networks

TBS

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Hitsuzen

E1

Hitsuzen

Air date: 2006-04-06

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

E2

Falsehood

Air date: 2006-04-13

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

E3

Angel

Air date: 2006-04-20

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

E4

Divination

Air date: 2006-04-27

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

E5

Word-Chain Game

Air date: 2006-05-04

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

E6

Indulgence

Air date: 2006-05-11

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

Hydrangea

E7

Hydrangea

Air date: 2006-05-18

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

Contract

E8

Contract

Air date: 2006-05-25

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

E9

Promise

Air date: 2006-06-01

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

Candlelight

E10

Candlelight

Air date: 2006-06-06

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

Confession

E11

Confession

Air date: 2006-06-15

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

E12

Summer Shadow

Air date: 2006-06-22

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

E13

Transfiguration

Air date: 2006-06-29

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

Seal

E14

Seal

Air date: 2006-07-06

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

E15

Release

Air date: 2006-07-13

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

Reunion

E16

Reunion

Air date: 2006-07-20

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

E17

Circumstances

Air date: 2006-07-27

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

Hozuki

E18

Hozuki

Air date: 2006-08-03

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

Irrational

E19

Irrational

Air date: 2006-08-10

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

Compensate

E20

Compensate

Air date: 2006-08-17

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

E21

Nail Clippers

Air date: 2006-09-07

Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.

Temptation

E22

Temptation

Air date: 2006-09-14

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

E23

Choice

Air date: 2006-09-21

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

Reminiscence

E24

Reminiscence

Air date: 2006-09-28

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

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)

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