Episode guide
xxxHOLiC: xxxHolic
24 episodes · first aired Apr 6, 2006
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.
- 1 Hitsuzen Apr 6, 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…
- 2 Falsehood Apr 13, 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…
- 3 Angel Apr 20, 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…
- 4 Divination Apr 27, 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…
- 5 Word-Chain Game May 4, 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…
- 6 Indulgence May 11, 2006 · 25m Watanuki and Yūko pay a visit to a client who desires to abandon her addiction to computers.
- 7 Hydrangea May 18, 2006 · 25m A rain sprite (Ame-warashi) seeks Yūko's help to save a friend of hers.
- 8 Contract May 25, 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…
- 9 Promise Jun 1, 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 Jun 6, 2006 · 25m Yūko decides to arrange a ghost stories meeting with Watanuki and his friends.
- 11 Confession Jun 15, 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 Jun 22, 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…
- 13 Transfiguration Jun 29, 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 Jul 6, 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 Jul 13, 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 Jul 20, 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 Jul 27, 2006 · 25m Watanuki brings to the shop a woman with an urge to always take irrational decisions in her choices.
- 18 Hozuki Aug 3, 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 Aug 10, 2006 · 25m Watanuki and the gang, including the Zashiki-warashi and the Ame-warashi, have an interesting snowball fight.
- 20 Compensate Aug 17, 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 Sep 7, 2006 · 25m Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.
- 22 Temptation Sep 14, 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 Sep 21, 2006 · 25m As Watanuki has more encounters with the mysterious woman, his condition worsens and Doumeki decides to intervene.
- 24 Reminiscence Sep 28, 2006 · 25m Watanuki reminisces about his childhood, when he was saved by a boy who became a precious friend of his.