xxxHOLiC Season 1

April. 06,2006      TV-PG
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Trailer Synopsis

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.

Episode 24 : Reminiscence
September. 28,2006
Watanuki reminisces about his childhood, when he was saved by a boy who became a precious friend of his.
Episode 23 : Choice
September. 21,2006
As Watanuki has more encounters with the mysterious woman, his condition worsens and Doumeki decides to intervene.
Episode 22 : Temptation
September. 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.
Episode 21 : Nail Clippers
September. 07,2006
Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.
Episode 20 : Compensate
August. 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.
Episode 19 : Irrational
August. 10,2006
Watanuki and the gang, including the Zashiki-warashi and the Ame-warashi, have an interesting snowball fight.
Episode 18 : Hozuki
August. 03,2006
Yūko receives a magic lantern, also called a "ground cherry", and asks Watanuki and Doumeki to take it to a very uncommon festival.
Episode 17 : Circumstances
July. 27,2006
Watanuki brings to the shop a woman with an urge to always take irrational decisions in her choices.
Episode 16 : Reunion
July. 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.
Episode 15 : Release
July. 13,2006
The situation involving the twin sisters start to get dangerous as one of them starts to bleed for apparently no reason.
Episode 14 : Seal
July. 06,2006
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.
Episode 13 : Transfiguration
June. 29,2006
Watanuki investigates a classmate of his who started to behave strangely since a pair of wings started to grow from her back.
Episode 12 : Summer Shadow
June. 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?
Episode 11 : Confession
June. 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.
Episode 10 : Candlelight
June. 06,2006
Yūko decides to arrange a ghost stories meeting with Watanuki and his friends.
Episode 9 : Promise
June. 01,2006
Yūko receives a Pipe Fox as payment from Ame-warashi, while another client with bad habit problems arrives at the shop.
Episode 8 : Contract
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.
Episode 7 : Hydrangea
May. 18,2006
A rain sprite (Ame-warashi) seeks Yūko's help to save a friend of hers.
Episode 6 : Indulgence
May. 11,2006
Watanuki and Yūko pay a visit to a client who desires to abandon her addiction to computers.
Episode 5 : Word-Chain Game
May. 04,2006
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.
Episode 4 : Divination
April. 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.
Episode 3 : Angel
April. 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.
Episode 2 : Falsehood
April. 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.
Episode 1 : Hitsuzen
April. 06,2006
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.

Seasons

Season 2
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.
Season 2 2008
Season 1
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.
Season 1 2006

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