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The Best Episodes of xxxHOLiC

Every episode of xxxHOLiC ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of xxxHOLiC!

The Best Episodes of 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...
  1. 7.8/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Hydrangea

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    S1:E7

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

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    Director:N/A
  2. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Candlelight

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    S1:E10

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

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    Director:N/A
  3. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Confession

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    S1:E11

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  4. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Summer Shadow

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    S1:E12

    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?

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  5. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Transfiguration

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    S1:E13

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Seal

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    S1:E14

    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.

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  8. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Release

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    S1:E15

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

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  9. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Reunion

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    S1:E16

    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.

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    Director:Tarou Iwasaki
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Circumstances

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    S1:E17

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

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  11. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Hozuki

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    S1:E18

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

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  12. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Irrational

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    S1:E19

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Nail Clippers

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    S1:E21

    Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.

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  14. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Temptation

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    S1:E22

    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.

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  15. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Choice

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    S1:E23

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

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  16. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Reminiscence

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    S1:E24

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

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    Director:Tarou Iwasaki
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Falsehood

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
  18. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Divination

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    S1:E4

    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.

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  19. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Word-Chain Game

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Indulgence

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Contract

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    S1:E8

    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.

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  22. 7.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Promise

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    S1:E9

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

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    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.2/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Hitsuzen

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  24. 7.2/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Angel

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    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.

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  25. 6.8/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Compensate

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    S1:E20

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

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    Director:Yukio Kuroda
  26. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Spiderweb

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    Due to an unfortunate incident, Doumeki's right eye is covered by a mysterious spider web. Watanuki, feeling guilty for his condition, takes a drastic measure to revert it.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Hydrangea" is the best rated episode of "xxxHOLiC". It scored 7.8/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Nanase Okawa, it aired on 5/18/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Candlelight".