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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...

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  1. Background image for Choice
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    #1 - Choice

    S1:E23

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

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  2. Background image for Divination
    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #2 - Divination

    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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  3. Background image for Candlelight
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #3 - Candlelight

    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Unknown
  4. Background image for Release
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #4 - Release

    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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  5. Background image for Hozuki
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #5 - Hozuki

    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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    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #6 - Temptation

    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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  8. Background image for Contract
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #7 - Contract

    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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  9. Background image for Summer Shadow
    7.8/10(36 votes)

    #8 - Summer Shadow

    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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  10. Background image for Reunion
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    #9 - Reunion

    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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  11. Background image for Circumstances
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #10 - Circumstances

    S1:E17

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

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    7.8/10(36 votes)

    #11 - Irrational

    S1:E19

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Truth
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Truth

    S2:E12

    Watanuki learns that Doumeki and Himawari became Yūko's clients in order to save his life and hears from Himawari the truth about her.

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  14. Background image for Indulgence
    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #13 - Indulgence

    S1:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #14 - Promise

    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:Unknown
  16. Background image for Confession
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Confession

    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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  17. Background image for Transfiguration
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #16 - Transfiguration

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Seal
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Seal

    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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  19. Background image for Reminiscence
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #18 - Reminiscence

    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:Unknown
  20. Background image for Half
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    #19 - Half

    S2:E3

    After learning that the Zashiki-Warashi disappeared while looking for his right eye's sight, Watanuki rushes to help her. Upon finding her, he also discovers the creature who possesses his stolen eye.

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  21. Background image for Secret - Alone
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #20 - Secret - Alone

    S2:E11

    Watanuki's little finger continues to hurt and he becomes more suspicious of Himawari. In the following day, he suffers a serious accident just after she touches him.

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    Director:Unknown
  22. Background image for Word-Chain Game
    7.6/10(45 votes)

    #21 - Word-Chain Game

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Hydrangea
    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #22 - Hydrangea

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
  24. Background image for Spiderweb
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #23 - Spiderweb

    S2:E1

    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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  25. Background image for Dream-Buying
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #24 - Dream-Buying

    S2:E4

    Watanuki and Yūko encounter a strange creature who deals with dreams and items which come from them.

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    Director:Unknown
  26. Background image for Affinity - Kohane
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #25 - Affinity - Kohane

    S2:E5

    Watanuki meets Kohane Tsuyuri, a little girl who is famous medium, and he discovers that they have much in common.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Choice" is the best rated episode of "xxxHOLiC". It scored 8.2/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and written by Michiko Yokote, it aired on 9/21/2006. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Divination".