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The Best Episodes of xxxHOLiC Season 1

Every episode of xxxHOLiC Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of xxxHOLiC Season 1!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 8 - Contract
    8.1/10(53 votes)

    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.

    Director:Tarou Iwasaki
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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  2. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 22 - Temptation
    8.1/10(48 votes)

    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.

    Director:Shinsuke Terasawa
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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  3. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 23 - Choice
    8.1/10(52 votes)

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Tsutomu Mizushima
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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  4. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 15 - Release
    8.0/10(48 votes)

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Shinsuke Terasawa
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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  5. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 16 - Reunion
    8.0/10(48 votes)

    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.

    Director:Tarou Iwasaki
    Writer:Miharu Hirami

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  6. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 18 - Hozuki
    8.0/10(47 votes)

    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.

    Director:Tsutomu Mizushima
    Writer:Tsutomu Mizushima

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  7. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 4 - Divination
    7.9/10(57 votes)

    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.

    Director:Shinsuke Terasawa
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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  8. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 10 - Candlelight
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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  9. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 12 - Summer Shadow
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    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?

    Director:Yoshitaka Koyama
    Writer:Nanase Okawa

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  10. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 17 - Circumstances
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    S1:E17

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

    Director:Masahiko Watanabe
    Writer:Nanase Okawa

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  11. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 7 - Hydrangea
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nanase Okawa

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  12. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 11 - Confession
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    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.

    Director:Daisuke Tsukushi
    Writer:Miharu Hirami

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  13. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 13 - Transfiguration
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 19 - Irrational
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 24 - Reminiscence
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    S1:E24

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

    Director:Tarou Iwasaki
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 6 - Indulgence
    7.7/10(52 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Miharu Hirami

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  17. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 9 - Promise
    7.7/10(51 votes)

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Shinsuke Terasawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 14 - Seal
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    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.

    Director:Yukio Kuroda
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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  19. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 5 - Word-Chain Game
    7.6/10(56 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 20 - Compensate
    7.5/10(47 votes)

    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.

    Director:Yukio Kuroda
    Writer:Nanase Okawa

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  21. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 3 - Angel
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Tarou Iwasaki
    Writer:Tsutomu Mizushima

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  22. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 21 - Nail Clippers
    7.4/10(46 votes)

    S1:E21

    Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.

    Director:Masahiko Watanabe
    Writer:Miharu Hirami

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  23. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 2 - Falsehood
    7.3/10(64 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Taiki Sakurai

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  24. xxxHOLiC Season 1 Episode 1 - Hitsuzen
    7.2/10(83 votes)

    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.

    Director:Tsutomu Mizushima
    Writer:Michiko Yokote

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Contract" is the best rated episode of "xxxHOLiC" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Tarou Iwasaki and written by Michiko Yokote, it aired on 5/25/2006. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Temptation".