6.5/1021 votesLoading...#1 - Sound of Bells - Whisper
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2008
A girl claiming her house is filled with scary and strange noises seeks Yūko's aid.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1022 votesLoading...#2 - No Return - Awareness
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/2008
Tired of seeing Kohane being harassed by the media and mistreated by her own mother, Watanuki takes her to the shop.
Director: Shinsuke Terasawa
Writer: Michiko Yokote
6.7/1022 votesLoading...#3 - Rumor
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/29/2008
After learning that Kohane is being harassed by the public as many believe her powers are a fraud, Watanuki pays a visit to her.
Director: Masahiko Watanabe
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.1/1065 votesLoading...#4 - Hitsuzen
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2006
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.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.1/1020 votesLoading...#5 - Peace - This Flower
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/8/2008
Even without knowing the rules, Watanuki is dragged by Yūko and friends to play some mahjong at Doumeki's place, unaware of their true purpose.
Director: N/A
Writer: Daishiro Tanimura
7.3/1049 votesLoading...#6 - Falsehood
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2006
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.3/1044 votesLoading...#7 - Word-Chain Game
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2006
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1041 votesLoading...#8 - Hydrangea
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2006
A rain sprite (Ame-warashi) seeks Yūko's help to save a friend of hers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Nanase Okawa
7.3/1035 votesLoading...#9 - Nail Clippers
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/7/2006
Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.
Director: Masahiko Watanabe
Writer: Miharu Hirami
7.3/1020 votesLoading...#10 - Water Cat
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 5/22/2008
By the request of the Neko-Musume, Watanuki and Doumeki work together to take the water from a well back to the shop. But they grow more and more suspicious of a woman standing in the window next to the well.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1042 votesLoading...#11 - Angel
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2006
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.
Director: Tarou Iwasaki
Writer: Tsutomu Mizushima
7.4/1037 votesLoading...#12 - Seal
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/6/2006
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.
Director: Yukio Kuroda
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.4/1035 votesLoading...#13 - Compensate
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/17/2006
A desperate customer seeks Yūko's help because she is being haunted by a strange photo that she can't get rid of.
Director: Yukio Kuroda
Writer: Nanase Okawa
7.4/1020 votesLoading...#14 - Left Eye
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2008
Doumeki studies some occult books looking for a way to restore Watanuki's sight, until a strange creature appears and starts to devour its contents.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.5/1040 votesLoading...#15 - Contract
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/2006
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.
Director: Tarou Iwasaki
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.5/1036 votesLoading...#16 - Reunion
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/2006
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.
Director: Tarou Iwasaki
Writer: N/A
7.5/1017 votesLoading...#17 - Repaying Kindness
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/2008
All is well now and Watanuki is now doing his regular errands for Yūko. Upon coming home from grocery shopping, he meets the Fox who is the son of the oden shop owner. He wanted to thank watanuki so he offered him fox oden. After eating the fox oden Watanuki wanted to thank to fox so he asked Yūko to grant him the wish to able to meet the fox spirit again.
Director: N/A
Writer: Daishiro Tanimura
7.6/1044 votesLoading...#18 - Divination
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2006
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.
Director: Shinsuke Terasawa
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.6/1039 votesLoading...#19 - Indulgence
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2006
Watanuki and Yūko pay a visit to a client who desires to abandon her addiction to computers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1038 votesLoading...#20 - Promise
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2006
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: N/A
7.6/1036 votesLoading...#21 - Confession
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2006
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1037 votesLoading...#22 - Release
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2006
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
7.6/1037 votesLoading...#23 - Hozuki
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/3/2006
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
7.6/1037 votesLoading...#24 - Reminiscence
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/28/2006
Watanuki reminisces about his childhood, when he was saved by a boy who became a precious friend of his.
Director: Tarou Iwasaki
Writer: N/A
7.6/1034 votesLoading...#25 - Spiderweb
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2008
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.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Michiko Yokote
The Worst Episodes of xxxHOLiC
Every episode of xxxHOLiC ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:TBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Sound of Bells - Whisper" is the worst rated episode of "xxxHOLiC". It scored 6.5/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/22/2008. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "No Return - Awareness".