“There’s no such thing as a coincidence in this world. There is only the inevitable.“ Kimihiro Watanuki is a young man who is a magnet for supernatural creatures. One day he comes across a certain shop. There he meets a woman named Yuko Ichihara, who claims she can help him with his supernatural problem for a price, and orders him to work at her shop. Having been more-or-less strong-armed into working at the shop, Kimihiro Watanuki becomes involved in many mysterious happenings, involving his classmates Shizuka Domeki and Himawari Kunogi along the way.

The story began publication in “Weekly Young Magazine“ (KODANSHA) in 2003. As the story progresses, it becomes closely linked with that in “Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-“, a novel approach to storytelling that attracted a lot of attention. Yuko Ichihara’s personality, where she knows everything and tells nothing, makes her a perfect comedic foil for Kimihiro Watanuki. Yuko’s declaration that “for everything you wish, you have to pay an equal price in return“ could also be considered a message for how the real world works. In 2009 the story continued in “xxxHOLiC Rou“, which completed in 2011, and then the story was picked up again in “xxxHOLiC Rei“ from 2013. A television anime was also released, with 24 episodes in season 1 and 13 episodes in season 2. In addition there was an animated film titled “xxxHOLiC A Midsummer Night’s Dream“ and a two-part original animated video titled “xxxHOLiC Spring Dreams Chronicle“ that was included in the first-press editions of volumes 14 and 15 of the manga. In 2013, WOWOW produced a television drama, and in 2022 a live-action film directed by Mika Ninagawa was released in theaters.