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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 wishes. The shop is owned by Yūko Ichihara, a mysterious witch of many names and esoteric renown. For a price, she offers to grant Watanuki's wish to be rid of the spirits. The price, according to Yūko, must be of equal value; so, as payment, he must become Yūko's temporary, part-time cook and housekeeper.
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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 wishes. The shop is owned by Yūko Ichihara, a mysterious witch of many names and esoteric renown. For a price, she offers to grant Watanuki's wish to be rid of the spirits. The price, according to Yūko, must be of equal value; so, as payment, he must become Yūko's temporary, part-time cook and housekeeper.
Cast, crew and production details
Jun FukuyamaKimihiro Watanuki (voice)
Sayaka OharaYūko Ichihara (voice)
Kazuya NakaiShizuka Dōmeki (voice)
Shizuka ItohHimawari Kunogi (voice)
Mika KikuchiMokona (voice)
Hisayo MochizukiMoro (voice)
Kazuko KojimaMaru (voice)
Eri Sendai
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Episode 1
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.
Directed by Tsutomu MizushimaWritten by Michiko YokoteGuest stars Eri Sendai, Hiro Shimono
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Episode 2
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.
Written by Taiki SakuraiGuest stars Yoko Honna, Fumie Mizusawa
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Episode 3
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.
Directed by Tarou IwasakiWritten by Tsutomu Mizushima
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Episode 4
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.
Directed by Shinsuke TerasawaWritten by Michiko Yokote
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Episode 5
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.
Guest stars Yumiko Kobayashi
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Episode 6
Watanuki and Yūko pay a visit to a client who desires to abandon her addiction to computers.
Written by Miharu Hirami
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Episode 7
A rain sprite (Ame-warashi) seeks Yūko's help to save a friend of hers.
Written by Nanase OkawaGuest stars Akiko Yajima
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Episode 8
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.
Directed by Tarou IwasakiWritten by Michiko Yokote
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Episode 9
Yūko receives a Pipe Fox as payment from Ame-warashi, while another client with bad habit problems arrives at the shop.
Directed by Shinsuke Terasawa
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Episode 10
Yūko decides to arrange a ghost stories meeting with Watanuki and his friends.
Written by Michiko Yokote
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Episode 11
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.
Directed by Daisuke TsukushiWritten by Miharu Hirami
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Episode 12
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?
Directed by Yoshitaka KoyamaWritten by Nanase Okawa
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Episode 13
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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Episode 14
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.
Directed by Yukio KurodaWritten by Michiko Yokote
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Episode 15
The situation involving the twin sisters start to get dangerous as one of them starts to bleed for apparently no reason.
Directed by Shinsuke TerasawaWritten by Michiko Yokote
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Episode 16
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.
Directed by Tarou IwasakiWritten by Miharu Hirami
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Episode 17
Watanuki brings to the shop a woman with an urge to always take irrational decisions in her choices.
Directed by Masahiko WatanabeWritten by Nanase Okawa
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Episode 18
Yūko receives a magic lantern, also called a "ground cherry", and asks Watanuki and Doumeki to take it to a very uncommon festival.
Directed by Tsutomu MizushimaWritten by Tsutomu Mizushima
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Episode 19
Watanuki and the gang, including the Zashiki-warashi and the Ame-warashi, have an interesting snowball fight.
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Episode 20
A desperate customer seeks Yūko's help because she is being haunted by a strange photo that she can't get rid of.
Directed by Yukio KurodaWritten by Nanase Okawa
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Episode 21
Watanuki ignores some old superstitions and put himself in trouble.
Directed by Masahiko WatanabeWritten by Miharu Hirami
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Episode 22
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.
Directed by Shinsuke TerasawaWritten by Michiko Yokote
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Episode 23
As Watanuki has more encounters with the mysterious woman, his condition worsens and Doumeki decides to intervene.
Directed by Tsutomu MizushimaWritten by Michiko Yokote
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Episode 24
Watanuki reminisces about his childhood, when he was saved by a boy who became a precious friend of his.
Directed by Tarou Iwasaki
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