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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name           = xxxHolic
| image           = XxxHolic vol1 Cover.jpg
| caption         = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover
| genre           = [[Dark fantasy]]<ref name="9month-hiatus">{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=CLAMP's xxxHOLiC: Rei Manga to Return From 9-Month Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-18/clamp-xxxholic-rei-manga-to-return-from-9-month-hiatus/.87252|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 27, 2018|date=April 18, 2015|archive-date=April 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418151451/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-18/clamp-xxxholic-rei-manga-to-return-from-9-month-hiatus/.87252|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
| italic title    = no
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| author       = [[Clamp (manga artists)|Clamp]]
| publisher    = [[Kodansha]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|UK=[[Tanoshimi]]|NA=[[Kodansha USA]]}}
| imprint      = {{Ubl|KCDX (2003–11)|YMKCDX (2013–)}}
| magazine     = {{Ubl|[[Weekly Young Magazine]] {{noitalic|(2003–10, 2013–present)}}|[[Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine]] {{noitalic|(2010–2011)}}}}
| first        = February 24, 2003
| last         =
| volumes      = 24
| volume_list  = List of xxxHolic chapters 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title           = Series titles
|content         = 
# ''xxxHolic'' (2003–2011, 19 volumes)
# ''xxxHolic Rei'' (2013–present, 5 volumes)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Tsutomu Mizushima]]
| producer        = {{Ubl|Toru Kawaguchi|Shuichi Machida|Junji Seki|Tetsuya Watanabe|Tsuyoshi Yoshida|Nanase Ohkawa}}
| writer          = {{Ubl|[[Nanase Ohkawa]]|[[Michiko Yokote]]}}
| music           = [[S.E.N.S.]]
| studio          = [[Production I.G]]
| licensee        = [[Crunchyroll]]
| network         = [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
| network_en      = {{English anime network|SEA=[[Animax (Asian TV channel)|Animax]]|US=[[Funimation Channel]]}}
| first           = April 6, 2006
| last            = June 26, 2008
| episodes        = 37 + 4 OVAs
| episode_list    = List of xxxHolic episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = novel
| title        = xxxHolic: AnotherHolic
| author       = [[Nisio Isin]]
| illustrator  = Clamp
| publisher    = Kodansha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Del Rey Manga]]}}
| published    = August 1, 2006
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = Anime film
| content         = 
*''[[xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (2005)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title          = Live-action television series
| content        = 
*''[[xxxHolic (miniseries)|CLAMP Drama xxxHolic]]'' (2013)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title          = Stage play
| content        =
*''xxxHolic'' (2021)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title          = Live-action film
| content        =
*''[[xxxHolic (film)|xxxHolic]]'' (2022)
}}
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'''''xxxHolic''''' (stylized as '''''×××HOLiC'''''; pronounced "Holic") is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by the manga group [[Clamp (manga artists)|Clamp]]. The series, which crosses over with another Clamp work, ''[[Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle]]'', revolves around [[Kimihiro Watanuki]], a high school student who is disturbed by his ability to see the supernatural, and [[Yūko Ichihara]], a powerful [[witch]] who owns a wish-granting shop. When Watanuki asks Ichihara to remove his ability to see spirits, she grants it on the condition that he pay for his wish by working for her. Clamp created ''xxxHolic'' to link the supernatural and fantasy series.

''xxxHolic'' was serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Young Magazine]]'' periodically from February 2003 until March 2010. It then moved to the [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine]]'' in June 2010, where it ended serialization in February 2011; its chapters were collected in 19 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. A sequel, ''xxxHolic: Rei'', started in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' in 2013. It was first published in the United States by [[Del Rey Manga]] and in the United Kingdom by [[Tanoshimi]] in 2004, then was later published in a series of omnibuses by [[Kodansha Comics]] as of 2014. In 2005, [[Production I.G]] adapted the manga into an [[anime|animated]] film, which was followed by two anime television series, and various [[original video animation]]s (<abbr>OVAs</abbr>). [[Funimation]] licensed the film and the first TV series in North America, and released both of them in DVD as well as [[Blu-ray Disc]]. A [[light novel]] and a video game have also been released based on the series.

The manga has been well received by both Japanese and English readers and has appeared in various rankings of bestselling books. Critics have generally praised the series for its illustrations and its portrayal of supernatural elements.

==Plot==
{{See also|List of xxxHolic characters{{!}}List of ''xxxHolic'' characters}}
[[Kimihiro Watanuki]] is a high school student plagued by [[ayakashi (yōkai)|ayakashi]] spirits 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. While his established job consists of household chores, Yūko increasingly sends him on errands of a supernatural or spiritual nature as the series develops. [[List of xxxHolic characters#Himawari Kunogi|Himawari Kunogi]], Watanuki's love interest, and [[List of xxxHolic characters#Shizuka Dōmeki|Shizuka Dōmeki]], a classmate whom Watanuki initially detests, occasionally join him in his work as per Yūko's request. The three become increasingly close, and though Watanuki is often annoyed with Dōmeki, he grows to value the new friendships he makes and his life at the wish shop. At the same time, though, he begins to worry about Yūko, wondering if she who grants wishes to others ever has anything to wish for herself. Eventually, he makes a promise to try and grant her a wish, should she have one.

With each supernatural encounter, Watanuki becomes more familiar with and connected to the spiritual world. A crossing plotline with the concurrent series ''[[Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle]]'' reveals that Yūko is actually on the verge of death, and she is only alive now because her personal time was accidentally frozen long ago by the powerful wizard [[Clow Reed]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 27|year= 2010|author=Clamp|publisher= [[Del Rey Manga]]|chapter=Chapitre 215|isbn= 978-0-345-52071-5 }}</ref> As the magic binding her in time begins to dissolve, Yūko's ability to maintain the shop's magical existence fades, and she eventually passes on, telling Watanuki that he will finally be free of his ability to see demons. However, Watanuki chooses to retain his ability to see spirits in order to maintain Yūko's shop and take over her role of shopkeeper. Further cross-over plotlines reveal that Watanuki was born as a result of a wish to turn back time by a shop client, [[List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle characters#Tsubasa (Syaoran)|Syaoran]] of ''Tsubasa''. Since Syaoran was able to go back in time (at the cost of being removed from his timeline and becoming imprisoned by the sorcerer [[Fei-Wang Reed]]), Watanuki was born to replace the void in timespace Syaoran left behind, and thus while they are different people, they share an "existence". As the series reaches its conclusion, Syaoran and Watanuki become trapped in a void by Fei-Wang and must pay a price to become free and continue existing. While Syaoran decides to keep traveling through dimensions, never stopping in a single place, Watanuki chooses to stay inside the shop and act as its owner, granting wishes until the day he sees Yūko again. As time progresses, Watanuki continues working in the shop without aging. Dōmeki, his assistant, frequently visits him, and the tradition continues with Dōmeki's descendants. After 100 years pass, Watanuki has a dream of Yūko, who tells him that he has finally become powerful enough to leave the shop. Despite this, he decides to continue waiting inside the shop for the day that they meet again.

==Background==
''xxxHolic'' was conceived when the group Clamp wanted to link the supernatural and fantasy series they made with a realistic one. This idea was further worked with the creation of the character of Yūko Ichihara who would bridge the stories from ''xxxHolic'' and ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle''.<ref name="staffinter">{{cite web|title=Interview with Ageha Ohkawa and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa|author=Chang, Chih-Chieh|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 2, 2006|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2006-03-02/7|access-date=November 11, 2010|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231001/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2006-03-02/7|url-status=live}}</ref> Clamp proposed the idea of writing ''xxxHolic'' to ''Young Magazine'' after ''[[Chobits]]''. In the end they decided to publish both ''xxxHolic'' and ''Tsubasa'' in weekly magazines to make serialization easier. The manga's title was originally going to be "addicted" but it was changed for the less ambiguous "holic." Like Clamp's previous work ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'', ''xxxHolic'' focuses on social pathologies but with a more esoteric tone.<ref>{{cite book|title=Clamp no Kiseki, Vol. 10|publisher=Tokyopop|page=5|year=2005|author=Clamp}}</ref>
The "xxx" before the holic is the Japanese way of saying of "fill in the blank." Therefore, the title itself gives a hint about what the series are about. It is talking about the people with the problems such as an alcoholic, or a workaholic. Being a fantastical series, these "---holics " can have very different pathologies.

The art style of the manga draws on the influence of [[ukiyo-e]] wood prints.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7D9103EF93BA15752C1A9609C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 Four Mothers of Manga Gain American Fans With Expertise in a Variety of Visual Styles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108184134/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7D9103EF93BA15752C1A9609C8B63|date=November 8, 2012 }}. New York Times. Retrieved on April 15, 2009.</ref> When making a chapter composed of about twenty pages, Clamp takes around two days to make the artwork, the time differing with the ones from other series they made.<ref name="animexpointer">{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenixanime.com/ax06/page5.htm|title=Anime Expo 15 Cosplay 2006|publisher=John (Phoenix) Brown|date=January 11, 2009|access-date=April 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715075252/https://www.phoenixanime.com/ax06/page5.htm|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> The script of the series made by [[Nanase Ohkawa]], who the other Clamp members ask her about any confusion they have before starting drawing the chapters. The illustrations and character designs are mainly done by [[Tsubaki Nekoi]] with assistance from [[Mokona]], although [[Satsuki Igarashi]] also draws various parts. For the series, they decided to use Japanese and Chinese themes, but avoided using tones. Mokona is mainly in charge of designing the female characters, while Nekoi draws the male ones and all the spirits featured. The artwork is also inspired by [[Alphonse Mucha]] who Mokona is a fan of. This leads to all the ''tankobon'' covers being gold or silver and then color printed over it.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clamp|author-link=Clamp (manga artists)|others=translanted and adapted by William Flanagan|title=The Official xxxHOLiC Guide|publisher=[[Del Rey Manga]]|year=2009|location=New York|pages=154–163|isbn=978-0-345-51000-6}}</ref> The series was retitled ''xxxHolic Rō'' ever since volume 16 because of how Watanuki replaced Yuko as the shop's owner.<ref name="finalinter"/>

When first presenting the idea of running ''xxxHolic'' linked with ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', although Ohkawa expressed concerns for the strain the weekly pace of such a series would place on the artists, she whole-heartedly approved. In accordance with Ohkawa's desire for each to have a well-organized story, Clamp avoids putting references between the two stories too frequently.<ref name="Character Guide 1 Interview">{{cite book|last=Clamp|author-link=Clamp (manga artists)|others=translanted and adapted by William Flanagan|title=Tsubasa CHARACTer GuiDE|publisher=[[Del Rey Manga|Del Rey]]|year=2006|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/tsubasacharacter00clam/page/126 126–132]|isbn=0-345-49484-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/tsubasacharacter00clam/page/126 }}</ref> The reasons for linking these two series was because Clamp wanted to have two protagonists from two different manga with different personalities and design, yet during the ending they would be stated to be same person, and had to go on different paths. Because ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' was more focused on action scenes, Clamp sometimes took breaks from ''xxxHolic'' or create autoconclusive stories so that the storyline between the two series would always be linked.<ref name="finalinter">{{cite web|script-title=ja:CLAMP ：「想像以上に大変でした」"×××HOLiC""ツバサ"異例の並行連載7年を振り返る|language=ja|publisher=[[Mainichi Shimbun]]|date=March 5, 2011|url=https://mantan-web.jp/2011/03/05/20110305dog00m200014000c.html|trans-title=CLAMP: "It was hard to imagine more "×××HOLiC" "Tsubasa" looking back on an unprecedented 7 year simultaneous serialization|access-date=March 9, 2011|archive-date=December 19, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219111109/https://mantan-web.jp/2011/03/05/20110305dog00m200014000c.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2010, Clamp stated that the ''xxxHolic'' was taking longer than what they expected, causing delays to some of their other works.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sakura Con 2010 Dark Horse Comics Industry Panel|author=Hodgkins, Crystalyn|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 8, 2010|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2010/sakura-con/dark-horse-comics-industry-panel|access-date=January 11, 2011|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629001904/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2010/sakura-con/dark-horse-comics-industry-panel|url-status=live}}</ref> When the manga finished serialization, Clamp felt it was more the ending from ''xxxHolic Rō'', pointing that ''xxxHolic'' had already ended. Regarding the series' finale, Clamp wanted to express that while Watanuki's decision to stay in the shop may seem sad for readers, for Watanuki it was his happiness. Clamp was satisfied with people's reaction to the last chapter, as when discussing Watanuki's fate, they were also thinking what is happiness for them.<ref name="finalinter"/>

==Themes==
Clamp places emphasis on the importance of words when writing the manga. Yuko's dialogues always affect the other characters due to how direct and secure she is when speaking. In early chapters, while she worries a woman addicted to the internet by labeling her husband and child as "other people," Yuko is transmitting the philosophy of [[individualism]] and the power her client has. In contrast to Yuko, another client has a tendency to lie which brings her misfortunes.<ref>{{cite book|title=Clamp no Kiseki, Vol. 10|publisher=Tokyopop|page=15|year=2005|author=Clamp}}</ref>

==Media==
===Manga===
{{See also|List of xxxHolic chapters{{!}}List of ''xxxHolic'' chapters}}
Written and illustrated by [[Clamp (manga artists)|Clamp]], ''xxxHolic'' started in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Young Magazine]]'' on February 24, 2003.{{efn|The series started in the magazine's 13th issue of 2003,<ref>{{cite web|title=×××ＨＯＬｉＣ（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000008128|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 14, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=September 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906034232/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000008128|url-status=live}}</ref> released on February 24 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|title=2003|url=https://www.yanmaga.kodansha.co.jp/ym/backnamber/backnamber2003.html|website=[[Weekly Young Magazine|YanMaga]]|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906114433/https://www.yanmaga.kodansha.co.jp/ym/backnamber/backnamber2003.html|archive-date=September 6, 2011|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:WEEKLYヤングマガジン2003年13号詳細情報|url=https://www.manganetto.com/detail/zasshi/mag2647.shtml|website=manganetto.com|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314080216/https://www.manganetto.com/detail/zasshi/mag2647.shtml|archive-date=March 14, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>}} The series finished its publication in the magazine on March 20, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:CLAMP「XXXHOLiC」が別冊少年マガジンへと移籍決定|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/29370|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2023|language=ja|date=March 20, 2010|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501170534/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/29370|url-status=live}}</ref> and was transferred to Kodansha's [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine]]'' on May 8 of the same year;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ネットアイドルの行方は？さとうふみやの新作、別マガに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/31521|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2023|language=ja|date=May 8, 2010|archive-date=January 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124020033/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/31521|url-status=live}}</ref> a special 26-page [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] chapter was also published in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'' on May 19 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-19/xxxholic-gets-new-short-anime-on-magazine-dvd-present|title=XXXHOLiC Gets New Short Anime on Magazine Present DVD|date=May 19, 2010|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 28, 2010|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116001229/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-19/xxxholic-gets-new-short-anime-on-magazine-dvd-present|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:CLAMP「XXXHOLiC」3誌でQUOカード全サ、OADプレゼント|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/31996|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2023|language=ja|date=May 19, 2010|archive-date=December 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207090438/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/31996|url-status=live}}</ref> The series finished on February 9, 2011.<ref name="end">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-07/clamp-xxxholic/ro-manga-to-end-in-february|title=News: Clamp's xxxHOLiC: Rō Manga to End in February|date=January 7, 2011|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 7, 2011|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116001202/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-07/clamp-xxxholic/ro-manga-to-end-in-february|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:CLAMP「XXXHOLiC」完結、ポストカードブック＆画集も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44744|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2023|language=ja|date=February 9, 2011|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818045307/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44744|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha collected its 213 chapters in 19 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes; the numbers of chapters for such release was reduced by combining the ones from the original serialization.<ref name="chapters">{{cite book|last=Clamp|author-link=Clamp (manga artists)|title=Brand New xxxHOLiC Reading-book|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|year=2006|pages=211–213|isbn=978-4-06-372226-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Clamp|url=https://clamp-net.com/topics/detail/1400.html|script-title=ja:発売中「別冊少年マガジン」3月号 総表紙・連載第213回(掲載最終号)|trans-title=On sale: "Bessatsu Shonen Magazine" March issue 213 times the total cover of this series ☆ (last issue published)|date=November 4, 2010|publisher=Clamp-Pla|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5wSKhVDaR?url=https://clamp-net.com/topics/detail/1400.html|archive-date=February 13, 2011|access-date=February 13, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Starting volume 16, the series is retitled {{Nihongo|''xxxHolic Rō''|×××HOLiC ◆ 籠||{{lit|xxxHolic Cage}}}}, but the number of chapters follow the previous ones.<ref name="rosixteen"/> The first volume was released on July 25, 2003,<ref name="xxxHolicKodanshaVol1">{{cite web|url=https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3347524|title=×××HOLiC(1) CLAMP|language=ja|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 2, 2009|archive-date=September 11, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050911061633/https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3347524|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the last one on March 9, 2011.<ref name="xxxHolicKodanshaVol19">{{cite web|url=https://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3760391|title=×××HOLiC(19)|language=ja|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 7, 2011|archive-date=September 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924115314/https://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3760391}}</ref>

''xxxHolic'' was one of the first four manga series licensed for English release in North America by [[Del Rey Manga]], and was acquired together with ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Negima!: Magister Negi Magi]]'', and ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' in January 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-01-09/del-rey-manga-dates|title=Del Rey Manga Dates|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 9, 2004|access-date=May 21, 2008|archive-date=December 9, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209021213/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-01-09/del-rey-manga-dates|url-status=live}}</ref> Del Rey published its first volume on April 27, 2004,<ref name="xxxHolicDelReyVol1">{{cite web|url=https://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345470584|title=xxxHOLiC by Clamp|publisher=[[Random House]]|access-date=November 28, 2010|archive-date=May 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524095605/https://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345470584|url-status=live}}</ref> and on February 21, 2012, the nineteenth and final volume was released. [[Kodansha USA]] re-released it in 3-in-1 omnibus format in 2014.<ref name="kodanshausa"/> The series has also been licensed for an English-language release by [[Tanoshimi]], who released the first nine volumes in the United Kingdom with the first one on August 3, 2006.<ref name="xxxHolicTanoVol1">{{cite book|title=XxxHolic: v. 1|year=2006| publisher=Random House Uk + Us|isbn=0099504073}}</ref><ref name="xxxHolicTanoshimiVol9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.randomhouse.co.uk/tanoshimi/book.htm?command=Search&db=/catalog/main.txt&eqisbndata=009950488X|title=xxxHolic 9|publisher=[[Tanoshimi]]|access-date=March 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227111327/https://www.randomhouse.co.uk/tanoshimi/book.htm?command=Search&db=%2Fcatalog%2Fmain.txt&eqisbndata=009950488X|archive-date=February 27, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref>

A second ''xxxHolic'' manga series, titled {{nihongo|''xxxHolic Rei''|XXXHOLiC ◆ 戻||{{lit|xxxHolic Return}}}} was announced at The CLAMP Festival 2012 event. It was scheduled to be published in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' in February 2013; however a month's delay in the magazine's issue release dates changed this to March 4, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/clamp-to-launch-xxxholic-rei-manga-next-february|title=Clamp to launch xxxHolic Rei manga next February|date=December 2, 2012|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 5, 2012|archive-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195434/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/clamp-to-launch-xxxholic-rei-manga-next-february|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-07/xxxholic-rei-manga-delayed-to-early-march|title=xxxHolic: Rei manga delayed to early March|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 26, 2013|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116001204/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-07/xxxholic-rei-manga-delayed-to-early-march|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:CLAMP新連載「xxxHOLiC・戻〈レイ〉」ヤンマガで開幕|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/85954|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 14, 2023|language=ja|date=March 4, 2013|archive-date=May 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531033359/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/85954|url-status=live}}</ref> The series has had various hiatuses;<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=CLAMP's xxxholic: Rei Manga Goes on Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-05/clamp-xxxholic-rei-manga-goes-on-hiatus/.76311|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 14, 2023|date=July 5, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202175358/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-05/clamp-xxxholic-rei-manga-goes-on-hiatus/.76311|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="9month-hiatus"/> it was published from June 2016 to March 2017 before entering indefinite hiatus.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=xxxHOLiC Rei Manga to Continue in 4 Weeks|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-30/xxxholic-rei-manga-to-continue-in-4-weeks/.102638|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 14, 2023|date=May 30, 2016|archive-date=August 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809195345/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-30/xxxholic-rei-manga-to-continue-in-4-weeks/.102638|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANN-2023-return">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=xxxHOLiC: Rei Manga's Return Slated for Spring 2023|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-21/xxxholic-rei-manga-return-slated-for-spring-2023/.184850|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 14, 2023|date=April 21, 2022|archive-date=March 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313203541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-21/xxxholic-rei-manga-return-slated-for-spring-2023/.184850|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2022, it was announced that Clamp was planning to resume the series in 2023,<ref name="ANN-2023-return"/> which did not happen; the series resumed on April 21, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=CLAMP Resumes xxxHOLiC: Rei Manga on April 21|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-08/clamp-resumes-xxxholic-rei-manga-on-april-21/.219844|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 9, 2025|date=January 8, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109042921/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-01-08/clamp-resumes-xxxholic-rei-manga-on-april-21/.219844|archive-date=January 9, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『xxxHOLiC・戻』8年ぶり連載再開へ 先行ページ大量公開で試し読み|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2380354/full/|website=Oricon News|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=April 20, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420235455/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2380354/full/|archive-date=April 20, 2025|language=ja|date=April 20, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha released the first {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume on October 23, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:×××ＨＯＬｉＣ・戻（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000015424|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=March 14, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423234254/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000015424|url-status=live}}</ref> As of November 28, 2025, five volumes have been released.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:×××ＨＯＬｉＣ・戻（５）|url=https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000420217|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=November 28, 2025|language=ja}}</ref>

Kodansha USA announced in July 2013 they licensed the manga for English release, releasing the first volume in 2014.<ref name="kodanshausa">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-18/kodansha-usa-adds-xxxholic-rei-my-little-monster-say-i-love-you-monster-soul|title=Kodansha USA Adds xxxHOLiC Rei, My Little Monster, Say "I Love You", Monster Soul|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 9, 2013|archive-date=October 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010114618/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-18/kodansha-usa-adds-xxxholic-rei-my-little-monster-say-i-love-you-monster-soul|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ANNRei1Review">{{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic/rei/gn-1/.74870|title=Review, xxxHOLiC: Rei GN 1|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 26, 2014|access-date=November 21, 2021|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527221715/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic/rei/gn-1/.74870|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Film===
{{main|xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream}}
Production I.G produced an animated film of the series titled ''[[xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (×××HOLiC: 真夏ノ夜ノ夢 - xxxHOLiC: Manatsu no Yoru no Yume) which premiered on August 20, 2005 alongside ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom]]''.<ref name="Newtype USA 7 2"/> The DVD version was released on November 24, 2006. In the film, Yūko receives a request from a woman to help her back into her mansion, which does not allow her to enter.<ref name="Newtype USA 7 1">Kato, Hidekazu; Ueda, Minoru; Yoshida, Sayuri; Kato, Hisako. "xxxHOLiC A Midsummer Night's Dream". ''Newtype USA''. '''7''' (1) pp. 36–37. {{#time:F Y|2008-01}}. {{ISSN|1541-4817}}.</ref> Yūko says that since Watanuki was the one who brought the client to her, he should be the one to grant her wish and therefore is brought along with her and Dōmeki. Yūko also attends because she has been invited to the mansion with many other famous collectors by the same letter, with the mansion filled with strange rooms and mysterious letters telling its guests what to do in place of a host.<ref name="Newtype USA 7 1"/>

The film was selected as a finalist for the [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]] 2006 in the Feature Films category with other four nominees: ''[[Asterix and the Vikings]]'', ''[[Origin: Spirits of the Past]]'', ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', and the award winner, ''[[Renaissance (2006 film)|Renaissance]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/article/5203|title=Annecy Selection Unveiled|access-date=September 28, 2010|last=Ball|first=Ryan|date=March 24, 2006|publisher=Animation Magazine}}</ref>

===Anime television series===
{{See also|List of xxxHolic episodes{{!}}List of ''xxxHolic'' episodes}}
The anime adaptations of ''xxxHolic'' were produced by [[Production I.G]]. The first season of anime television adaptation of ''xxxHolic'' was broadcast for 24 episodes on [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]] from April 6 to September 28, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/43_/s02_/000471.html|title=Episode 1: Inevitable|publisher=Production I.G|access-date=November 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616082231/https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/43_/s02_/000471.html|archive-date=June 16, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/43_/s02_/index.html|title=Episode 24: Memories|publisher=Production I.G|access-date=November 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616082300/https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/43_/s02_/index.html|archive-date=June 16, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Both the film and the anime series are directed by [[Tsutomu Mizushima]]. [[Ageha Ohkawa]], Clamp's director and main scriptwriter, served as executive producer and co-served as the series composition writer of the TV series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/43_/s03_/index.html|title=STAFF & CAST|publisher=Production I.G|access-date=November 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616082510/https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/43_/s03_/index.html|archive-date=June 16, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all }}</ref> The second season, {{Nihongo|''xxxHolic: Kei''|xxxHOLiC◆継|Horikku: Kei|{{lit|xxxHolic: Sequel}}}}, was broadcast for 13 episodes on TBS from April 3 to June 26, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717190734/https://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/works_sp/1710_/s02_/004012.html|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url=https://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/works_sp/1710_/s02_/004012.html|script-title=ja:一話「蜘蛛 クモノス」|publisher=Production I.G|language=ja|access-date=August 2, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717190754/https://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/works_sp/1710_/s02_/004095.html|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url=https://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/works_sp/1710_/s02_/004095.html|script-title=ja:十三話「報恩 オカエシ|publisher=Production I.G|language=ja|access-date=August 2, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The main staff and cast remains the same as in the first season.<ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHolic second season announced!|date=August 17, 2007|url=https://www.production-ig.com/contents/news/2007/08/xxxholic_second.html|publisher=Production I.G.|access-date=December 29, 2010|archive-date=April 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418182816/https://www.production-ig.com/contents/news/2007/08/xxxholic_second.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The first season's episodes were also collected in eight DVD volumes published between July 26, 2007 and February 21, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHOLiC Vol.1|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBH-81001|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208225635/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBH-81001|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHOLiC Vol.8|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBH-81010|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208225703/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBH-81010|url-status=live}}</ref> while two DVD boxes were released on August 25, 2010 and October 27, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHOLiC DVD Box Part 1 of 2|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBW-41|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=June 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626043816/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBW-41|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHOLiC DVD Box Part 2 of 2|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBW-49|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208225752/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBW-49|url-status=live}}</ref> The second's ones were released in seven DVD volumes between June 25, 2008 and December 17, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHOLiC Kei Vol.1|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBH-81060|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019045455/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBH-81060|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHOLiC Kei Vol.7|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBH-81078|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=March 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330045238/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBH-81078|url-status=live}}</ref> a DVD box was released on January 26, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHOLiC Kei DVD Box|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBW-52|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=December 4, 2010|archive-date=December 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205224249/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVBW-52|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first season was licensed by [[Crunchyroll LLC|Funimation]] in July 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-01/funimation-to-release-love-hina-jyo-oh-sei-darker-than-black-xxxholic-and-more-tsubasa-negima-ax-2007|title=Funimation to Release Love Hina, Jyo Oh Sei, Darker than Black, XXXHolic, more Tsubasa, more Negima|date=July 1, 2010|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301035315/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-01/funimation-to-release-love-hina-jyo-oh-sei-darker-than-black-xxxholic-and-more-tsubasa-negima-ax-2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Six DVDs were released from March 25 to October 21, 2008;<ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=xxxHolic Vol. #1 (also w/box)|url=https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-1-also-wbox_article_80019.html|website=Mania.com|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819162658/https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-1-also-wbox_article_80019.html|archive-date=August 19, 2011|date=March 28, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=xxxholic Vol. #6|url=https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-6_article_86740.html|website=Mania.com|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016085115/https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-6_article_86740.html|archive-date=October 16, 2009|date=October 27, 2008}}</ref> while a DVD box was released on July 28, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lancaster|first=Lori|title=xxxholic Complete Box Set|url=https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-complete-box-set_article_116483.html|website=Mania.com|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024035805/https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-complete-box-set_article_116483.html|archive-date=October 24, 2012|date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> On January 26, 2009, the series made its North American debut on the [[Funimation Channel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.funimationchannel.com/schedule/1_e905.htm|title=Funimation Week 5 of 2009|work=Funimation|publisher=<!-- If different from 'work'. -->|access-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202111610/https://www.funimationchannel.com/schedule/1_e905.htm|archive-date=February 2, 2009|url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Original video animations===
A two-DVD [[original video animation]], entitled {{Nihongo|''xxxHOLiC Shunmuki''|xxxHOLiC 春夢記||{{lit|xxxHOLiC Spring Dreams Chronicle}}}} was also released by Production I.G. The first DVD for this OVA was released on February 17, 2009 with the 14th volume of the Japanese manga. The second one was released alongside volume 15 on June 26, 2009. Its story focuses on how [[List of xxxHolic characters#Haruka Domeki|Haruka Domeki]] tells Watanuki and Domeki to search for four items, which lead Watanuki to enter into the Dream World.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-10/new-xxxholic-tsubasa-dvd-trailers-posted|title=New xxxHOLiC, Tsubasa DVD Trailers Posted|date=February 10, 2009|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 22, 2010|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116001236/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-10/new-xxxholic-tsubasa-dvd-trailers-posted|url-status=live}}</ref> The OVA was rereleased in [[Blu-ray]] format alongside the first volume of ''xxxHolic Rei'' on October 23, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3584704|title=BD付き ×××HOLiC・戻（1）特装版|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=November 11, 2013|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111204323/https://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3584704|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another OVA titled {{Nihongo|''xxxHolic Rō''|×××HOLiC・籠||{{lit|xxxHolic Cage}}}} was shipped with the 17th volume of the ''xxxHolic'' manga on April 23, 2010. It is set ever since Yūko's death, and follows Watanuki's life as the new shop's owner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-11-02/bakemonogatari-xxxholic-episodes-releases-delayed|title=Bakemonogatari, xxxHOLiC Episodes' Releases Delayed|date=November 2, 2009|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 12, 2010|archive-date=February 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227075709/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-11-02/bakemonogatari-xxxholic-episodes-releases-delayed|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-05/xxxholic-ro-eden-of-the-east-working-promos-posted|title=xxxHOLiC Rō, Eden of the East, Working!! Promos Posted|date=February 5, 2010|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 14, 2010|archive-date=September 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920220139/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-05/xxxholic-ro-eden-of-the-east-working-promos-posted|url-status=live}}</ref> Another OVA titled {{Nihongo|''xxxHolic: Rō Adayume''|×××HOLiC・籠 あだゆめ||{{lit|xxxHolic Cage Selfish Dream}}}} was released on March 9, 2011 as included with a special edition from volume 19. In the OVA, Watanuki sees various parts of Domeki's life, including his childhood and the events that happened across the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-28/xxxholic-ro-new-oad-to-ship-in-spring-2011|title=New xxxHOLiC: Rō OAD to Ship in Spring 2011|date=August 28, 2010|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 14, 2010|archive-date=October 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031214540/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-28/xxxholic-ro-new-oad-to-ship-in-spring-2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=xxxHOLiC Clamp Book|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=NEOBK-880170|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=November 16, 2010|archive-date=October 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022033429/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=NEOBK-880170|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Live-action TV series===
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It was announced on September 7, 2012, that ''xxxHolic'' will be adapted into a [[live action]] TV series for airing at February 24, 2013 on [[WOWOW]], titled {{nihongo|''CLAMP Drama xxxHOLiC''|CLAMPドラマ ホリック〜xxxHOLiC〜|CLAMP Dorama Horriku}}. [[Anne Watanabe]] plays the role of Yuko Ichihara, while [[Shota Sometani]] plays the character Kimihiro Watanuki. The series is directed by Keisuke Toyoshima.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-06/clamp-xxxholic-gets-live-action-tv-adaptation|title=Clamp's xxxHolic Gets Live Action TV Adaptation|date=September 6, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2012|archive-date=September 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908002201/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-06/clamp-xxxholic-gets-live-action-tv-adaptation|url-status=live}}</ref> It ran for eight episodes.<ref>{{cite web|title=ドラマ化記念 TVアニメ『XXXHOLiC』 WOWOWにて完全一挙放送!|publisher=Clamp Net|date=November 21, 2011|url=https://www.clamp-net.com/topics/detail/2435.html|access-date=December 5, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It features "Aitai" from Suga Shikao as its opening theme song. The series was collected in a box released in both DVD and Blu-ray format on November 6, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ASBP-5644|title=CLAMP Drama xxxHOLiC|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=February 14, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111225013/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ASBP-5644|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ASBDP-1103|title=CLAMP Drama xxxHOLiC [Limited Release]|publisher=CDJapan|access-date=February 14, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111223431/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ASBDP-1103|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Live-action film===
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On November 22, 2021, [[Shochiku]] and [[Asmik Ace]] announced that a [[live-action]] [[film adaptation]] was in the works for ''xxxHolic'', with [[Ko Shibasaki]] and [[Ryūnosuke Kamiki]] playing [[Yuko Ichihara]] and [[Kimihiro Watanuki]] respectively. [[Mika Ninagawa]] directed the film, while Erika Yoshida provided the screenplay. The film was released in Japanese theaters on April 29, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/454643|script-title=ja:CLAMP「xxxHOLiC」神木隆之介＆柴咲コウで実写映画化！監督は蜷川実花|date=November 22, 2021|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|access-date=November 22, 2021|archive-date=November 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122223539/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/454643|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-22/clamp-xxxholic-manga-gets-live-action-film-next-april/.179876|title=CLAMP's xxxHOLiC Manga Gets Live-Action Film Next April|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=November 22, 2021|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 22, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123003914/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-22/clamp-xxxholic-manga-gets-live-action-film-next-april/.179876|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other===
There were also several other releases in the franchise. A novel titled {{Nihongo|''×××Holic AnotherHolic Landolt-Ring Aerosol''|×××HOLiC アナザーホリック ランドルト環エアロゾル|Horikku Anazāhorikku Randoruto-Kan Earozoru}},<ref name="NisiOisinSite">{{cite web|script-title=ja:講談社BOOK倶楽部：ノベライズ維新|publisher=Kodansha|url=https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/books/topics/project-n/|access-date=December 16, 2008|archive-date=January 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125225346/https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/books/topics/project-n/|url-status=live}}</ref> was written by [[Nisio Isin]] and published in Japan on August 1, 2006.<ref name="NisiOisinJPRelease">{{cite web|script-title=ja:xxxHOLiC アナザーホリック ランドルト環エアロゾル,西尾維新, CLAMP,講談社|publisher=Kodansha|url=https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=2135094|access-date=December 16, 2008|archive-date=July 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726074228/https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=2135094|url-status=live}}</ref> It features four stories with the first one being an adaptation of the series' first chapter. The novel includes original artwork by Clamp. Del Rey published an English translation of ''xxxHolic: AnotherHolic'',<ref name="ANNDelRey">{{cite web|title=Del Rey Announces New Manga, Prose Novels|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 7, 2007|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-07/del-rey-announces-new-manga-fiction|access-date=December 16, 2008|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810142057/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-07/del-rey-announces-new-manga-fiction|url-status=live}}</ref> released on October 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ellingwood|first=Holly|title=XxxHolic: AnotherHolic the Novel|url=https://activeanime.com/html/2009/01/13/xxxholic-anotherholic-the-novel/|website=Active Anime|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228035853/https://activeanime.com/html/2009/01/13/xxxholic-anotherholic-the-novel/|archive-date=December 28, 2011|date=January 13, 2009}}</ref>

Several fanbooks have been released in Japan. The first is {{Nihongo|''Gekijōban ×××HOLiC Official Fanbook''|劇場版 ×××HOLiC OFFICIAL FANBOOK}} and was released on August 17, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3720497|script-title=ja:劇場版 ×××Holic Official Fanbook Clamp Official Fanbook 制作スタッフ 講談社|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 20, 2010|archive-date=June 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604082615/https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3720497|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''TV Animation ×××HOLiC Extra Official Guide'' was released on May 17, 2006, and focused in information from the anime adaptation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3721515|title=Tv Animation ×××Holic Extra Official Guide Clamp Official Fanbook 制作スタッフ 講談社|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 20, 2010|archive-date=June 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604082626/https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3721515|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another manga guidebook is {{Nihongo3|"Brand New ×××HOLiC Reading-book"|新版 ×××HOLiC読本|''Shinpan ×××HOLiC Dokuhon''}}, which was released on November 17, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3722260|script-title=ja:新版 ×××HOLiC読本 CLAMP ヤングマガジン編集部 講談社|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 20, 2010|archive-date=September 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918032528/https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3722260|url-status=live}}</ref> It was released in English by Del Rey on October 27, 2009 as "The Official xxxHOLiC Guide".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345510006|title=The Official xxxHOLiC Guide|publisher=Random House|access-date=November 28, 2010|archive-date=July 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714021725/https://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345510006|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 17, 2011, Kodansha published another guidebook titled {{Nihongo|''xxxHolic Complete Book''|×××HOLiC全書|×××HOLiC Zensho}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3760553|title=×××HOLiC全書|publisher=Kodansha|language=ja|access-date=March 17, 2011|archive-date=March 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322121212/https://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3760553|url-status=live}}</ref> Another related book is {{nihongo|''Soel and Larg: The Adventures of Mokona Modoki''|ソエルとラーグ　モコナ＝モドキの冒険|Soel to Larg: Mokona<nowiki>=</nowiki>Modoki no Bōken}} which was released by Kodansha on July 17, 2004. It is set prior to the events of ''xxxHolic'' and ''Tsubasa'' and tells the lives from the two Mokona Modoki ever since their creation by Clow Reed and Yūko Ichihara.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3645959|script-title=ja:ソエルとラーグ モコナ＝モドキの冒険|publisher=Kodansha|trans-title=Soel and Larg: The Adventures of Mokona=Modoki|language=ja|access-date=January 22, 2011|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019235525/https://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3645959|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2013 Kodansha will also release a ''xxxHolic'' artbook.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/magazine/news_detail.php/02888/6077/1|title=『CLAMP FESTIVAL 2012』開催決定!!|publisher=Kodansha|language=ja|access-date=December 5, 2012|archive-date=November 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106045517/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/magazine/news_detail.php/02888/6077/1|url-status=live}}</ref>

An [[Visual novel|adventure game]] by [[Marvelous Entertainment]] for the [[PlayStation 2]], subtitled {{Nihongo3|"Watanuki's Sixteen-day-old Moon Grass Story"|四月一日の十六夜草話|Watanuki no Izayoi Sowa}}, was released on August 9, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:xxxHOLiC ～四月一日の十六夜草話～|url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M744150|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240925015649/https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M744150|archive-date=September 25, 2024|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>

Two soundtrack albums were released for the franchise. The first one is ''xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream Original Soundtrack'' which was released on August 18, 2005 by Pony Canyon. It contains over twenty tracks from the series' film.<ref>{{cite web|title =xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream Original Soundtrack|publisher =CDJapan|url =https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PCCG-687|access-date =December 4, 2010|archive-date =October 19, 2012|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121019072413/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PCCG-687|url-status =live}}</ref> The second soundtrack, titled ''xxxHolic Sound File'', was released August 22, 2008 by [[S.E.N.S.|S.E.N.S. PROJECT]]. The CD includes thirty-five soundtracks (including a hidden bonus track), various of them from the PlayStation 2 game as well as from the TV series.<ref>{{cite web|title =xxxHolic Sound File|publisher =CDJapan|url =https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVCH-44002|access-date =November 16, 2010|archive-date =October 19, 2012|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121019050611/https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVCH-44002|url-status =live}}</ref> ''xxxHolic'' also makes a crossover with ''Tsubasa'' in the drama CDs series {{Nihongo|'''Private High School Holitsuba''|「私立堀鐔学園」|Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuen}} which was released in three volumes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clamp's Tracks: 2007|publisher=[[Clamp (manga artists)|CLAMP]]|language=ja|url=https://www.clamp-net.com/html/contents/profile/#2007|access-date=May 14, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527124204/https://www.clamp-net.com/html/contents/profile/#2007|archive-date=May 27, 2011|df=mdy-all }}</ref>

An all-male [[Play (theatre)|stage play]] of ''xxxHolic'' (also known as {{nihongo|''xxxHOLiC Theater style''|演劇調異譚「xxxHOLiC」|Engeki-chō ī Tan Horriku}}) began showing on September 17, 2021 in Tokyo. The play is directed by Fumiya Matsuzaki, written by Masafumi Hata, planned by [[Nanase Ohkawa]], and produced by Nelke Planning. The play stars [[Motohiro Ota]] and [[Shōgo Sakamoto]] as Yūko Ichihara and Kimihiro Watanuki respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ja:演劇調異譚「xxxHOLiC」|url=https://engeki-xxxholic.com/|publisher=xxxHolic Theater official website|language=ja|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918102219/https://engeki-xxxholic.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://engeki-xxxholic.com/cast/|script-title=ja:演劇調異譚「xxxHOLiC」 Cast & Staff|publisher=xxxHolic Theater official website|language=ja|access-date=September 18, 2021|archive-date=October 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024173740/https://engeki-xxxholic.com/cast/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-01/clamp-xxxholic-manga-gets-stage-play/.171381|title=CLAMP's xxxHOLiC Manga Gets Stage Play|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=April 1, 2021|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 1, 2021|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401104542/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-01/clamp-xxxholic-manga-gets-stage-play/.171381|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-09/xxxholic-stage-play-unveils-cast-visuals-september-debut/.173761|title=xxxHOLiC Stage Play Unveils Cast, Visuals, September Debut|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=June 9, 2021|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 9, 2021|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609180059/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-09/xxxholic-stage-play-unveils-cast-visuals-september-debut/.173761|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Sales===
The series has sold well in Japan with its thirteenth volume being 43rd in the top 50 manga sold in Japan in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-21/2008-top-selling-manga-in-japan-no.26-50|title=2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, #26–50|work=News|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 19, 2008|access-date=March 2, 2009|archive-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406175111/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-21/2008-top-selling-manga-in-japan-no.26-50|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2015, Kodansha announced the manga had 13.7 million copies in print.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-23/xxxholic-rei-manga-goes-on-1-month-break/.88494|title=xxxHOLiC: Rei Manga Goes on 1-Month Break|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 15, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108093011/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-23/xxxholic-rei-manga-goes-on-1-month-break/.88494|url-status=live}}</ref> By January 2025, the manga had over 14.5 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:CLAMP「xxxHOLiC・戻〈レイ〉」が連載再開へ！ シリーズ累計1450万部突破のダークファンタジー最新作|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2025/01/09/88632.html|website=AnimeAnime.jp|access-date=February 11, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211065108/https://animeanime.jp/article/2025/01/09/88632.html|archive-date=February 11, 2025|language=ja|date=January 9, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

The series' debut in North America was also successful with its first volume ranking sixth in Nielsen Bookscan's list of best-selling volumes during its first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-05-07/strong-debut-for-del-rey-manga|title=Strong Debut for Del Rey Manga|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 7, 2004|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208232429/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-05-07/strong-debut-for-del-rey-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> Volume 13 also hit No. 6 on the ''[[New York Times]]'' list of best-selling manga shortly after its launch in April 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adam|first=Kepler|title=Graphic Books Best Seller List: April 4|agency=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=Art Beat|date=April 10, 2009|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/graphic-books-best-seller-list-april-4/|access-date=April 29, 2009|archive-date=April 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420131509/https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/graphic-books-best-seller-list-april-4/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the ''New York Times'', ''xxxHolic'' was the sixth best-selling manga in the United States in 2009.<ref name="inform">{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-04-12/clamp-and-production-i.g-collaborate-on-blood-c-project|title=CLAMP and Production I.G Collaborate on BLOOD-C Project|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 12, 2011|access-date=April 12, 2011|archive-date=April 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413155303/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-04-12/clamp-and-production-i.g-collaborate-on-blood-c-project|url-status=live}}</ref> In Mania Entertainment's "Best Manga Awards For 2005", ''xxxHolic'' was the winner in the category "Best Mature".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mania.com/manga-awards-for-2005-announced_article_84960.html|title=Best Manga Awards For 2005|website=Mania.com|date=February 13, 2006|location=Santa Monica, California|publisher=[[Demand Media]]|access-date=November 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213210131/https://www.mania.com/manga-awards-for-2005-announced_article_84960.html|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Manga===
The ''xxxHolic'' manga series has also been well received by various publications with Mania Entertainment's Megan Lavey praising its focus on the people's thoughts, as well as its comedy. She also found its connection with ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' appealing due to events being depicted from different points of view, persuading readers to read both series.<ref>{{cite web|first=Megan|last=Lavey|url=https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-01_article_81617.html|title=XXXHolic Vol.#01|date=June 23, 2004|publisher=Mania Entertainment|access-date=November 13, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109160915/https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-01_article_81617.html|archive-date=November 9, 2011|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Michael Aronson from Manga Life stated the series' introduction had potential to be worth reading due to its episodic nature and found some of its characters to be "gripping",<ref name="mangalifeone"/> though Dan Polley, also from Manga Life, commenting that Watanuki "does seem a little bit weak to be the lead character".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Polley|first=Dan|url=https://www.mangalife.com/reviews/xxxHolicv10.htm|title=xxxHOLiC v10|work=Manga Life|publisher=Silver Bullet Comics|date=November 25, 2007|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127150153/https://www.mangalife.com/reviews/xxxHolicv10.htm|archive-date=November 27, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref> On the other hand, Matthew Alexander from Mania Entertainment stated that Watanuki's character was well developed across the series, becoming more appealing.<ref name="maniatwelve">{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Alexander|url=https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-12_article_83873.html|title=XXXHolic Vol.#12|date=September 6, 2008|publisher=Mania Entertainment|access-date=November 18, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109160649/https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-12_article_83873.html|archive-date=November 9, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Joy Kim, another writer from Manga Life, praised how despite its episodic nature, the narrative brought by Watanuki's interactions with other characters made every panel "loaded with significance".<ref name="volelven">{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Joy|url=https://www.mangalife.com/reviews/xxxHOLiCv11-12.htm|title=xxxHOLiC v11-12 Review|work=Manga Life|publisher=Silver Bullet Comics|date=August 13, 2008|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815224220/https://www.mangalife.com/reviews/xxxHOLiCv11-12.htm|archive-date=August 15, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Carlo Santos of [[Anime News Network]] liked how later volumes of the series "[outdid] itself by breaking into the world of dreams", compared to initial volumes that focused on the interaction between humans and spirit.<ref name="animenewsnetwork.com">{{cite web|first=Carlo|last=Santos|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic/gn-12|title=xxxHOLic GN12|date=September 26, 2008|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 12, 2010|archive-date=February 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225095913/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic/gn-12|url-status=live}}</ref> Active Anime found its emotional tension as well as its connection with ''Tsubasa'' some of the main reason why the series is worth reading.<ref name="activeeight"/> Not having read ''Tsubasa'', Matthew Alexander felt that the addition of elements from the series into ''xxxHolic'' was well-made, as it started to suggest a connection between the two series' protagonists.<ref name="maniatwelve"/> However, Santos found the series' connection with ''Tsubasa'' to be confusing to the point that only readers from both series would understand some explanations.<ref name="animenewsnetwork.com"/>

Regarding events happening from volume 15 onwards, Active Anime's Holly Ellingwood called them "tragic, inspiring, and beautifully, breathtakingly sad", enjoying the way Yuko's fate was revealed, but wondering how it would continue.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ellingwood|first=Holly|url=https://activeanime.com/html/2010/03/18/xxxholic-vol-15-advance-review/|title=XXXHOLIC VOL. 15 (ADVANCE REVIEW)|work=Active Anime|date=March 18, 2010|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208235058/https://activeanime.com/html/2010/03/18/xxxholic-vol-15-advance-review/|url-status=live}}<!-- https://www.activeanime.com/html/content/view/6290/57/ --></ref> Carlo Santos stated that although the series lost its "star performer", it kept being appealing due to the fact that Watanuki replaced her and found most of volume 16 as "an exercise in getting back on one's feet after a heartbreaking loss, and it is all the more inspirational for that."<ref name="rosixteen">{{cite web|first=Carlo|last=Santos|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic/gn-16|title=xxxHOLic GN 16|date=November 4, 2010|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=November 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107030005/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic/gn-16|url-status=live}}</ref> Matthew Alexander from Mania was more critical to these events due to the how it became "an ultra serious downer" due to Yuko's loss and the lack of its recurring comedy. Additionally, he cited the events regarding Yuko's disappearance and later death were not explained in ''xxxHolic'', stating that only readers from ''Tsubasa'' would understand such events.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Alexander|url=https://www.mania.com/xxxholicvol-16_article_125647.html|title=XXXHolic Vol.#16|date=November 24, 2010|publisher=Mania Entertainment|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127062444/https://www.mania.com/xxxholicvol-16_article_125647.html|archive-date=November 27, 2010|df=mdy-all }}</ref> The artwork has been praised because of its "striking designs and patterns built into the images", various notable traits from Clamp,<ref name="activeeight">{{Cite web|last=Seaman|first=Christopher|url=https://activeanime.com/html/2007/01/09/xxx-holic-vol-8/|title=XXX HOLIC (VOL. 8)|work=Active Anime|date=January 9, 2007|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208234641/https://activeanime.com/html/2007/01/09/xxx-holic-vol-8/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as for being "equally memorable and evocative".<ref name="volelven"/> On the other hand, it has also been criticized for being "less visually busy than Tsubasa" due to some pages lacking backgrounds, though critic Michael Aronson for Manga Life stated that the panels' composition is able to make up for such issues.<ref name="mangalifeone">{{Cite web|last=Aronson|first=Michael|url=https://www.mangalife.com/reviews/xxxHOLiCv1.htm|title=xxxHOLiC v1|work=Manga Life|publisher=Silver Bullet Comics|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011234025/https://www.mangalife.com/reviews/xxxHOLiCv1.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Rebecca Silverman review the opening volume of ''xxxHolic: Rei'' gave the sequel a B+ rating, praising the way the story now flowed and the artwork, but said that the story was, "a little too mysterious in places".<ref name="ANNRei1Review"/>

===Anime===
The anime adaptation of ''xxxHolic'' has received mixed reception from different publications, with Anime News Network's Casey Brienza liking how its first season is faithful to the original material. However, she found that some of Funimation's subtitles in its first episodes to be confusing, advising people to watch the English dubbed version instead.<ref>{{cite web|first=Casey|last=Brienza|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic/dvds-1|title=xxxHOLiC DVDs 1–2|date=June 20, 2010|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=August 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812081400/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic/dvds-1|url-status=live}}</ref> In a bigger overview of the first season, Carlo Santos found issues with the animation's unintentional "super deformed" moments in which the characters' limbs became notably longer. He also criticized some of its episodes' storytelling as it "falls flat" due to trivial issues discussed.<ref>{{cite web|first=Carlo|last=Santos|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic-dvd-box-set-hyb/dvd|title=xxxHolic DVD Box Set (Hyb)|date=August 16, 2009|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=July 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729110016/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/xxxholic-dvd-box-set-hyb/dvd|url-status=live}}</ref> Holly Ellingwood from Active Anime called the series "one of the most distinctly imaginative" because of the combination of supernatural elements and comedy. Pointing to the animation quality, Ellingwood found each character distinctive and the animation issues to be comical.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ellingwood|first=Holly|url=https://activeanime.com/html/2008/04/16/xxxholic-vol-1-starter-set/|title=XXXHOLIC VOL. 1 STARTER SET|date=April 16, 2008|work=Active Anime|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=December 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209002730/https://activeanime.com/html/2008/04/16/xxxholic-vol-1-starter-set/|url-status=live}}<!-- https://www.activeanime.com/html/content/view/3000/57/ --></ref> [[DVD Talk]]'s Todd Douglass Jr. gave praise to the themes touched upon in the anime series. Despite giving disapproval to its episodic nature, Douglass found the characters appealing due to their development over the series.<ref>{{cite web|first=Todd Jr.|last=Douglass|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34614/xxxholic-fifth-collection/|title=xxxHOLiC: Fifth Collection|date=September 9, 2008|publisher=DVD Talk|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=July 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710160951/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34614/xxxholic-fifth-collection/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[IGN]] writer Jeff Harris found its start "tolerable", stating that fans from action series may not be interested by ''xxxHolic'' despite its potential. Like Santos, he commented on its animation, citing similar issues with the design, noting some moments lacked the fluidity seen in other parts of the series. He also criticized the blank background choices, questioning if they were truly artistic decisions or done to save on animation costs.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harris|first=Jeff Jr.|url=https://dvd.ign.com/articles/876/876603p2.html|title=xxxHolic: First Collection DVD Review|work=IGN|date=May 27, 2008|publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc|page=2|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-date=November 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109161748/https://dvd.ign.com/articles/876/876603p2.html|url-status=live}}<!-- https://dvd.ign.com/articles/876/876603p1.html https://dvd.ign.com/articles/876/876603p2.html --></ref> Chris Beveridge of Mania gave a mixed review for the animation, agreeing with Santos and Harris, but still enjoyed the animation style, concluding that "everything about the visual design of the show is very appealing." Analyzing its episodic nature, Beveridge enjoyed the format, and praised the series' ability to strike a balance between light and dark parts of its stories.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|url=https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-1-also-wbox_article_80019.html|title=xxxHolic Vol. No. 1 (also w/box)|website=Mania.com|publisher=[[Demand Media]]|date=March 28, 2008|access-date=November 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215015927/https://www.mania.com/xxxholic-vol-1-also-wbox_article_80019.html|archive-date=December 15, 2014|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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<ref name="Newtype USA 7 2">Kato, Hidekazu; Ueta, Minoru; Yoshida, Sayuri. "xxxHOLiC—A Midsummer Nights Dream". ''Newtype USA'' '''7''' (2) pp. 50–51. February 2008-02. {{ISSN|1541-4817}}.</ref>
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==External links==
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* [https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/22_ ''xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream''] and [https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/43_ ''xxxHolic''] TV series at Production I.G's Official site
* [https://www.mmv.co.jp/special/game/ps2/xxxholic ''xxxHolic ~Watanuki no Izayoi Sowa~''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721002349/https://www.mmv.co.jp/special/game/ps2/xxxholic/ |date=July 21, 2024 }} official game site {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Anime News Network|manga|2890}}

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