Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds himself employed in Yuko's shop where he sees things and meets customers that are stranger than anything he could have ever imagined.
AS YOU WISH Yuko is gone and only remembered by a small few. Because of her disappearance, Watanuki takes it upon himself to run Yuko's wish-granting shop and vows to never leave it. Still inexperienced, he dedicates himself to helping everyone that stops by his shop-including the one that ate his right eye. Watanuki also must take special care not to get himself punished for assigning the wrong price for granting a wish. How long will he allow himself to perform Yuko's work? Will she ever return? This omnibus edition includes volumes 16-17 of XXXHOLiC!
Spirits play an important role in the lives of a college student who receives text messages from her late best friend, a young woman who must deal with her self destructiveness, and a student tormented by spirits.
Watanuki Kimihiro is haunted by visions. When he find himself irresistibly drawn into a shop owned by Yuko, a mysterious witch, he is offered the chance to rid himself of the spirits that haunt him. He accepts, but soon realizes that he's just been tricked into working for the shop to pay off the cost of Yuko's services! But this isn't any ordinary kind of shop ... in this shop, Yuko grants wishes to those in need. But they must have the strength of will not only to truly understand their need, but to give up something incredibly precious in return. Yuko's clients include a young woman with a strange case of creeping paralysis who must address the real root of her problem before it destroys her. In another case, a housewife must fight against the computer addiction that is keeping her from her hus- band and child. But not all of Yuko's clients live in Japan, or at least not the Japan we know. Yuko and Watanuki are about to have some unusual visitors named Sakura and Syaoran from a land called Clow... xxxHOLiC crosses over with clamp's other hit series, Tsuhasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE!
FAMILIAR FACES After fulfilling his promise to Syaoran, Watanuki returns to the shop, wher e cus tomer reques t s continue to roll in one af ter another. But satisf ying customers isn’t the only thing on Watanuki’s mind—there’s still the mystery of the strange slab of amber, as well as the overwhelming sense of nostalgia that continues to plague him as more requests come in. And while Watanuki tries his best to grant all the wishes before him, his abilities as a shopkeeper are soon put to the test in a different way, determined by the outcome of a single choice…
LEGEND HUNTERS Syaoran and his companions continue their inter-dimensional travels in order to restore the memories of Princess Sakura and this time, they find themselves having adventures in two exciting and mystery-filled worlds. They first come to Jade Country-a cold, snow-covered?land where the town of Spirit lives in fear of the legend of a 300 year-old princess who has been stealing the townspeople's children.?Following this, our worlds-spanning adventurers find themselves in Oto, where to earn money, they become hunters of demonic creatures called Oni. Will they be able to find more pieces of Princess Sakura's fragmented memories as they continue on through new and increasingly perilous worlds? From the Trade Paperback edition.
THE PRICE OF A DREAM For years, Mizuhara has worked to break into acting, giving it her all so that her grandmother could see her on the screen.With the film nearly finished, and the premiere only days away, her dream is finally about to come true. But what did getting there cost her? Shouldering all that effort alone could make anyone miserable. Fortunately, Mizuhara's not alone. She's got a boneheaded guy at her side to help, even during the bleakest times...
A GIRLFRIEND SHOWDOWN! Ruka crashed Kazuya's birthday party in the hopes of appealing to the Kinoshita family and proving that she was a superior girlfriend candidate to Mizuhara. Everything seemed to be going her way at first. Even Kazuya's grandmother was warming up to her. That all changes when Mizuhara arrives to steal the spotlight, however. Down but not out, Ruka is still determined to secure her place as Kazuya's one and only girlfriend! Can the boneheaded Kazuya weather the storm of a woman in love?