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Chapters/episodes usually involve a customer coming into the shop and asking for their wish to be granted by Yuuko, having usually negative or dubious results, or they involve some (usually risky) task that Yuuko gives Watanuki which requires his ability to see spirits. However, there is also an overarching plotline regarding a set of dark conspiracies and prophecies that becomes increasingly important in the later volumes.
One of the main themes in ''
The Anime has been uploaded in both dub and subtitle formats on [https://web.archive.org/web/20101216035608/http://www4.funimation.com/video/?page=show&b=107 Funimation's video portal]
This is a [[CLAMP]] work and is the darker companion to [[CLAMP]]'s ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]''. There are also many crossovers with other [[CLAMP]] works within the story besides ''Tsubasa''. The anime has two seasons, ''
The manga has been completed, with 213 chapters in all.
The name is pronounced [[No Pronunciation Guide|''holic'']], by the way. The '
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* [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]: {{spoiler|Himawari}}, if the fact that {{spoiler|she gets married to someone else}} is any indication, though in a subversion it seems {{spoiler|Watanuki both knows and supports her decision}}.
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* [[The Beautiful Elite]]: Even the ''smoke'' is pretty.
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Hitsuzen and the ways to manipulate its effects make up most of the overarching plot.
* [[Betty, Veronica and Archie Switcheroo]]: Watanuki fears that this dynamic is happening with Himawari, his crush, and his [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]] Shizuka Domeki, a [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] classmate. {{spoiler|Turns out that Himawari is a literal [[Doom Magnet]] that brings bad luck to people who encounter her; Domeki is immune because he naturally repels bad spirits. Yuko asked Domeki to befriend Himawari and Watanuki so that Watanuki would not suffer from the bad luck. Indeed, as time passes, Domeki seems more interested in ''Watanuki'' as a significant other rather than Himawari.}}
* [[Bishonen]]: C'mon, it's [[CLAMP]]. Watanuki might qualify as a manga version of [[Hollywood Homely]], since he's much less popular with (human) girls than Doumeki.
* [[Big Eater]]: Doumeki is a chef's worst nightmare—a ''picky'' [[Big Eater]].
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Watanuki. The poor guy never seems to catch much of a break does he?
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Yuuko. Kiiiinda crazy for being entrusted with keeping time and space in working order. But when she gets serious, ''she gets serious'', to the point that some people wonder if the above [[Obfuscating Stupidity|is an act]].
* [[
* [[Catgirl]]: Subverted twice and played with a bit. The Neko-Musume is the traditional Japanese catgirl- a cat spirit that may take human form and retain some feline qualities, such as cat eyes and agility. Similarly, the {{spoiler|shamisen}} is a cat that takes on the form of a human, only retaining her eyes. On the other paw, Watanuki himself has been pictured with cat ears and a tail a few times, and Himawari thinks of him as a cat so often that she bought him an apron with an angry cat on it for his birthday. This makes the later chapters (involving [[Ho Yay|Doumeki's ideas on the "mating habits of cats"]]) all the more interesting...
* [[Character Witness]]: The fox kid from the Oden cart vouches for Watanuki in the Demon Parade.
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** The manga crosses over with ''Tsubasa'', which is in the same continuity as CLAMP's other fantasy-setting series, unifying both major genres of their work into a single continuity.
*** It doesn't really "cross-over" so much as tell two sides of the same story. The protagonists are even technically {{spoiler|the same person}}.
** It seems further suggested that ''Legal Drug'' is taking place simultaneously (but independently) of ''
** Yuuko mentions in the first volume that she's known the [[Tokyo Babylon|Sumeragi twins]] from when they were very young. Whether they're the same people or alternate selves isn't clarified.
** Yuuko makes Watanuki wear a headset shaped like [[Chobits|PersoCom ears]] in the third episode of the anime. She and Mokona also don them at one point.
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** There's one of these in a filler manga chapter too.
* [[Squirrels in My Pants]]: Watanuki ends up going through this a few times thanks to the Pipe Fox spirit Mugetsu, who has no concept of personal space.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]:
** It's more that the taste of a person's cooking in the
* [[The Stoic]]: Doumeki seems to have about two facial expressions, at best. It comes with being the [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] with a [[Sugar and Ice Personality]].
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Doumeki. Also Yuuko - her sweet smile at the start of Volume 12 reflects this; it is a far cry from her usual [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] or knowing smirk.
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