Page 00 These scanslations were scanned, translated, and edited by the Be With You Scans Staff and others mentioned in the credits They were made for and by fans. Therefore, please do not use them for anything other than personal use (reading). Please remember to support the author(s) and site by buying the original copies of the manga and visiting Be With You Scans. Thank you. Website: http://bwys.cjb.net Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/bwyxholic Irc Channel #BWYS @ irc.irchighway.net [Credits] Scanner(s): Earth Dragon Translator(s): Earth Dragon Editor(s): Sammy (Re-edit). Ray (Original) Proofreader(s)/Quality Checker(s): Earth Dragon Transcriber: Deki (haasmaster@gmail.com) xxxHOLiC by Clamp Page 01 Narrator: There are indefinite things in this world that remain unexplained. Narrator: No matter how weird it is, mankind will always observe it. It will always be so with mankind. Narrator: But it is the imagination. But it is the past. Narrator: Person. Mankind. People. People are the world's strangest creatures. ---------------------------- Page 02-03 xxxHOLiC [Title Page] Page 04 Watanuki: So Watanuki: I Watanuki: Say Watanuki: Get away from me!!! ---------------------------- Page 05 Watanuki: Darn Watanuki: Darn Darn!! Watanuki: Always! Always like this! I get an idea of escaping and then it grows even larger! Watanuki: What really is this thing?! Wwha and the people around me can't see this thing! Watanuki: So heavy! Dang! sfx: Fall Watanuki: Quit it! sfx: Pat Pat ---------------------------- Page 06 sfx: Touch Monster: Saa Watanuki: Ah? Watanuki: What? What Happened? Watanuki: Ah? ---------------------------- Page 07 Watanuki: How come there's such a queer house like this here?! Watanuki: Eh? sfx: Fall Watanuki: OI. OI! WAIT! WAIT!!! sfx: DaDaDaDa Watanuki: Wait a second! I can't just enter random people's houses!!! sfx: Grab ---------------------------- Page 08 Watanuki: WAH!!! sfx: OPEN Marudashi & Morodashi: Welcome!! Watanuki: Ah, No! No! Watanuki: It was a mistake! Marudashi & Morodashi: You are Master's Guest! Watanuki: Ah! You're wrong! sfx: Pull Pull ---------------------------- Page 09 Watanuki: It's my feet that brought me into this house! sfx: Pull Pull Yuuko: This was because you were destined to come here. Watanuki: Eh? sfx: Klack ---------------------------- Page 10-11 NOTEXT (Image of Yuuko reclining and Watanuki staring). ---------------------------- Page 12 Watanuki: Destiny? Yuuko: Destiny... refers to an event that would definitely happen. Yuuko: Without, nothing is possible. From one thing, you see, many others can be imagined. Yuuko: What I said just now... Yuuko: Was from the Japanese Learning Dictionary 2nd Edition. ---------------------------- Page 13 Watanuki: Ah? Yuuko: ....... You are quite dull. Marudashi & Morodashi: Dull boy ?-! Watanuki: Why do you care?!! Watanuki: In short, I am definitely not some guest. My hand touched the wall around this place, and then all this weird stuff happened. Watanuki: Anyhow, my feet began to walk by themselves. Watanuki: That's how it was even though some of it sounds defensive. Yuuko: It's because the wall is a barrier. Watanuki: Hah? ---------------------------- Page 14 Yuuko: A Kekkai. Yuuko: When Buddhists practice Buddhism, there are often disturbances from the outside. Yuuko: They find another area, which has both an inside and an outside, but with no entrance as to eliminate the noise. This is from the ... ... ... ... Watanuki: From now on you don't need to!! Yuuko: You are really impatient!! Marudashi & Morodashi: Impatient Child ?! Watanuki: This is also unnecessary!! Yuuko: Name? ---------------------------- Page 15 Watanuki: Eh? Yuuko: Your name. Watanuki: Watanuki Kimihiro. Yuuko: Is it written like "April First"? Yuuko: Watanuki. Watanuki: Ah, how did you know it was that?! I never said anything! Yuuko: Birthday? ---------------------------- Page 16 Watanuki: April. ... April 1st. sfx: Dong Yuuko: I never knew anyone woul would so willingly give their real name and birthday out to strangers. Yuuko: Ho. Ho. Ho. Watanuki: What!? Watanuki: Wah!! It was you who asked!!! Yuuko: That's not my problem. Yuuko: By giving out your name, you are giving them the ability to take your soul. By giving out your birthday, you have given over the control of your whole life. Watanuki: That is ... Wa ... ... ---------------------------- Page 17 Yuuko: Aren't you going to ask my name? Watanuki: No, I don't need to know. Yuuko: Yuuko. Hajiwara Yuuko. Watanuki: You said your name on your own. Yuuko: It's a fake name of course!! Yuuko: Ho Ho Watanuki: ARG! Watanuki: Is that really necessary?! Yuuko: These children are... Yuuko: Maru-chan Yuuko: And Moro-chan. ---------------------------- Page 18 Yuuko: By the way, their real names are ... Marudashi and Morodashi. Very cute names. Marudashi and Morodashi: Fu Fu Fu Fu Fu Watanuki: What and what?!!! Watanuki: Argh ... ... I can't stand it!! This is rubbish! Sorry to have disturbed you! Watanuki: Huff Huff. sfx: Turn. Marudashi and Morodashi: You're leaving? Watanuki: I hadn't planned on entering in the first place. [Watanuki turns to leave and the door closes on Watanuki's foot]. ---------------------------- Page 19 Yuuko: Haven't I already said so? Yuuko: This was fated. Yuuko: Nothing in this world happened by random. Everything ... Yuuko: ...is fated. ---------------------------- Page 20 Yuuko: You are still in disbelief. Yuuko: Are you ok? Yuuko: Please take out the think in your jacket's pocket. Watanuki: Wah? Yuuko: Quickly. Take it out. [Watanuki hands it over.] Yuuko: This is a good watch. Already has at least 50 years on it. Yuuko: If this is true, than it is probably ok. ---------------------------- Page 21 [Yuuko spins a magic object in a liquid] Yuuko: Watanuki Kimihiro. Watanuki Kimihiro. ---------------------------- Page 22 Yuuko: Your birthplace, and the place you live now are not the same. Yuuko: Somewhere in the middle you moved. Yuuko: Your family is unique. Yuuko: you aren't living with your parents. And now, those people living in the same house with you - have a different last name. Yuuko: you have skillfull hands... that do a lot of housework. Yuuko: But, also the place you are living in, needs you to do the housework. ---------------------------- Page 23 Yuuko: Right now, and since the time you were young, you have always worried. However, that is because of your family reasons. Yuuko: Also, there are things related to "Destiny!!" Yuuko: You-- ---------------------------- Page 24 Yuuko: can see magical things. Yuuko: It is thanks to the blood that flows in your body. Yuuko: Your blood attracts these magical things. Watanuki: How? Yuuko: You told me your real name and birthdate. Watanuki: So it's like this then... Yuuko: Of course, you just have to decipher to understand it. ---------------------------- Page 25 Yuuko: So, if it's like I said, Yuuko: This watch is mine. Watanuki: You just wait a second! Watanuki: Why is the watch yours?!!! Yuuko: It's payment, of course. Yuuko: For everything you desire, you have to pay an equal price in return. You can't get more nor give more. Yuuko: Can't be more or less. Must be in... balance. Yuuko: Or else, ---------------------------- Page 26 Yuuko: there'll be "mishaps." [Yuuko touches Watanuki on the face] Watanuki: What? Yuuko: Whether it's to a person's physical self, or the hidden fates, Yuuko: or spirits from another world. ---------------------------- Page 27 Watanuki: But, I never asked you for anything!! Yuuko: Put this away for me. Marudashi and Morodashi: Yes-- Watanuki: Ah ah ah ah!! Watanuki: What really is this place!!!? Yuuko: A shop. Watanuki: Hah? Yuuko: A wish-fulfilling shop. ---------------------------- Page 28 Marudashi and Morodashi: Fulfilling wishes. Marudashi and Morodashi: As long as master can do it, Marudashi and Morodashi: Any wish can be fulfilled. Yuuko: As a trade, Yuuko: I will take anything of equal value... Yuuko: Such as-- souls. ---------------------------- Page 29 Yuuko: Souls Yuuko: Like Yuuko: This [Yuuko extracts Watanuki's soul] [Watanuki runs backwards] Yuuko: Ahahaha!!! So weird. So weird. No matter what, your actions are so weird. Yuuko: What are you thinking?!!! Yuuko: I won't kill you. Watanuki: Ne? ---------------------------- Page 30 Yuuko: Murdering people is a dangerous thing, which I won't do. No matter for what reason, killing a person gives the killer a heavy weight. Watanuki: Weight? Yuuko: Yes, very heavy. Yuuko: You will be ruined. Watanuki: Wha.. WHAT? Yuuko: Others will come after you. ---------------------------- Page 31 Yuuko: Anyone who knows this won't ever kill anymore. Yuuko: Because it is not worthwhile. Watanuki: B...But souls! Yuuko: Souls have different meanings. ---------------------------- Page 32 Yuuko: Souls can represent a person's important things. To fulfill a wish, your soul is presenting those important things as a trade. Yuuko: That is the kind of shop we have here. Yuuko: I... ...will take an important thing of yours Yuuko: Should you want to fulfill your wish. Watanuki: So that is why-- Watanuki: I said that I don't have a wish! Yuuko: So you think ... That ... Not being seen doesn't matter? Yuuko: Too simple!! ---------------------------- Page 33 Watanuki: This... Yuuko: No problem... Yuuko: Just pretend that you see nothing. Yuuko: Then... Then the magical things will no longer be attracted to your blood. Watanuki: Really? ---------------------------- Page 34 Morodashi: Master said she would help you. Marudashi: She really will help you. Watanuki: Really? Yuuko: I can see your eyes and blood that say you are annoyed. Watanuki: Uh ---------------------------- Page 35 Yuuko: All right, I will fulfill your wish then. Watanuki: I didn't ask you for anything yet!!! Yuuko: It does not matter now, your fate has already been decided. Watanuki: Ah? Yuuko: You and I, Yuuko: Our relationship is already deeply connected. ---------------------------- Page 36 Yuuko: Whether it is a meeting by chance or a major event, every occurrence will affect the future ... Yuuko: because a man's path of life is not only unstoppable-- but also neverending. Yuuko: The smallest thing, the shortest amount of time, the littlest piece of record or memory... Yuuko: the fate that accompanies you will never disappear. ---------------------------- Page 37 Watanuki: Ah. This... Watanuki: What does... Watanuki: this mean? Yuuko: [Smile] Everything that happens in life has a meaning or purpose, of course. Yuuko: Our meeting has a purpose. And your entrance into my store has a purpose as well. Yuuko: ... And your wish? ---------------------------- Page 38 Watanuki: I don't know if this counts as a wish ... Yuuko: Just say it. Watanuki: I ... Watanuki: I can see magical things, things that follow me. I only wish that no spirits or ghosts would dodge my footsteps wherever I go. Yuuko: Is that what you want? Watanuki: Uh... ---------------------------- Page 39 Yuuko: All right. Let me fulfill your wish then. Yuuko: But ... the price? Watanuki: Are you really a business woman?!!! Yuuko: I told you before that this is a store, didn't I? Marudashi & Morodashi: Said it-- ---------------------------- Page 40 Watanuki: I... I'm going to give up. Yuuko: We do not accept forfeits. Watanuki: Can't you just leave me alone to cool down? Yuuko: [Holds up magical mirror.] sfx: SHING Yuuko: Mirror. Mirror. Mirror Appear!! ---------------------------- Page 41 Marudashi & Morodashi: Let us meet you mirror. Watanuki: Wha? Yuuko: The mirror is not reacting. Must be a "generation gap." Yuuko: Ah, you are stubborn. Yuuko: That is quite serious. ---------------------------- Page 42 Yuuko: Work here then. Watanuki: Wha? Watanuki: By work, you mean in this shop? Yuuko: When your diligence has balanced out your wish, Yuuko: I will fulfill it. Just work. Marudashi & Morodashi: He is a janitor now! Yuuko: Hey, I'm only doing this for your benefit. Watanuki: This was your intention all along!?