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“Watanuki, now shop master, explores Doumeki's dreams to uncover decade-old truths about their friendship.”
xxxHOLiC Rou
xxxHOLiC 籠
8.18
468 rank · 85,978 viewers · 195 favorites
Drama
Mystery
Supernatural
Seinen
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Synopsis
Watanuki, now shop master, explores Doumeki's dreams to uncover decade-old truths about their friendship.
Ten years after the events of xxxHOLiC Shunmuki, a melancholic Kimihiro Watanuki has taken over the shop formerly run by the mysterious Yuuko due to a promise he made to her. His companions Maru, Moro, and Mokona live together with him in relative contentment, and some familiar faces arrive every now and then: former rival turned-steadfast friend Shizuka Doumeki, and the former psychic prodigy Kohane Tsuyuri. While Kohane studies folklore under Doumeki at university, they encounter a case that is perfect for the master of the shop. Eventually, Watanuki receives a visit from Doumeki's grandfather, Haruka. He requests that Watanuki investigates his grandson's dreams. While inside the dream world, he discovers how their past adventures played out from Doumeki's perspective of view, leading Watanuki to discover truths from 10 years ago and secrets about the ties that bind their friendship.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 6 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.69
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σ 0.69 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.83
Running avg · May 2010 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “xxxholic Rou this sequel show us what happens after yuuko disappear for some unknown reason, and also give us a new prospective of how things are now that she is gone and watanuki who takes over...”
- 9 “WELL, xxxHOLiC Rou (2010 OVA) is one of the best examples of when a deep and big story has been told in just a couple of episodes. Set a decade later, it captures an entire lifetime of waiting,...”
- 9 “xxxHolic serves as the perfect follow-up to the previous series, xxxHolic: Shunmuki. xxxHolic: Rou focuses on the manga-related plot element of Watanuki taking over the shop to see Yuko again, as...”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 17%
Long · 33%
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- Format 2 × 34′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 08m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2010 – Mar 2011
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-4775 catalog