×××HOLiC/Unreasonable

Unreasonable
Season 1, Episode 19
Airdate	August 10, 2006
Written by
Directed by
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Unreasonable is the nineteenth episode of the first season of ×××HOLiC. Yūko organizes a snowball fight.

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Plot Overview

Yūko leaves a message for Watanuki in his locker at school, asking him to show up in the park with Dōmeki and Himawari. When they arrive, Zashiki-warashi and Ame-warashi are also there. Yūko announces that she has organized a snowball fight. Watanuki decides to leave, but ends up staying because of everyone else. They all build snowmen of various styles and sizes. Yūko then says the snowmen will actually be the ones fighting, and so everyone's snow creation comes to life. Dōmeki's trash can construction buries Watanuki's tiny snow rabbit, and then Mokona mounts its giant snow Mokona (White Mokona) and attacks Watanuki. The White Mokona is destroyed in the chase, also taking out Dōmeki's snowman. Watanuki's snow rabbit emerges intact from the rubble, but runs off. Zashiki-warashi's snow creation is destroyed defending Watanuki from the Tengu guardians, leaving Yūko and Ame-warashi to battle it out. Eventually Yūko's snow soldier is the victor, and it also takes out Himawari's awkward snow clione. Watanuki's snow rabbit returns, but it seems to stand no chance against the snow soldier, until the snow soldier accidentally blows its own head off. As the victor, Watanuki wins a box that will grant him any wish he desires, but Yūko asks about dinner just as he opens it to reveal... dinner. The group builds a shelter and eats the food as Watanuki complains about the whole situation.

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Mokona Modoki: Mokona builds a giant snow Mokona, causing Watanuki to complain that it just built a replica of itself. Mokona counters that it did not, since the snow Mokona is white, and it is black. This is true, as the white Mokona was given to Syaoran by Yūko during the events of Tsubasa Chronicle.
• Zashiki-warashi: She still has a crush on Watanuki, and protects him from the Tengu guardians when they attack him (again).

Referbacks

• 1x16 - Reunion: The Zashiki-warashi returns a pen to Watanuki that he lost during his visit to the spirit mountain.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade: An anime film directed by Hiroyuki Okiura. Yūko's snowman resembles the military police in the film.
• Pokémon: When Yūko orders her snowman to attack, she tells it to use Thunder Shock. Thunder Shock is an electric-based move used by Ash Ketchum's Pikachu on the Pokémon anime series, which Ash often orders Pikachu to perform in battle.