Some time between the Meiji and Taisho period... A mother and son walk through heavy rain. The son, YOKI, sees strange, iridescent creatures float from the mountainside and then disappear. He does not yet know such creatures are called "Mushi" and can not be seen by ordinary men. Suddenly, there is a landslide and Yoki's mother is swallowed by the flood. A Mushishi woman named NUI finds the child, who miraculously survived, and takes him home with her...
Some years later, we meet Yoki again as an adult. Having lost his memory in an incident he can not recall, he is now called "GINKO." He is a "Mushishi," one who studies the Mushi he could see as a child and protects ordinary men from the illnesses that they inflict. He travels alone through the thick mountain snow, looking for a night's lodging. We see that his hair is white like the snow and one of his eyes is now missing...
Ginko makes his way to a house where a young woman named TANYU has fallen ill. Born to a family with a strong connection to Mushi, Tanyu records the ancient stories of the Mushi onto scrolls. She fell ill after she heard a tale from a blind Mushishi woman. The woman told her about how she had fought off a powerful Mushi called "Tokoyami," which lived at the bottom of a pond, and about an eyeless fish which lived at the bottom of the Tokoyami called "Ginko." Her extended exposure to the pond turned her hair white and took her eyes...
In the basement library of Tanyu's house, Ginko reads the scroll containing the tale of the blind Mushishi woman. It sounds strangely familiar to him, as if he has heard the story before... the story of a boy named "Yoki," the sole survivor of a landslide..
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It's about a main character who sees spirits/ghosts and they help others. Ghost friends is more light-hearted than xxxHolic.
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Wish granting shop open for service. Are you ready to pay the price of getting your wish granted? Because there is always a price. To sum it up both drama focus on human mind, wishes, greed and deal the question of what every person thinks as most valuable in their life. Also the boss is a marvelous witch.
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High school student Watanuki Kimihiro has the ability to see spirits and monsters but is actually plagued with them. Coming home one day, he’s once again assailled by evil apparitions, but his feet lead him to a strange shop. There he encounters Ichihara Yuko, the mysterious owner who offers to grant Watanuki’s wish to be rid of the spirits. But the price must be of equal value, so Watanuki has to temporarily work for her in her shop that grants wishes. Thus begins his adventures in a world full of supernatural experiences.
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Both leads stumbles with a mysterious lady of many names/lives and esoteric space-time renown
Haunted by visions of ghosts
Employed, servant running errands at Hotel/store that grants wishes to costumers with a price
Visually stunning , stylish part realistic and fairy tale(Sageuk) themes
**watch the Anime**
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Tuy nhiên, chính Leeds m?i là ??i có c? h?i tr??c nh?ng Sacko không th?ng ???c Mignolet trong pha ??i m?t. Sau ?ó, Liverpool là ??i c?m ???c nhi?u bóng h?n trong su?t hi?p 1, nh?ng hàng th? và th? môn c?a Leeds ?ã ch?i t?t ?? b?o toàn mành l??i.
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The series follows the story of a group of strangers who are all having a hard time processing a horrible experience from their past. Each of them is going about their normal lives when they are all strangely pulled to a light shop located at the end of a dubious alleyway. A cautious shopkeeper guards the light shop, which may contain the key to the strangers' pasts, present, and futures.
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“Black Knight” is a love story between a woman who is waiting for the love of her life and a man who is willing to do anything to protect his love. The story spans over two hundred years. Moon Soo Ho is a businessman with a pure heart, but he never shows his true colors to anyone except for Jung Hae Ra, a travel agent who has never traveled abroad. Soo Ho and Hae Ra grew up like siblings in Hae Ra's house, but they got separated later. They meet each other after they grow up and love approaches them as if it were fate. Will their love survive despite all the faltering events?
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Both drama's are based on horror manga's that focus on the supernatural
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Shares the same themes of Japanese spirits and ghost stories. Both Kishibe Rohan and Watanuki Kimihiro have a supernatural ability that helps them with the spirit world
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In xxxHolic, there is someone who grants wishes as well. However, the fulfillment of those wishes usually takes an unexpected (and dark) turn.
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The premises of both the dramas are very different.
Both ML can see spirits and the plot is around that.
From Now On, Showtime has much more to it like: investigation, Murder, and so on...

However if you like From Now on Showtime, just try couple of episodes of XXXholic, you might like it.
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High school student Watanuki Kimihiro has the ability to see spirits and monsters but is actually plagued with them. Coming home one day, he’s once again assailled by evil apparitions but his feet lead him to a strange shop. There he encounters Ichihara Yuko, the mysterious owner who offers to grant Watanuki’s wish to be rid of the spirits. But the price must be of equal value, so Watanuki has to temporarily work for her in her shop that grant wishes. Thus begins his adventures in an world full of supernatural experiences.
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High school student Watanuki Kimihiro has the ability to see spirits and monsters but is actually plagued with them. Coming home one day, he’s once again assailled by evil apparitions, but his feet lead him to a strange shop. There he encounters Ichihara Yuko, the mysterious owner who offers to grant Watanuki’s wish to be rid of the spirits. But the price must be of equal value, so Watanuki has to temporarily work for her in her shop that grants wishes. Thus begins his adventures in a world full of supernatural experiences.
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A romance/fantasy featuring the cursed god Woven, who is newly-arrived on Earth, where he must design and create outfits that are comforting to humans, in order that he may regain entry into heaven. Together with his savvy assistants Joey and Han Sarang, they successfully heal the emotional wounds of their clientele.
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