Yuko Ichihara

There are no accidents, since you have come to my store, fate has decreed so.

Many of these hidden worries are never revealed to other characters (such as Watanuki), even after she dies. And although Yūko is sometimes open about her feelings towards others (such as telling Watanuki that she is happy that he is at the shop), readers can see that most of the time, her feelings go unsaid. The reason why Yūko hides her feelings from others is unknown, but it is speculated that she doesn't want to become too attached, knowing that one day she will vanish. As the plot advances, she is seen behaving in an immature fashion in order to keep Watanuki from realizing the gravity of the situations around him. Yūko has many nicknames because she has never revealed her real name due to her belief that someone who knows the true name of another person can control them. At the shop Yūko is the owner of a mysterious shop in Tokyo. She is a dealer in wishes as she will grant the sincere wish of anyone who is willing to make an appropriate sacrifice in return; the price is always equivalent to the weight of the wish, no more, no less. In the case of Watanuki Kimihiro, who sought to be rid of the evil spirits that plague him, the price was a long period of frequently demeaning servitude. As a result, she now has Watanuki as a sort of "personal assistant" to clean, cook, and perform other tasks she considers beneath her. She keeps Watanuki close and searches for him whenever he's in trouble in order to protect him. This is a connection she shares with Doumeki who's always by his side in the hardest moments due to his ability for exorcism. When it comes to the gastronomical requests, she always challenges Watanuki to prepare the most varied dishes, which the boy makes without much problems unless some complaints, since he is very good in the kitchen. Yūko is apparently one of the few people with the power to send people to multiple worlds, such that she has been aptly named the Dimension witch.