Author / Artist:
Yellow Tanabe
By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi" - a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got some other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty 16-year-old neighbour and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art. Yoshimori couldn't care less about catching demons...until he realizes that his apathetic attitude is taking a toll on his friendship with Tokine. Just as he decides to take matters into his own hands, a couple of amphibious demons and the pesky ghost of a pastry-chef show up to complicate matters!
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Sun, 11/08/2009 - 21:08 — Anna
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Kekkaishi is a promising action title that looks like a good pick for anyone wanting an entertaining shonen story.
Mon, 03/01/2010 - 19:18 — Anonymous
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The premise of Kekkaishi is simple: Yoshimori Sumimura, a seemingly unremarkable fourteen-year-old boy, is a kekkaishi, or barrier-master. When he isn’t consuming unhealthy amounts of coffee-flavored milk, dozing off in class, or baking architecturally magnificent cakes (one of his pet obsessions), he’s patrolling the grounds of his school, which sits atop the Karasumori, a locus of magical energy that proves irresistible to ayakashi (demons) looking to augment their power. Yoshimori traps unwanted visitors within cube-shaped barriers, then vaporizes them, barrier and all.
Mon, 03/01/2010 - 19:17 — Anonymous
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After Tokine’s grandmother leaves to try to deal with the Kokuboro problem, and Masamori’s attention turns from Karasumori, Yoshimori, Tokine, and Gen find themselves overwhelmed when the ayakashi stage an attack against the site. Impossibly outnumbered, things aren’t looking good for our heroes. In a last ditch effort to defend the site, Gen’s willing to sacrifice everything to keep the ayakashi from winning. Will he lose his humanity in the process?
Mon, 03/01/2010 - 19:20 — Anonymous
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In Volume 11 of Kekkaishi, the various kekkaishi from the Night Troops lament the death of their member, Gen. Our hero, Yoshimori, vows to avenge his death by destroying the ayakashi group, The Kokuboro, responsible for the murder. In the middle of intense training, the Night Troops drop in on Yoshimori. One night, the Kokuboro mount a huge attack of the Karasumori site, and the Night Troops desperately try to defend themselves.
Mon, 03/01/2010 - 19:19 — Anonymous
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Yoshimori and Masamori may not get along, but the two of them certainly know how to get into trouble. Both of them have a strong set of values and they will do anything to protect the people that they care about. When they both strike out alone to find answers to the mysteries suddenly surrounding them, they bite off a little more than they can chew. They also engage the ire of their friends, who become infuriated that they would put themselves in that much danger without taking along some backup in case something goes wrong. Which it does. In spades.
