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Kekkaishi
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Description
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 neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art.
Type
Manga
Related Series
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Associated Names
結界師
결계사
Kekkaishi Ayakashi Hojinden
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
Status in Country of Origin
26 Volumes (Ongoing)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 13, Chap 121
User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (662 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.65 / 10.0
| 10 |
39% (256 votes) |
| 9+ |
25% (168 votes) |
| 8+ |
18% (122 votes) |
| 7+ |
11% (72 votes) |
| 6+ |
3% (21 votes) |
| 5+ |
1% (7 votes) |
| 4+ |
0% (1 votes) |
| 3+ |
0% (2 votes) |
| 2+ |
0% (1 votes) |
| 1+ |
2% (12 votes) |
Last Updated
December 12th 2009, 8:11pm PST
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Year
2004
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Shonen Sunday (Shogakukan)
Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Viz Media (18 Volumes - Ongoing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 164  (+40) Monthly Pos # 189  (-26) 3 Month Pos # 56 (+8) 6 Month Pos # 61 (-7)
List Stats
On 2492 reading lists On 566 wish lists On 75 unfinished lists On 89 custom lists
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| Forum Posts |
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| Romance in Kekkaishi? |
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| Kekkaishi -- one of the most underrated Manga ever |
42 days, 20 hours, 21 minutes ago |
| Indonesian released |
45 days, 8 hours, 59 minutes ago |
| kekkaishi 268... and then the norm find out |
200 days, 16 hours, 12 minutes ago |
| Manga arcs |
203 days, 8 hours, 23 minutes ago |
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| Really, REALLY SLOW start, but it gets better later on. by Samken on February 1st, 2010, 1:40am |
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Kekkaishi is a really interesting series with a really interesting premise. It´s really unpopular compared to others shounen series (Fairy Tail, One Piece, Naruto and Bleach comes to mind) because of it's SLOW start, but it gets really good later on. IF you can struggle the early volumes, you'll not get disappointed.
Rating: 7.5 / 10.0 |
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| go get em tiger!! by mu2020 on December 22nd, 2009, 7:03am |
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that is true tiger...
@wako: don't consider yourself a big holy judge if you only manage to read 3 vol of the manga...
and you might not get this:
their ability is only one "to manipulate space", but if you do have imagination in you, then their ability is limitless... making space, destroying it and whatever that is in it, fixing things, walking trough wall, make arrows, make a hole inside your opponent's body, distorting space around you, rejecting everything, fixing up space, make a worm hole like thingy that connect two dimension. and many more... but the greatest of all is: become a god of your own space where your rule is so absolute to the point where if you want to even the dead is back alive.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on December 22nd, 2009, 7:06am |
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| well, someone's gotta play devil's advocate, I suppose by Harimau on December 19th, 2009, 7:50am |
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but, having said that, really, you should just disregard what wako944 has said, since he couldn't be more wrong. kekkaishi is far deeper and far better than that. of course he'd make such a narrow minded judgment, having only read 26 chapters, and others before me have mentioned that kekkaishi starts slow, but you know i'm not saying that despite only reading 26 chapters he's not entitled to not enjoy it, since that's merely his experience. but to mislead others, that's what i can't stand for.
... Last updated on December 19th, 2009, 7:52am |
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| Overrated by wako944 on December 16th, 2009, 1:35am |
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Wow, I don't quite know where to begin. After hearing all these good things about this manga and reading 16 chapters, I have to say that I am extremely disappointed. For the first five chapters, I was beyond bored but, I somehow managed to muscle my way through, hoping to see what made this series so appealing to others. But, to no avail. Ten chapters later, the story is still bland and repetitive.
Let me summarize what EVERY single chapter has been thus far:
1. Yoshimori, the male lead, pesters his secret crush (who is extremely cliche: childhood friend, next door neighbor, perfect student, idol of many male students, etc...) on the way to school.
2. Yoshimori sleeps in class, the teacher annoys him to open his book but he doesn't care. The author then uses his classmates to spit out a page or two of nonsensical dialogue and then the school day ends.
3. Both the main characters fight the monsters. Monsters are poorly designed and fights could not be blander because the heroes use the same attacks/skills EVERY SINGLE TIME (rasengan, anyone?).
4. Male lead goes home to sleep or make a castle made of cake or candy. (Apparently, it's the main character's passion/dream to make a castle of candy.)
5. Yoshimori wakes up to his stupid grandfather who is annoying, they fight over breakfast.
6. Repeat.
If you're looking for a plotless manga that has poor character design and uses Japanese religion/spirits as a base, then this manga is for you.
... Last updated on December 16th, 2009, 1:46am |
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| Starts slow but gets better by yuri999 on November 27th, 2009, 10:35am |
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Sure the character is pretty typical shonen (ala ichigo and naruto) but somehow even with all the supernatural elements, this series seems realistic. The guy is quite likeable and lead female protagonist is also the same cliche smart childhood friend but you can't help but root for Yoshimori getting Tokine even tho she is 2 years older than him lol... their care for each other grows slowly but its quite noticeable that she is sort of beginning to accept him more and.... lets not spoil it any further 
Oh, and his mother & elder brother dynamic rocks. READ THIS NAO!
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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| <3 by Azari02 on October 26th, 2009, 2:37am |
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Although it start slow its really great. I really love the unique fighting system which despite some people said actually IS IMAGINATIVE... And I do acknowledge as someone said it doesn't variate from the plain system UNTIL the later 200+ chapters, then his powers get even cooler and more interesting. I have never seen a fighting system similar and setting wise the author puts the extra effort to making an elaborate unique world of magic and ghostly powers etc. that really captured my attention. I also enjoy how at first the main character isn't that special and then he truly works for his power and THEN it is revealed what makes him special... plus the side plots and things going on behind the scenes add a nice touch to the story. This is my favortie action/adventure/shounen
Rating: 8 / 10.0 |
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| Review by bludvein on September 20th, 2009, 11:36am |
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I had a hard time getting into this at first. So much so that the first time I attempted reading i gave up within the first 15 chapters.
However, some time later i decided id give it another go because of its high rating, and boy am I glad i did. It starts off slow so you have to stick with it, but once it starts moving you can get hooked easy.
Read it.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| ... by dreamer00013 on August 17th, 2009, 4:27pm |
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i feel like there has been nearly next to zero progress at all.....
but hey, there were some cool scenes! (not many though)
the art is average....the characters boring and the usual, to make it short: Don't start this.
It's not interesting at all and I can't understand why people give this at best more than 8 points. |
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| Blah by elementcharm on July 28th, 2009, 9:35am |
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My first attempt at reading this left me bored and it felt like a chore reading it. I heard such good things about this that i forced my way though the beginning.
Yes it did get better enough to hold my interest but after 200 chapters it almost feels as if nothings happened. I cant recall any major plot twist or arc to move the main plot along. 200 chapters seem to have been spent powering the main character up with compaired to most in this manga he is still really weak. Dispite this everyone is saying how much untapped power he has...its be over 200 chapters lets get it moving.
Overall thus far it has been rather bland for me but it seems to be picking up so im gonna hold my breath. |
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| Exceeds Harry Potter by a lot... by jamievalero on May 31st, 2009, 8:00am |
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Magic co-existing with the real world in a hidden sort of way -- this is the sort of twist in fantasy storytelling that made Harry Potter an initially engaging read. Though the first books were interesting, the latter Harry Potter books started falling apart when grown-up politics began intruding in the story.
So far, Kekkaishi deals with the politics of its grown-ups gingerly and with great sensitivity. How much easier it would be if the antagonists of the story just grabbed absolute power quickly and for its own sake! The story takes great pains to show how absolute power corrupts, and how its protagonists must contemplate the meaning of their actions, tempering the exercise of their strength through its ethical use and most importantly: by sharing the consequences of their actions with the people they care -- family, friends, allies, and the immediate community.
I don't think it is accidental in the later unfolding of the story that the most irresponsible users of power in Kekkaishi are those unbound by traditional ties of family and friendship. It also helps that there are genuine moments of humor and intimacy between characters in the story. These and many more plot elements makes this manga series a solid 10 in my opinion.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on June 24th, 2009, 5:45am |
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