Kekkaishi

Description

From Viz:
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.

Note: Won the 52nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category.

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Kekkaishi Ayakashi Hojinden

Kết Giới Sư

ผู้ผนึกมาร

結界師

결계사

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.345 (end) by a-team 14 years ago

c.344 by a-team 14 years ago

c.343 by a-team 14 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

35 Volumes (Complete)
6 Volumes (Ongoing - Kanzenban Edition)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 13, Chap 121 (Parts are omitted, changed or added)

User Reviews

Kekkaishi by KrisKelvin

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23 topics, 192 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (1627 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.46 / 10.0

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Last Updated

January 5th, 2025 1:49am PST - 7 months ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Drama School Life Shounen Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Sunday (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (35 Volumes - Completed)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #860

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Monthly Pos #1557

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3 Month Pos #2679

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6 Month Pos #3479

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Year Pos #3971

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List Stats

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Latest Arc [Spoilers]

14 years ago

Just started read this.

14 years ago

one last chapter.... i think

14 years ago

Kekkaishi arcs?

14 years ago

mahora sama.... he/her/whatever

14 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

well- constructed manga

by whitespade
11 years ago

Rating: 9.8 / 10.0

initially, it doesn't look like it, but as you progress along the story, you will see how well constructed and put out all aspect of the plot is. this is not the standard shounen that rambles on any direction, but everything that occur actually have significance for the story.

the mc and his love interest is the standard shounen main type, but with a bit of twist. the mc have a reason to 'protect' instead of the usual 'i see you for 3 sec let me lay my life for you' he knows the other party very well and his interest build up form childhood. the usual childhood/big sister type love interest have a strong and reasonable quality about her, that makes her one of the few girls in shounen manga that can be admired for her own self, not for her association with the mc.

the art is quite interesting in its ordinariness, there is very little flashiness in it with very rounded edges and detailed but muted background. even with the standard face shape, it is amazing how the mangaka able to make everyone separate with each other just by changing the eyes and the hair. i never get confused with one character with another. this is also because they are imbued with individual personality, so you seldom feel deja vu with the different type of friends and rivals.

the ending made me teared up a bit, but on the whole this manga is fun and exciting. such a rich world with varied beings and powers - i would love for stories that use this world as background again, using other characters such as the shikigami, with his polar opposite personality from the mc.

so please read this manga, you will not be disappointed!

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Wow - That is an ending

by Vallan.Mandrake
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Wow, after 345 Chapters this manga ended - IT HAD AN ACTUAL END ! Well- it felt a little bit rushed and I would have wished for more romance -

like some Rescue and hug situation (witch would be minimum standard for this genre...) or at least some kiss... sad :-(

But it felt concluded and open ...

A really good manga.

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Recommended.

by panos
14 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Plot:Very interesting and original in it's own way.Basically sth like a hyper upgrade of Inuyasha.Starts a bit slow but unfolds better as time goes by.Sometimes it's a little perplexed without any particular reason though.

Character development:The characters are developed pretty nicely and considering the fact that you will meet more than 60 different characters there is a good management of them.But most of them are your typical shounen ones so no originality here.Also i don't like the shounen syndrome where the protagonist doesn't dirty his hands.What i mean is that Yoshimori is the guy who wants to protect everything but doesn't have the power to do so.So when the situation is sink or swim (when he is dealing with half ayakashi or humans) and knows the risk that if he doesn't kill them sth worst will happen,someone else pops up and does the cleaning job done.Or that some bad guys get away when they can be apprehended.I would rather the series had Masamori, his elder brother as the protagonist who is someone similar to the flame alchemist from FMA rather than the moron Yoshimori.But that's never gonna change.Fighting shounen will and always have a teenage student as a lead character with a million flaws so as the story progresses he gets over them little by little, and not a conscious person.Masamori and Mudou definitely the best 2 characters of the story.

Artwork:Well...Average.Not too detailed on the characteristics of the faces take Yukimura for example.The scenery is ok but also sth not very impressive.But i don't care much since i read manga for the story and not for their artwork.

Be prepared though.This series has a lot of chapters and is a little slow at first.
Also sth tells me that after 342 chapter the ending will suck.

So instead of ending this stupid curse as the god of 339/15 stated now more characters have to needlessly be sacrificed like Yoshimori's mother 342/18 (although never liked her).The story goes for another moronic shounen ending.If they could plead that God why didn't they ask him to destroy Karasumori in the first place.It's like the whole story crumbles and 340+ chapters were in vain!The mother missed for 10 years,people died at Karasumori,lives where changed and many students were put at risk.Let me guess,the founder will also go unpunished right?

PS: Boo boo boo boo.The ending felt like a waste of time, bad,rushed and inconsistent (meaning the last 10 chapters or so which makes sense if you also read the spoiler above).I felt like I wasted my time reading the whole manga.

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Awesome

by enaikelt
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I'm not sure why people don't like the slow start. I quite enjoyed it. That said, I hope Kekkaishi comes to an end sometime. It would be very nice to have a good ending to this awesome series.

The only problems I had with it were that Yoshimori spends about the first half being a blundering doof, and the second half being really too powerful for his own good. Especially in the anime, where his tendency to fall over and screw up seems to be somehow magnified a couple hundred times, despite having transcribed right from the manga. However, it's mostly overlookable in the manga.

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Really, REALLY SLOW start, but it gets better later on.

by Samken
15 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

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.

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great series

by sakirol
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Solid plotline from start to finish with an actual ending. Interesting story. Plot twists and turns, but the mangaka managed to keep the integrity of the story intact. One thing though is that the story doesn't focus on the MC in battles.

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Has it's ups and downs

by PZcolo
11 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Great start till the fall of Kuroboro, after that I lost interest considerably both from the story and chars, luckily it gets better again in the final volumes in the escapation of the conflict in the Urakai and the unfolding of Karasumori's story.
Overall it was interesting and it's nice to have a long action story with a proper ending for a change.

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it was ighttt

by RamonE15
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

The ending was okay.. but a kiss would have been even better.. it was clear that she said yes to his not so direct confession... but i get the feeling it was not complete.. im talking about the ending..

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Good

by chakan
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

Great manga, all the way through. I didnt care for the last chapter, not because the ending sucked but rather the main characters only get 3 pages of the "ending". Kinda annoying. Otherwise was a great work, could easily have continues or have a spin off if the author chose to.

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Very Good

by whistlebird
15 years ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

I can see why some would not like it (my sisters judge it because they don't like the art and the way the heroes start out fighting with "boxes") but I think this is definitely one of the better series out there. It does start out really slow and it can occasionally be a little stupid but as the series goes on it gets much more complex and interesting. The characters really flesh out and become human and the villains become less flat. The morally gray areas of politics are also introduced. What I like the best is that the characters do find out more unique ways of using these "boxes" and change their form, specialty, strength, etc, and their ability to use them diverges. The main character is funny and yes, naturally strong though he can't get his head in the game at first,

and although I don't particularly like Yoshimori's brother, he's intriguing and I can understand his jealousy. I also love the Urukai characters he commands. Especially Sen and... what's-his-name, the amiable (usually) vampire with the squinty eyes and the kid with the paper bag over his head, lol. So yes, it's exciting, with a good plot, many loveable characters, and I even liked the ending, which for me is pretty rare.

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