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“Teen kekkaishi Yoshimori hunts demons nightly while feuding with neighbor Tokine over their clans' magical barrier legacy.”
Kekkaishi
結界師
8.05
834 rank · 33,466 readers · 894 favorites
Shounen
Mythology
Action
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Award Winning
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Teen kekkaishi Yoshimori hunts demons nightly while feuding with neighbor Tokine over their clans' magical barrier legacy.
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. (Source: VIZ Media)
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Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.82
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.67
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Feb 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Kekkaishi is one of my personal favorites in the manga world. The beginning had its rough edges but overall great read. The characters are so devoloped into the story and you have that great feel...”
- 9 “I just finished this series. The conclusion at the end was a bit rushed in my opinion but it doesn't mean it wasn't good. This series was actually great and very enjoyable. I just wished there were...”
- 8 “Yoshimori is a very likeable guy, he never pays attention to his teacher, yet he is far from naive. He never let anyone takes advantage of him and as far as i know it has never been stated whether...”
Verbosity
Short · 56%
Medium · 33%
Long · 11%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 345 × 35 ch × vol
- Total read 46h 00m approx
- Published Feb 2004 – Apr 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0102 catalog