FINISHED
Kekkaishi
52 Episodes
24 min each
FALL 2006
Synopsis
Yoshimori Sumimura is a 14-year-old student at Karasumori School. Following in the tradition that's come down through the generations, he is the twenty-second Kekkaishi of the Sumimura clan. But he’s constantly fighting with his rival, Tokine Yukimura—his childhood friend and also a Kekkaishi—about who is the rightful heir to the magical barrier arts. Protecting people from danger while growing stronger himself, Yoshimori will battle the forces of evil again tonight!
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Romance
Supernatural
Format
Unknown
Episodes
52
Per Episode
24 min
Source
Unknown
Episodes
52 / 52 Episodes
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Episode 1
Night Blooms of Karasumori
The Kekkaishi's mission is to exterminate the Ayakashi that appear within the Karasumori site. As legitimate heirs, Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura carry out their family tradition as the Kekkaishi. Following an incident that occurred five years ago, Yoshimori vows to protect Tokine from ever getting hurt.
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Episode 2
The Best Cake in the World
During the day, Yoshimori and Tokine are normal students living a regular school life. At night, they protect the Karasumori site as Kekkaishi. One day, the Ayakashi Tsuchigama invades into the Karasumori school grounds. Yoshimori must run through the Tsuchigama's rain of attacks in order to destroy the Ayakashi.
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Episode 3
A Day in the Life of Yoshimori
Yomi Kasuga, a Demon Tamer, pays a visit to the Yukimura family under orders from the Shadow Organization. Her arrival causes Tokine to recall the painful memory of the day her father Tokio died. Yomi reveals herself to be an enemy and explains her goal of taking over the Karasumori site in order to strengthen her demon, Yoki. Imprisoned, Yoshimori and Tokine find themselves in danger!
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Episode 4
A Dangerous Teacher
The Karasumori's power causes Yoki to go out of control. Even Yomi is unable to stop her demon now. Hakudo and Odo, who were sent by the Shadow Organization to pursue Yomi, arrive and destroy Yoki. Yomi is then taken into custody for defying orders. As she departs, Yomi learns from Yoshimori the true meaning of kindness.
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Episode 5
Shikigami Chocolate Battle
This episode begins where the last ended with the Kekkaishi cleaning up the mess created by Yomi and Yoki at karasumori. Shigemori explains to Yoshimori that within the Urakai is a group of users called the Yagyou who are an operations squad of the Urakai, and that the leader of the Yagyou is Yoshimori's older brother, Masamori. The episode continues to follow the story of Yoshimori's dealings with a ghost that is having trouble passing on.
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Episode 6
Koya and Madarao
Yurina Kanda, one of Yoshimori's classmates, is a girl who can see ghosts and spirits. To see one of the 77 wonders of Karasumori Academy - the unseasonable blooming of cherry blossoms - Yurina sneaks into the school grounds late at night. There, she witnesses Yoshimori and Tokine in the midst of exterminating the Ayakashi.
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Episode 7
Sealing the Demon Dog
Masahiko, the ghost of a patissier, cannot pass on because he is worried about leaving behind his younger brother Toshihiko. Yoshimori meets with Toshihiko and tells him about his older brother, but is not taken seriously. To help the two brothers, Yoshimori decides to bake the same cake from the brothers' childhood memories.
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Episode 8
Masamori Sumimura Chief of the Night Troops
Yoshimori trains a lot and tries to best Tokine as usual. His grandpa, Shigemori, mentally remarks how much power Yoshimori has. Yoshimori at the end breaks a boulder... and the garden.
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Episode 9
Masamori's Scheme
A handsome teacher shows up secretly attacking students. Yoshimori is suspicious of the guy when he sees Tokine happily walking next to the guy and thinks about warning her of him being a possible dangerous player. At night, they sense an abnormality inside the school and they discover it is the teacher with three snakes wrapped around him. The teacher is actually a person with special powers but they still sense an ayakashi. It turns out that he was possessed by a parasitic ayakashi and they destroy it. The teacher is distraught that he attacked a student and is really nice by nature although he is still slightly perverted.
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Episode 10
Yoshimori's Ambition
Yoshimori as a cake lover is obsessed with the legendary chocolate cake that his dad mentioned to him that is offered secretly to only 7 people at 5 AM at a specific cake shop. In order to hold a place in line, Yoshimori sends his shikigami but he is tired out and can't focus when fighting an ayakashi at Karasumori. Tokine worries about him but when she finds out the reason she becomes angry. Yoshimori then discovers that Shigemori ate his share of the chocolate cake much to his dismay. The next day Tokine reluctantly calls Yoshimori for help to kill a cockroach. Yoshimori manages to do so after Tokine accidentally pushes him on the ground smashing it. Afterwards, Tokine continuously avoids him but eventually gives him a thank-you gift: a T-shirt and the legendary chocolate cake.
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Episode 11
Lord Uro of the Colorless Marsh
It's another night of Kekkaishi duty. Yoshimori encounters three minor ayakashi, Honetarou, Uhosuke, and Nagao, and easily captures them. However, Madarao's old companion, Kouya, shows up and in anger attacks everyone, including his followers. After a brief flashback of Ginro (Madarao) and Kouya's happy past gone wrong at the hands of the humans, Kouya gains power from Karasumori and transforms. Yoshimori releases the seal on Madarao revealing his real form. Madarao and Kouya then battle.
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Episode 12
The Divine Field
After a long battle, Madarao is weakened and begins to accept death believing that Kouya will die as well but Kouya gains even more power from Karasumori. Just as Madarao is about to give up, Yoshimori steps in and tells Madarao that his master is not allowing him to die and thus Madarao stands up. The two work together and strike Kouya down. The dying Kouya tells Madarao to kill him but Madarao can't because he has no power left, but Kouya refuses to die at the hands of a human and so Karasumori lends its power to Madarao, finishing off Kouya. But before the group can celebrate, Madarao's true ayakashi nature reveals itself and starts attacking Yoshimori. But Yoshimori, with the help of Hakubi and Tokine, successfully seals Madarao once again through much difficulty.
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Episode 13
A Day in the Life of Toshimori
Yoshimori thinks about being the legitimate successor and gets in a bad mood when he doesn't understand why he is the successor and not his brother, Masamori, who is more skilled than he is. At Karasumori, Yoshimori and Tokine encounter an ayakashi that stinks so bad that Hakubi and Madarao's sense of smell is greatly disrupted. Masamori watches from afar and is able to find the ayakashi with his partner, Kurohime, but sits back and watches how Yoshimori handles it. The ayakashi's shell is very hard and difficult to break and just before its blades were going to slice Yoshimori, Masamori interrupts its attack and destroys one of its blades. He then creates a 5 layer kekkai surrounding the ayakashi and destroys it. Masamori reveals to everyone that he will staying for a few days, much to Yoshimori and Madarao's unhappiness.
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Episode 14
Assault of the White Feathers
Yoshimori is really annoyed with Masamori being back especially when he thinks about how Tokine paid more attention to Masamori even in their childhood than to him. At night, Yoshimori and Tokine go to Karasumori and are confused when they can't find the ayakashi but then all of a sudden a forest grows and envelopes the school grounds. Madarao mentally notes that plant-type ayakashi cannot move and so someone must have planted it there. Masamori watches from afar and it is revealed that he was the one who planted it. Using the backdraft phenomenon suggested by Yoshimori, the two are able to destroy the ayakashi, although they had a huge mess to clean up afterward.
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Episode 15
The Ominous Spy
Yoshimori and Tokine called for help cleaning up and Masamori, Tokiko, and Shigemori show up. Yoshimori is annoyed the next day after being lectured for being reckless and gets even more so after thinking of the past. Later Yoshimori confronts Masamori about why he is watching him from afar. He then tells him that he wants to destroy Karasumori. After the conversation, Masamori uses Kurohime to search for anomalies. The next day, Masamori says to Shigemori that Yoshimori is above him. The family says farewell to Masamori as he leaves once again. Yoshimori asks Masamori to go bury Kouya's fur on his home mountain. Yoshimori promises to himself that he will surpass Masamori.
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Episode 16
Gen Shishio the Heartless Transfer Student
A strange god shows up at school in broad daylight. Yoshimori later finds out that it is Uro-sama who was looking for a kekkaishi who can fix his bed. Shigemori reveals that in the past he went to go fix the bed 50 years ago although Tokine says that Tokiko went to go fix it 50 years ago as well. The next day Shigemori and Yoshimori travel to the Colorless Swamp. Uro-sama opens up a portal to a different dimension in the swamp and Yoshimori jumps in.
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Episode 17
Emissary from the Shadow Organization
Yoshimori is in a god's dimension and finds Uro-sama's bed to be a giant ball covered with vines and trees. He jumps inside and sees a box and restores it resulting in the plants to be blown away from it and the bed to be even bigger than before. Uro-sama becomes happy and jumps into the orb which causes Yoshimori to feel abnormal and rejected by everything in the dimension. He perseveres and tries to ask Uro-sama about Karasumori before the god falls asleep. After a while he is at his limit and is thrown out of the orb and dimension by Mamezo.
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Episode 18
In Pursuit of the Legitimate Heir
It's just a typical day for Toshimori but Shuji and Shigemori won't be home for the whole day and so he is stuck with Yoshimori. At school, Toshimori's friends get in trouble for not doing their homework and beg him to tutor them at his house. Toshimori is reluctant but eventually relents but also makes up a story about Yoshimori being very frightening. However, when they arrive home, Yoshimori greets them while wearing his baking attire. Later, Tokine visits bringing some dinner cooked by her mother but she encounters a cockroach and spills all the food on Yoshimori and the boys.
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Episode 19
A Crush On Gen
An elite team of Kokubouro comes to Karasumori during the day to ask for a negotiation with the Kekkaishi at night. However, the Ayakashi can't be trusted and the negotiations go wrong.
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Episode 20
Tokine and the Prince
Yoshimori found a way to get out of the magical square, and is facing four Ayakashis. Yoshimori thinks of a plan to erase them but when his plan goes bad, Tokine gets taken as a hostage. Meanwhile, Shishio, who is almost lost in his anger, is fighting the 5th Ayakashi who seems to be just playing.
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Episode 21
A Night Without Yoshimori
Shishio is troubled by his past but he will not tell the story to Yoshimori and Tokine. So, Yoshimori has no other choice than to ask his brother, Masamori.
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Episode 22
Council of Twelve
Masamori entrusted Yoshimori, who wants to help Shishio with the tale of Shishio's past. Yoshimori is troubled with what to do and even Tokine can't help him, so he goes for a direct approach
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Episode 23
The Kokuboro's Declaration of War
Yoshimori, Tokine and Shishio are tested by the demon-tamer of the Yagyou squad, who also happens to be the mentor of Shishio.
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Episode 24
Seal of Dispelling
Yoshimori, Tokine and Shishio are fighting in Karasumori while Kokubouro takes action against Matsudo Heisuke, the scientist that was helping Shige-Jii, trying to figure out what human skin are the Ayakashi wearing
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Episode 25
The Right Person for Karasumori
Shishio receives an egg from Kaguro, an Ayakashi working for Kokubouro. When the egg gets closer to hatching, it is telling troublesome things to Shishio to confuse him.
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Episode 26
Gen's Dark Past
While Shishio's egg is confusing him more and more, Kokuboro makes preparations for a full scale war. A large Ayakashi attack on Karasumori is coming, and it's coming fast
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Episode 27
A Challenge from Atora
As Kokubouro descends, Masamori and his Night Troops are still preoccupied elsewhere leaving only Yoshimori, Tokine and Shishio to defend Karasamori. They end up in a battle with one of the leaders of Kokuboro. They must try their hardest to survive as all possible reinforcements are being distracted, and delayed by other Kokuboro forces.
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Episode 28
Hurry Grandpa Shige!
The fight continues with Yoshimori, Tokine and Shishio fending off a hot headed Gagin. The only chance for relief is for Shishio to transform into his full form, breaking the taboo once again. Though the Kokuboro army is forced to retreat, the Karasumori gang gets delivered a devastating blow.
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Episode 29
Call of Darkness
Yoshimori launches Tokine into the sky for her to cast barriers around the four human ayakashi, but the arthropodan Haizen manages to free the others by melting the barriers.
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Episode 30
The Kokuboro Draws Near
Gen thinks back to when Masamori had first assigned him to help protect the site, knowing that it would have been a risk on his life.
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Episode 31
Karasumori in Flames
Gen had been born as a half ayakashi, and his older sister Ryo Shishio was the only person he had trusted as a child, since he had been bullied by a boy named Tsutomu.
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Episode 32
Gen Shishio's Last Stand
Yoshimori pays a visit to Gen for lunch. Soon after, Tokine comes by with Atora Hanashima, a member of the Yagyou as a monster tamer, let alone being Gen`s personal trainer.
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Episode 33
Requiem
Shigemori is verified by Matsudo of the location of the Kokuboro headquarters. At night Tokine and Gen are busy fighting ayakashi, and Yoshmori begins to suspect the purpose for the establishment of the Kokuboro.
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Episode 34
The Mystery of Karasumori
Aihi is told by Byaku to find a way to prolong Princess`s life. She is then asked by Kaguro about her guise as a human, as she explains it is habitual since she had been forced and confined by a master to remain as a human, as she studying their way of life.
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Episode 35
A Passage to Kokuboro
Yoshimori, after having seen Gen`s encounter with Kaguro, tells Tokine about this. Meanwhile, the purple egg continues to confuse Gen into joining the Kokuboro.
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Episode 36
Days in Training
Yoshimori, Tokine, and Gen continue to take out the army of ayakashi, with Byaku and Shion monitoring this.
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Episode 37
Night Troops Arrive
Gagin is preparing to launch a giant flame ball at Yoshimori, Tokine, and Gen.
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Episode 38
Resurgence
Sakon, a lizard ayakashi, who is a subordinate of Gagin, requests that Byaku should allow him to take over leadership for the first task force.
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Episode 39
The Battle of Karasumori
Hekian, a cloaked ayakashi plans to draw out the former deity of the Karasumori site, who is Lord Uro, by using his thousand eyes ability.
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Episode 40
Kokuboro's Hostage
Tokiko has finally returned, just to announce to Tokine that she will be leaving again two days later.
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Episode 41
Through the Maze
Yoshimori, taking Tokine`s words decides to put aside everything to be able to train.
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Episode 42
Byaku and Matsudo
Yoshimori and Tokine feels quite crowded when the Yagyou move into the neighborhood.
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Episode 43
The Collapsing Castle
Yoshimori leads Sen, along with his friends Shu Akitsu and Dai Yaegashi, into a forest where he engages a friendly battle with them.
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Episode 44
Flower of Sorrow
The kekkaishi and the Yagyou easily fend off a horde of ayakashi. Yoshimori, still having his mind set on avenging Gen, leaves the battlefield in search of Kaguro.
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Episode 45
The Final Battle!
Tokine manages to infiltrate Kurosusuki by following Shion. Masamori frees Atora and destroys Sakon in his true form with ease.
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Episode 46
Yoshimori and Kaguro
Tokine gets through the main entrance of the castle, destroys Koshu in his true form, and continues her search for Yoshimori.
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Episode 47
The End of Kokuboro
Matsudo soon corners Byaku, revealed to be nine years older than him. Fifty years ago, he had found out that Byaku had been performing experiments on his wife Risa Kagami.
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Episode 48
The Collapsing Castle
As the castle begins to fall apart, the Yagyou heads into Kurosusuki along the passageway created by Tokiko.
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Episode 49
Flower of Sorrow
Aihi rescues Tokine, who was about to fall into the depths of the castle.
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Episode 50
The Final Battle!
Tokine is finally reunited with Yoshimori in Kurosusuki, but without any time to waste, Yoshimori immediately goes into battle to settle his revenge with Kaguro.
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Episode 51
Yoshimori and Kaguro
Kaguro says that one must cut ties with humankind in order to become stronger. Tokine and Sen appear to show how Kaguro`s blades could penetrate the barriers.
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Episode 52
The End of Kokuboro
Running out of time, Tokine rashly decides to jump straight into the true barrier of Yoshimori, effectively managing to reawaken him from his trance.
Characters
Voice Actors
Hiroyuki Yoshino (japanese)
Yoshimori Sumimura
Main
Voice Actors
Rie Saitou (japanese)
Tokine Yukimura
Main
Voice Actors
Mayumi Tanaka (japanese)
Gen Shishio
Supporting
Voice Actors
Atsushi Miyauchi (japanese)
Masamori Sumimura
Supporting
Voice Actors
Takeharu Onishi (japanese)
Madarao
Supporting
Voice Actors
Ishii Masanori (japanese)
Hakubi
Supporting
Staff
Yellow Tanabe
Original Creator
Kenji Kodama
Director
Hiroshi Oonogi
Series Composition
Hirotoshi Takaya
Character Design
Atsuo Tobe
Design Assistance
Nobuhiko Genma
Design Assistance
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Information
Aired
Oct 15, 2006
to Feb 04, 2008
Season
FALL 2006
Source
Unknown
Format
Unknown
Studios
Sunrise
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