Kekkaishi
Kekkaishi
TV ShowEnded

Kekkaishi

6.9 / 10
2006
1 season
52 episodes
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

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!

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Cast

Seasons

  • Wound of the Right Arm

    1.Wound of the Right Arm

    16-10-200624m

    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 tr...

  • Yoshimori and Tokine

    2.Yoshimori and Tokine

    16-10-200624m

    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 inv...

  • Beautiful Ogre-User

    3.Beautiful Ogre-User

    23-10-200624m

    When an ogre-user and member of the Urakai named Yomi who knew Tokine's father arrives in town, Tokine is forced to remember her fathers death. Even though the Urakai have been int...

  • Her Precious Thing

    4.Her Precious Thing

    30-10-200624m

    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...

  • A Confectioner's Ghost

    5.A Confectioner's Ghost

    06-11-200624m

    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...

  • Karasumori's Night Cherry Blossoms

    6.Karasumori's Night Cherry Blossoms

    13-11-200624m

    Because of the power of Karasumori a huge cherry tree blossoms in front of the school completely out of season. The tree attracts curious students as well as power hungry Ayakashi.

  • The Best Cake

    7.The Best Cake

    20-11-200624m

    This episode continues where the last left off with the spirit of a pastry chef that refuses to pass on. Yoshimori helps him throughout the episode to fulfill his dying wish so he...

  • Yoshimori-like Days

    8.Yoshimori-like Days

    27-11-200624m

    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 ga...

  • Dangerous High School Teacher

    9.Dangerous High School Teacher

    04-12-200624m

    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...

  • Shikigami Chocolate Battle

    10.Shikigami Chocolate Battle

    15-01-200724m

    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...

  • Kouya and Madarao

    11.Kouya and Madarao

    22-01-200724m

    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, s...

  • Demon Dog Madarao's Sealing

    12.Demon Dog Madarao's Sealing

    29-01-200724m

    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...

  • Appearance of Masamori, Captain of the Yagyou

    13.Appearance of Masamori, Captain of the Yagyou

    05-02-200724m

    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 t...

  • Masamori's Plot

    14.Masamori's Plot

    12-02-200724m

    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, Yoshi...

  • Yoshimori's Ambition

    15.Yoshimori's Ambition

    19-02-200724m

    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 eve...

  • Uro-sama of the Colorless Swamps

    16.Uro-sama of the Colorless Swamps

    26-02-200724m

    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...

  • That is God's Territory

    17.That is God's Territory

    05-03-200724m

    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 t...

  • Days of Toshimori, the Youngest Child

    18.Days of Toshimori, the Youngest Child

    12-03-200724m

    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 n...

  • Attackers With White Feathers

    19.Attackers With White Feathers

    16-04-200724m

    An ayakashi disguised as a human sends three ayakashi to Karasumori and has then run around the place before allowing them to run amok in order to gather information. Yoshimori att...

  • Weird Surveillant

    20.Weird Surveillant

    23-04-200724m

    Yoshimori engages in battle with the spy but the spy runs away. Yoshimori chases after him outside the school grounds but the spy runs into the forest. Yoshimori envelopes a large...

  • Cold Transfer Student: Shishio Gen

    21.Cold Transfer Student: Shishio Gen

    07-05-200724m

    A new transfer student shows up and destroys a shiki disguised as Yoshimori. Yoshimori senses it and wakes up from his nap on the roof and tries to find Gen. Tokine and Yoshimori f...

  • Messenger from the Urakai

    22.Messenger from the Urakai

    14-05-200724m

    Yoshimori and Tokine find out that the transfer student, Gen Shishio, is a member of Masamori's Night Troop and was in fact sent by Masamori to protect the Kekkaishi of Karasumori....

  • Taking Aim at the Legitimate Heir

    23.Taking Aim at the Legitimate Heir

    21-05-200724m
  • Gen and Love's Attack

    24.Gen and Love's Attack

    04-06-200724m

    Yurina discovers that her friend Aoi has developed a crush on Gen. Together with her friends, they try to get Gen to realize her feelings.

  • Tokine and the Handsome Gentleman

    25.Tokine and the Handsome Gentleman

    18-06-200724m

    A very popular boy comes to meet Tokine in school. When Yoshimori sees them leaving, he follows them together with Gen, who is suspicious of the boy.

  • A Night Without Yoshimori

    26.A Night Without Yoshimori

    25-06-200724m

    Yoshimori gets sick after desperately trying to erase an Ayakashi. That night, an Ayakashi with strange powers comes to Karasumori, but will Tokine and Shishio be okay without yosh...

  • The Elite of the Council of Twelve

    27.The Elite of the Council of Twelve

    02-07-200724m

    Masamori gets promoted to seat 7 of the mysterious council of twelve, the elite leaders of the Urakai, but he needs to prove what he's worth. While at home, Karasumori and Yoshimor...

  • Kokubourou's Declaration of War

    28.Kokubourou's Declaration of War

    09-07-200724m
  • The Magic Square of Spell-Sealing

    29.The Magic Square of Spell-Sealing

    23-07-200724m

    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 ho...

  • Karasumori's Suitable Person

    30.Karasumori's Suitable Person

    30-07-200724m

    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.

  • The Surprising Past of Shishio

    31.The Surprising Past of Shishio

    06-08-200724m

    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 dire...

  • Atora's Intense Training

    32.Atora's Intense Training

    13-08-200724m

    Yoshimori, Tokine and Shishio are tested by the demon-tamer of the Yagyou squad, who also happens to be the mentor of Shishio.

  • Shige-jii's Dire Flight

    33.Shige-jii's Dire Flight

    20-08-200724m

    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 h...

  • Dark Voice of Temptation from the Egg

    34.Dark Voice of Temptation from the Egg

    27-08-200724m

    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.

  • Kokubourou Approaches

    35.Kokubourou Approaches

    03-09-200724m

    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

  • Karasumori's Destruction by Fire

    36.Karasumori's Destruction by Fire

    10-09-200724m

    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 o...

  • Shishio Gen's Last Battle

    37.Shishio Gen's Last Battle

    10-09-200724m

    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...

  • The Respective Repose of Souls

    38.The Respective Repose of Souls

    01-11-200724m

    Old stories show that the passing of Gen Shishio has not gone unnoticed. The after math has shaken quite a few people, even some that would hesitate to call him a friend. Yoshimori...

  • Karasumori's Enigma

    39.Karasumori's Enigma

    15-11-200724m

    It is now Kokuboro's turn to research the mysteries of Karasumori. Lead by the mysterious Hekian, with an ability called Thousand Eyes, a group of ayakashi, including Gagin's secon...

  • The Road to Kurosusuki

    40.The Road to Kurosusuki

    22-11-200724m

    Tokiko Yukimura has finally returned, just to announce that she will soon be leaving again. Masamori has managed to rebel against the wants of Ogi Ichirou, one of the heads of the...

  • Days of Special Training

    41.Days of Special Training

    29-11-200724m

    Taking Tokiko's words to heart Yoshimori decides to put aside everything to be able to train. With a few words with a shrine priest Yoshimori takes some time to train with a few lo...

  • The Entirety of the Yagyou

    42.The Entirety of the Yagyou

    06-12-200724m

    Yoshimori feels quite crowded when Masamori and the Night Troops move into the neighborhood. He is further surprised to see that his older brother, Masamori, has ordered a few of h...

  • Second Advent of the Black Clouds

    43.Second Advent of the Black Clouds

    20-12-200724m

    Yoshimori leads the trio, Sen and his friends, into a forest where he engages a friendly battle with them. Yoshimori easily overpowers Sen's two friends, but Sen manages to sneak r...

  • Karasumori's War

    44.Karasumori's War

    10-01-200824m

    Yoshimori, Tokine, and Masamori and his night troops are stationed in Karasumori waiting for the enemies approaching. The night troops and the Kekkaishi easily fend off a horde of...

  • Kokubourou's Human Sacrifice

    45.Kokubourou's Human Sacrifice

    10-01-200824m

    Tokine manages to infiltrate Kokubouro by following Shion. Masamori frees Atora and destroys Sakon with ease. As his night troops recuperate, he discovers that both Yoshimori and S...

  • Mysterious World's Maze

    46.Mysterious World's Maze

    17-01-200824m

    Tokine gets through the main entrance of Kokubouro, destroys Koshu, and continues her search for Yoshimori. As he is finding his way in the castle, Yoshimori sees Kaguro and stops...

  • Destiny's Conclusion

    47.Destiny's Conclusion

    17-01-200824m

    Heisuke, along with Kagumi, corners Byaku. It is revealed that Kagumi was Byaku's dead wife and that Byaku, though no apparent, is actually nine years older than Heisuke. Several f...

  • Crumbling Castle

    48.Crumbling Castle

    24-01-200824m

    As the castle begins to fall apart, Masamori and his night troops head into Kokubouro with the path created by Tokiko. Yoshimori rescued Sen and tells him to go back home while he...

  • Sad Demon Flower

    49.Sad Demon Flower

    31-01-200824m

    Aihi rescues Tokine who was about to fall into the depths of the castle. Aihi takes Tokine into her lab and Aihi's past was revealed. Appearently, Aihi lacks the evil aura that mos...

  • Final Battle!

    50.Final Battle!

    07-02-200824m

    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. During the fight,...

  • Yoshimori and Kaguro

    51.Yoshimori and Kaguro

    14-02-200824m

    As the final showdown between Yoshimori and Kaguro continues, Sen enters the battle to help Yoshimori. Sensing that Sen is in danger, Yoshimori instinctively unleashes his Shinkai....

  • The End of Kokubourou

    52.The End of Kokubourou

    21-02-200824m

    Yoshimori is unconscious, and Tokine decides to jump into Yoshimori's Zekkai, effectively waking him up from his trance. With the help of Tokiko’s power, Yoshimori and the others e...

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