Kekkaishi

Yoshimura Sumimura comes from a long line of "Kekkaishi," individuals who have supernatural abilities and are able to destroy evil creatures called Ayakashi that venture into the human realm from time to time. The Ayakashi are demons that look to feast on the power emanating from the land of Karasumori, which also happens to be where Yoshimura's high school is located. Now, Yoshimura must fight to protect his beloved school and hometown. Although, if it were up to him, he would rather be baking cakes than fighting off the ugly characters that show up at night.

Thankfully, Yoshimura isn't the only one helping to keep the baddies at bay. His childhood friend and neighbor, Tokine Yukimura, joins him in this righteous battle. Despite the fact that they are from rival clans, these two make a fantastic team. And teamwork is something vital to fighting the evil that is closing in, as the Ayakashi attack in waves, looking to claim the land as their own, and a shadowy organization looks on, ready to pounce when the time is right...

Sumimura, Yoshimori Main

Yoshino, Hiroyuki Japanese

Yukimura, Tokine Main

Saitou, Rie Japanese

Shishio, Gen Supporting

Miyashita, Eiji Japanese

Madarao Supporting

Onishi, Takeharu Japanese

Sumimura, Masamori Supporting

Miyauchi, Atsushi Japanese

Kaguro Supporting

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Sumimura, Sumiko Supporting

Konno, Keiko Japanese

Hakubi Supporting

Masanori, Ishii Japanese

Kagemiya, Sen Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Kanda, Yurina Supporting

Kazuki, Saya Japanese

Nagai, Kouji Producer

Ogata, Naohiro Producer

Kodama, Kenji Director, Storyboard

Kimura, Eriko Sound Director

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Aug 27, 2024

Dompa112

Recommended

A bit dissapointed with the show. Not because i didnt like it. I did. But rather because theres potential to be so much more. Lets just get the negative out of the way.

Op. Its good. But same for 52 episodes? No OP is good enough for that. Should have had 1-2 more.

Battles are always the same. I mean the location is the same throughout the show. It does get a bit repetetive.

So many episodic episodes where it feels not much happens. The story is interesting and has lots of potential. But it feels underdeveloped and you dont get to know much about ... the organizations or character backgrounds.

On the plus side

Original BGM is pretty good.
Story is interesting and has lots of potential. But as i said its wasted. I know its not a full adaptation. But what is there is interesting enough for me to continue the manga. So in a way it does its job. But i feel 52 episodes way to much. With whats there i think easily 24 would be enough.

So for me 7/10 with potential to be in the 8 or 9 territory with more background/effort/focus and ofcourse a full adaptation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 26, 2023

AnimeEnjoyer420

Mixed Feelings

Overall Impression: Kekkaishi is a battle shounen series that follows Yoshimori, a teenage boy that can create magical barriers, and his childhood friend/rival Tokine as they protect the Karasumori site, a powerful magnet for ayakashi, which is sealed beneath their school. While relatively thoughtfully executed, this is a bland and uninspired action series at its base level, which makes it hard to recommend if you've seen this kind of show already, even though it's not terrible in isolation.

+ Positives: It's got some pretty cool monster designs. Director Kenji Kodama uses his experience from the eternally-running Case Closed series to pace this 52 episode series out ... nicely and not have major dips in animation quality or extensive recaps to cope with the demanding schedule. The second half of the series gets much stronger once the villain group Kokuboro makes an appearance and gives some direction to the plot. Madarao and Hakubi, the demon dog sidekicks, are good comic relief characters. Some individual members of the Kokuboro like Byaku and Kaguro are good villains in their own right.

- Negatives: This is like a pastiche of every battle shounen you've already seen. Aside from a handful of surprising moments that I wouldn't want to spoil for their rarity, this series follows a well established pattern that more popular peers like Bleach and Naruto have executed to greater success. It's thematically basic, the main character's motivation is to get stronger so he can protect people he cares about and that's it. The line "I need to get stronger" needs to be banished from the shounen lexicon and it gets plenty of work in this series. The main characters are too unlikeable, Yoshimori is obnoxious and Tokine is arrogant and naggy. The later addition of Gen to the group is no different, and his dark, brooding badass gimmick wears out its welcome fast. Few of the side characters other than the demon dogs add anything to the series. The first half of the series is a slog to get through, with aimless monster of the week battles that don't feel like they're progressing to anything. Consistently below average voice acting and poorly written dialogue makes it feel amateurish at times.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Sep 11, 2014

BobathonSaget

Not Recommended

This show was atrocious.
Lackluster characters mixed with nonexistant development, uninteresting animation and overall just a stupid plot makes this completely not worth watching.
Do avoid.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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