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Kekkaishi #11
Kekkaishi, Vol. 11
By night, teenager Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art.
Tragedy has struck the Yoshimori Site, and each of our friends attempts to cope with their grief alone. Tokine searches for a secret way into Kokuboro's castle, Yoshimori trains for an ultimate confrontation, and Masamori returns home with a regiment of his Night Troops, leaving his little brother with no room of his own. Unfortunately, before long, one of our three heroes is in need of a rescue...
Tragedy has struck the Yoshimori Site, and each of our friends attempts to cope with their grief alone. Tokine searches for a secret way into Kokuboro's castle, Yoshimori trains for an ultimate confrontation, and Masamori returns home with a regiment of his Night Troops, leaving his little brother with no room of his own. Unfortunately, before long, one of our three heroes is in need of a rescue...
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First published November 7, 2007
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May 29, 2018
The Yagyou that is leaded by Masamori also moved to protect the Karasumori. If I ware Tokine, I felt very lonely and worry because Yoshimori tries to battle alone. I think Tokine wants to battle. She is also shocked about Gen’s death. But I also understand Yoshimori’s feeling that he doesn’t want Tokine to injure.
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October 8, 2012
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Gore: No
Magic: Yes (they have barrier making powers, I think they call it manipulating space and dimensions, something like that, I don't remember, but I consider it to be magic)
Romance: (This one's kind of hard to say) So far, there isn't much romance, although it's obvious that Yoshimori likes Tokine, and I think she likes him that way too.
Action: 4 stars
Pacing: 4 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Drawings/Art: 4 stars
Warning, Spoilers
This volume starts off with Masamori and the other Night Troop members having a funeral for Gen. Then Masamori and Yoshimori visit Gen's family at his funeral that they're having, and his big sister is furious, she hates Masamori and thinks that it's his fault that Gen died. Although Gen's parents don't blame him. She tells him:
Before leaving, Yoshimori tells Gen's sister, Gen's last words, then she asks him he's Gens friend, and he says yes. I think these few words showed Gen's sister that spending life outside of his family was good for him and before dying, his life improved and that he now actually has a friend, something that he never had when he was a little kid. It makes me kind of emotional thinking about it.
Then on the next night of Yoshimori and Tokine's patrol at the Karasumori site, Tokine joins Yoshimori where he's sitting. He tries not to cry, but she knows that he wants to and she tells him it's ok, since she's seen him cry many times when they were little, but Yoshi decides to no longer cry and to get so strong that no one will get hurt again. He tries to act like how he thinks a man is supposed to act like. Although, Tokine just wanted to share the grief and cry together.
Then Byaku from the Kokuboro is trying figure out a way to make the demon fox princess to be the master of the Karasumori forest. Tokine's grandma comes home to pick up some tools and to check up on her family. That night, Tokine tells Yoshimori that her grandma came back, then left again, and that she's trying to make a passage to where the Kokuboro are. Yoshimori decides to follow her, but unfortunately for him, she knows right away that he's following her and tries to get him off her trail. Yoshi asks Tokiko if she could take him to the Kokuboro with her so that he can avenge Gen's death, but she denies and says that revenge isn't what he needs right now, what he needs is to become a better kekkaishi, so the next few days, Yoshimori trains a lot. Tokine sees that Yoshimori is practising and she decides to as well. Then one night at Karasumori, Tokine and Yoshimori are talking and he notices Tokine yawning, which is something that he does a lot, not her, she tells him that she's couldn't sleep because she's been worrying about when those ayakashi will show up again, whereas Yoshimori didn't have time for that because he's been so focused on training. They both say that they don't want anything like that to ever happen again, that's when Madarao smells intruders. Since there are so many of them, Yoshimori quickly makes kekkais, and Tokine notices that he's improved a lot, before he can explode the intruders, his brother Masamori stops him because those "intruders" are actually the Night Troop members. Then Masamori tells Yoshimori and Tokine why they're here.
So now the Night Troop members and Masamori are staying over at the Sumimura's and the Yukimura's houses for a few days. The next morning, Tokine asks one of the members if Atora came, she says that she's staying at the apartment that Gen stayed at. Yoshimori decides to train, but every spot that he usually trains at home is occupied and crowded by the Night Troop members, so he decides to go train somewhere else. He is then followed by three members that are around his age. They introduce themselves and say that they want to train with him, when in reality they were just testing him. Yoshi starts radiating a creepy aura and then he goes back to normal. He then says that he promises to avenge Gen's death.
The next night, the Night Troop is patrolling the Karasumori site with the two kekkaishi. This is when the Kokuboro decide to make their move at seizing Karasumori. Everyone fights with all they've got against the invading ayakashi, while Yoshimori is trying to find Kaguro so that he can obviously get revenge. Tokine tries to follow him, he tells her not to and then someone asks for her help, so she stops following him. That's when Sen (one of the boys who said that they wanted to train with Yoshimori that day) wonders where he's going and follows him. After a little while, Tokine tells Masamori that Yoshimori is missing and they also find out that Sen is missing too. I wish that it was like in the anime, that Tokine followed Yoshimori to the Kokuboro, it would have been more interesting. Anyways, in the next chapter, we found out that Yoshimori has been captured by the Kokuboro. Shion's trying to keep him tied up, but it's not working for more than a few seconds. Then there's a flashback of what really happened, that Yoshimori surrendered on purpose so that he can find Kaguro and kill him. Yoshimori keeps saying that he wants to see Kaguro, and the ayakashi wonder why. Then Byaku comes and tries to control Yoshimori with his bug things, but that's not working either. Then back at Yoshimori's house, Madarao tells everyone what happened and Masamori decides to go to Kokuboro castle. While Shion is still busy trying to keepp Yoshimori restrained, a surprise visitor shows up, that creepy old man that Yoshimori's grandpa and the Kokuboro thought died a few chapters ago, Heisuke. Shion tries to kill him, but the ayakashi that he calls Miss Kagami, starts fighting her and she runs away. Heisuke then intrroduces himself to Yoshimori. He tells Yoshimori that he well free him if he leaves, but Yoshimori says that he can't leave yet. He tells Heisuke that he wants to kill Kaguro, and then Heisuke frees him, if he promises not to get in his way, because hes after Byaku.
This volume ends with Heisuke sitting on Miss Kagami who transformed into a giant spider, and he tells her to destroy the castle as they're moving, while Yoshimori is searching for the dungeon so that he can rescue Sen, who also got captured because he was following Yoshimori and was nearby.
After I finish a few volumes, I watch some of those anime episodes (not all of them, just some of my faves) just to see how those scenes look and any manga is always more funnier when it's animated, especially Kodocha. I already finished watching this anime, too bad they stopped animating this manga, it was fun watching these scenes animated.
Overall, I like this manga more and more, as I've said in my previous Kekkaishi manga reviews. This arc is getting close to its conclusion, I can't wait to see what is next for the two young kekkaishi and their friends and families. I'm getting really curious about the area Karasumori (I know I say that sentence in every Kekkaishi review, but I'm even more curious now). Oh well, I'll just have to wait and see.
Gore: No
Magic: Yes (they have barrier making powers, I think they call it manipulating space and dimensions, something like that, I don't remember, but I consider it to be magic)
Romance: (This one's kind of hard to say) So far, there isn't much romance, although it's obvious that Yoshimori likes Tokine, and I think she likes him that way too.
Action: 4 stars
Pacing: 4 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Drawings/Art: 4 stars
Warning, Spoilers
This volume starts off with Masamori and the other Night Troop members having a funeral for Gen. Then Masamori and Yoshimori visit Gen's family at his funeral that they're having, and his big sister is furious, she hates Masamori and thinks that it's his fault that Gen died. Although Gen's parents don't blame him. She tells him:
"I'm still grateful to you for saving my life, but why couldn't you save Gen's life too?"
Before leaving, Yoshimori tells Gen's sister, Gen's last words, then she asks him he's Gens friend, and he says yes. I think these few words showed Gen's sister that spending life outside of his family was good for him and before dying, his life improved and that he now actually has a friend, something that he never had when he was a little kid. It makes me kind of emotional thinking about it.
Then on the next night of Yoshimori and Tokine's patrol at the Karasumori site, Tokine joins Yoshimori where he's sitting. He tries not to cry, but she knows that he wants to and she tells him it's ok, since she's seen him cry many times when they were little, but Yoshi decides to no longer cry and to get so strong that no one will get hurt again. He tries to act like how he thinks a man is supposed to act like. Although, Tokine just wanted to share the grief and cry together.
Then Byaku from the Kokuboro is trying figure out a way to make the demon fox princess to be the master of the Karasumori forest. Tokine's grandma comes home to pick up some tools and to check up on her family. That night, Tokine tells Yoshimori that her grandma came back, then left again, and that she's trying to make a passage to where the Kokuboro are. Yoshimori decides to follow her, but unfortunately for him, she knows right away that he's following her and tries to get him off her trail. Yoshi asks Tokiko if she could take him to the Kokuboro with her so that he can avenge Gen's death, but she denies and says that revenge isn't what he needs right now, what he needs is to become a better kekkaishi, so the next few days, Yoshimori trains a lot. Tokine sees that Yoshimori is practising and she decides to as well. Then one night at Karasumori, Tokine and Yoshimori are talking and he notices Tokine yawning, which is something that he does a lot, not her, she tells him that she's couldn't sleep because she's been worrying about when those ayakashi will show up again, whereas Yoshimori didn't have time for that because he's been so focused on training. They both say that they don't want anything like that to ever happen again, that's when Madarao smells intruders. Since there are so many of them, Yoshimori quickly makes kekkais, and Tokine notices that he's improved a lot, before he can explode the intruders, his brother Masamori stops him because those "intruders" are actually the Night Troop members. Then Masamori tells Yoshimori and Tokine why they're here.
So now the Night Troop members and Masamori are staying over at the Sumimura's and the Yukimura's houses for a few days. The next morning, Tokine asks one of the members if Atora came, she says that she's staying at the apartment that Gen stayed at. Yoshimori decides to train, but every spot that he usually trains at home is occupied and crowded by the Night Troop members, so he decides to go train somewhere else. He is then followed by three members that are around his age. They introduce themselves and say that they want to train with him, when in reality they were just testing him. Yoshi starts radiating a creepy aura and then he goes back to normal. He then says that he promises to avenge Gen's death.
The next night, the Night Troop is patrolling the Karasumori site with the two kekkaishi. This is when the Kokuboro decide to make their move at seizing Karasumori. Everyone fights with all they've got against the invading ayakashi, while Yoshimori is trying to find Kaguro so that he can obviously get revenge. Tokine tries to follow him, he tells her not to and then someone asks for her help, so she stops following him. That's when Sen (one of the boys who said that they wanted to train with Yoshimori that day) wonders where he's going and follows him. After a little while, Tokine tells Masamori that Yoshimori is missing and they also find out that Sen is missing too. I wish that it was like in the anime, that Tokine followed Yoshimori to the Kokuboro, it would have been more interesting. Anyways, in the next chapter, we found out that Yoshimori has been captured by the Kokuboro. Shion's trying to keep him tied up, but it's not working for more than a few seconds. Then there's a flashback of what really happened, that Yoshimori surrendered on purpose so that he can find Kaguro and kill him. Yoshimori keeps saying that he wants to see Kaguro, and the ayakashi wonder why. Then Byaku comes and tries to control Yoshimori with his bug things, but that's not working either. Then back at Yoshimori's house, Madarao tells everyone what happened and Masamori decides to go to Kokuboro castle. While Shion is still busy trying to keepp Yoshimori restrained, a surprise visitor shows up, that creepy old man that Yoshimori's grandpa and the Kokuboro thought died a few chapters ago, Heisuke. Shion tries to kill him, but the ayakashi that he calls Miss Kagami, starts fighting her and she runs away. Heisuke then intrroduces himself to Yoshimori. He tells Yoshimori that he well free him if he leaves, but Yoshimori says that he can't leave yet. He tells Heisuke that he wants to kill Kaguro, and then Heisuke frees him, if he promises not to get in his way, because hes after Byaku.
This volume ends with Heisuke sitting on Miss Kagami who transformed into a giant spider, and he tells her to destroy the castle as they're moving, while Yoshimori is searching for the dungeon so that he can rescue Sen, who also got captured because he was following Yoshimori and was nearby.
After I finish a few volumes, I watch some of those anime episodes (not all of them, just some of my faves) just to see how those scenes look and any manga is always more funnier when it's animated, especially Kodocha. I already finished watching this anime, too bad they stopped animating this manga, it was fun watching these scenes animated.
Overall, I like this manga more and more, as I've said in my previous Kekkaishi manga reviews. This arc is getting close to its conclusion, I can't wait to see what is next for the two young kekkaishi and their friends and families. I'm getting really curious about the area Karasumori (I know I say that sentence in every Kekkaishi review, but I'm even more curious now). Oh well, I'll just have to wait and see.
December 31, 2020
Kekkaishi, Vol. 11 continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next ten chapters (96–105) of the on-going manga series.
Heartbroken over Gen Shishio's death, Yoshimori Sumimura eventually channels his grief and rage into training to become an even greater kekkaishi. He vows to destroy Gen's killer, Kaguro, and in a ploy to gain entry into the Kokubōrō castle, surrenders to his enemies – Sen Kagemiya, a member of the kekkaishi night troop, is captured as well.
Coincidentally, Shigemori Sumimura, Yoshimori's grandfather's closest friend, Heisuke Matsudo thought to be murdered by ayakashi infiltrates the Kokubōrō castle at the same time, with the intention of hunting down Byaku, a leader of the Kokubōrō with whom Matsudo seems to have a longstanding feud.
Inside the Kokubōrō castle, despite being at the mercy of his captors, Yoshimori confronts Kaguro while Matsudo prepares for his showdown with Byaku.
This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. Heartbroken over the death of Gen Shishio, Yoshimori Sumimura prepares to get revenge on his killer – Kaguro. In order to do so, he surrenders himself to the Kokubōrō to get his vengeance. Meanwhile, Heisuke Matsudo infiltrates Kokubōrō to get revenge on Byaku.
All in all, Kekkaishi, Vol. 11 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
Heartbroken over Gen Shishio's death, Yoshimori Sumimura eventually channels his grief and rage into training to become an even greater kekkaishi. He vows to destroy Gen's killer, Kaguro, and in a ploy to gain entry into the Kokubōrō castle, surrenders to his enemies – Sen Kagemiya, a member of the kekkaishi night troop, is captured as well.
Coincidentally, Shigemori Sumimura, Yoshimori's grandfather's closest friend, Heisuke Matsudo thought to be murdered by ayakashi infiltrates the Kokubōrō castle at the same time, with the intention of hunting down Byaku, a leader of the Kokubōrō with whom Matsudo seems to have a longstanding feud.
Inside the Kokubōrō castle, despite being at the mercy of his captors, Yoshimori confronts Kaguro while Matsudo prepares for his showdown with Byaku.
This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. Heartbroken over the death of Gen Shishio, Yoshimori Sumimura prepares to get revenge on his killer – Kaguro. In order to do so, he surrenders himself to the Kokubōrō to get his vengeance. Meanwhile, Heisuke Matsudo infiltrates Kokubōrō to get revenge on Byaku.
All in all, Kekkaishi, Vol. 11 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
September 23, 2023
CW: Death, Grief, Funeral, Loss of a loved one
This volume was hard to read with the funeral, and how Yoshimori reacts to a certain character's death. Vengeance is a big theme in the next few volumes, and I like how they explored that. Is revenge worth it? This series asks some big questions that not enough people give it credit for.
This volume was hard to read with the funeral, and how Yoshimori reacts to a certain character's death. Vengeance is a big theme in the next few volumes, and I like how they explored that. Is revenge worth it? This series asks some big questions that not enough people give it credit for.
May 27, 2019
この巻はいいだけど、何か話があちこちに行く。どうやって皆は城の存在をしてたかな？突然皆分かってあそこに行くつもり。。。。平助は何でびゃこと戦いたいの？会ったことないし。
多分裏がある。次巻説明でったらいい。
多分裏がある。次巻説明でったらいい。
November 1, 2020
Really loving this manga so far, definitely one of the best manga featuring Youkai! Love anything based on a Japanese mythology 😻😁👌❤️❤️
February 21, 2021
Dealing with the fallout.
October 17, 2022
Yoshimori recklessness is so stupid but I'm happy because he's eager for some revenge!!
May 2, 2024
Kesedihan karena kematian Gen makin terasa dan membuatku berkaca-kaca. Ada scene lucu dan juga keren.
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August 25, 2011
Actually I think the strongest scene happens right at the start of the volume, with Masamori and Yoshimori visiting Gen's family at the funeral. The fact that the guilt of his sister and his family could not be addressed during Gen's life and the fact that Gen died in service to the Nightshift although he was only a teenager (and that his family accepted that risk when giving him to Masamori)... really have an impact on Yoshimori's resolve to not having anyone give up on life on his watch in Karasumori again.
But the sweetest turn is probably when in all of Gen's sister's grief (because I believe her to be the only one actually caring for him), Yoshimori manages to artlessly confirm that he was Gen's friend - not something anyone ever said in front of Gen's sister before. It's a real accolade to the artists story-telling and pacing that the few words exchanged and the flashback we had in previous volumes to Gen's history with his sister are enough to make us aware how important that simple exchange is to her and her impression that Gen's situation actually HAD improved outside her family in some way.
And then there's the subtle way of showing both Tokine's and Yoshimori's respective growth together and apart - Tokine joins the grieving Yoshimori at a favourite spot of his. He decides to not cry any longer but to man up and become so strong that there will not be a need for grief again - secretly afraid she will laugh at him for crying because he used to be such a crybaby. Whereas Tokine had no thought for that at all but simply wanted to share the grief and find release in crying together... the problem of course being that she USED to laugh at him for being a crybaby for quite a while and was flippant when she approached him just then. They're both growing but they're both stumbling and trying to act the way they think grown-ups would act - it's the teenage curse. I am so thankful I'm past that age, heh.
Of course Yoshimori now wants to use his utmost strength to take revenge for Gen and defeat the enemies, so we get training sequences there. And then all of the Nightshift comes in to take care of Karasumori while a group of its members are actively going to try going after the enemies (which is lovely for the slice-of-life scenes of them settling in amid the aftermath of this loss, and the kids of the Nightshift still enjoying games and the rest doing their training).
Actionwise there's a nice focus on Tokine's utterly competent grandmother taking steps to find out how to get to the special space where the enemy stronghold is; there's the information that the attempt to invade Karasumori cost the Landgod fox princess the last of her strength and can not be done again; there's an attempt of three Nightshift youngsters who knew Gen to provoke Yoshimori, more in an attempt to find out why Gen died for him.
And then the invaders actually return, but the Nightshift is now strengthening Karasumori's power and the grief/rage lets them be much more efficient (it is shown once more how destructive Masamori's Zekkai is). Because this is a shonen title, Yokine isn't allowed to go with the vengeful Yoshimori when he hears that the youkai who killed Gen - Kaguro - is also part of the attack. And of course Yoshimori gets himself kidnapped into the domain of the enemy, in the hand of one of the strongest there, the spiderwoman killer. He isn't that impressed though. Where I like the author especially is the fact that Yoshimori is NOT willing to give in to slavery by being presented by one of the Nightshift youth as a captive and the attempt to blackmail him to accept the slave-mushi to let his comrade live.
I don't think he's grown callous, he simply seems to be sure to be able to get himself and his captured acquaintance out of the situation. But the author does make the point moot at this time, by having the old friend of Yoshimori's grandfather, Matsudo, who supposedly was dead, show up to rescue him from the spiderwebs and show the powers of the monster/demon creature who looks like the woman he loved on their way to the show down with their old enemy, the leader of the group.
But the sweetest turn is probably when in all of Gen's sister's grief (because I believe her to be the only one actually caring for him), Yoshimori manages to artlessly confirm that he was Gen's friend - not something anyone ever said in front of Gen's sister before. It's a real accolade to the artists story-telling and pacing that the few words exchanged and the flashback we had in previous volumes to Gen's history with his sister are enough to make us aware how important that simple exchange is to her and her impression that Gen's situation actually HAD improved outside her family in some way.
And then there's the subtle way of showing both Tokine's and Yoshimori's respective growth together and apart - Tokine joins the grieving Yoshimori at a favourite spot of his. He decides to not cry any longer but to man up and become so strong that there will not be a need for grief again - secretly afraid she will laugh at him for crying because he used to be such a crybaby. Whereas Tokine had no thought for that at all but simply wanted to share the grief and find release in crying together... the problem of course being that she USED to laugh at him for being a crybaby for quite a while and was flippant when she approached him just then. They're both growing but they're both stumbling and trying to act the way they think grown-ups would act - it's the teenage curse. I am so thankful I'm past that age, heh.
Of course Yoshimori now wants to use his utmost strength to take revenge for Gen and defeat the enemies, so we get training sequences there. And then all of the Nightshift comes in to take care of Karasumori while a group of its members are actively going to try going after the enemies (which is lovely for the slice-of-life scenes of them settling in amid the aftermath of this loss, and the kids of the Nightshift still enjoying games and the rest doing their training).
Actionwise there's a nice focus on Tokine's utterly competent grandmother taking steps to find out how to get to the special space where the enemy stronghold is; there's the information that the attempt to invade Karasumori cost the Landgod fox princess the last of her strength and can not be done again; there's an attempt of three Nightshift youngsters who knew Gen to provoke Yoshimori, more in an attempt to find out why Gen died for him.
And then the invaders actually return, but the Nightshift is now strengthening Karasumori's power and the grief/rage lets them be much more efficient (it is shown once more how destructive Masamori's Zekkai is). Because this is a shonen title, Yokine isn't allowed to go with the vengeful Yoshimori when he hears that the youkai who killed Gen - Kaguro - is also part of the attack. And of course Yoshimori gets himself kidnapped into the domain of the enemy, in the hand of one of the strongest there, the spiderwoman killer. He isn't that impressed though. Where I like the author especially is the fact that Yoshimori is NOT willing to give in to slavery by being presented by one of the Nightshift youth as a captive and the attempt to blackmail him to accept the slave-mushi to let his comrade live.
I don't think he's grown callous, he simply seems to be sure to be able to get himself and his captured acquaintance out of the situation. But the author does make the point moot at this time, by having the old friend of Yoshimori's grandfather, Matsudo, who supposedly was dead, show up to rescue him from the spiderwebs and show the powers of the monster/demon creature who looks like the woman he loved on their way to the show down with their old enemy, the leader of the group.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 4, 2010
I kind of like the creepy old man and his demon-lady sidekick. They're amusing.
January 11, 2013
Uma morte inesperada e uma injecção massiva de personagens. Duas coisas que adoro. :)
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