Kekkaishi - Reviews

Kekkaishi
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Goshin's avatar
May 27, 2012

The Sumimura and Yukimura clan have been in competition with each other for 400 years over, as they struggle to protect the sacred plot of land Karasumori. Young Sammura Yoshimpri(the legitamate succesor of his clan) has a crush on the older Tokine from the oposing clan(also a legitamate succesor). sadly she only sees him as more of a lttle bro figure from next door.

Story

The two main characters are kekkaishi does born with special abilites to creat kekkais to fight ayakashi attacking the sacred plot of land. Story starts out lighthearted and develops many themes, such as family, jealousy, friendship, and more as the plot thickens to more than just monster-of-the week.

the last 40 chapters felt a little rushed though, as the author quicly wrapped things up. but perphaps it was inttentional because of how the plot was setup.

Art

I enjoyed the author's art style, and he draws senery very well.  panels are easy to read and follow.  the character designs might be bit simple but they are each unique and memorable.

Characters.

The one thing that kept me reading was because of the character development.  the central characters grow as they learn lessons like trusting people, relying on others, and forgivness. Yoshimori slowly goes from immature brat to a very dependable  young man. Yokine learns to rely on yoshimori more and see him as more than just a brat. Yoshimoris older brother also comes into terms with darkenss in his heart as he was not a legitamite succesor.

Overall good story fun read, I breezed through it, and enjoyed my time. I'm a bit to old for shounen nowadays, so i appreciated a shounen story that could keep me interested.

7/10 story
7/10 art
8/10 characters
8/10 overall