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Kekkaishi #10
Kekkaishi, Vol. 10
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.
The Kokuboro ayakashi launch a major assault on the Karasumori site to siphon its magical energies to heal their ailing princess. When our friends' mysterious new ally Gen pulls out every last stop to battle them, they make him an offer he can't refuse--join their demon alliance or perish!
The Kokuboro ayakashi launch a major assault on the Karasumori site to siphon its magical energies to heal their ailing princess. When our friends' mysterious new ally Gen pulls out every last stop to battle them, they make him an offer he can't refuse--join their demon alliance or perish!
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 21, 2007
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October 28, 2020
Really loving this manga so far, definitely one of the best manga featuring Youkai! Love anything based on a Japanese mythology 😻😁👌❤️❤️
May 29, 2018
Gen died!?!?!? I don’t want to believe!!!!!! This volume seems one of the beginning of climaxes. The combination of Gen, Yoshimori and Tokine was so good, so I don’t want to believe that Gen died. Gen grew after he met Yoshimori and Tokine. I think the person who changed the bad image to good image tends to be a victim.
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September 23, 2023
CW: Death, Murder, Blood
This is one of the more shocking volumes in the series. I remember crying the first time I read this, this time I just got chills. It's still manages to bring out some emotions in me from the good writing. I love this series.
This is one of the more shocking volumes in the series. I remember crying the first time I read this, this time I just got chills. It's still manages to bring out some emotions in me from the good writing. I love this series.
May 1, 2024
Aku jauh lebih bisa bersimpati dengan Gen dan aku pun mewek. Aku suka karena enggak menyangka penulis bisa sekejam ini ke teman para potagonis.
Pertarungan dengan Si Kuda terasa kurang ikonis untuk jadi pertarungan final Gen dan panel kematiannya terasa singkat.
Pertarungan dengan Si Kuda terasa kurang ikonis untuk jadi pertarungan final Gen dan panel kematiannya terasa singkat.
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February 20, 2021
Epic battle at the Karasumori site with deadly consequences. Shifty goings on indeed.
March 11, 2021
2.5 stars.
July 31, 2021
😭
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October 17, 2022
Gen shishio sobss. I remember this part so well. The pain is still there.
August 21, 2011
The threads in this volume get ever more tangled with Yoshimori's older brother word-fencing with this clear opponent on the Schattenorgan, with Gen reflecting on his position between normal people and yokai, and with the enemies internal problems and contests.
It seems as if Byaku, the top guy among the enemies is trying to keep their Landgod, a fox princess, alive by transferring her to Karasumori. It's not clear yet why he does so, as he manipulates everyone to his tastes and has chained the princess herself down in her castle.
We get some nice fighting with one of the stronger enemies, an old-time thunder and lightning god, on the school grounds, but the Kekkaishi and co. manage to repel the invasion. The real emotional hammer comes from Gen sacrificing all the warnings and orders of his superiors to fight for Yoshimori and Tokine to his utmost powers, almost winning and then being killed from behind.
And yes, this is a real death. He hasn't shown up again in all the volumes that have been released so far in Germany. Which is why Yoshimori is so done in by it, especially as he can almost see Karasumori's mysterious powers granting Gen's wish of dying. It's another time he hasn't been able to keep someone else from being hurt for his sake, and this time the person has died.
And then there's Masamori who sent Gen here and now has to live with the results. These stresses between the brothers are really a higlight of the series: there is lots of action, but also lots of emotional development and consequences.
It seems as if Byaku, the top guy among the enemies is trying to keep their Landgod, a fox princess, alive by transferring her to Karasumori. It's not clear yet why he does so, as he manipulates everyone to his tastes and has chained the princess herself down in her castle.
We get some nice fighting with one of the stronger enemies, an old-time thunder and lightning god, on the school grounds, but the Kekkaishi and co. manage to repel the invasion. The real emotional hammer comes from Gen sacrificing all the warnings and orders of his superiors to fight for Yoshimori and Tokine to his utmost powers, almost winning and then being killed from behind.
And yes, this is a real death. He hasn't shown up again in all the volumes that have been released so far in Germany. Which is why Yoshimori is so done in by it, especially as he can almost see Karasumori's mysterious powers granting Gen's wish of dying. It's another time he hasn't been able to keep someone else from being hurt for his sake, and this time the person has died.
And then there's Masamori who sent Gen here and now has to live with the results. These stresses between the brothers are really a higlight of the series: there is lots of action, but also lots of emotional development and consequences.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 4, 2013
Yay for more Kekkaishi! It has been nearly two years since I read the 9th volume of Kekkaishi. Now I've moved (twice) and my library doesn't carry any copies of Kekkaishi nor can I find it at Barnes & Noble. So I was forced to...gasp...buy it.
Volume 10 feels more like Volume 1 for me since it's been so long since I've read the series. I often felt like I was forming opinions about these characters for the first time. Thankfully and surprisingly I remembered most of what had happened in the prior nine volumes. The short synopsis at the beginning of the volume helped too.
I continue to love Yoshimori. I like his fierceness, his talent, and his stubbornness. I like that he seems more like a boy still than a young man. It seems realistic for a kid his age (I think he's 12). Sometimes his "stubbornness" most closely resembles whining. In most contexts that would be irritating, but it brings Yoshimori to life.
The plot is pretty standard. Really important demons come to the site Yoshimori, Tokine, and Gen guard. The kids have to fight them. Added to the excitement is the fact that minor demons attack Yoshimori's house and his grandpa has to fend them off. I love his feisty grandpa who looks frail but can fight with the best still.
There was a big surprise at the end. I'm wondering if they'll reverse course in future volumes but maybe not. At any rate, I can't wait to read more.
Volume 10 feels more like Volume 1 for me since it's been so long since I've read the series. I often felt like I was forming opinions about these characters for the first time. Thankfully and surprisingly I remembered most of what had happened in the prior nine volumes. The short synopsis at the beginning of the volume helped too.
I continue to love Yoshimori. I like his fierceness, his talent, and his stubbornness. I like that he seems more like a boy still than a young man. It seems realistic for a kid his age (I think he's 12). Sometimes his "stubbornness" most closely resembles whining. In most contexts that would be irritating, but it brings Yoshimori to life.
The plot is pretty standard. Really important demons come to the site Yoshimori, Tokine, and Gen guard. The kids have to fight them. Added to the excitement is the fact that minor demons attack Yoshimori's house and his grandpa has to fend them off. I love his feisty grandpa who looks frail but can fight with the best still.
There was a big surprise at the end. I'm wondering if they'll reverse course in future volumes but maybe not. At any rate, I can't wait to read more.
December 29, 2020
Kekkaishi, Vol. 10 continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next ten chapters (86–95) of the on-going manga series.
The Kokubōrō has finally launched their major assault on Karasumori site to siphon its magical energies to heal their ailing princess. It is up to Yoshimori Sumimura, Tokine Yukimura, and Gen Shishio to stop them, while it is up to Shigemori Sumimura to protect both houses as Tokiko Yukimura went on her own personal mission.
The trio confronts Gagin, commander of Kokubōrō First Executive Department in his true form – a centaur-like creature with six arms that could shoot fire. With Gen Shishio transformed into his ayakashi form the three of them managed to stop Gagin, but with a cost – Kaguro, an S-Class Ayakashi, kills Gen, by stabbing him from behind.
This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. The Kokubōrō finally attacks Karasumori site at multiple fronts with Shigemori Sumimura protecting the houses and Yoshimori Sumimura, Tokine Yukimura, and Gen Shishio to stop the in-coming advance – led by Gagin. The trio cooperates on the battle and managed to stop them, but at a cost – the life of Gen Shishio.
All in all, Kekkaishi, Vol. 10 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
The Kokubōrō has finally launched their major assault on Karasumori site to siphon its magical energies to heal their ailing princess. It is up to Yoshimori Sumimura, Tokine Yukimura, and Gen Shishio to stop them, while it is up to Shigemori Sumimura to protect both houses as Tokiko Yukimura went on her own personal mission.
The trio confronts Gagin, commander of Kokubōrō First Executive Department in his true form – a centaur-like creature with six arms that could shoot fire. With Gen Shishio transformed into his ayakashi form the three of them managed to stop Gagin, but with a cost – Kaguro, an S-Class Ayakashi, kills Gen, by stabbing him from behind.
This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. The Kokubōrō finally attacks Karasumori site at multiple fronts with Shigemori Sumimura protecting the houses and Yoshimori Sumimura, Tokine Yukimura, and Gen Shishio to stop the in-coming advance – led by Gagin. The trio cooperates on the battle and managed to stop them, but at a cost – the life of Gen Shishio.
All in all, Kekkaishi, Vol. 10 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
May 31, 2012
Not to give away too much, let me just say that this volume moves Kekkaishi out of typical shonen adventure into darker territory. The plot is continuing to evolve, and the danger that each of the characters is him or herself in is becoming increasing palpable. I have two comp,ants, though. First, the fire horse villain looked like something snatched out of a bad Hanna Barbara cartoon. Second, the volume ends with devastating sadness, making the closing pages of Yellow Tanabe penguin silliness seem in rather poor taste.
March 29, 2025
やばい。
この巻が突然に深刻になった。志々雄が亡くなった。私はずっと「いえ、本物じゃない。復活する絶対。」本当に亡くなった。可哀そう。良守は可哀そう。最初の本物の友達が亡くなった。っていうかどうやって良守はそんなにポジティブにいられるかな？時音以外友達がない。そして時ねまで本物の友達じゃない。愛しい相手だ。彼女の前で良守は強くにやりたい。彼の感情の相談してない。志々雄がその役目あったが亡くなった。これから良守は何をするの？
良守の兄は自分の家族と自分の仲間を作ったが良守はその事がない。何か、ずっと思ったより可哀そう。
この巻が突然に深刻になった。志々雄が亡くなった。私はずっと「いえ、本物じゃない。復活する絶対。」本当に亡くなった。可哀そう。良守は可哀そう。最初の本物の友達が亡くなった。っていうかどうやって良守はそんなにポジティブにいられるかな？時音以外友達がない。そして時ねまで本物の友達じゃない。愛しい相手だ。彼女の前で良守は強くにやりたい。彼の感情の相談してない。志々雄がその役目あったが亡くなった。これから良守は何をするの？
良守の兄は自分の家族と自分の仲間を作ったが良守はその事がない。何か、ずっと思ったより可哀そう。
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January 14, 2008
I'll forgive the wretched villain character designs for the way the events of this volume raise the stakes for the main characters.
April 4, 2010
Major character death :(
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July 16, 2013
OMG GEN!!
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