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The Best Episodes of Kekkaishi

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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,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 25 - Tokine and the Handsome Gentleman
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Tokine and the Handsome Gentleman

    S1:E25

    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.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 51 - Yoshimori and Kaguro
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Yoshimori and Kaguro

    S1:E51

    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. Although Kaguro is defeated, Yoshimori loses consciousness in the process, trapping both Sen and himself within his very own Zekkai. Although Masamori and the others arrive, they are left helpless. Running out of time, Tokine makes a rash decision.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 52 - The End of Kokubourou
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #3 - The End of Kokubourou

    S1:E52

    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 escape from the crumbling world of the Black Pampas Grass. At last, the Night Troops’ mission has finally come to an end, and life at Karasumori returns to normal.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 7 - The Best Cake
    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #4 - The Best Cake

    S1:E7

    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 can pass on in peace.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 14 - Masamori's Plot
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Masamori's Plot

    S1:E14

    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, Yoshimori and Tokine go to Karasumori and are confused when they can't find the ayakashi but then all of a sudden a forest grows and envelopes the school grounds. Madarao mentally notes that plant-type ayakashi cannot move and so someone must have planted it there. Masamori watches from afar and it is revealed that he was the one who planted it. Using the backdraft phenomenon suggested by Yoshimori, the two are able to destroy the ayakashi, although they had a huge mess to clean up afterward.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 16 - Uro-sama of the Colorless Swamps
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Uro-sama of the Colorless Swamps

    S1:E16

    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 past he went to go fix the bed 50 years ago although Tokine says that Tokiko went to go fix it 50 years ago as well. The next day Shigemori and Yoshimori travel to the Colorless Swamp. Uro-sama opens up a portal to a different dimension in the swamp and Yoshimori jumps in.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 45 - Kokubourou's Human Sacrifice
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Kokubourou's Human Sacrifice

    S1:E45

    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 Sen are missing and that they are both currently in Kokubouro. Yoshimori is restrained by Shion's webs, but his aura repels anything else Shion tries to do to him. Byaku arrives and tries to plant a bug inside Yoshimori, but, he too, was repelled by Yoshimori's aura. Masamori gathers any movable night troops to head to Kokubouro. Matsudo Heisuke, along with his companion Kagami, busts through the ceiling, scares Shion away, and frees Yoshimori under agreement in which Yoshimori must not touch this "white" target. Heisuke and Kagami destroy the castle buildings while Yoshimori heads off to find Kaguro.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 11 - Kouya and Madarao
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Kouya and Madarao

    S1:E11

    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, shows up and in anger attacks everyone, including his followers. After a brief flashback of Ginro (Madarao) and Kouya's happy past gone wrong at the hands of the humans, Kouya gains power from Karasumori and transforms. Yoshimori releases the seal on Madarao revealing his real form. Madarao and Kouya then battle.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 12 - Demon Dog Madarao's Sealing
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Demon Dog Madarao's Sealing

    S1:E12

    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 to give up, Yoshimori steps in and tells Madarao that his master is not allowing him to die and thus Madarao stands up. The two work together and strike Kouya down. The dying Kouya tells Madarao to kill him but Madarao can't because he has no power left, but Kouya refuses to die at the hands of a human and so Karasumori lends its power to Madarao, finishing off Kouya. But before the group can celebrate, Madarao's true ayakashi nature reveals itself and starts attacking Yoshimori. But Yoshimori, with the help of Hakubi and Tokine, successfully seals Madarao once again through much difficulty.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 2 - Yoshimori and Tokine
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Yoshimori and Tokine

    S1:E2

    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 invades into the Karasumori school grounds. Yoshimori must run through the Tsuchigama's rain of attacks in order to destroy the Ayakashi.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 15 - Yoshimori's Ambition
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Yoshimori's Ambition

    S1:E15

    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 even more so after thinking of the past. Later Yoshimori confronts Masamori about why he is watching him from afar. He then tells him that he wants to destroy Karasumori. After the conversation, Masamori uses Kurohime to search for anomalies. The next day, Masamori says to Shigemori that Yoshimori is above him. The family says farewell to Masamori as he leaves once again. Yoshimori asks Masamori to go bury Kouya's fur on his home mountain. Yoshimori promises to himself that he will surpass Masamori.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 17 - That is God's Territory
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #12 - That is God's Territory

    S1:E17

    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 to be blown away from it and the bed to be even bigger than before. Uro-sama becomes happy and jumps into the orb which causes Yoshimori to feel abnormal and rejected by everything in the dimension. He perseveres and tries to ask Uro-sama about Karasumori before the god falls asleep. After a while he is at his limit and is thrown out of the orb and dimension by Mamezo.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 24 - Gen and Love's Attack
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Gen and Love's Attack

    S1:E24

    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.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 13 - Appearance of Masamori, Captain of the Yagyou
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #14 - Appearance of Masamori, Captain of the Yagyou

    S1:E13

    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 than he is. At Karasumori, Yoshimori and Tokine encounter an ayakashi that stinks so bad that Hakubi and Madarao's sense of smell is greatly disrupted. Masamori watches from afar and is able to find the ayakashi with his partner, Kurohime, but sits back and watches how Yoshimori handles it. The ayakashi's shell is very hard and difficult to break and just before its blades were going to slice Yoshimori, Masamori interrupts its attack and destroys one of its blades. He then creates a 5 layer kekkai surrounding the ayakashi and destroys it. Masamori reveals to everyone that he will staying for a few days, much to Yoshimori and Madarao's unhappiness.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 4 - Her Precious Thing
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Her Precious Thing

    S1:E4

    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 and destroy Yoki. Yomi is then taken into custody for defying orders. As she departs, Yomi learns from Yoshimori the true meaning of kindness.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 8 - Yoshimori-like Days
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Yoshimori-like Days

    S1:E8

    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 garden.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 9 - Dangerous High School Teacher
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Dangerous High School Teacher

    S1:E9

    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 being a possible dangerous player. At night, they sense an abnormality inside the school and they discover it is the teacher with three snakes wrapped around him. The teacher is actually a person with special powers but they still sense an ayakashi. It turns out that he was possessed by a parasitic ayakashi and they destroy it. The teacher is distraught that he attacked a student and is really nice by nature although he is still slightly perverted.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 10 - Shikigami Chocolate Battle
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Shikigami Chocolate Battle

    S1:E10

    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 order to hold a place in line, Yoshimori sends his shikigami but he is tired out and can't focus when fighting an ayakashi at Karasumori. Tokine worries about him but when she finds out the reason she becomes angry. Yoshimori then discovers that Shigemori ate his share of the chocolate cake much to his dismay. The next day Tokine reluctantly calls Yoshimori for help to kill a cockroach. Yoshimori manages to do so after Tokine accidentally pushes him on the ground smashing it. Afterwards, Tokine continuously avoids him but eventually gives him a thank-you gift: a T-shirt and the legendary chocolate cake.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 3 - Beautiful Ogre-User
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Beautiful Ogre-User

    S1:E3

    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 introduced as being on the side of "good" Yomi is strangely suspicious, and not completely trusted.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 6 - Karasumori's Night Cherry Blossoms
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Karasumori's Night Cherry Blossoms

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 18 - Days of Toshimori, the Youngest Child
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Days of Toshimori, the Youngest Child

    S1:E18

    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 not doing their homework and beg him to tutor them at his house. Toshimori is reluctant but eventually relents but also makes up a story about Yoshimori being very frightening. However, when they arrive home, Yoshimori greets them while wearing his baking attire. Later, Tokine visits bringing some dinner cooked by her mother but she encounters a cockroach and spills all the food on Yoshimori and the boys.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 19 - Attackers With White Feathers
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Attackers With White Feathers

    S1:E19

    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 attacks one of them and it becomes angry and the observer eventually gives the signal. They gather together but Tokine destroys one of them making the other two angry. They combine and are empowered by Karasumori. Eventually Yoshimori and Tokine destroy the ayakashi and they send for clean-up help. But Madarao and Hakubi notice the human scent changing into an ayakashi scent and Yoshimori jumps to the roof to investigate finding the spy.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 20 - Weird Surveillant
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Weird Surveillant

    S1:E20

    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 part of the forest with a kekkai and the spy is trapped, but then he drinks a power-up drink and strengthens himself and rips the kekkai apart. The spy swings his arm in a circle creating a mystery circle and uses the confusion to escape. Yoshimori is left with the spy's right arm as evidence.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 21 - Cold Transfer Student: Shishio Gen
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Cold Transfer Student: Shishio Gen

    S1:E21

    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 find claw marks on the wall outside along with the remains of Yoshimori's shiki. Gen encounters Tatsumi and senses that he has special powers. He begins to interrogate him but then leaves him alone. Later at night, Tokine and Yoshimori met Gen at Karasumori.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Kekkaishi Season 1 Episode 22 - Messenger from the Urakai
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Messenger from the Urakai

    S1:E22

    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. Meanwhile gramps is doing some research on the "skin" that the Ayakashi dropped.

    Director:Kenji Kodama
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Best Episodes Summary

"Tokine and the Handsome Gentleman" is the best rated episode of "Kekkaishi". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Kenji Kodama and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/18/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Yoshimori and Kaguro".