Kekkaishi, Vol. 1

Great A+

Ordered this manga which was said to be in ‘very good’ condition from them. Received with a page torn off the book. Immediate return for me.

This series has heart and it has action. The manga and the anime both are wonderfully well written. The anime is sadly shorter than id have liked but for those wanting to know how things turn out in the end the manga will give you the closure youre looking for.

It had a very small amount of wear around the edges of the book to be new. However, that could have simply come from shipping. The book was enjoyable. I will buy more in the series!

If you buy one you WILL buy the rest ! One of my top 3 manga . Anime is excellent as well . I watched the anime first , Then read most of the manga . As the series just ended I'm going to re read the whole series and the last 5 books that I haven't read yet when the last one comes .

Definitely not happy with the condition of the book since it was listed as "very good".

I've watched Kekkaishi for a while now on Adult swim and loved it so I decided to start reading the Manga. It was worth it. I absolutely love this Manga! I am really picky on manga because of how the Mangaka draws it, and this is very well done. I'm officially addicted to the Anime and the Manga!!

The author, Yellow Tanabe (nice name, eh?) mentions that when she was a kid, she and her friends would play a game in which they pretended to create invisible walls. Their declaration was, "I stretched the barrier from here to there!" And if someone walked into the area, they would get the cold shoulder, as if breaking the most important law of life.From this imaginative game comes the making of Kekkaishi. In the first volume, we learn that in order to make a barrier, called a kekkai ("protective ward"), a Kekkaishi must perform three acts: (1) say the word "Hoi" to designate a target, (2) say "Joso" to position the Kekkai, and (3) call out "Ketsu" to create the barrier. Once that is established, the user has the option to either say "Kai" to let their prey go, or "Metsu" to destroy it.Since the first volume is so filled with content--more so than most manga--my brief overview only covers a little bit. So just keep this in mind.Story overview:---------------Where a Junior and Senior High School stands, there once towered a castle. Buried deep below the school is the spirit of the master of that castle, who was from the Karasumori clan. He possessed a power that to this day attracts nasty beings called ayakashi. If they spend any significant amount of time in the school grounds, they will grow bigger, more powerful, and dangerous.Two children, who have special Kekkaishi powers passed down from generation to generation, are designated the guardians of the school. Since ayakashi are creatures of the night these guardians must lose out on a lot of sleep. If that wasn't enough, it just so happens that their families are in a feud over who should be the true successor. This puts both Yoshimori (age 14) and Tokine (age 16) in an awkward position, as they so often end up working together.When Yoshimori was nine years old, his naivety lead to the scars on Tokine's arm. To this day he has two major goals: (1) never allow someone to get hurt in front of him again, and (2) make a castle cake big enough to live in. His dream to build the cake is constantly being overcome by his crotchety grandfather, lack of money, and fighting off ayakashi. As is the case when he finds out that one of Tokine's teachers happens to posse inhuman powers, and the two of them must put a stop to it.My thoughts:-------------The characters are wonderfully designed, the artwork is top rate, and the story is brilliant. A page turner for sure. This is currently one of my favorite manga series.James D. MaxonAuthor of Traphis: A Wizard's Tale

This book is great it deserves that note!The series is even better as a whole!i'm looking forward to having the entire series on hand