The BEST episodes of Kekkaishi
Every episode of Kekkaishi ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Kekkaishi!
Yoshimori Sumimura, a 14-year-old junior high school boy, is a Kekkaishi, an exterminator of monsters. He is vying with Tokine Yumikura to be the heir to the Sumimura clan. Tokine is older than he, and she is his childhood friend as well as his rival Kekkaishi. To save people from danger, and to make himself stronger, Yoshimori fights against monsters.
#1 - Yoshimori and Kaguro
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 1/28/2008
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.
#2 - Masamori's Plot
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/12/2007
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.
#3 - Demon Dog Madarao's Sealing
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2007
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.
#4 - The Beautiful Demon Tamer
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2006
Yomi Kasuga, a Demon Tamer, pays a visit to the Yukimura family under orders from the Shadow Organization. Her arrival causes Tokine to recall the painful memory of the day her father Tokio died. Yomi reveals herself to be an enemy and explains her goal of taking over the Karasumori site in order to strengthen her demon, Yoki. Imprisoned, Yoshimori and Tokine find themselves in danger!
#5 - Taking Aim at the Legitimate Heir
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/21/2007
Kyoichi Hiba, another member of the Yagyou, comes to check up on Gen. Inside the school, Yoshimori comes across a wheeling ayakasha named Ohkubiguruma. When Gen appears and battles against Ohkubiguruma, it leads him outside for a surprise attack, temporarily injuring him. Yoshimori takes over the fight, though his barrier are to no effect. Nevertheless, with the help of Gen, Yoshimori predicts the movements of the ayakashi, leads it back inside the school, and succeeds in exterminating it. The kekkaishi realize that they are placed with a bounty by a mysterious organization. The next day, as Yoshimori lies on the roof with Gen, the former questions the latter about his body hybridized between a human and an ayakashi.
#6 - The Best Cake in the World
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2006
Masahiko, the ghost of a patissier, cannot pass on because he is worried about leaving behind his younger brother Toshihiko. Yoshimori meets with Toshihiko and tells him about his older brother, but is not taken seriously. To help the two brothers, Yoshimori decides to bake the same cake from the brothers' childhood memories.
#7 - Yoshimori's Ambition
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2007
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.
#8 - Her Treasure
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2006
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.
#9 - Dangerous High School Teacher
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2006
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.
#10 - Tokine and the Handsome Gentleman
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/18/2007
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.
#11 - Kouya and Madarao
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2007
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.
#12 - Weird Surveillant
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2007
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.
#13 - Cold Transfer Student: Shishio Gen
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2007
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.
#14 - Messenger from the Urakai
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2007
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.
#15 - Night Blooms of Karasumori
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2006
Yurina Kanda, one of Yoshimori's classmates, is a girl who can see ghosts and spirits. To see one of the 77 wonders of Karasumori Academy - the unseasonable blooming of cherry blossoms - Yurina sneaks into the school grounds late at night. There, she witnesses Yoshimori and Tokine in the midst of exterminating the Ayakashi.
#16 - Appearance of Masamori, Captain of the Yagyou
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/2007
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.
#17 - A Confectioner's Ghost
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2006
This episode begins where the last ended with the Kekkaishi cleaning up the mess created by Yomi and Yoki at karasumori. Shigemori explains to Yoshimori that within the Urakai is a group of users called the Yagyou who are an operations squad of the Urakai, and that the leader of the Yagyou is Yoshimori's older brother, Masamori. The episode continues to follow the story of Yoshimori's dealings with a ghost that is having trouble passing on.
#18 - Yoshimori-like Days
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2006
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.
#19 - Final Battle!
Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 1/21/2008
Tokine is finally reunited with Yoshimori in Kurosusuki, but without any time to waste, Yoshimori immediately goes into battle to settle his revenge with Kaguro. During the fight, Kaguro finally reveals his past.
#20 - The Elite of the Council of Twelve
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 7/2/2007
Masamori gets promoted to seat 7 of the mysterious council of twelve, the elite leaders of the Urakai, but he needs to prove what he's worth. While at home, Karasumori and Yoshimori tries to help a dead cat pass on.
#21 - The Magic Square of Spell-Sealing
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 7/23/2007
Yoshimori found a way to get out of the magical square, and is facing four Ayakashis. Yoshimori thinks of a plan to erase them but when his plan goes bad, Tokine gets taken as a hostage. Meanwhile, Shishio, who is almost lost in his anger, is fighting the 5th Ayakashi who seems to be just playing.
#22 - Crumbling Castle
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 12/24/2007
As the castle begins to fall apart, Masamori and his night troops head into Kokubouro with the path created by Tokiko. Yoshimori rescued Sen and tells him to go back home while he still can. Wanting to be of some use to Yoshimori, Sen offers to help locate Kaguro. With Sen's help, Yoshimori speeds off to find Kaguro leaving Sen behind. Tokine manages to find the whereabouts of Yoshimori with Sen's information and heads off to Yoshimori with the intention of bringing him back to Karasumori before the castle completely collapses.
#23 - Sad Demon Flower
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 1/14/2008
Aihi rescues Tokine who was about to fall into the depths of the castle. Aihi takes Tokine into her lab and Aihi's past was revealed. Appearently, Aihi lacks the evil aura that most Ayakashi has because she fell in love with a human. Shortly after Tokine leaves, Kaguro appears in front of Aihi and the two of them engage in battle. Kaguro easily defeats Aihi despite Aihi being a high class Ayakashi. Kaguro says the reason for her defeat was because she became weak from losing her desire to eat humans, but Aihi claims that Kaguro is also weak because he is insecure. In the exact moment where Kaguro is about to destroy Aihi, he senses Yoshimori's presence and heads off to him. Aihi transforms into her plant form and releases her dandelions; one of which makes its way back to the human she loved who is now an old man.
#24 - That is God's Territory
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2007
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.
#25 - Gen and Love's Attack
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/4/2007
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.