

Yoshimori and Tokine suffered a lot of hardships in their responsibilities to protect Karasumori. Yoshimori and Tokine are to guard the land from the intrusion of ayakashi who try to "power-up" there. Any ayakashi that stay on the land become stronger. Kekkai is a form of magical energy barrier which is primarily used to capture and destroy ayakashi that are drawn to this shin'yūchi ( 神佑地, "sacred land"). They are ability users (people who can use supernatural powers) who use a technique called Kekkai ( 結界). In the present day, Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs of the Hazama clan, are the kekkaishi ( 結界師) that protect Karasumori (which is located on the grounds of the school they attend). Thus, Tokimori founded the Hazama clan, who inherited his techniques, to protect the land for centuries to come. The lord's power stayed on the land even when he had died. A demon exterminator, Tokimori Hazama, was called upon to protect the lord and his castle. In 2007, the manga won the 52nd Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen manga category.Īccording to the legend, five hundred years ago, there was an insignificant lord who possessed a mysterious power that drew ayakashi ( 妖) (supernatural creatures) to him. The Kekkaishi manga had over 17 million copies in circulation as of June 2020. The anime series was broadcast on Adult Swim from May 2010 to May 2011. Both manga and anime series has been licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz Media. It was adapted as a fifty-two episode anime television series by Sunrise, which was broadcast between October 2006 and February 2008. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 2003 to April 2011, with its chapters collected in thirty-five tankōbon volumes. The series is about Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival families of kekkai (barrier magic) users, who must defend their school from the spirits drawn to the sacred land upon which it is built. "Barrier Master") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe.
