Kekkaishi

[Zati]

Nice, this is another series along with Kenichi that I have been waiting to get subbed! The manga is pretty good and popular in Japan. Like always hope it's just as good as the manga or better!




I think this will appeal to people who like Spirited Away or Inuyasha. Some of the creature designs in this series looks really good and seem to be based on old Japanese folklore monsters.

Episodes 1-2 (XviD) - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_01-02_%5B2193ED75%5D.avi.torrent)
Episodes 1-2 (h264) - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_01-02_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B78B46844%5D.mp4.torrent)

Sumikawa Yoshimori, a 14-year-old junior high school boy, is a descendant of Kekkaishi, or an exterminator of monsters He is vying for the heir to the family with Yumikura Tokine. Tokine is older than him, and she is his childhood friend as well as his rival Kekkaishi. To save people from the crises, and to make himself stronger, Yoshimori fights against monsters tonight, too.
Taken from Animenfo

AniDB (http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=4574)
AnimeNfo (http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,3823,subvrj,kekkaishi.html)
ANN (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6806)
Official Site (http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/kekkaishi/)

[Kraco]

I'm right now downloading the episodes. Based on the description it looks easily interesting enough to check out.

Edit: Well, it was quite average all in all. Can't say these first two episodes would have presented anything that remarkable or memorable, or novel, but they weren't bad, either. The main male character (older version) has the same VA as Zed in Kiba, and he sounds exactly like Zed as well, if somebody is interested (the girl isn't voiced by Zed's girl, though, but Real's VA from Ergo Proxy, though)...

Well, despite what I said it wasn't bad at all, so I'll keep watching. I'm not expecting anything extraordinary, but at least this isn't a corny lesser clone like Busou Renkin, or something.

[Munsu]

Just watched the first two episodes, and I liked them. Much better than I expected.

[Lucifus]

Reals V.A? Downloading! :rolleyes:

[Zati]

Toriyama's World and KEFI version! KEFI starting to do animes?

Episodes 1-2 - TW & KEFI (http://a.scarywater.net/naruto/%5BTW_KEFI%5D_Kekkaishi_01_02_%5BXViD%5D%5B3B48766 9%5D.avi.torrent)

[Munsu]

Browsed quickly the TW version, and it didn't look good. Bad font choices and bad typesetting were enough for me not to give it a chance.

[Darth Zin]

^ wow, i haven't checked TW's version but their subbing was very good for Death Note with the special L ^_^ But overall from the first 2 eps the series seems very enjoyable and something that needs to be grabbed :)

[Zati]

Yoroshiku just released!

Episode 3 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_03_%5B4057E074%5D.avi.torrent)

[Munsu]

I'm really enjoying this series... I picked up the manga after the first 2 episodes, and I found them quite entertaining. So far, I've liked the anime better, simply because they've introduced some characters earlier than in the manga, without compromising the plot. Also they've skipped some boring chapters and have focused on the ones that have more action.

Discussion of ep. 3:

When the father said "them", I wonder if he meant the Yoshimori family or if he meant the ayakashi.

[Everon]

I think the "them" reference was intentionally made to be vague. It makes it look like the Sumimura's had something to do with his death and probably led to Tokine's cold attitude to Yoshimori.

What Tokine's father was refering to could be either someone from the Urakai or even something we haven't heard about yet.

[Kraco]

There hardly was enough time to watch the previous episode, and the next is already out there, ready to be downloaded:

Episode 4 xvid - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_04_%5BF24E9BAB%5D.avi.torrent)
Episode 4 h264 (1024x576) - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_04_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B0C1A3D78%5D.mp4.torrent)

[animus]

Really interesting series so far. I thought it'd be really lame, but it actually delivers quite well.

[Kraco]

Yeah. After the first two episodes I wasn't sure if I'm going to continue to watch this or not, but I guess I'll stick around.

The setting and atmosphere seem quite static with those stagnant old geezer types dictating what the youths should and shouldn't do, and the youths slightly rebelling against those rules but not fully. That's hardly original and didn't look too good. Also the limited cast seemed dubious. But I guess with these last two episodes it has delivered better.

[Darth Zin]

^ i find limited cast anime's the best, easier to remember the few ppl's name. ^_^ The first 2 eps seemed pretty good, and it got me hooked cause i could see what kind of anime it would turn out to be later on which is something i dig ^_^ Plus the ending of the 3rd ep had me anxious for the 4th ep which wasn't as impacting as i had hoped it to be T_T.

[Aeon]

Ep 4 was the best yet, I was happy to see that their powers didn't suck as much as I thought they did. The fact that they can target specific areas and destroy them makes them better. Although I thik it would be better if they had the powers of those 2 guys.

[Munsu]

Episodes 5, 6 and 7:

http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_05_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5BB50DE272%5D.mp4.torrent

http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_06_%5B3055A20E%5D.avi.torrent

http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_07_%5B9F9644F5%5D.avi.torrent

[Zati]

Nice Yoroshiku releasing a bunch together, now I need to catch up.

Episode 8 (XviD) - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_08_%5B83E700C2%5D.avi.torrent)
Episode 9 (XviD) - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_09_%5B4D094914%5D.avi.torrent)

[Kraco]

If a regular anime watcher learned one Japanese word from this series, it would no doubt be "kekkai"...

Episode 10 xvid - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_10_%5B0CB647CC%5D.avi.torrent)
Episode 10 h264 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_10_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5BDAC104FD%5D.mp4.torrent)

[dark maginn]

just caught up seems alright ill stick around

[Yukimura]

@ Kraco, in addition to Ketsu, I've also learned Houi, Jousou and Metsu. If I wasn't still stuck on Naruto techniques I'm sure I'd wander around trying to encase people in mystic shields and shatter them into their component parts.

Episode 10 wasn't all that interesting, except thta it made Tokine that uch more irritating. But from the preview Hakubi has been seriously holding back on his awesomeness, now I can't wait for episode 11.

[Kraco]

Yeah. I was a little disappointed after this episode. I don't know why they made Tokine act like that. But perhaps it's just reverse psychology; maybe she in reality likes Yoshimori and is thus pushing him away for whatever reasons.

Still, what pissed me off worst was how Yoshimori didn't get angry at all after the rest of the famility ate all the cakes he had had so much trouble to acquire. Just what manner of saint is he? No doubt his grandfather acts like a real jackass all the time because Yoshimori has any balls only when facing demons.

[shinta|hikari]

Tokine obviously likes Yoshimori, but probably doesnt know it herself and thinks that its because Yoshimori is too undependable that she worries. She pushes him away because she probably cant accept that she likes a weirdo (in her view) like him.

[BananaFob]

Episode 11 and 12:

[Yoroshiku]_Kekkaishi_-_11_[E055633C].avi (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_11_%5BE055633C%5D.avi.torrent)
[Yoroshiku]_Kekkaishi_-_12_[C6EAC6CB].avi (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_12_%5BC6EAC6CB%5D.avi.torrent)

I didn't really see much point in the three minions of Kouya except for humor.

[Kraco]

Yeah. They hardly served any purpose. They weren't really used to make Kouya seem more gentle by taking care of underlings, and they certainly played no real part in the fight. And since Yoshimori was also pretty much out of the fight, it's not like they really needed those doods to keep Tokine occupied.

Well, minor characters aside, they were pretty badass episodes. Never thought the spirit dog would be like that if the seal is broken.

[Psyke]

I've just watched all 12 episodes in one seating, and is now downloading episode 13. I like what I see so far, and hopefully the story will be continue to be as good.

[Munsu]

Well, we're getting very close to were the scanlations are up to. From what I can see, they've done a pretty good adapatation of the manga, so I'm glad for that. And finally, Masamori has arrived, he's always been a secretive guy, I wonder what he's up to. Hopefully the other Kekkaishis will become as good as Masamuri because his multiple techniques looked very good. The techniques of Yoshimori and Tokine have been very boring and dull, so at least we have Masamuri's techniques to look forward to.

Also, it seems like we're entering some sort of arc with some organization or "boss" behind it from what that spider said that he was sent by someone and from what the Yagyou said.

[bennybot4]

This is one of the good ones :) its funny and has style, i hope that you guys(girls) enjoy this as much as i did i am waiting on eps 18 to release let me know what u think

[Psyke]

Episode 18 by Yoroshiku is out.

[Yoroshiku]_Kekkaishi_-_18_[F71585A6].avi (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_18_%5BF71585A6%5D.avi.torrent)

[Kraco]

This episode kind of smelled like a filler, but it was pretty nice nonetheless. Slice of life style, with Yoshimori's little brother in the middle. Best part of course was how Toshimori described his poor brother in order to keep his friends in check...

[Psyke]

I enjoyed this particular episode too. It's a good break from always going back to the school at night. And I loved the part where Yoshimori opens the door in his cake making attire after all the hype built up by his brother.

And by the way, great avatar Kraco! :p

[Munsu]

I haven't watched this episode as I'm not really interested in it, but I'm pretty sure that there was a chapter in the manga that dealt with the little brother and his friends, so there's a high probability that this wasn't really a filler, even though it does take a break from the main storyline.

[animus]

Episode 19 XviD - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_19_%5BD205BF9C%5D.avi.torrent)
Episode 19 h264 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_19_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5BDA376ED0%5D.mp4.torrent)

[Kraco]

An interesting episode. So far this series has been steadily getting better and better, and it doesn't look like that trend would be changing any time soon. Jolly good. To be honest, I didn't expect much from this series when it began, but it surely did prove my expectations wrong.

[animus]

Episode 20 XviD - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_20_%5B6BD95E21%5D.avi.torrent)

That was rather quick.

[Yukimura]

Finally got around to watching 19 & 20. I wonder why Yoshimori's Kekkai are getting stronger, he doesn't seem to have been doing much new training or learning, other than learning that being closer is better. I noticed he's more or less perfected the air walk though, which may explain it. Tokine finally getting the power she has in the opening was cool too, I've always thought the Kekkai technique had a lot of interesting uses and I'm glad they're showing it through the growth of the charachters.

One thing that bugs me more and more though it Tokine's relationship with Yoshimori, I know that he likes her and she claims to not like him (lies of course), but she's always butting into his buisness when he's doing stuff that she disagrees with and it's starting to get on my nerves. Whatever weird nonsense he was about to test out before she interrupted her was his buisness and she should have just left it alone. He generally manages to handle his problems but she never seems to recognize that he can fix his mistakes.

[Kraco]

I know that he likes her and she claims to not like him (lies of course), but she's always butting into his buisness when he's doing stuff that she disagrees with and it's starting to get on my nerves...He generally manages to handle his problems but she never seems to recognize that he can fix his mistakes.

I think that's psychologically somewhat believable (in anime terms at least): She has never admitted to herself she likes Yoshimori, and thus her caring for him has taken the form of a kind of overprotective older sister. And she's butting into his business because she likes him, yet has no other ways of showing it as long as she's not honest with herself. And why she seems to be holding Yoshimori back is not probably enviousness, at least for the major part, but simple lack of understanding, because she could never have the potential for what Yoshimori is trying to achieve in more ways than one.

[animus]

Episode 21 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_21_%5B3EAE6B29%5D.avi.torrent)

[BananaFob]

[Yoroshiku]_Kekkaishi_-_22_[46B65208].avi (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_22_%5B46B65208%5D.avi.torrent)
[Yoroshiku]_Kekkaishi_-_22_(1024x576)_(H264)_[D1790EF7].mp4 (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_22_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5BD1790EF7%5D.mp4.torrent)

[Kraco]

A new guy and a new chance for Yoshimori to fear Tokine will this time fall for him.

Well, anyway, I hope this new dude brings something into the story. So far he has mainly been waste of space that could have been used instead to develop Yoshimori and his techniques. Well, if he serves as an incentive for Yoshimori to get stronger faster then I guess it's ok.

[Yukimura]

I'm getting really tired of the Yoshimori-Tokine situation. He has no chance with her, and I wish he and the writers would just admit that and focus on the rest of the story elements. Even without romance the two make a good team and seeing them develop their teamwork more would be preferable to watching Yoshimori stumble over himself trying to court her.

[animus]

Episode 23 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_23_%5B62584025%5D.avi.torrent)

[animus]

Episode 24 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_24_%5B580D70F2%5D.avi.torrent)

[Psyke]

That was fast. Thanks for the link, animus.

[animus]

Episode 25 - Kekkaishi (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_25_%5B22064792%5D.avi.torrent)

[Honoko]

Domo arigatou **downloading now...

In the meantime, was ep 24 filler? I don't quite remember reading about this part of the storyline in the manga...

[shinta|hikari]

How far has the manga gone anyway? Is it finished already?

[animus]

According to manga-updates it's at 18 volumes and still ongoing. I guess that's why anidb has this series at unknown amount of episodes slotted for.

Edit: @ Honoko, what chapter/volume is this episode in the manga? I have the urge to read the scanlations due to the rather slow releases, and wanting to know what's going on.

[Kraco]

The world can always use a couple of more kekkai, for sure:

Episode 27 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_27_%5B9403B244%5D.avi.torrent)
Episode 28 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_28_%5B44E2D959%5D.avi.torrent)

[animus]

Episode 26 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_26_%5BB88A5E30%5D.avi.torrent)

Wasn't posted earlier. I'm not even sure if I watched this or not already, and just forgot to post a link. Meh.

[Kraco]

Where's the kekkai when you need one...

Episode 29 h264 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_29_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B332FC535%5D.mp4.torrent)
Episode 29 xvid - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_29_%5B81604602%5D.avi.torrent)

[animus]

I knew monsters bursting out of human skin seemed familiar, and I finally realized that it feels like Guyver. Man I liked that series a lot when I was a kid, though it was a bit gorey.

[Munsu]

Finally caught up, was like 10 episodes behind.

Pretty good stuff as of late, things have gotten quite interesting since Shishio appeared, he's a cool character. I wonder who the final bad guys will be, because I don't think this group will be it... I have a feeling that the Urakai have some ulterior motives that will end up making the Kekkaishi their enemy. And Yoshimori's brother is as fishy as ever. I still can't tell if he's one of the good guys.

Looks like we'll see more of him on the next episode, and some more of that demon-user girl, I really like her. They should use her more.

By the way, any of you remember in what episodes were Yoshimori's mother and Tokine's father shown?

[AbstractTheorem]

Episode 30 (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_30_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B52D2FC7C%5D.mp4.torrent) <---h264'agee

Episode 30 (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_30_%5B4E9ACFF3%5D.avi.torrent) <---Avi'ageee

I am leeching it right now...will probably edit this with nifty post watching comments (yeah I know I will try to hurry up...so many people are on the EDGE of their seats right now waiting for my comments, and I don't blame them... since I am on the edge of my own seat waiting for the comments as well)

I am glad this show has been getting better and not worse like so many others

[Munsu]

Pretty good episode, and next one is a background episode of Shishio which should be good... with him trying to kill his sister and all.

[Kraco]

Aye. This was a good episode. Yoshimori has such a nice relationship with his brother. It's an interesting family altogether. Like Bud said earlier, it's impossible to judge if the brother is really a good guy or not. Keeps things more interesting.

[complich8]

I liked finally seeing Masamori show some glimpse of ... you know ... not being god.

[shinta|hikari]

Yep. He seems a tad overpowered before, making it seem impossible for Yoshimori, the official inheritor, to surpass him. But he will, thats a fact in this kind of show.

[Honoko]

Yep. He seems a tad overpowered before, making it seem impossible for Yoshimori, the official inheritor, to surpass him. But he will, thats a fact in this kind of show.
Ah, it may seem impossible but that glowing red aura Yoshimori exuded recently also lends credence to him surpassing his older brother-- as it is typical in this kind of show :p

[Yukimura]

If what the mummy guy said about him being part ayakashi is true then we'll probably see Yoshi use some crazy super power once and then be scolded by every single cast member and told never to use it again, which he will obviously not do.

[shinta|hikari]

I hope it doesnt go that way. It would be a lot better to gain a power that can be used regularly (even if it does have a cost) instead of a one try killer move.

Still, it might be a nice development for Yoshi to use such a power to save Tokine, making him get terribly injured or lose consciousness indefinitely. That should give some real development between the two.

[animus]

Episode 31 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishii_-_31_%5B6854EE95%5D.avi.torrent)

[Munsu]

I'm gonna wait for the h264 version.

[Psyke]

I just caught up too, and I'm glad that the series is getting more interesting. The back story of Shishio gave us a glipse of the other Urakai characters, and there are still lots of other characters which we haven't gotten a good look at yet. Masamori's the most interesting character so far, and it's fun trying to figure out whether he's on Yoshimori's side or not.

[Munsu]

So far I'm leaning towards him being a good guy, especially with his Yagyou people having that carefree attitude, etc.

Looks like next episode we'll be seeing plenty from Atora and some training... I wonder if she has some training that will help Yoshimori too.

Anyways, I love the music in the series, especially the OP... what do you guys think about it? I like the "Kimi wa mamoru..." and "I wanna be your knight..." portions specifically.

[Psyke]

I'm not too keen on the OP..... too much "sha la la la la la" for me, but I loved the previous ED theme, "Sekaijuu Doko wo Sagashite mo".

[Munsu]

Yeah, the "sha la la la" portion sucks, but the portions I mentioned put me in the mood for the show, it carries the theme of the series perfectly, and it seems a bit powerful at times.

[dragonrage]

Masamori, I would think that he is generally on yoshimori side but he does wonder why he wasn't chosen. Also the fact that he wants to kill everyone on the council that threatens his family, more specifically those who want to take control of the land from the Kekashil.

He is twisted,sadistic and calculating, not to mention powerful but from what i have seen he pails in comparison with Yoshimori, that is if he ever learns to control and harness it.......

[Munsu]

The fansubs are currently fairly ahead of the scanlations, by at least a couple of chapters... scanlations are up to chapter 68, and they just finished the fight where Tokine is held hostage, Yoshimori gets some awesome aura, and Gen gets his ass kicked while losing control.

[shinta|hikari]

I personally love the 3rd and 4th ending themes. I think they were sung by the same artist as the first opening.

[Munsu]

32:
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_32_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5BDC362068%5D.mp4.torrent

[reminisc]

oh man that was an awesome episode, a nice change of pace.

It was great seeing Shishio run in circles in his apartment when he heard Atora at his door. We get to see a completely new side to him now, i hope the new Shishio sticks around.

[Kraco]

What this episode was missing was the bath scene with Atora...

A very good episode otherwise, though.

[Munsu]

You just saying? Or does that actually happen in the manga?

Anyways, cool episode... and next one seems to be action packed... looks like everyone is making their move, and even grandpa will have some action.

[complich8]

You just saying? Or does that actually happen in the manga?
If by "the manga" you mean "any of two dozen kekkaishi h-doujins that may or may not exist" then I'd have to say an emphatic probably.

[Munsu]

No. By manga, I mean the original manga.

[Munsu]

33 and 34:
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_33_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B73F2AA7B%5D.mp4.torrent
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_34_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5BFFDFDF35%5D.mp4.torrent

[Yukimura]

Kekkaishi - 35 XviD - [Yorohiku] (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_35_%5B4D199F8E%5D.avi.torrent)

[Kraco]

The HQ version was also encoded finally:

Episode 35 h264 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_35_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B0A6355BA%5D.mp4.torrent)

[Munsu]

Episode 35 was great, but it was such a tease... next episode should be even better. The families are in danger, Karasumori has been breached by all of Kokuborou and Masamori has been sent on a phony mission.

Next episode Gen should do his complete transformation, and him being in Karasumori and with that egg, I'm pretty sure he'll lose his composure. So lets wait and see what happens. Even though I like Gen, he would do a nice sacrifice for the story if that were to happen. With all these enemies, I suspect that Yoshimori will go berserk as well like when Tokine was captured.

[Kraco]

Yeah. The thing I'm certainly most looking forward to is Yoshimori's hidden, different coloured power. It has always been interrupted just before anything interesting could happen. It would be a high time to let us see how much ass he can really kick.

[Death13a]

Kekkaishi - 36-37 XviD - [Yorohiku] (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_36-37_%5B037534F0%5D.avi.torrent)

Conjured episodes that will make hour of ownage.

[Yukimura]

OMGWTFBBWPWNAGE!

What a breath of fresh air after all the stagnant romance/drama/psychological stuff this season.

[animus]

Been awhile since a Kekkaishi release, good thing I didn't have to download any new ones since my PC was dead.

[DDBen]

This may have taken forever to get released but it was certainly worth it. With all the fluff currently out its nice to have just some action like Yukimura said. Seems they have a few more episodes translated so hopefully the releases of this get back on track.

[Kraco]

I hope they'll release the h264 versions as well. I wouldn't want to go back and forth between xvid and h264. It looks stupid in the file list. I have the beginning of the series in avi but then I changed to the mp4 downloads.

Edit. Wait and thou shall be rewarded:
Episodes 36-37 h264 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_36-37_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B76FFDCC2%5D.mp4.torrent)

[DDBen]

I hope they'll release the h264 versions as well. I wouldn't want to go back and forth between xvid and h264. It looks stupid in the file list. I have the beginning of the series in avi but then I changed to the mp4 downloads.

The answer is yes they are still doing MP4 and here is the link to episode 36-37

http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_36-37_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B76FFDCC2%5D.mp4.torrent

[animus]

Man, Gagin felt so weak compared to all the Zako ayakashi that come around all the time that can tear through Kekkai's like nothing.

[Munsu]

Just watched this episode, very good... I'm glad they are killing off characters, Gin was nice to have, but he's more useful being dead. I want an allout war though... hopefully it'll happen eventually. It would be nice to have an episode fully dedicated to the Yagyou... like in their last mission, it would've been nice to see them all in action.

[DDBen]

Well from a long wait to a short wait 38 and 39 are up.

38 AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_38_%5B5D747D03%5D.avi.torrent
39 AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_39_%5B81B31601%5D.avi.torrent

38 MP4
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_38_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B9B9B9E1B%5D.mp4.torrent
39 MP4
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_39_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B33428C21%5D.mp4.torrent

[Munsu]

Two nice episodes, some changes done from the manga that I noticed, but nothing major... like they changed the orders of some scenes, and some of the characters involved... nothing of importance though, it's actually better this way.

I thought the scene with Yoshimori and Gen's sister could've been handled better, but the little backstory in the Yagyou was nice... I think the little kid there might get more screen time in the future, helping Yoshimori... though he seems weak at the moment, so I may be mistaken.

[Kraco]

I think the little kid there might get more screen time in the future, helping Yoshimori... though he seems weak at the moment, so I may be mistaken.

It could happen... With Yoshimori as the master! Honestly Gen was far more proficient in his trade than Yoshimori, so it would be quite a change if the tables were turned the next time (quite unlikely, of course, considering Karasumori is now constantly under attack so it would be a murder to send a noob there). Still, it would be interesting.

[DDBen]

It could happen... With Yoshimori as the master! Honestly Gen was far more proficient in his trade than Yoshimori, so it would be quite a change if the tables were turned the next time (quite unlikely, of course, considering Karasumori is now constantly under attack so it would be a murder to send a noob there). Still, it would be interesting.

Well if the kid was to be sent there he likely wouldn't go alone but rather with the group that Gen use to be part of instead. Still unlikely as the area is a killing field for now but not unheard of atleast. They really need some sort of backup though.

[Kraco]

Coming to terms and the feeling of vengeance:

Episode 40 h264 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_40_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B99A5FB85%5D.mp4.torrent)
Episode 40 xvid - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_40_%5B1A689CBD%5D.avi.torrent)



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Edit: I liked this episode a lot. The humour was jolly good in the sequence of scenes of Yoshimori trying to catch up with the old Yukimura granny. And the lecture she gave him was one of the better ones in the whole series. Also, Yoshimori's brother had certainly some nice plans. I was expecting Masamori to confront the masked big boss a bit more forcefully considering he probably has already guessed the dude isn't quite clean, but I suppose they must play careful and indirect games in those circles where nobody, in the end, might not be totally clean after all.

[DDBen]

I can't wait for the next major battle but at the same time I'm very interested in the constant plot/character developement episodes we get in this show. Nothing feels to slow and I'm never sitting around annoyed at them wasting episodes.

Also I'm very happy with the subbing group I can always head to there page and get a update on which stage of release future episodes are in so I never feel like I'm waiting for nothing despite that one very large gap between releases earlier.

41 is in typesetting and 42 is in editing so it shouldn't even be that long before we get some more episodes.

Edit:

alright 41 is out
MP4
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_41_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B20CCEF95%5D.mp4.torrent
AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_41_%5BC9047725%5D.avi.torrent

[Death13a]

Nice episode. I liked crows as they fought back. Yoshimori also used detection technique similar to his brother as he was able to see silulets of intruders all around him.

[Yukimura]

Kekkaishi - 42 (1024x576) H264 - [Yoroshiku] (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_42_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B0C9CD571%5D.mp4.torrent)

Kekkaishi - 42 XviD - [Yoroshiku] (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_42_%5BF916E2FB%5D.avi.torrent)

[BioAlien]

Kekkaishi - 41 (1024x576) H264 - [Yoroshiku] (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_42_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B0C9CD571%5D.mp4.torrent)

Kekkaishi - 41 XviD - [Yoroshiku] (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_42_%5BF916E2FB%5D.avi.torrent)

Wrong title there mate.
You got the URL right, but it's 42, not 41.
Here,

Kekkaishi - 42 (1024x576) H264 - [Yoroshiku] (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_42_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B0C9CD571%5D.mp4.torrent)

Kekkaishi - 42 XviD - [Yoroshiku] (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_42_%5BF916E2FB%5D.avi.torrent)

[Kraco]

Wrong title or not, here's the next ep nevertheless:

Episode 43 h264 - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_43_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B056B46D9%5D.mp4.torrent)
Episode 43 xvid - Yoroshiku (http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_43_%5B250D592F%5D.avi.torrent)

[animus]

Finally starting to get remotely interesting. Even with Gen's death I wasn't enthralled with the series, maybe that'll change from now on!

[DDBen]

Wait seriously you watched 43 episodes of a series you didn't really care for in the first place?


Anyway another good episode seems another big battle will be happening as of next episode which is always good. I'm actually glad they really took the time to grow the characters between the earlier fight and the loss of Gen and now.

[animus]

You clearly have no comphrension whatsoever.

[Kraco]

It looks like Yoshimori is getting closer to controlling that reddish aura. Or if not controlling, at least being able to tap into the whatever power it represents. No doubt it will play a role in his battle against the enemy bosses. It will be good to see Masamori in a serious fight as well. We haven't actually yet seen that happen.

One that hasn't changed recently at all, though, is Yoshimori and Tokine's relationship. I guess not that much is to be expected, considering this is pretty much an action shounen series, but I hope at least something will happen before we run out of episodes. Yoshimori was really interested in her, after all, but after Gen got himself killed, all the attention shifted there.

[Munsu]

Yeah, I'm eager to watch Masamori do quick work of the the little bitches coming to fight. I really like Shion, hopefully they'll show more of here in the series and she doesn't simply dies in this battle.

[DDBen]

44 is out

AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_44_%5BCE1BAA0B%5D.avi.torrent
MKV
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_44_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B307A87A8%5D.mp4.torrent

Also of note 46 and 47 are in encoding while 45 had a slight error they are fixing and expect it around feb 3rd at the earliest.

Also as for some bad news it appears this will only be 52 episodes total which won't get to the end of the series atleast unless further information comes out to say otherwise.

[Death13a]

Well 52 episodes will be perfect to finish Kokubourou arc as they will really want to screw it up and have out of the blue, and have Yoshimori seal Karasumori. Which i whole heartedly believe they won't do. So this leaves us with season 2.

[Sapphire]

Yaay another episode! I sincerely hope they do another season. Hell, 5 another seasons. XD

[DDBen]

as promised

45 AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_45_%5B330F9078%5D.avi.torrent
46 AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_46_%5BD1FFA436%5D.avi.torrent
47 AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_47_%5B2F003B27%5D.avi.torrent

[Everon]

Well 52 episodes will be perfect to finish Kokubourou arc as they will really want to screw it up and have out of the blue, and have Yoshimori seal Karasumori. Which i whole heartedly believe they won't do. So this leaves us with season 2.

Where did you find out that its going to be only 52 episodes?

[DDBen]

Where did you find out that its going to be only 52 episodes?

http://yoroshiku-fansubs.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31

that would be where I learned about it being 52 episodes.

[Everon]

bummer, from what they're saying on that forum it looks as if Kekkaishi isn't too popular in Japan. Fingers crossed for season 2.

[Sapphire]

Yeah it isn't, and I don't know why. Apparently Samurai Champloo wasn't that popular either, and those 'Naruto Top Fights' in that one episode of Naruto were absolutely horrible. I wish a majority of anime watchers in Japan had better taste..

[DDBen]

Well I believe the reason for popularity problems was explained in the timeslot of 1-2AM which I highly doubt is good for ratings regardless of show.

Anyway as for the episodes they were all awesome and action packed major fights going on everywhere as they rampage through the castle I can't wait for more. The downside is thats it for this batch of releases the rest are still waiting on translation it seems.

[Sapphire]

Ohh so that's the reason. Is it perhaps popular for that timeslot? Also, I don't read the manga, but is the manga ahead enough for another season?

[DDBen]

Ohh so that's the reason. Is it perhaps popular for that timeslot? Also, I don't read the manga, but is the manga ahead enough for another season?

Poke around the thread on the other forum and they state Kekkaishi was actually quite popular over in japan and there was enough fan backlash to it being canceled that it was put on some better time slots as well. So more in the future isn't unheard of it seems that April is suppose to have a drop in anime across the board in japan.

As for the manga I have no clue how much there is vs how much is translated but onemanga.com has the first 137 chapters or so translated.

[Death13a]

Scanlations are on volume 14 while raws are on volume 21 and ongoing. Anime ends on volume 14. Through i hope they prove me wrong :)

[animus]

A lot of shit's going down.

[Everon]

Poke around the thread on the other forum and they state Kekkaishi was actually quite popular over in japan and there was enough fan backlash to it being canceled that it was put on some better time slots as well. So more in the future isn't unheard of it seems that April is suppose to have a drop in anime across the board in japan.

As for the manga I have no clue how much there is vs how much is translated but onemanga.com has the first 137 chapters or so translated.

I think the manga is up to 18 volumes. The anime is going to end around vol 10-11, so there should be plenty of material for the second season.

Also I did some poking around, thanks to protest its now being shown on two channels, one at 9:30 AM. That should boost viewers.

[Sapphire]

The last few eps were freaking awesome.. I cried.. :(

[bennybot4]

last eps are out GET THEM HERE www.inafewweeks.com

[BioAlien]

last eps are out GET THEM HERE www.inafewweeks.com

Sure they are... In your imagination..
You can go back to sleep now.

[DDBen]

Episode 48-49 are out

48 AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_48_%5B9FC11028%5D.avi.torrent
48 MP4
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_48_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5B3A82BAFA%5D.mp4.torrent

49 AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_49_%5BDF3CA777%5D.avi.torrent
49 MP4
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_49_(1024x576)_(H264)_%5BD65EE0F4%5D.mp4.torrent


This show is just so consistently good that I'm very sad we only have 3 episodes left.

Also the blood Rainbow was awesome.

Episode 50
AVI
http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_50_%5B650EBE56%5D.avi.torrent

[Death13a]

51: http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_51_%5B9E425279%5D.avi.torrent

[LaZie]

Great fight between Yoshimori and Kaguro, but too bad it ended so crappily.

[DDBen]

I don't think the ending to the fight was all that crappy it fit the series well. I mean honestly I think it was a better ending then shoving him in a box and blowing him up could have hoped to be.

52 is also being encoded so I'd expect it to be released fairly soon. Its a shame though the series doesn't end they pull a Inuyasha with a check the manga BS ending but atleast they don't say it like that. Hopefully this gets picked up in the future for another season because overall the series has been great.

[Death13a]

Last episode of Kekkaishi is out!

52: http://a.scarywater.net/yoroshiku/%5BYoroshiku%5D_Kekkaishi_-_52_%5BB9FA6945%5D.avi.torrent

[BioAlien]

Over already? How boring...
There was still so much more potential left... Yoshimori still have to seal karasumori... There's also Shion who most likely escaped.

Anyway, great series overall, too bad the subbing group was taking a hell lot of time to sub it when all the episodes were already out, but that doesn't matter anymore.

[DDBen]

Time aside the subbing group did a great job on this series. I don't feel for a second I need to hunt it down in better quality and they were the only group to take this series on at all so I can't give them any flack.

This was a good episode cleaned things up nicely and left it wide open for a sequel. Of course this shouldn't have ended when it did but its time slot was pretty terrible in Japan. Do note that there have been a TON of complaints about it being canceled enough that they gave it a better time slot and were running atleast the later parts of it again so we have hope that it will continue in the future. It does continue in the manga which means if you want to really check out more its available.

This was a satisfying series and it really was a lot different then the usual action anime. Anyone who may have skipped this I highly recommend going back and giving it a shot.

[BioAlien]

Is it possible to pick up the manga from where the anime stopped? Or will have to read to the beginning to see/read/understand some stuff that is unique to the manga?
If not, from which chapter does the anime end?

[Sapphire]

I think I'm going to stave off watching the finale until a sequel comes out, and if they don't announce one in the next few months, I guess I'll watch it so I don't cry in suspense.

How many episodes is the manga ahead at the moment, if that makes any sense?

[Everon]

The Anime stops around the Manga's 12th volume and the Manga is somewhere between the 18th and 20th volume I think. Its hard to tell since I haven't gotten hold of a raw in a long time.

[Munsu]

Well, finally decided to watch the final 8 episodes or so.

This was a great shounen series, and I have to say it was consistently well animated, I may even go as far as to say that it was the best animated shounen series I've ever seen... so even if the story wasn't the best, though decently good, the animation for me more than makes up for it.

Concerning the final arc, there were some minor changes to the manga, like Tokine doesn't go to Kakuborou, so everything that happens in there with her is made up, though most events do occur, just with different characters involved, etc. One part that I missed from the manga was when Sen first finds Kaguro with Yoshimori and with his sensing ability he becomes scared shitless... showing how dangerous the dude is. I don't remember Kaguro's past from the manga, so I liked that the anime went into it. As to when Yoshimori was unconcious, obviously Tokine had no part in saving him. If I remember correctly, Masamori was able to break through with his Zekkai... but with quite a bit of trouble.

Though, when Yoshimori gets rescued by Tokine is quite a bit more touching with them showing some emotion and development of their feelings toward each other. When Yoshimori gets back, Tokine actually gives him quite a beating for going by himself in the manga... though you can tell she was really worried for him, etc. With that said, he gets a good slap after they leave the dimension just the same, though I think she did more in the manga or maybe I'm just making shit up... who knows?

Kanami and the old man were awesome as always, but my favorite always Shion. Aihi I also liked, and I wonder if she survived, or at least capable of being reborn with the seed Shion saved... I thought the flower when she "died" that reached her loved one was a nice touch. Speaking of Shion, it was awesome how she took control of Hekian. Cool scene in my opinion. The Princess was quite an intriguing and interesting character, I thought she would've deserved a bit of more screen time.

Hopefully we'll get a second season and see more of some of these guys, especially Shion and the Princess (if she was able to get away from the Castle). Though, looking at it, it's safe to assume that she didn't get away and just disappeared with the dimension. The final scene between her and Byaku was nice too, especially when they ceased to exist with the dimension. With that said, there's more than enough content to continue the series if it's ever decided to do so.

For those interested in the manga, the anime itself was quite loyal to it, so you can just pickoff from where the anime left off. According to mangaupdates, the anime ended on volume 13 chapter 121. But as always, I always recommened you at least pick it up a couple of chapters before that just in case. Here's a thread to discuss the manga for any of you interested:
http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=15572

Anyways, great series... hopefully a sequel is on the planning stages because this certainly deserves it. For whatever it's worth, it was a good ending... but certainly the story continues, hopefully they do.

One thing I enjoyed quite a bit was how they alternated the ED episode to episode... it was somewhat refreshing.

[Hiwatari]

i really hope there's a another season of kekkaishi

[Sapphire]

Kekkaishi is now on Hulu, interestingly enough. Maybe if it gets popular enough there will be another season!?!

[Munsu]

The certainly have material... one could hope.

[Kraco]

If the moe blob bloom passes, studios might look back at shows like this and consider all of their options more widely.

[gos27]

Emm is this the same Kekkaishi that was out ages ago ?? or is it a new series or something ??

The one i seen was awesome!! hope there IS a new series :D