Kekkaishi, Vol. 9

By Yellow Tanabe

Book Overview

Students by day, demon hunters by night

By night, teenager Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather Yoshimori's pretty neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art.

The three kekkaishi-in-arms--Tokine, Yoshimori, and Gen--are not getting along So much so that Gen's sensei, Atora, challenges them to a task requiring real teamwork Meanwhile, when the Kokuboro princess falls ill, the ayakashi pursue her cure in increasingly nefarious ways. Plus, Gen receives a strange gift from an enemy--one that may reveal something about himself that he would prefer not to know

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142150829X
• ISBN13: 9781421508290
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12