History Manga / Kekkaishi

** EijiMiyashita: Gen Shishio

** HisaoEgawa: Yoki

** RieSaitou: Tokine Yukimura

** Yoshimori's mom, Sumiko. Her back-story has her killing a Land god for giggles, and the next time we see her, she [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] a Dragon as powerful as some Land Gods.

* AccidentalPervert: Yoshimori has one memorable moment in the manga. Luckily for him, he isn't caught. ''Un''luckily for him, he's entirely aware of how bad his blunder is and gives himself no end of grief over it.

** Yoshimori's mom, Sumiko. Her back-story has her killing a Land god for giggles, and the next time we see her, she [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] a Dragon; a being with power firmly on a Land god's level.

** Mudou gives one to Yoshimori and Masamori in his first appearance. He then builds on it by offering Masamori a SadisticChoice - save his own life or his brother's - and this works in perfect concert with his previous mind games.

** In the manga, Yoshimori collects a bunch of Kouya's hair after his death, and gives it to Masamori for proper burial on the dog's home mountain. Much later on, we learn that Masamori has resurrected Kouya using said hair. Later still, he's even done something similar to ''Mudou''!
** It's brief, but it gets mentioned a couple of times that humans have turned into ayakashi in the past. It is implied that Gen's family's less than accommodating martial arts tradition may have effected the existence of his ayakashi side.

* CoolOldLady: Tokiko isn't incredibly friendly, but barring time outside of flashbacks and the series proper, she's likely taught Yoshimori as much, if not ''more'' helpful things about techniques and people than his own granddad.

* DeadpanSnarker: Madarao and Hakubi practically never pass up an opportunity to take a cynical jab at Yoshimori when he screws up. They also frequently snipe at each other too.

* DeclarationOfProtection: Yoshimori have sworn to protect Tokine no matter what, and it's his main motivation for getting stronger - he doesn't really care about the whole 'true successor' or 'rival houses' deal. Of course, Tokine is generally quite capable of looking after herself, making it a Type I. His main reason (other than the romantic implications) is that she got hurt protecting him when he screwed up an Ayakashi-hunt as a kid. (Making it a Type VII as well.)

* [[EekAMouse Eek A Cockroach]]: Tokine does not like the little buggers. She even goes so far as to call them "dark creatures," and if she ever runs into one, she ''will'' make [[HilarityEnsues hilarity ensue.]]

* EvilPlan: In the first arc it was the Kokobouro trying to take over Katasumori.

* HeyItsThatVoice: VicMignogna as Yoshimori Sumimura, LauraBailey as Tokine Yukimura, MaryElizabethMcglynn as Aihi, and Barbara Goodson as Tokiko Yukimura.

* ActorAllusion: In the dub, Yoshimori gets pissed off over [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist being called "shorty"]].
** In Episode 24, one of Yuri's friends picks up a cute puppy. The girl in question is voiced by [[Anime/ParanoiaAgent Carrie Savage]].
** Another ''[=FMA=]'' shoutout comes when Yoshimori is training with the crows. At one point, he calls himself a pipsqueak, using the exact same tone of voice Ed Elric would.
** Ichiro Ogi is a huge guy who happens to hide behind a mask. And he's voiced by J.B. Blanc. [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Hmm...]]

** HiroakiHirata: Kaguro

** KenjiroTsuda: Byaku

** HiroyukiYoshino: Yoshimori Sumimura

* HotMom: I'll be damned if anyone says Sumiko, Yoshimori's mom, isn't hot.

** YokoHonna: Risa (Lisa) Kagami

* {{Tear Jerker}}: [[spoiler:Gen's death.]] Made even worse since he never knew that his sister didn't blame him for the events of their childhood. In other words, he died thinking that the only family member who ever really loved him as a kid now hates him...when she never, ever did.
** The true backstory of Karasumori, Tokimori, and Princess Tsukikage.
** Also, the backstory of the Sousui and Suigetsu, Michiru and Kakeru.
** Yoshimori's mom.
** In other words, lots and lots.

* XMeetsY: ''ShamanKing'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.

* OwlBeDamned: The shirahago turn into one.
** With [[NightmareFuel REALLY]] freaky looking eyes.

** Mahora-Sama is nigh PacMan gone wrong. [[http://www.mangareader.net/kekkaishi/338/5 Seriously.]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/kekkaishi/338/14 This is not a stretched interpretation.]]

* YamatoNadeshiko: Tokine, especially the 'iron core' part. Her classmates see her as noble and pure and call her 'The Florence Nightengale of our age'.[[LadyOfWar She's really a scarily competent and rather ruthless]] ActionGirl. However, she does perform tea ceremonies with her grandmother in traditional clothing.

* TheWorfEffect: Gen Shishio gets his ass handed to him by the Kokubora when they all show up.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Tokine, especially the 'iron core' part. Her classmates see her as noble and pure and call her 'The Florence Nightengale of our age'.[[LadyOfWar She's really a scarily competent and rather ruthless ActionGirl.]] However, she does perform tea ceremonies with her grandmother in traditional clothing.

** RedOniBlueOni: Although they tend to become red Oni, thanks to Karasumori making spirits get drunk with power.

** ArisaOgasawara: Ryou Shishio

In America, the anime premiered in May 2010 on Creator/AdultSwim (with English dubbing) and on {{Hulu}} in early 2011 (in Japanese with English subtitles). The manga concluded in 2011. Yoshimori, Tokine and friends appear in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen.

* BlingBlingBang: Heisuke Matsudo produces an ornately-decorated flintlock pistol when attempting to defend himself from Shion's attack.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Gen]]

* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Kaguro

* HealingFactor: Part of Gen's skill set. Ayakashi who don't have one can gain it via Karasumori's power.

* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler:Gen's death.]] Made even worse since he never knew that his sister didn't blame him for the events of their childhood. In other words, he died thinking that the only family member who ever really loved him as a kid now hates him...when she never, ever did.

* ActorAllusion: In the dub, Yoshimori gets pissed off over [[FullMetalAlchemist being called "shorty"]].

* ShoutOut: Kouya and Madarao give us a shoutout to ''[[FullmetalAlchemist FMA]]'', or more precisely, Edward Elric's BerserkButton when Madarao calls Yoshimori "Shorty."

** In Episode 24, one of Yuri's friends picks up a cute puppy. The girl in question is voiced by [[ParanoiaAgent Carrie Savage]].

* TheSevenMysteries: More like ''seventy''-seven, due to the school being built over the anime equivalent of a [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer hellmouth]].

** Ichiro Ogi is a huge guy who happens to hide behind a mask. And he's voiced by J.B. Blanc. [[{{Bleach}} Hmm...]]

* XMeetsY: ''ShamanKing'' meets ''{{Bleach}}''.

In America, the anime premiered in May 2010 on AdultSwim (with English dubbing) and on {{Hulu}} in early 2011 (in Japanese with English subtitles). The manga concluded in 2011. Yoshimori, Tokine and friends appear in the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover game, VideoGame/SundayVSMagazineShuuketsuChoujouDaikessen.