Yellow Tanabe

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  • Bibliography:
    72 Books
  • First Book:
    May 2005
  • Latest Book:
    December 2012
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Book List in Order: 72 titles

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 1

    Follows junior high school student Yoshimori Sumimura and his sixteen-year-old neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, as they battle evil forces in their mission to protect Karasumori forest....

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 2

    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 ...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 3

    By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a 'kekkaishi', a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got some other demons to battle - an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety gra...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 4

    "A modern-day Romeo and Juliet, skilled in the art of the ""kekkaishi,"" fight against their families'' bitter rivalry and a gaggle of monsters and ghosts on the loose!By day, 14-year-old Yoshimori Sumimura is just a regular kid going to junior high ...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 5

    "A modern-day Romeo and Juliet, skilled in the art of the ""kekkaishi,"" fight against their families'' bitter rivalry and a gaggle of monsters and ghosts on the loose!By day, 14-year-old Yoshimori Sumimura is just a regular kid going to junior high ...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 6

    "A modern-day Romeo and Juliet, skilled in the art of the ""kekkaishi,"" fight against their families'' bitter rivalry and a gaggle of monsters and ghosts on the loose!By day, 14-year-old Yoshimori Sumimura is just a regular kid going to junior high ...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 7

    The Dark Watchtower, a mysterious group of powerful ayakashi demons, is launching a consolidated assault against Yoshimori's ancestral land. Will Yoshimori, Tokine, and their latest kekkaishi-in-arms, Gen, be able to fend off this all-out attack?!...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 8

    With the help of their new kekkaishi-in-arms Gen, Yoshimori and Tokine battle the Dark Watchtower, a mysterious cabal of hideous ayakashi demons, to defend Yoshimori's ancestral lands! But the three friends are badly outnumbered, and when Gen's fury ...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 9

    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! But their loyalty to each other is really tested when the Kokuboro princess falls ...



  • Kekkaishi, Volume 10

    The Kokuboro ayakashi launch a major assault on the Karasumori site to siphon its magical energies to heal their ailing princess. When our friends' mysterious new ally Gen pulls out every last stop to battle them, they make him an offer he can't refu...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 11

    Tragedy has struck the Yoshimori site, and each of our friends attempts to cope with their grief alone. Tokine searches for a secret way into Kokuboro's castle, Yoshimori trains for an ultimate confrontation, and Masamori returns home with a regiment...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 12

    With Yoshimori held hostage by the Kokuboro ayakashi in their impenetrable fortress, the stakes are higher than ever! Infighting within the Kokuboro cadre may provide the chink in the armor his friends need to rescue him. But can Tokine and Yoshimori...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 13

    The fate of the dreaded Kokuboro ayakashi lies in Yoshimori's hands as he and his allies fight to get out of Kokuboro Castle alive! By comparison, his formerly hair-raising nightly patrols of the Karasumori Site seem like a walk in the park. But if h...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 14

    "• Regular appearances in Books Nippan Top Ten sales chart in Japan for 2004.• Anime series currently available in Japan.• Demon-hunting and spirit-capturing elements echo Bleach, with a softer edge and an increased dose of romantic te...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 15

    "School is rough when the playground is full of demons every night!A vicious ayakashi is growing inside Yoshimori''s school, feeding on the energy of the Karasumori site... If the ayakashi stays, it will grow ever more powerful. But if Yoshimori defi...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 16

    "R to L (Japanese Style)By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a ""kekkaishi""--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori''s got some other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 17

    "R to L (Japanese Style)By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a ""kekkaishi""--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori''s got some other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 18

    R to L (Japanese Style). Brother must rely upon brother in a daring escape! So why does Masumori send Yoshimori's friends to spy on him at the Karasumori Site? Then, when a flock of beautiful butterflies descends on Karasumori High School, all the st...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 19

    "Student by day, demon hunter by night! R to L (Japanese Style). Yoshimori and Tokine have successfully vanquished the thousands of butterflies that swarmed on Karasumori High School. But the mystery deepens when the perpetrator of the attack turns o...



  • Kekkaishi, Volume 20

    Student by day, demon hunter by night!R to L (Japanese Style). Student by day, demon hunter by night! When a number of holy sites are attacked, the shadow organization suspects Yoshimori's mother is responsible, and sends an investigator to visit Yos...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 21

    Student by day, demon hunter by night!R to L (Japanese Style). Student by day, demon hunter by night! A mysterious guardian deity attacks the Karasumori School! Slaying a deity is a terrible crime, but Yoshimori and Tokine have vowed to protect their...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 22

    Student by day, demon hunter by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Student by day, demon hunter by night! Two operatives from the Shadow Organization spirit Tokine away to an isolated island location for questioning. They claim to be merely investi...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 23

    Student by day, demon hunter by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T audiences. With many questions left unanswered, Yoshimori and Tokine escape Danto Island. All is peaceful back home at the Karasumori Site...until a mysterious fissure cracks ...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 24

    "Reads R to L (Japanese Style) T audience. 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 ...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 25

    "Reads R to L (Japanese Style) T audience. 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 ...

  • Kekkaishi (3-in-1 Edition), Volume 1

    Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audience T. Containing volumes 1,2 and 3 of Kekkaishi!Yoshimori couldn't care less about catching demons...until he realizes that his apathetic attitude is taking a toll on hi...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 26

    Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T Yoshimori tries to perfect the technique of emptying his mind. Some of his friends might consider this not too much of a challenge... Meanwhile, the leader of the...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 1

    Yoshimori couldn't care less about catching demons...until he realizes that his apathetic attitude is taking a toll on his friendship with Tokine. Just as he decides to take matters into his own hands, a couple of amphibious demons and the pesky ghos...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 2

    Although Yoshimori and Tokine often quarrel, they battle demons side by side almost every night. When the two must confront demon-charmer Yomi and her dysfunctional pet demon Yoki, their partnership is threatened. Can they work together to keep their...



  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 3

    When he's unable to capture a particularly nasty foe, Yoshimori vows to improve himself--even if it means spending less time baking cakes! Then a specter from the past visits Madarao, Yoshimori's loyal demon dog, and attempts to lure the canine away ...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 4

    Sibling rivalry surpasses the bounds of life and death itself when Yoshimori discovers secrets of a ghostly patissier's past life. The fraternal theme continues when Yoshimori's older brother Masamori returns to Karasumori. Everyone seems to respect ...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 5

    Karasumori, the magical area that Yoshimori and Tokine have been assigned to protect, is a place of mystery and wonder. Beneath its surface lurks Lord Uro, a fantastic donut-loving creature who only appears when he needs a helping hand with home repa...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 6

    The governing body of kekkaishi, the secretive shadow organization, sends a young tough named Gen to help patrol Karasumori and protect it from the increasing numbers of ayakashi spirits. But Yoshimori isn't about to sit down and let this punk move i...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 7

    The Dark Watchtower, a mysterious group of powerful ayakashi demons, is launching a consolidated assault against Yoshimori's ancestral land. Will Yoshimori, Tokine, and their latest kekkaishi-in-arms, Gen, be able to fend off this all-out attack?!...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 8

    With the help of their new kekkaishi-in-arms Gen, Yoshimori and Tokine battle the Dark Watchtower, a mysterious cabal of hideous ayakashi demons, to defend Yoshimori's ancestral lands! But the three friends are badly outnumbered, and when Gen's fury ...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 10

    The Kokuboro ayakashi launch a major assault on the Karasumori site to siphon its magical energies to heal their ailing princess. When our friends' mysterious new ally Gen pulls out every last stop to battle them, they make him an offer he can't refu...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 11

    Tragedy has struck the Yoshimori Site, and each of our friends attempts to cope with their grief alone. Tokine searches for a secret way into Kokuboro's castle, Yoshimori trains for an ultimate confrontation, and Masamori returns home with a regiment...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 9

    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 i...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 27

    Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). A powerful witch attacks the Karasumori Site and threatens the surrounding town of innocent people. Where can Yoshimori and Tokine find a sorcerer to counter her magic on such sho...



  • Kekkaishi (3-in-1 Edition), Volume 3

    Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanense Style), for audience T. Containing volumes 7,8 and 9 Kekkaishi! The Dark Watchtower, a mysterious group of pwerful ayakashi demons, is launching a consolidated assault against Yoshimori...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 12

    With Yoshimori held hostage by the Kokuboro ayakashi in their impenetrable fortress, the stakes are higher than ever! Infighting within the Kokuboro cadre may provide the chink in the armor his friends need to rescue him. But can Tokine's and Yoshimo...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 13

    The fate of the dreaded Kokuboro ayakashi lies in Yoshimori's hands as he and his allies fight to get out of Kokuboro Castle alive! By comparison, his formerly hair-raising nightly patrols of the Karasumori Site seem like a walk in the park. But if h...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 14

    While his big brother Masamori takes heat from the fearsome Council for the calamity at the Karasumori site, Yoshimori attempts to outsmart an ayakashi who saps his opponent's strength with mind games. Then, when Yoshimori decides to play Good Samari...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 15

    A vicious ayakashi is growing inside Yoshimori's school, feeding on the energy of the Karasumori site... If the ayakashi stays, it will grow ever more powerful. But if Yoshimori defies orders and attempts to dislodge it, it could ravage the entire ci...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 28

    Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). A powerful witch prepares to unleash a final devastating assault on Karasumori! Will Yoshimori be able to master his mind in time to access his full kekkai potential and thwart he...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 16

    The tables finally turn when a classmate falls for Yoshimori. Could it be that Tokine is actually...jealous? Then, family duty calls when Mom sends a dragon-a-gram and big brother Masamori assigns a task that can only lead to temptation: guard the en...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 17

    Yoshimori and his elder brother Masamori are trapped inside a magical realm... The site's guardian wants to steal Yoshimori's body, and a renegade council member pits brother against brother! Which of the two will escape? And what will become of the ...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 18

    Brother must rely upon brother in a daring escape! So why does Masamori send Yoshimori's friends to spy on him at the Karasumori Site? Then, when a flock of beautiful butterflies descends on Karasumori High School, all the students are in peril... Ho...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 19

    Yoshimori and Tokine have successfully vanquished the thousands of butterflies that swarmed the Karasumori School. But the mystery deepens when the perpetrator of the attack turns out to be a medium who delivers a warning of unspeakable horrors to co...



  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 20

    When a number of holy sites are attacked, the shadow organization suspects Yoshimori's mother is responsible, and sends an investigator to visit Yoshimori's family. Yoshimori rushes to defend the other who virtually abandoned him. Meanwhile, Ichiro O...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 29

    Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). When Soji is gravely wounded, Yoshimori's desire to protect his loved ones from harm leads to a startling transformation. But Yoshimori isn't the only one with an interest in Soji...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 21

    A mysterious guardian deity attacks the Karasumori School! Slaying a deity is a terrible crime, but Yoshimori and Tokine have vowed to protect their mystical site at any cost. The battle rages on, and the kekkaishi are quickly running out of options....

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 22

    Two operatives from the Shadow Organization spirit Tokine away to an isolated island location for questioning. They claim to be merely investigating the slaying of a deity, but their brutal interrogation suggests otherwise! Can Yoshimori and their al...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 30

    "Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T. By night, teenager Yoshimori Sumimura is a ""kekkaishi""--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori''...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 23

    With many questions left unanswered, Yoshimori and Tokine escape Headless Island. All is peaceful back home at the Karasumori Site...until a mysterious fissure cracks open the school grounds. Then Mt. Okubi, the largest of the mystical sites, is atta...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 24

    Suave newcomer Soji, sent by the Shadow Organization, proves quite useful in battle against two powerful ayakashi. Nevertheless, our friends suspect he might have something to do with the recent devastating assaults on mystical sites and their guardi...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 25

    The mysterious Shadow Organization that maintains mystical order in the world is in jeopardy! First, they set out to arrest their prime suspect in the devastating attacks on mystical sites... only to find their target permanently out of their reach....

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 31

    "Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T. By night, teenager Yoshimori Sumimura is a ""kekkaishi""--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori''...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 26

    Yoshimori tries to perfect the technique of emptying his mind. Some of his friends might consider this not too much of a challenge... Meanwhile, the leader of the Shadow Organization gives some shocking new orders, leading to horrific consequences fo...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 27

    A powerful witch attacks the Karasumori Site and threatens the surrounding town of innocent people. Does the Night Troops' sorcery unit have enough power to counter her magic? Then, Yoshimori's older brother Masamori is invited to revamp the Shadow O...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 28

    A powerful witch prepares to unleash a final devastating assault on Karasumori! Will Yoshimori be able to master his mind in time to access his full kekkai potential and thwart her? Meanwhile, his brother Masamori learns that a different type of mind...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 32

    "Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen. By night, teenager Yoshimori Sumimura is a ""kekkaishi""--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yo...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 29

    When Soji is gravely wounded, Yoshimori's desire to protect his loved ones from harm leads to a startling transformation. But Yoshimori isn't the only one with an interest in Soji's survival. What role does the mysterious boy play in the ambitions of...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 30

    Yoshimori’s absentee mother, Sumiko, makes an unexpected appearance at Karasumori -- but not for a tearful family reunion. Sumiko leads Yoshimori and Tokine through a labyrinth to find and remove the mystical site’s mysterious guardian... What do...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 31

    Yoshimori is trapped in a formless void! The next day, the founding master of the kekkaishi himself appears at Yoshimori’s home and offers to train him in a unique kekkai style. Is Yoshimori’s visitor friend or foe? And why is he also offering to...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 32

    The Ogi Family’s own mystical site is under attack, and even their ruthless heir Shichiro seems powerless to defend it. What are the attackers really after...? Then, having gathered reinforcements, the villains shift their focus to an even more amb...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 33

    As the battle for Karasumori and the Shadow Organization rages on, Yoshimori may have no choice but to fight side by side with his absentee mother. Can he trust her...? Then, the witch Kakeru returns to unleash magic powerful enough to destroy the en...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 33

    Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen. By night, teenager Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshi...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 34

    As the battle to save Karasumori and reclaim the Shadow Organization continues, Tokine attempts to convince the guardian deity Mahora to hand over her precious land -- while dodging her deadly attacks. Fortunately Tokine has lately learned a neat lit...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 34

    "Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). 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 b...

  • Kekkaishi, Vol. 35

    Who among our friends and enemies will sacrifice themselves -- or others -- to save the world from annihilation? What will be the ultimate fate of the child Chushinmaru, a “spirit reservoir” trapped alone for 400 years in the mystical site of Kar...

  • Kekkaishi, Volume 35

    "Students by day, demon hunters by night!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). 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 b...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Yellow Tanabe has published 72 books.

Yellow Tanabe does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Kekkaishi, Vol. 35, was published in December 2012.

The first book by Yellow Tanabe, Kekkaishi, Volume 1, was published in May 2005.

No. Yellow Tanabe does not write books in series.
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