Yellow Tanabe

Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura have a special mission, passed down through their families for generations--to protect Karasumori forest from supernatural beings called "ayakashi".

Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura have a special mission, passed down through their families for generations--to protect Karasumori forest from supernatural beings called "ayakashi".

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 Samaritan and help a raven-like ayakashi, will he end up crowing with pride or swearing "nevermore"?

"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 other?"--P. [4] of cover.

As Yoshimori works on perfecting the art of emptying his mind, the leader of the Shadow Organization issues orders that have terrifying consequences for the Karasumori Site and Soji is the only one who can help when Yoshimori is implicated.

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. Who among our friends and enemies will sacrifice...