Kekkaishi

Yellow Tanabe’s Kekkaishi ran for 35 issues from 2005 to 2012 under Viz, adapting the supernatural shonen manga into a Western comic format. The series follows two young heirs to a family tradition of using magical barriers to protect their school—and the world—from demons drawn to a mysterious power beneath it. Tanabe’s clean, expressive art anchors the action, with scripting support from Yuko Sawada and Shaenon Garrity bringing the battle-heavy, character-driven story to English readers. It’s a faithful, well-crafted translation that made Tanabe’s inventive monster-fighting premise accessible to a new audience.