Kekkai Sensen

Blood Blockade Battlefront
血界戦線
Kekkai Sensen: Mafuugai Kessha
Bloodline Battlefront

Manga7.83477 votes10 volumes · 33 chaptersFinished

ActionFantasySuper PowerUrban FantasyVampireShounen

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Synopsis

In the span of a single night, human history was redefined. Destroyed and rebuilt anew, New York City was transformed into Hellsalem's Lot, a metropolis blending humdrum city life with that of The Beyond—a mystical realm transcending human comprehension. Three years later, humans and otherworldly beings have managed to coexist in a city where violence and mayhem have become commonplace. Surrounded by a near-impenetrable barrier of fog, exchange with the outside world is strictly regulated, keeping the mysteries of The Beyond well-contained within. To maintain a balance, the secret society Libra protects both the city and the outside world from its dangers. Leonardo "Leo" Watch, a victim of Hellsalem's Lot's unpredictable madness, was bestowed with The Eyes of God, a supernatural gift that grants him superhuman sight but at the cost of his sister's eyesight. Having stayed in the city to research his condition, Leo seeks out Libra as his next lead. However, the organization finds that Leo's abilities can aid them in their cause and inducts him into their ragtag group in exchange for their assistance. Now an unlikely member of their team, Leo accompanies the fearsome but pure-hearted leader Klaus von Reinherz and the other colorful members of Libra on dangerous, high-stakes missions to ensure the safety of a city that never sleeps. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

Kekkai Sensen's pilot serialization ran in Jump SQ from the February 2009 to April 2009 issues under the title Kekkai Sensen: Mafuugai Kessha (血界戦線 ―魔封街結社―), which was later collected in the first volume. The official serialization started the next year in Jump SQ.19 Vol.1 (2010/5), and continued until Vol.18, when the magazine was discontinued. The manga's second season, Kekkai Sensen: Back 2 Back, started the same year in the new quarterly magazine Jump SQ.Crown. The series was published in English as Blood Blockade Battlefront by Dark Horse Manga from September 14, 2011, to August 7, 2018, and as omnibus volumes since September 2, 2025. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC from March 15, 2016, to August 16, 2017.

Published

Jan 5, 2009 to Feb 19, 2015

Authors

Nightow, Yasuhiro

External links

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Main characters

Leonardo Watch2664 fan favorites
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A kind and humble young photographer who came to Hellsalem's Lot to help his ailing sister. A mysterious entity gave him the "All-seeing Eyes of God," granting him a variety of ocular powers, at the cost of his sister's sight.
Klaus von Reinherz791 fan favorites
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The leader of Libra. A large, very powerful man with a distinctive underbite, he is actually very well composed and gentlemanly and honest to a fault, with an unshakable will. Master of the Brain Grid blood battle style, which he can use to create large cross-shaped weaponry and seal away vampire. Klaus is also very intelligent, being able to play the game "Prosfair," the complexity of which is known to drive humans mad (Klaus himself begins to bleed internally after playing the game for 99 hours without a break) and is a game usually reserved only for one distinct species in Hellsalem's Lot that has studied it for a thousand years.
Zapp Renfro687 fan favorites
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Zapp Renfro is a member of the Libra organization and master of the Big Dipper blood fighting style. Described as a hotheaded, hyper-sexual juvenile punk, he is easily annoyed, quick to lose his temper and his juvenile actions often get him and others into trouble. Despite this, he is supposedly good at looking after new members, and so was assigned as Leo's partner/bodyguard. He is also something of a ladies man, possessing several lovers in town. He has shown different ways of using his blood—from extending it like an invisible thread to using it as a net to cushion a fall. His blood can also be set aflame by his lighter.