Youkai Watch

Yo-kai Watch
妖怪ウォッチ

Manga6.7708 votes23 volumes · 275 chaptersFinished

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Synopsis

Keita Amano's average elementary school life is turned on its head when he finds a capsule machine on the way to school. Upon opening a capsule-shaped rock from the machine, Keita frees the youkai Whisper, who expresses his gratitude and declares himself Keita's personal butler from then on. Whisper also bestows upon Keita the Youkai Watch, a device that allows its user to see and make contracts with the youkai around them. Soon, Keita sees a wide variety of youkai causing mayhem in his everyday life. With the help of Whisper and his growing list of supernatural friends, Keita begins to mend the relationship between humanity and the youkai without even realizing it. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

Youkai Watch won the 38th Kodansha Manga Award and the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award for best children's manga in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The series was published in English as Yo-kai Watch by VIZ Media from November 3, 2015 to June 18, 2024, and volumes 1-9 by Shogakukan Asia from July 1, 2015 to May 2018. It has also been published in Spanish by Norma Editorial since May 7, 2016. The manga was released in Italian by Panini Comics from January 26, 2017, to January 25, 2018, covering the first five volumes only.

Published

Dec 15, 2012 to Dec 15, 2022

Authors

Konishi, Noriyuki

External links

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Sequel

Eiga Youkai Watch: Shadow Side - Oni-ou no Fukkatsu

Adaptation

Spin-Off

Main characters

Jibanyan135 fan favorites
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Akamaru was his pet name given by his owner Emi when he was still alive. As a Yo-Kai, he resorts to possessing people to fight on-coming trucks after numerous failed attempts to do so by himself. Luckily, he is stopped and befriended by Nathan and Whisper and decided to move into their house. He initially shows a mischievous and carefree side, easily breaking the rules and ultimately, nearly, being exorcised and having to be saved by Nathan. However, he quickly makes amends shortly thereafter. Jibanyan has an affinity for chocolate bars and anything related to his favorite music group MeowKB. Jibanyan is also eager to fight over other Yo-Kai when needed, as shown in Signibble's assault at Nathan's sleepover. Also, he is quick to take action in dire moments, such as trying to force summoning when Nathan is possessed by Babblong and trying to prove superior to Robonyan, his robotic counterpart.
Keita Amano23 fan favorites
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