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Don't worry. I won't go all-out on you this time, so you won't be hurt.

–Sumiko Sumimura while subduing a dragon deity, Chapter 153

Sumiko Sumimura (墨村守美子, Sumimura Sumiko) is the wife of Shuji, daughter of Shigemori Sumimura, and the mother of Masamori, Yoshimori, and Toshimori. She is also an extremely powerful kekkaishi, but not a Legitimate Successor.

Appearance

Sumiko is usually seen wearing the Sumimura Kekkaishi attire with her own shakujo. She has brown hair that's tied up in the back with two long strands hanging in the front, one long strand in the back.

Personality

Sumiko has a logical, confusing, somewhat cold nature. She is often called a bad (or at least non-present) mother by others, a claim that always infuriates Masamori and Yoshimori. Sumiko tends to make most people uncomfortable, often on purpose: Yoshimori recalls that she likes to do outrageous things that others can't understand, himself included. Later, Yoshimori discovers that both his mother's absence in his life, and her questionable plan to relocate the power of Karasumori, are entirely the fault of Tokimori Hazama: Sumiko has been searching over 10 years for a suitable place to re-seal Chushinmaru for good, at the Founder's request, in order to protect her family.[1] She had begun to take a more active role in Yoshimori's life (through a perfect shikigami clone[2]), and trained him with assistance from Tokimori. Sumiko is resigned to the fact that she has more talent as a kekkaishi than a mother (Yoshimori notes that she is generally bad with chores such as cooking and sewing), and does not think a person such as her with "monstrous" power is meant to live a normal life.

History

Sumiko is absent for much of the story from the start: her sons are raised almost entirely by Shuji and Shigemori, and she rarely appears in family flashbacks (though she was at least briefly present after Yoshimori had started his k

Sumiko

Sumiko's anime appearance in one of Tokine's flashbacks.

ekkaishi training and Masamori was still in school[3]). She does occasionally send letters to her family through shikigami, which Toshimori especially looks forward to. She is first seen in a flashback, taking Tokio Yukimura to his home moments before his death.[4] According to her, she had narrowly saved him from a multi-eyed ayakashi capable of hypnotizing people and showing them their worst nightmares. Tokio was weakened by visions of something terrible happening to Tokine, and the ayakashi seriously wounded him before Sumiko destroyed it. As she and Tokio were the only witnesses, there is some suspicion surrounding the event, but Tokine accepts this story after years of wondering.[5]

Plot

A Dragon's Detour

Sumiko briefly returns home, driving a dragon god there against its will[6] and releasing some of Karasumori's built-up energy in the process.[7] She then removes the dragon, but purposely avoids meeting with anyone, even though she was well aware that Yoshimori was desperate to see her.[8]

Moving the Lord

The next time Sumiko comes home[9], she intends to remove the soul of the lord of Karasumori, with Yoshimori's help. Though Shigemori and Shuji both disagree with this plan, Yoshimori knows this will bring him a step closer to sealing Karasumori and agrees to help.[10] After picking up Tokine, Sumiko raises a hidden castle out of Karasumori Academy's schoolyard, and leads the group inside. Yoshimori locates Karasumori (a pale young boy named Chushinmaru), and Sumiko helps him transfer the lord into an orb before they leave the castle. Once they are outside, both the castle and the school collapse. Sumiko then explains her intention to take Yoshimori, the lord, and Madarao to a new site where they can practice sealing the lord. As they depart, Yoshimori discovers that his mother is actually a shikigami, containing a seventh of Sumiko's power and memories, which makes him realize that the difference in their power is far greater than he originally thought.[2]

Training with Shikigami Mom

The Secret of Shinkai

Powers & Abilities

Sumiko-sensory

Sumiko uses a sensory kekkai

Hazama-Ryu Kekkai technique: Sumiko is one of, if not the most powerful kekkaishi currently active. She has proven herself capable of numerous feats thought to be impossible, such as killing one land lord and subduing another.[8] Like Tokiko Yukimura, Sumiko can also create perfect shikigami clones. The one currently accompanying Yoshimori is quite durable, as it has a seventh of Sumiko's power and memories, and Yoshimori has admitted that he never would have known she wasn't authentic without using musou.[2]

  • Sensory Kekkai: Sumiko is also capable of using sensory kekkai to detect objects within a limited area, though unlike Masamori, she does this without the use of a landlord, and the impact upon others is not quite as stifling.[11]

Trivia

  • She made a few appearances in the anime, but her entire face was never shown.
  • Sumiko once said that, on occasion, Tokio Yukimura used to call her Bakemono (化物, Monster)[5]

References

  1. Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 316
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 291
  3. Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 343
  4. Kekkaishi anime, Episode 3
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 288
  6. Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 151
  7. Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 152
  8. 8.0 8.1 Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 153
  9. Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 284
  10. Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 285
  11. Kekkaishi manga, Chapter 286