description Blue Exorcist Overview
Humans and demons are two sides of the same coin, as are Assiah and Gehenna, their respective worlds. The only way to travel between the realms is by the means of possession, like in ghost stories. However, Satan, the ruler of Gehenna, cannot find a suitable host to possess and therefore, remains imprisoned in his world. In a desperate attempt to conquer Assiah, he sends his son instead, intending for him to eventually grow into a vessel capable of possession by the demon king.
Ao no Exorcist follows Rin Okumura who appears to be an ordinary, somewhat troublesome teenager—that is until one day he is ambushed by demons.
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In what order should I watch Blue Exorcist if the first season has an anime-original ending?
The 2011 first season by A-1 Pictures diverged from Kazue Kato's manga after roughly episode 17, so the anime-original finale is non-canon. The 2017 "Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga" (Season 2) ignores that ending and picks up from the manga's Impure King arc, so you can skip episodes 18–25 of Season 1 and jump straight to Kyoto Saga without missing anything important.
How many seasons of Blue Exorcist are there as of 2024?
There are four seasons total: the original 2011 series (25 episodes), the 2017 "Kyoto Saga" (12 episodes), the 2024 "Shimane Illuminati Saga" (12 episodes), and the announced "Blue Night Exorcism Saga." The franchise has been produced primarily by A-1 Pictures throughout its run.
Is Rin actually the son of Satan in Blue Exorcist?
Yes, Rin Okumura discovers in the very first episode that his biological father is Satan, the ruler of the demon realm Gehenna. This drives him to enroll in True Cross Academy — secretly an exorcist training school — to become an exorcist powerful enough to eventually defeat his father.
Does the Blue Exorcist anime get a proper manga-faithful adaptation eventually?
Starting with the 2017 Kyoto Saga, the anime became a faithful manga adaptation and has continued that approach through the Shimane Illuminati Saga and beyond. The manga remains ongoing in Jump Square, so the anime still trails behind the source material, but it no longer creates anime-original storylines.
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