7.023 minSeason 5 • Episode 12
LatestThe sight of a blue flame burning in the night sky is reminiscent of “Blue Night,” but has brought about a completely different result. Now that the incidents relating to the Impure King have been concluded, those affected are moving on.
Humans live in the world of Assiah, demons in Gehenna. The two dimensions are not meant to interfere with each other, but demons still possess creatures in Assiah in spite of this. The humans who can fight these demons are known as exorcists. Rin Okumura is a boy who bears the curse of being Satan's illegitimate son. His foster father sacrificed himself to save him from demons. To avenge his foster father's death as well as to prove himself, Rin decides to follow the path of an exorcist and defeat his own father, Satan. To hone his raw skills, Rin enters True Cross Academy to train with other exorcist candidates.
Acting
Hiroshi Kamiya's Mephisto is unhinged perfection
Score
Hiroyuki Sawano before he was everywhere
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kazue Katō originally planned this as a two-shot manga; editor demanded serialization after seeing Rin's design. The anime outpaced the manga so badly they invented entire filler arcs.
The Vatican-as-military-complex satire hit different in 2011 Japan, where Christianity is exoticized and Catholic aesthetics are pure aesthetic fodder. Rin's tail and ears? Classic 'mark of the Other' trope from Japanese folklore, not Western demonology.
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