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Katou Kazue | Ao no Exorcist


Japanese: 青の祓魔師〈 エクソシスト〉
English: Blue Exorcist
Synonyms: Ao no Futsumashi, The Blue Magic Exorcist, Ao no Futsumashi (Exorcist), Ao no Futsumashi  
Type: Manga
Volumes: 16 +
Chapters: 76 +
Status: Publishing
Published: Apr 4, 2009 to ?
Genres: Action, Adventure, Demons, Drama, Fantasy, School, Shounen, Supernatural
Mangaka: Katou Kazue (Story & Art)
Serialization: Jump SQ


Synopsis: This world consists of two dimensions joined as one, like a mirror. The first is the world in which the humans live, Assiah. The other is the world of demons, Gehenna. Ordinarily, travel between the two, and indeed any kind of contact between the two, is impossible. However, the demons can pass over into this world by possessing anything that exist within it. Satan may be the king of demons, but there's one thing he doesn't have, and that's a substance in the human world which is powerful enough to contain him! For that purpose he created Rin, his son with a human woman, but will his son agree to his plans? Or will he become something else...like an exorcist?

Related series
Alternative version: Time Killers
Spin-off: Salaryman Futsumashi - Okumura Yukio no Aishuu
Side story: Ao no Exorcist
Adaptation: Ao no Exorcist

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 4, Chap 14 (Alternate Ending)

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Licensed in English
Viz media (15 volumes, ongoing)


Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates


Side note: Why would I suddenly pick this manga up? It's not a new manga and there has been no updates for a good while on any manga reading site for the series due of the English licence. Well the manga has been in the news lately and there is a countdown clock ticking on the official site ('till June 4 08.oo am)... so that was the reason to come back with this manga (which I like too).

Main characters


Rin Okumura (奥村 燐)
Age: 15
Birthdate: December 27, 1995
Hair: navy blue
Eyes: blue
Height: 173 cm (5' 8") 
Weight: 63 kg (138 lb) 
Blood: type A
Pastimes and talents: cooking, sleeping, eating, spacing out
Average hours of sleep per night: 12
Favorite foods: sukiyaki (with any kind of ingredients)
Favorite manga genres: battle/action, comedy, emotional drama
Favorite type of girl: cute, shy girls
Quote: "Yukio!! I swear to god I'll surpass you!!, just you watch!" "I'll become an exorcist and kick Satan's ass!"


The fifteen-year-old protagonist of the story, Rin is the son of Satan born from a human woman and is the inheritor of Satan's powers. 

Rin can tap into the power he has inherited from Satan through the use of a demon-slaying katana, called Kurikara or Koumaken. The sheath acts as a portal to Gehenna (the demon world) which when drawn returns Rin to his demon form. While in his human form, Rin exhibits a number of physical traits that are signs of his demonic nature, such as sharper-looking teeth, slightly pointed ears, and a black, fur tufted tail (which he keeps hidden in his shirt). As a demon, Rin gains two blue flames that float above his head, long, elf-like ears, and his eyes turn bright blue. In both forms Rin can almost control his destructive bright blue flames, the trademark sign of Satan. However, when he draws Kurikara, the magnitude of the flames dramatically increase and often leads to Rin being "consumed" by his own flames and losing his mind. Rin also has a demon Familiar Cat Sith, Kuro, who was initially Father Fujimoto's.


He is surprisingly good with his hands, and his cooking repertoire includes all kinds of Japanese and Western foods (home cuisine).




Yukio Okumura (奥村雪男)
Age: 15
Date of Birth: December 27
Height: 180 cm (5' 11")
Weight: 154 lbs (70 kg)
Blood: Type O
Pastimes and talents: Formulating plans, mixing in with a crowd, reading Jump Square every month
Average hours of sleep per night: 4
Favorite foods: Seafood (especially sashimi)
Favorite manga genres: Gags/comedy, horror, suspense/mystery
Favorite type of girl: ...
Details:
・Popular with girls.
・Extremely poor eyesight.
・Ambidextrous
・Embarrassed by how many moles he has.

He is Rin's younger brother. Yukio has had a weak body even before birth causing the power of the demon passing onto Rin. He teaches pharmacology in the exorcist at Cross Academy and is an Exorcist himself.

He chose to become an Exorcist upon his late father figure's suggestion.


Yukio is a Middle First Class Exorcist who has gained the titles of Dragoon and Doctor.


Supporting


Mephisto Pheles (メフィスト・フェレス)
Height: 195 cm (6' 5")
Weight: 163 lbs (74 kg)
Blood: Unknown
Pastimes and talents: Movies, manga, anime, video games, music, toys, subcultures, very intelligent
Average hours of sleep per night: 1
Favorite foods: junk food, sweets
Favorite manga genres: all genres
Favorite type of girl: Temptresses or elegant, beautiful girls with a sad past
Details: Pretty good at party games, claw crane games and chess


Mephisto Pheles is the Chairman of True Cross Academy and also an Exorcist. After Fujimoto's death Pheles was ordered to kill Rin, however he accepted Rin's proposal in becoming an Exorcist and entered him into True Cross Academy. It has been heavily implied that he is the son of Satan along with his brother, the Earth King, Amaimon. He possesses the unique and peculiar ability of transforming into a small dog after counting to three in German. How powerful he is has not been shown but he has mentioned that he is an Honorary Knight, the position two ranks below Paladin. He has been shown responsible for allowing several higher class demons onto campus. His name is an obvious pun on the word Mephistopheles, which is name for the another infamous devil, similar to his father Satan.




Amaimon (アマイモン)
Race: Demons
Height: 172 cm (5'7")
Weight: 58 kg

Also known as the "Earth King." Amaimon is supposedly the second son of Satan and another Demon Prince of Gehenna. Unlike his father and elder brother Mephisto, Amaimon had little interest in Rin after their first encounter.

He is a human-like demon. He has a spike of hair which is lightly colored compared to the rest of his dark green hair. He wears a jacket that has cross bones as buttons. He also wears a long sleeved green shirt under his jacket, which is ripped at the ends.


He appears to be calm and collected, but very confident in his powers. However he shows great anger and annoyance when someone gets in the way of his fun. He is very playful and doesn't take things seriously when it comes to fighting strong combatants which hints that he is very skilled in combat.


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Shura Kirigakure (霧隠・シュラ)
She reveals herself in chapter 9, before that she had her face hidden beneath a hooded sweater and was known as Yamada. 

The only information received in the manga so far is that she is an upper first class exorcist and a senior inspector. She was dispatched by the True Cross Vatican Headquarters to investigate the Japanese Branch's "risk factor".

She claims to be 18, but in chapter 11 Yukio said that she already turned 26, and she seems sensitive about her age, as she threw a beer can at him claiming 'her hand slipped' shortly after.

She is an Upper-First class Exorcist and Rin Okumura's mentor. She trained under the guidance of Shiro Fujimoto to obtain the title Meister as a Knight 2 years before Rin was born. She officially works as an Inspector for the Vatican, but has infiltrated True Cross Academy, first as a student under the name Yamada, and later as a teacher for the Exwires.

Shura has a rather laid-back personality and uses slang; such as using yer instead of your, you're, or you. She is also noted to be rather blunt, speaking freely about sensitive topics, as well as not being hesitant in pointing out others' flaws. Even with her superiors, she is not afraid to challenge them, which on a few occasions resulted in a physical conflict.



Shiemi Moriyama (杜山 しえみ)
Age: 15
Date of Birth: March 6
Eyes: Green
Height: 165 cm (5' 4")
Weight: 49 kg (108 lbs)
Blood: Type B
Favorite food: Herb cookies from her grandmother.
Pastimes and Talents: Gardening, making herbal teas, naming plants and flowers, baking cookies, lying in the sun
Average hours of sleep: 8
Favorite Manga Genres: Does not read manga
Favorite type of boy: Nice guys
Details:
・Has only ever worn traditional Japanese style clothing since she was born.
・Blushes a lot.
・Slightly allergic to pollen.


Shiemi is Rin's classmate and friend. Before she met Rin, Shiemi tended her grandmother's garden while her mother ran an Exorcist only shop inside True Cross Academy. During her encounter with Rin and Yukio, they were able to discover that Shiemi was having her life force leached out by a Demon. After Yukio exorcised the demon, Shiemi finally decided to become an Exorcist and started to attend class. It was later revealed that Shiemi had talent in becoming a Tamer, as she was able to summon a Greenman Spirit during class. It is apparently a rare talent to possess amongst the Exorcists, where there are only a few who can control demons and fight.





Shirou Fujimoto (藤本獅郎)
Date of Birth: May 10th
Height: 177 cm (5' 8")
Weight: 137 lbs (62 kg)
Blood: Type AB
Pastimes and talents: Collecting dirty books, taking care of his glasses, falling asleep anywhere and anytime
Average hours of sleep per night: 6
Favorite foods: Oden (especially Japanese radish)
Favorite manga genres: Romance, emotional drama, social drama
Favorite type of girl: Ones with big boobs
Details:
・Has known Mephisto for a long time
・Hasn't smoked for 15 years


Father Fujimoto, Rin and Yukio's guardian, who was also considered to be one of the most powerful Exorcists in the world. He was thought to be the only man in the world that was able to sustain possession by Satan himself and thus Satan was constantly after his body. Fujimoto was able to fight off Satan's attempts at possessing his body through sheer willpower. However after receiving a mental shock from what Rin had said, Satan was finally able to take over his body and later killed him. Fujimoto had a familiar sith cat demon, which he called Kuro, that Rin has inherited. He was a confirmed Aria, Dragoon and tamer and could possibly have been a Knight and a Doctor as two of those who have studied under him have become these. He was said to be the strongest exorcist on the planet and was the only one to gain the rank of Paladin, the highest rank of the exorcists.


Kuro (クロ)

A two-tailed cat demon (nekomata), Fujimoto's familiar.










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Nii-chan (ニーちゃん) aka. Nee

Nii-chan is Shiemi Moriyama's Familiar that she summons during the demonstration after Izumo Kamiki summoned two spirit foxes. It is a baby Greenman spirit that takes a liking to Shiemi often sitting on top of her head. Nii-chan aids Shiemi by producing plant from it's body such as aloe and sprouts tree branches as barriers. Nii-chan appears protective of Shiemi as he shields her from the falling debris during a mission in the amusement park with tree barriers. Possibly because it's still an infant, it does not think of Shiemi or the humans as a threat. It speaks by saying the phrase "Nii!" 





Arthur Auguste Angel (アーサー・オーギュスト・エンジェル)
The newly appointed Paladin. He was ordered by the Grigori to to interrogate Mephisto and captured Rin as evidence. According to Shura he's a saint on the outside and a devil inside. Uses the demon sword Caliburn.

Appearance
Angel has long blonde hair in a pony tail, with a communicator in his ear, though it is unclear whether or not he wears it all the time. He wears a fancy white suit that is custom made. Rin makes fun of it. 

Personality
Not much is known about Arthur so far, except that he is extremely loyal to the True Cross Order. He follows the orders of his superiors without questioning them at all, even attempting to kill people when they interfere with his work. He believes that anything related to Satan must be destroyed, as it could only cause harm to let them live. Arthur also seems to be slightly sadistic, as he stabbed Rin completely through the leg to immobilize him during Rin's trial, while remarking that the wound would heal soon enough. According to Shura, he is a saint on the outside and a devil on the inside, hinting that he may have a malicious personality. 

Powers & Abilities
Despite not being seen in combat, it can be assumed that Arthur is extremely powerful, as he was given the rank of Paladin, which only the strongest exorcist in the world can hold. He wields a demon sword, called Caliburn, indicating that he obtained a Meister as a Knight. 

His power is hinted at when he was quickly able to overcome Kirigakure Shura, one of the most powerful exorcists seen in the series.


Caliburn his demon blade, seems to be able to talk, and has the personality of a little girl who adores Arthur. He's willing to cut some of his hair, using Caliburn, in exchange for power. 



Izumo Kamiki (神木出雲)
Date of Birth: October 11 
Age: 15
Height: 164 cm 
Weight: 49 kg 
Blood: A 
Pastimes and talents: Collecting clothes and trinkets, studying, reading girls' manga and romantic novels
Average bath time: 50 minutes
Favorite words: Evening calm
Favorite music genres: Rock, pop, Japanese
How she spends days off: Reading fashion magazines, girls' manga and novels, going shopping
Details:
・Born with short eyebrows
・Hates the way she gets a crease between her eyebrows when reading, studying or thinking hard

Kamiki has dark red eyes and long dark purple hair, which she usually keeps in a pigtail or ponytail hairstyle. Her most notable trait would be her small, oval shaped eyebrows, which is why Rin calls her by the nickname: "Eyebrows". Her outfit is primarily the school uniform. 


Izumo also likes cats a lot, which can be shown from the way she treats Kuro.




Konekomaru Miwa (三輪子猫丸)
Date of Birth: January 7
Age: 15
Height: 155 cm
Weight: 43 kg
Blood: A
Pastimes and talents: Writing out sutras, touch typing, drinking hot milk everyday, long baths
Average bath time: 1.5 hours
Favorite words: Cats curl up under the kotatsu
Favorite music genres: Sutra recitation or sermons
How he spends days off: In the winter, copying out sutras or surfing the internet while sitting at the kotatsu
Details:
・Hates to be cold
・Has extremely poor eyesight
・Likes cats 
・Drinks milk, but doesn't get any taller


Shima's and Bon's childhood friend, he aims to be an Aria at the True Cross Academy.




Ryuuji Suguro (勝呂竜士)
Date of Birth: August 20
Age: 16
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 76 kg
Blood: B
Pastimes and talents: Memorization, cleaning, Zen meditation
Average bath time: 20 minutes
Favorite words: Karma
Favorite music genres: Rock, American/European, Japanese
How he spends days off: Cleaning, meditating, about two hours weight lifting or jogging
Details:
・A bit of a neat freak
・Gets migraines
・Worries about his tendency to glare


Suguro Ryuji (nicknamed "Bon") is Rin's rival and the prodigy in the class. He was the child of the Cursed Temple which was destroyed by Satan 16 years ago. Bon takes everything seriously and is trying his hardest in order to become an Exorcist powerful enough so he could one day defeat Satan ( a goal he claims Rin stole from him) and rebuild his Temple. Currently Bon is trying to acquire the title of Meister in both Aria (a person who recites holy texts to kill certain demons) and Dragoon (a person who fights with heavy artillery). He is currently an Exwire. 

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Mamushi Houjou (宝生蝮)

Date of birth:  June 4
Age: 24
Height: 164 cm 
Weight: 48 kg 

Blood: A 

Mamushi is an Middle First-Class Exorcist at the Kyoto Branch of the True Cross Order and Uwabami Hojo's daughter. Her sisters are Nishiki Hojo and Ao Hojo.

She was formerly a student of Saburota Todo's and, as such, seems to have a lot of respect for him.

Is engaged to Juuzou Shima.



Juuzou Shima (志摩 柔造)

Date of Birth: February 5
Age: 25
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 70 kg

Blood: O

Juuzou is the 2nd son of the Shima family, his younger brothers include Kinzou and Renzou. As the 2nd son, he has more responsibilities than his younger brothers. Since the 1st son of the Shima family was killed in the Blue Night incident 16 years ago, Juuzou is the successor of the Shima family. He and Houjou Mamushi are childhood friends and attended the Exorcist cram school together.







Renzou Shima (志摩 廉造)
Date of Birth: July 4
Age: 15
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 63 kg
Blood: O
Pastimes and talents: Smiling, lying, fake politeness, buying dirty books even when a girl is working the cash register
Average bath time: 30 minutes
Favorite words: They're not fit for print
Favorite music genres: Rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop, American/European, Japanese
How he spends days off: Dating girls
Details:
・His hair is brown tinged with pink
・His nickname in elementary school was the erotic demon
・Trying to be more refined in high school

Renzou is a very carefree character, yet he has a fear of many things, mainly bugs. He's very loyal to Bon, his childhood friend. They grew up together along with Konekomaru in Kyoto. He is also has a big obsession with women. Plans to become a Meister in Aria
He is the 5th and youngest son of his family, and tells Konekomaru he's glad of this because it means he has less responsibilities. His older brother Juuzou says he's the pervert out of the brothers.
He has pink (dyed) hair. It is naturally black. In the manga, Renzou wears a man-tailored (flannel sort of) shirt over a t-shirt with a symbol, sort of like a bulls-eye. Renzou also carries around K'rik (Khakkhara) staff, which he and his two brothers also have.
Renzou is a carefree character and was the first person to actually befriend Rin since the revealing of the blue flames, which shows Renzou is the friendly-type. He is also afraid of bugs, yet he is known as the pervert out of the Shima brothers.
Renzou was born into the temple that Bon and Konekumaru was in as well, making him the childhood friend of the two.

Member of Illuminati working as a spy.



Kinzou Shima (志摩 金造)
Birthday: November 17th


Kinzou is the fourth son of the Shima family, Renzou's older brother. He seems to be a pretty simple guy who is ruled by his emotions, kicking his little brother in the head as a greeting and paying no attention to the conversation at breakfast, preferring to stuff his face.






Nemu Takara (宝 ねむ)
Race: Human
Age: 16
Height: 163 cm
Hair: Light Brown

Takara is a quiet, mysterious character. He is also somewhat of a ventriloquist. He hasn't talked much, and when he does, it's usually through ventriloquism.

He is short, only slightly taller than Konekomaru, and wears the typical True Cross Academy uniform. Has yet to be shown opening his eyes and is always seen with his rabbit puppet.


Not much is known about him he also did not contribute to the group effort in the Esquire exam. However, when he speaks with his rabbit puppet, the voice and tone is usually very rude.

Others


Lewin Light (ルーイン・ライ)
Lewin Light who also goes by the name Lightning, is an Arc Knight and an Exorcist of the True Cross Order. He is the traveling companion of Arthur A. Angel.


His first appearance is in chapter 38 (volume 10).
















Igor Neuhaus (イゴール・ネイガウス)
Birthday: November 13
Nationality: Polish

An Upper First Class Exorcist as well as lecturer in the Academy, who obtained the titles of Tamer, Doctor and Aria.
He wears an eyepatch over his left eye, while he has Aria incantations tattooed on both arms. 


He had a run-in with Satan when he was younger, which robbed him of his family and his left eye's sight, which is why he holds immense hatred for Satan and demons that are related to Satan. Yet ironically, he is extremely loyal to Mephisto, willing to listen to any command of his, which is why he stopped his attacks on Rin prior to the latter becoming an Exorcist.



Noriko Paku (朴 朔子)


Noriko is Izumo's best friend but quits the cram school because she did not understand the classes and she was failing.

Drac Dragulesc (ドラク・ドラグレスク)


Drac Dragulesc is an Arc Knight, member of the Romanian branch of the Order, and currently K.R.C lab chief.








Osceola Redarm (オセオラ・レッドアーム)


Arc Knight and exorcist member of the Mexican branch of the Order.









Tatsuma Suguro (勝呂 達磨)

Ryuji Suguro's father. Survivor of the Blue Night, when scores of clergymen were massacred by Satan. Known as the "Priest of the Cursed Temple."








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Satan (サタン)

Satan is the king of Gehenna. It has been said that he is the creator of every demon in existence. There is no body in Assiah powerful enough to host him because of his incredible powers.









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Lucifer (ルシフェル)

Commander-in-Chief of the Illuminati organization and the strongest of the Eight Demon Kings.

Though little of Lucifer's personality has been seen, he comes off as a rather polite Demon, having cordially introduced himself to his enemies all across the world and apologized for the way in which it occurred. He also appears to be very level-headed, maintaining a constant tone throughout his entire declaration of war against the True Cross Order, and even with his brother Mephisto, with whom he has an estranged relationship. However, Lucifer also appears to have a very idealistic, one-track mind, as he deems that anyone who so much as disagrees with his ideals is his enemy.

He uses a mask to cover his face due of the illness that has marked him (> possessing a body that isn't his originally and the skin is rotting away.) Only with heavy HQ-machinery and healing he can reveal his face under the mask as a young man.



Michael Gedouin (外道院 ミハエル )

Member of the Illuminati, head of the experimentation over demons of the Japanese organization's headquarters. He admires Lucifer.









Saburouta Toudou (藤堂 三郎太)

Age: 56

Former upper second class exorcist of the Order, First Year Magic Circles and Seals instructor at the True Cross Academy, and Warden of the Deep Keep. 

His looks changed after eating Karura the Phoenix, which gave him impressive regeneration skills.










Lund

Member of the Illuminati secret society and the twin brother of Strom.

Strom (ストロム)

Like his twin brother Lund, Strom is a member of the Illuminati.


e killed by Lucifer himself, as Gedouin disobeyed his direct orders.
Source: MAL, wikia


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