Summary

Ao no Exorcist is a 25 episode anime about a set of twins, Rin Okumura and Yukio Okumura, both raised by their adoptive father Shirou Fujimoto and raised in a monastery. After Rin gets into a fight and learns about his powers Shirou tells him the truth about his past and how he is the kin of Satan. According to Shirou Rin is the only one with the power of Satan as Yukio, his twin brother, was not strong enough. After a tragic incident causing Rin to leave the monastery and go to his brothers school, True Cross Academy. Here Rin Okumura starts the grueling process of becoming an exorcist.

My Opinion

In my opinion Ao no Exorcist was a well made show, the plot did a good job of keeping watchers intrigued and the characters were nicely developed. During the beginning of the show we are shown how Rin is made to be a drop-out who can't keep a job, while his brother is a smart student going to a prestigious high school. This was a good way to develop these two characters and set a path for the series to follow. However even though Rin was supposed to be this tough character is sometimes got out of hand. As Rin would barely listen to others, often run into battles on his own, and for most of the series wasn't able to control his flames. Though some might find him a little annoying, I have to say this added more depth to him as a person and gave the watcher a better look at him and how he thinks. In the beginning of the series we are shown how hard it is for Rin to make and keep friends, so when he opens up to his cram school classmates and forms a bond with them, that also added to his character. I feel like this was a well made anime and personally couldn't find any problems with the characters.
The plot was also very well made as it clearly stuck to Rin's original goal of "kicking Satan's ass". It showed us how he started from a hot tempered 15 year old who fought someone new almost everyday to a 15 year old who used his head in situations and could at least try to control his emotions. The plot was never lacking in the action department either as their was always a fight here or there and they weren't meaningless, but a fight that built up to the season finale or looked into the characters themselves. Overall it was a great plot and awesome characters.
Animation in this series was another thing worth noting, while it first debuted in 2011 the animation was stunning. The characters animation was well done and so where fight scenes as well as when Rin uses his blue flames. Most of the fights kept up with the characters and you could see them actually hitting each other and moving. So for that I'd have to say the animation was also really good.
The last thing I would like to say about this show is the soundtrack, I had a really nice time listening to the background music and the OP and ED were straight bangers, but yes, I do recommend this anime. Especially if you are looking for an action/demon genre or if you were looking for something like Tokyo Ghoul.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this review and I can't wait to write another. Let me know if you have an anime you would like me to review.

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