Ao No Exorcist

Ao No Exorcist 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 the god of demons, but there’s one thing that he doesn’t have, and that’s a substance in the human world that is powerful enough to contain him!! For that purpose he created Rin, his son from a human woman, but will his son agree to his plans? Or will he become something else…? An exorcist?

Ao No Exorcist Story

The story revolves arround Rin Okumura, a teenager posessing abnormal strength and endurance who was raised by Father Shiro Fujimoto along his younger twin brother Yukio. Soon after Yukio departs to study at the prestigious True Cross Academy, Rin learns that both he and his brother are sons of Satan, though Yukio did not inherit the demon blood. Witnessing Shiro dying to protect him, Rin ends up doing what his guardian asked him to never do, draw the demon-slaying blade Kurikara that restrains his demonic powers, from its scabbard. From that moment on, Rin not only gains permanent demonic features like fangs, pointed ears and a tail, but also the power to ignite himself into blue flames that can destroy anything it touches.
On Shiro’s funeral, Rin has an encounter with Mephisto Pheles, who agrees to his wish to become an Exorcist like his guardian to take revenge on Satan. He enrolls at the True Cross Academy, which is actually the Japanese branch of an international organization dedicated to protect the human realm, Assiah, from demons and other creatures from the demon realm, Gehenna. Rin takes part on the special Exorcist course only known by a few and much to his surprise, he finds that his brother Yukio is already a veteran Exorcist and will be one of his teachers.

 

Ao No Exorcist Characters

Rin Okumura – Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto
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. His powers were sealed at birth into the demon-slaying blade Kurikara, or Koumaken, by Shiro Fujimoto, allowing him to live a normal human life for about 15 years. Rin became aware of his true identity after Kurikara could no longer seal the blue flames he inherited from Satan, setting off a chain of events that led to the death of his guardian, Father and Exorcist Fujimoto Shiro, at the hands of Satan, who attempted to drag Rin back to the demon realm. Exorcist Mephisto Pheles confronted Rin after Shiro’s funeral with several exorcists, giving Rin the option to kill them all or die. Rin instead demanded to become an exorcist, an idea that amused Mephisto. Rin was then enrolled personally by Mephisto into the True Cross Academy Exorcist School, where he has since been pursuing his goal to become a Paladin and to defeat Satan. He is currently an Exwire and attempting to gain the title of Meister as a “Knight”.

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Yukio Okumura – Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
Rin’s younger twin brother. When it was discovered that the woman impregnated by Satan was going to have twins, it was believed that Satan’s powers would be split between them. Due to the weakness of Yukio’s body, however, he did not inherit any of Satan’s powers, thus being born fully human with the full extent of Satan’s powers going to Rin. Yukio did, however, receive a spirit wound at birth from his brother, which allowed him to be aware of demons for as long as he can remember. Yukio secretly trained to become an Exorcist from the age of seven in order to protect Rin (through the help of Fujimoto). While both Yukio and Rin are in their first year at True Cross Academy, Yukio is already an instructor at the Exorcist cram school teaching Anti-Demon Pharmacology to Rin’s class.

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Mephisto Pheles – Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya
Mephisto is the Chairman of True Cross Academy’s Japanese branch. He is portrayed as a man with more money than sense but is very cheap when it comes to spending on others. After Fujimoto’s death, he was ordered to kill Rin but instead accepted Rin’s proposal of becoming an Exorcist and enrolled him into True Cross Academy. Mephisto is a powerful exorcist (holds a Meister in Honorary Knight, was able to subdue Amaimon while holding a berserk Rin off) and claims that he desires to “bring peace to both Assiah and Gehenna”. Despite having served the True Cross for at least two centuries, elements of the Order still consider him suspicious.

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Ryuji Suguro – Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai
Ryuji (nicknamed “Bon”) is a stubborn and hot-tempered individual. Despite his delinquent appearance (blonde streak in his naturally black hair, piercings) and attitude, he is very hardworking and the best student in class. Ryuji is the heir to the Cursed Temple in Kyoto. Because of the destruction of the temple in the Blue Night and his anger towards his father Tatsuma Suguro, he swears he will defeat Satan (a goal he claims Rin stole from him) and rebuild his Temple. When Rin’s identity was revealed, he refused to speak with him at all. After a confrontation with his father and Rin, Ryuji and his classmates helped Rin escape impending execution and he reconciled with him, claiming that he only blames Rin for not trusting his friends with his secret. Ryuji is currently an Exwire, and trying to achieve Meister in both Aria and Dragoon.

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Shiemi Moriyama – Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Shiemi is the daughter of the woman who runs an Exorcist-only shop. She is kind and has an abiding love of gardening, but often lacks confidence in herself. Before the series, Shiemi never went out of her home and tended to the garden with her grandmother. After her grandmother died, Rin and Yukio exorcised the demon that was leeching her life force and she decided to become an Exorcist.
Shiemi is close to Yukio and Rin, and on amicable terms with Ryuji, Konekomaru, and Renzo. She was devastated when she discovered Rin and Yukio hid that they were sons of Satan, taking it to mean that she was not trustworthy. However on the Kyoto mission, she reconciled with Rin when he was imprisoned and joined with his other friends to help him escape.

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Izumo Kamiki – Voiced by: Eri Kitamura
Izumo is easily one of the best students and she’s aware of it. She has a tsundere attitude and is offensive towards everyone except Paku (her childhood friend, since she was the only one in her old school who would talk to her). Very prideful and often difficult to talk to, Izumo does care about her fellow Exwires and was the first of Rin’s classmates to accept Rin after his identity as Satan’s son was revealed. Izumo’s reason for becoming an exorcist is still unknown, but connected to an incident that happened when she was a child. Izumo is attempting to achieve a Meister in Tamer, and can summon two Byakko (foxes) to fight for her.

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Konekomaru Miwa – Voiced by: Yūki Kaji
Konekomaru is a timid but brilliant individual, able to come up with complex strategies in a short window of time. He is very loyal to Ryuji and Renzou, since they grew up together at the same Temple in Kyoto. He is kind to everyone and the last to reconcile with Rin after discovering Rin’s identity as Satan’s son, seeing Rin’s true good intentions. He is an orphan and the surviving head of the Miwa family. He plans to achieve the Meister in Aria.

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Renzo Shima – Voiced by: Kōji Yusa
Renzo is a very carefree yet fearful character. He’s very loyal to Bon and Konekomaru, since both grew up with him at the Cursed Temple in Kyoto. Renzo is the second of the cast who accepts Rin after discovering his identity, finding ignoring Rin to be troublesome. He is infatuated with Izumo, obsessed with women but afraid of bugs. His hair is naturally black, but he dyed it pink (to the chagrin of his father). Renzo carries a K’rik (Khakkhara) staff to fight like his two brothers and plans to achieve the Meister in Aria.

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Shura Kirigakure – Voiced by: Rina Satō
Kirigakure Shura is an Upper First Class Exorcist and Rin’s mentor. She trained under the guidance of Fujimoto Shiro to obtain the title “Meister” in Knight and can draw a demon sword from a symbol above her chest when she states, “Devour the Seven Princesses, slay the Serpent”. Her sword skills allow her to fight on par with upper level demons like Amaimon. Frequently chipper and obnoxious, Shura is carefree about her job, as she drinks alcohol in excess and oversleeps. She appears to harbor a dark past, as she claimed Shiro “came and rescued” her.
Disguised under a hood as Yamada, one of Rin’s classmates, Shura revealed herself when Amaimon attacked Rin, saving Rin from Amaimon’s attack before taking him into custody.

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Ao No Exorcist Minor Characters

Shiro Fujimoto – Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara
Shiro Fujimoto was a priest at the Southern Cross Monastery, a Paladin in the True Cross Order (the title awarded to the strongest exorcist), Shura Kirigakure’s mentor, and Okumura Rin and Okumura Yukio’s foster father. He was qualified as an Aria, Dragoon, Knight and Doctor, and had a cat sith familiar, which he called Kuro. Shiro was a man dedicated to his duties and was considered the strongest exorcist. He stole the demon-slaying sword Kurikara, or Koumaken, from the Cursed Temple in Kyoto under orders. Shiro and Mephisto ultimately used the sword to seal the demon heart of the son of Satan and Yuri Egin. Shiro then adopted Yuri Egin’s children, Yukio (who did not inherit Satan’s power) and Rin (full inheritor of Satan’s powers).

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Amaimon – Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara
One of the Eight Demon Kings, “King of the Earth” and another son of Satan. Amaimon has vast control over the land, e.g. being able to create earthquakes. He is eccentric and hates being laughed at or ignored. Unlike his father and elder brother Mephisto Pheles, Amaimon initially had little interest in Rin, instead wishing to tour Japan upon arrival, but quickly became obsessed with his younger half-brother after fighting him. Amaimon mentioned he has a cousin who has an interest in the occult and even goes on to say that she would be happy if he brought her a human eye. His name is derived from the demon Amaymon.

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Igor Neuhaus – Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu
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, and has Aria incantations and magic circles tattooed on both arms. He had a run-in with Satan when he was younger, which robbed him of his family and the sight in his left eye, 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 his every command, which is why he stopped his attacks on Rin prior to the latter becoming an Exorcist.

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Arthur Auguste Angel – Voiced by: Daisuke Ono
The newly appointed Paladin. He was ordered by the Grigori to interrogate Mephisto and captured Rin as evidence. Arthur is a respected exorcist with dubious ethics, as said by Shura to be like a saint on the outside but really a devil inside. He uses the sentient demon sword Caliburn. When speaking, Caliburn shows extreme affection towards him and talks like a love-struck teenage girl. His name is a reference to King Arthur and his sword Excalibur.

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Ao No Exorcist - Episodes

#	Episode
1	The Devil Resides in Human Souls
2	Gehenna Gate
3	Brothers
4	The Garden of Amahara
5	A Boy from the Cursed Temple
6	The Phantom Chef
7	A Flock of Plovers
8	Now a Certain Man Was Sick...
9	Memories
10	Black Cat
11	Demon of the Deep
12	A Game of Tag
13	Proof
14	A Fun Camping Trip
15	Act of Kindness
16	The Wager
17	Temptation
18	Gale
19	An Ordinary Day
20	Mask
21	The Secret Garden
22	Demon Hunting
23	Truth
24	Satan's Spawn
25	Stop, Time

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