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Blue Exorcist
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| Name: | Blue Exorcist (青の祓魔師 Ao no Exorcist) |
| Abbreviation(s): | AoEx |
| Creator: | Kazue Kato |
| Date(s): | April 2009 - present |
| Medium: | manga, anime |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| External Links: | Shueisha's Official Manga Site (J), Official Anime Site (J), Official Anime Site (E), |
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Blue Exorcist, or Ao no Exorcist as it is called in Japan, is a manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. It was later adapted into an anime series that started with two seasons, with a third released six years later by aniplex on Dec 18, 2022.[1]
Plot
Blue Exorcist follows Okumura Rin and his younger, fraternal twin brother, Yukio, both of whom are the sons of Satan and a human mother, Yuri Egin. At the beginning of the series, Rin finds out through a traumatic event that his adoptive father, Fujimoto Shiro, and brother are both exorcists who have been protecting him from his own demonic heritage. This culminates in Shiro's death, and Rin awakening his demonic powers, making contact with Satan and the demon realm, Gehena.
After swearing to avenge his father's death, Rin enrolls in True Cross Academy to train his demonic powers under the tutelage of his brother and extravagant chairman Mephisto Pheles, with the end goal of killing Satan.
English-language Fandom
At the end of 2011, Blue Exorcist was eligible for Yuletide, the rare fandom exchange.
The English fandom of the series is most active on Tumblr, with fans running accounts dedicated to regularly post about the series and characters with fanart, meta, memes and sometimes news and scans. On Twitter, fans mostly interact with the official sources and the author's personal account, as well as a handful of fanartist and daily/hourly bots.
As of April 2025, there are 4,516 works on AO3 tagged with "Ao no Exorcist | Blue Exorcist".
Shipping/Ships
The most popular ships involve the protagonist of the series, as well as his classmates and friends,[2]. Fans also enjoy incest ships, threesomes and rarepairs. Okumura Rin/Suguro "Bon" Ryuji is generally the most popular slash pairing, Okumura Rin/Okumura Yukio (or Okumuracest) being second on AO3. Moriyama Shiemi/Okumura Rin is the most frequent het pairing, followed by Kamiki Izumo/Okumura Rin, and Kirigakure Shura/Okumura Yukio on AO3. The most popular threesome is Amaimon/Mephisto Pheles/Okumura Rin.
Popular secondary cast ships include Fujimoto Shiro/Mephisto Pheles, Amaimon/Mephisto Pheles, Kamiki Izumo/Moriyama Shiemi and Yuri/Shiro(/Satan, sometimes).
Fanworks
Resources
LiveJournal
Fanfiction Archives
- Blue Exorcist works on fanfiction.net
- Ao no Exorcist | Blue Exorcist works on the AO3
- Blue Exorcist works on Kink Bingo
- Blue Exorcist prompts and fills on Fic Promptly
Doujinshi
Fanart
Social media
- Blue Exorcist tag on Tumblr
- Blue Exorcist hashtag on Twitter
References
- ^ 「青の祓魔師」TVアニメ新シリーズ制作決定！ Announcement by Official aniplex YouTube account.
- ^ Ao no Exorcist | Blue Exorcist tag on AO3