Audience reviews
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magaiverix
I will start from the beginning, I opened my MAL, plan to watch list and at last I decided to watch this anime, as if after recommendations looks like this show I might like, and it was also.
Story 7/10- The very beginning, I really liked it, the fact that main hero reaches adolescence, and begin to see what others do not see, after which the life of the main character changes forever, and to overcome or to win his greatest enemy, he must study at a special school, to learn everything you need to win the evil. After that, new friends also appear, humor appears, then drama and other unexpected events in his life. The story I liked in overall.
Art 7/10- Could be better and fair, because it looks a little funny, no i'm not saying bad, the main characters and others seem to have been pushed…
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A quick and easy review of Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist)-- SPOILER FREE for your enjoyment.
PROS:
+ Interesting story
+ Good comedy factor
+ Beautiful art with bright colors and good use of light/dark contrasts
+ Fantastic voice actors
+ Great in sub or dub
+ Good soundtrack
+ Interesting characters (no one annoyed me!) + Quick paced and exciting
+ High overall enjoyment
CONS:
+ Ending seems a little disjointed
+ "Typical" shonen story (if that bothers you)
+ Not much growth/change for supporting characters
+ Some unnecessary characters
Want some more detail? See blow:
STORY:
For people to say this story is cliche is, in my opinion, a bit close minded. Definitely, the idea of a main protagonist who become stronger in order to fight evil and defend those he loves is a nearly ageless…
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"I'm going to beat the sh*t out of Satan!!" - Rin Okumura.
If there was an award for the most pure shonen of all time, that award would not belong to any of the big names in the business... No, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, and any other series that comprises the collective of instantly recognizable "shonen" can't touch the perfection with which the myriad of shonen tropes were implemented in Blue Exorcist.
Artwork and Animation: 8
As with most A-1 Pictures productions, Blue Exorcist looks very good. The traditional animation, particularly with the signature flames, is very crisp and smooth. There are a few moments where the budget wore thin and some fidelity was lost, but overall a good looking series. No terrible 3D, and no overly repetitive scenes- consistent.
Sound and Voice Actin…
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Rin Okumura, our main Protagonist, lives a fairly normal life until the day he finds out he is the son of a demon - more specifically: the living offspring of Satan. Quite a promising premise for a shounen anime; unfortunately, it could not keep its promise, mainly due to its characters and storyline.
Having said that, this leads us to the first issue: the Story. Ao no Exorcist starts off strong; throwing both you and Rin into unfamiliar territory filled with demons and priests and a very interesting actual state of the world and how it is divided. But soon after, the story develops into a veritable donwfall. The Serie suffers greatly under its predictable storyline and lacks of the much needed depth which is essential to keep the story interesting for the rest of the show. Rather than gi…
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I've recently discovered that Ao no Exorcist, or Blue Exorcist, is divided up between those who love it and those who... well... don't really love it.
So it Blue Exorcist really worth the watch? Well...
Story:
Anyone who has witnessed shounen series of any kind will be able to instantly recognize the fact that this story doesn't fail to follow in the footsteps of others. A teenage boy who discovers he has all these immense powers and sets out to defeat evil.
But despite this, the premise itself does pose an interesting storyline, and poses some strong introductory episodes. But while the story does start off strong and I enjoyed it until about the halfway point, it really disappoints in the end. There is little advancement in plot throughout the whole series, and so lots is taken up by…
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At first I became curious of this anime. Seemed a lot of people wanted to watch it and the name "Ao no Exorcist" Popped up everywhere. It was always in my recommended bar. Finally i decided to watch it and now that I have I feel like it was a complete waste of time.
I'm sure the manga is great. I thought the basic story was a good one. Son's of Satan and then coming of age to inherit his powers, Great! The anime had a few great things in it. Some parts of the story was really beautiful but when you put it all together it was just a big mess.
(I'm only reviewing the anime NOT the manga).
There were plot holes everywhere. They would end an episode in a certain way and then start the next one entirely different with a new character all of a sudden.
I also had a problem buying the fact…
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*Pure Review (Anime Only)*
A dark, gripping, action enriched adventure from the very beginning...
Despite its often harsh reputation; i found Ao No Exorcist both exhilarating, and although the premise is not completely original - an interesting watch.
The whole show retains an effective sense of scale, and an appropriately dark, suspenseful overriding tone. Its shounen identity becomes clear pretty soon on, and although it follows a formulaic structure, it's well executed. Alike most viewers, i particularly praise the beginning on its intricate and vivid setup; it starts off while fulfilling every criteria... A great starting point in terms of character development and story - that demonstrates the show's action-related and emotional capabilities.
After a few episodes of brilliant drama,…
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This review includes my opinion about the anime and only the anime I haven't read the manga, I just wanted to make this clear.
Ao no Exorcist is an shonen anime, it's pretty popular and that is the main reason I watched it. I didn't regret it but it was not what I thought it was.
I really waiting from it to be more dark and kinda scary but no.
Even though it didn't get any near to my expectations it was fun to watch.
Going to the rating:
STORY: 6 Yes, it has demons and exorcists and magic and evil, but it alson have evil mushrooms and insects and stuff like that and I didn't understand why did they exist but nevermind. The story for me is going reallyyyy slow like super slow. You get a really good start, a boring middle and a fair end which is not the real end and you have to read…
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A classic shounen anime that I'm not too fond of. I know this is a popular anime but I honestly don't think it deserves it's popularity. It was just eh.
Story: The world that this plot takes place in consists of two dimensions joined as one, like a mirror. The first is the world in which humans live, Assiah. The other is the world of demons, Gehenna. (MyAnimeList.net summary part)
The Plot revolves around a young boy called Rin Okumura and his twin brother Yukio Okumura, both sons of the demon king, Satan. They both end up attending True Cross Academy due to reasons that I don't want to spoil. And there, Rin decides to become an exorcist. Meanwhile, Yukio was already a exorcist, but why? Yukio doesn't seem to have demonic powers, but Rin does, and everytime he uses his demonic sword, Kuri…
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Blue Exorcist Review:
(Ao no excorcist)
MINDSET:
Aw, no excrement why am I seeing this with eights and nines?!
SYNOPSIS:
Rin Okumura is living through he's slice of life as a pubed teen with he's family and brother, soon finding out that he's excremental we don't care a jack prehistorically grown ash father gotten the fecies kicked out of him by Satan. Now its up to our run of the mill protagonist to shaft satan at he's new high school who teaches the art of excrementations, sorry, I mean rex-cor-cis-mmm. And lots of other jazz that needs explaining that will drag out five minute review! And he's brother is an excorcist and Rin is the son of satan, cuz the author thought they were cool...
REVIEW:
Basically, if You imagine all of the tropes and most generic archetypes in all of shonen ad…
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Story: 5
An interesting enough premise, but Blue Exorcist turns out to be just another school-setting shounen with a main character with the typical daddy complex and a shallow/unfinished romance.
Art: 5
The colors were bright, which is always enjoyable, but the character designs were lacking and some features came out awkward-looking. Ex: Shura's oddly boxy midsection and Yukio's unusually wide face
Sound: 3
None of the OSTs stood out to me, but I loathed the jazzy opening.
Characters: 4
I really enjoyed Rin and Shirou's relationship, and Shiemi's smidgen of character development was nice to see. But there was little depth in the characters otherwise. Instead, the writers took the easy route and focused on Izumo's (spoiler) easily-predictable somewhat transformation and Rin and Yukio'…
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Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist)
The first impression of this show was impressive, especially the first episode. An incredible start that set the scene for the series which had me hooked. (Including the theme song!) Sadly as the show progressed, my interest began to waiver. It has to do with the bulk of the characters and lack of progressive to flesh out the main story arc which really disappointed me.
Character and Plot development. (4.5) Rin is the MC (protagonist) of this story and by far the most interesting character alongside his father Shirou Fujimoto. The rest of the cast isn't really worth mentioning because they lack development on their identity. Sure you could argue that they have either subtle or obvious agendas in regards to their relationship to Rin but there's no growth to…
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Ao no Exorcist is a short shounen that has become memorable. That's not the same as saying it's great though. Here's why.
Story (6/10):
Rin and Yukio were raised by a priest, yet are the sons of Satan. Sadly, it turns into more of a school setting- based anime. While there are still some good, fast action scenes, there are too many plot holes as the story goes on. They train to be exorcists in this school, even though they are part demon themselves, so that becomes a large plot device. One of the better ones too. It's OK, nothing spectacular.
Art (8/10):
I love the art. It complements the action scenes real well. It can be dark or light depending on the scenario. Well animated and colorful enough to not loose my attention.
Sound (7/10):
Cathy openings and endings. The ost's, though coul…
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NOTE: I have previously made a review for this series 10 years ago, but it was pretty poorly written so I decided to rewrite it completely.
Blue Exorcist is a perfect example of a series which was supposed to be the next big thing but killed its own hype due to many factors such as long hiatuses and sloppy execution so most people have just lost interest and moved on to the next hyped up thing. The premise of the series might seem generic, taking elements from other shounen titles such as Soul Eater, D. Gray-Man or Fullmetal Alchemist, which would be fine if it was well executed, the problem is that the series just doesn’t do anything interesting with it.
The anime was made by A-1 Pictures, so we have above average production values with well animated fights, good looking backgrounds and…
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(Scroll down for my... second review.)
I don't know how to rate this anime. I feel guilty for even liking it all. Everything is so cliche. If you based a drinking game on this show, where whenever someone or something cliche came up, take a sip. You'd be sick for the rest of your life. So why did I even like this as much as I did? I don't know! As a reviewer, it frustrates me not to know what I even sort of liked about a show, so in this review I'll be attempting (probably in vain) to find that reason.
Story~
Nothing new. We've all seen it before. When I first started this, I wondered why I was bothering. The religious subjects could have gone deeper, and then that would be my reason for liking it-- but did they? No, I think they purposely tried to keep it stereotypical. Why? There were…
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I started this show with high hopes; needless to say I was let down. I liked the aesthetic, the characters seemed ok and I liked the premise. All signs pointed in a positive direction.
Unfortunately, that's exactly what this show lacked: direction.
Aside from establishing the premise, very little is done to advance the plot throughout the show. Most of the show is episodic, and the archs don't build up to anything. It really seemed like the creators didn't know where it was all supposed to go.
One of the things that disappointed me was the fighting, or the lackthereof. From the beginning they establish a universe with potential for awesome, supernatural fighting, and even introduce a number of characters that would probably be pretty awesome for that kind of show. In the end, there was…
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Well guys let’s start off with the awesome characters in this awesome manga. First and foremost we have Rin Okumura our principle protagonist, followed by his younger twin brother Yukio Okumura, and then we have Rin Okumura, and then Yukio Okumura, Rin Okumura again, some blond haired chick, random people and some dude named Shiro (and guess what he has white hair, har har har… weaboo) oh and did I mention Rin fucking Okumura. Theatrics aside, we essentially only have two or three characters with important roles throughout the whole TV show. The rest are just ballast. However, seeing as this is a review and not a rant, I must divulge in the sweet juicy details. As I said earlier our primary protagonist is Rin Okumura, but what I neglected to mention earlier is that he is the son of satan (…
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"Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years!" - Anton LaVey
One of the constants of many religions is the idea that sin and evil stem from a higher power. In some cases this means another deity that works in opposition to all things good, but for Christianity, Islam and Judaism such things are viewed as the domain of Satan (or "Lucifer, Fallen Angel, Prince of Darkness, Bringer of Light, Ruler of Hell, Lord of the Flies, Father of Lies, Apostate Supreme, Tempter of Mankind, Bringer of the Apocalypse, Old Serpent, Prince of this World, Seducer, Accuser, Tormentor, Blasphemer" - Glen Duncan).
Whatever name is ascribed to this being, the idea of him being the enemy of all things good is so deeply ingrained in society, he is usually…
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Ao No Exorcist is set in a battle of exorcists versus demons. It is a typical shonen with a good main character as the backbone.
The backdrop of the story is that Rin and brother Yukio are the sons of Satan and a human mother. Rin inherited the demonic powers, while Yukio didn't. They are taken in by the current Paladin, Shiro, who raises them as sons. Soon, they are thrust in an ongoing battle of the Exorcists versus Demons. The story gets off to a very fast start, but from what I understand, lack of material for the spots the manga covered caused some more prolonged fillers than usual. Towards the end when the story picks back up, there are some "jumping the shark" moments which try to add to the intrigue and plays well on the Rin's character, but ultimately falls flat.
Rin makes an…
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Alright time to take the fanboy hat off and give this show a review...
Now while I did enjoy this show, I'm not going to recommend it to anyone else, unless you are a mindless fanboy who likes shounen, boobs, demons, possible Yaoi pairings, other stuff that I could care less about.
Story- 6
Now if you want a really good story in your daily dose of Japanese animation then.... you're show is in a different castle. The story had so much potential, but it didn't use everything that it had to really get you into the story. I'm not going to criticize the show for using the overused "demon within" thing, because let's face it, originality is hard to come by these days. Now what I will criticize is how poorly this was done. There were parts that showed how Rin is looked down on, hated and/or fe…
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