Shonen Anime Discussions

It’s been a while since I watched The Blue Exorcist, but its still a good watch. I first found it on netflix, one of their few anime rotations, and did the whole marathon it thing because it captured me so much. Its got a standard start in the fact that it starts off with a trouble teen that has some kind of special ability. Character list found here (http://www.blueexorcist.com/characters.php)  As the story unfolds we find out that Rin is the son of satan. Seeing as to his adoptive father being a exorcist for the church it provides quite an interesting connection between the two, but what tops this whole series off is the constant fighting between him and his brother (Yukio), who was secretly training to be an exorcist to take over the role of protecting his brother. (SPOILER ALERT!) One day Rin begins to see the demons that plague daily life and auras of evils all about. When he is attacked by a bully from school Rin kicks the bully’s ass but that bully then succumbs to the whims of a demon. After running away and getting back home another fight ensues with the demon at their church/home and during that time Rin hurts his “father” Shiro and during that moment satan takes control of Shiro. As an act of defiance against satan, Rin destroy’s the gate to hell and unleashing his full powers as the son of hell and in another final act of defiance Shiro sacrifices himself to banish satan from the human world if only for a short time. After griefing and many other things Rin acts in acordance with Shiro’s last will to become an exorcist, but on the first day of “cram school” he enter class to find that his own brother Yukio is not only an exorcist in full but his teacher. If you do not have the time to watch this because of an already long list of series and simulcasts to watch then you can read a quick synopsis of each episode here http://www.blueexorcist.com/story-default.php