Blue exorcist

In March, I came across this image on Google+. The words speak my desire, and that's not the only way that it got me thinking about you. We watched the first episode of Blue Exorcist together once. I wasn't fond of it back then, because I was big on the concept of multiple devils and Blue Exorcist insists on there only being Satan. I could be pretty rigid with lore back then. Thus, I didn't care to pick the anime up again.

Seeing this image, I just had to share it. I asked for opinions on whether to start watching again, and the overall response was yes. I put it on my to-watch list. My very long to-watch list, mind you. It wasn't until just a day ago that I started watching Blue Exorcist. Over a dozen episodes in, I've ended up enjoying it immensely.

I remember that my mom was driving us somewhere later that day when somehow I ended up mentioning that we watched the anime. I explained the basis of the show to her: a kid who has been raised by a priest in a church discovers that he is actually the son of Satan, and he decides to use his newly found power to become an exorcist. The fact that the protagonist is the son of Satan triggered her concern. I defended the series by saying, "The moral is that, no matter what you're born into, even if you're the son of a devil, you can still receive God's love." Well, that's one way of seeing it, after all, and it got that awkward moment out of the way. Mainly I wanted to prevent my own mother from associating anime with satanism. I think I got it right.

How about a deeper refresher? Rin and Yukio Okumura are 15-year-old twin brothers who've been raised as a wards of the church by father-figure and priest Shiro Fujimoto. Yukio is a model teen who's gotten a full ride to True Cross Academy, and at the series' start is packing his stuff to head off. Rin, on the other hand, is a delinquent who doesn't want to continue school, can't hang a job, and is easily brought to wrath. That's how they're seen through the lenses of a normal life, at least. This normal life ends when Rin's supernatural powers begin to stir and he begins to see demons in the world around him. Father Fujimoto is compelled to reveal to Rin that he is the son of Satan, and curtain of normalcy starts its rise to reveal a whole other world of truths and dangers. Or perhaps it's Satan's blue flames that are consuming that curtain.

If you didn't keep watching this series without me, you should spend some of your spare time watching Blue Exorcist! I remember you really liked that first episode, so why not pick it up again like I did? Have fun! ^.^