青の祓魔師 10 [Ao no Exorcist 10]

青の祓魔師 [Ao no Exorcist] #10

by Kazue Kato, 加藤和恵

悪魔が見えるはずのない燐の同級生が、教室を徘徊する悪魔に悲鳴を上げる。更に不浄王の一族である不浄姫が復活するなど、不穏な気配が世界に満ち始め…！？　そんな中、燐はメフィストから晩餐へ招待されて！？

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Young Adult, Demons, Shonen, Graphic Novels, Supernatural

194 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 2012

About the author

Kazue Kato, 加藤和恵, is a Japanese mangaka.

See also authors with similar names.

Reviews

[Milú · Rating 4 out of 5]

En este tomo aparecen muchos personajes nuevos, y con eso tenemos otras perspectivas para conocer lo que está sucediendo en otros lugares.

¿Se acuerdan del Rey Impuro? Bueno, ahora apareció una Princesa Impura. Estoy ansiosa por conocer el desarrollo (espero que no sea tan largo como el anterior), aunque estoy segura que esta vez será más complejo, ya que alguien abrió un portal Gehenna y el caos se está haciéndose presente poco a poco.

Mientras tanto en la academia, Rin y sus compañeros tienen poco tiempo para relajarse. De lo único que se habla son de los “Siete misterios” y al ser los únicos disponibles, tendrán que ayudar a eliminarlos.

En mi opinión este tomo decayó mucho a comparación de los nueve anteriores que venían muy arriba, pero aun así me gustó mucho.

Conocemos más a Mephisto, y hablando de eso, ¿no aman a Mephisto? Yo sí 💕🍬.

Y creo que sin dudarlo puedo decir que me pareció de los tomos más graciosos que leí.

[Mahra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mophisto has some plan in his head, I feel like he's gonna do something we all did not expect him to do. Like I can feel a plot twist coming but I can pinpoint what it is.

This volume was a fun read, i like the arc of seven mysteries but it feels like a filler arc? But I don't know.

Plus I think Yukio is hiding something, like as if knows something we (readers) have yet to figure out!,

My fav character is Bon, the one with angry face and hair pushed back and dyed in blonde

[La Revistería Comics · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pese a los pronósticos negativos de la autora, el Exorcista Azul llega a los dos dígitos y lo hace en un tomo de lo más cargadito. Incluye:
Capítulo 38: Exorcista
Capítulo 39: La etiqueta de los demonios
Capítulo 40: Los siete misterios de la academia Vera Cruz
Capítulo 41: Secreto guardado
Capítulo extra: La banda de Kin tiene cero intenciones de vender.

[Amanda Setasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

The new arc is definitely interesting. The bonus chapter was a laugh. And chapter 41... Where do I start?? THE CROSSDRESSING. Yes. Good.

The art was great as well and very detailed.

[Marc D. ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 estrellas.

Un tomo bastante flojito comparado con los anteriores, pero no por eso menos entretenido.

[Saphirablue · Rating 3 out of 5]

They are back at school! As cool as the fighting and seeing them in action has been, it's great that they are now back at school.

I'm very curious about the appereance of more and more demons and what that will mean for the "common" people and our heroes.

[✿ Mika ✿ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Left with another damn cliffhanger oml things are getting good

[Elinor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Angel et Lighting = my new otp

[Dramat💗 · Rating 5 out of 5]

slay as always

[ITalktoOmuch · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5 ⭐️

[Alicia Aringdale · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit of an uneven issue. Rin finally learns the truth about who Mephisto is but his plans remain obscure. Also the discovery of a Gehenna gate and the school mysteries hints at new trouble to come. The plot felt all over the place but I am excited that it seems we are about to learn more about Kimiki.

[Cristopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy buen tomo, finaliza la saga de Kioto y el rey impuro, ahora están ocurriendo sucesos extraños en diversas partes del mundo, aparición de muchos demonios, puertas a gehenna y los Illuminati que dan entrada a una nueva saga que se ve muy interesante.

[Paula Gimenez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un tomo con muchas cosas... aunque no fue de mis favoritos, incluso se me hizo un poco lento. Me alegra que por fin sepamos algo de Takara, pero no esperaba que fuera tan de repente.
Por otro lado, me gustó el personaje de Godaiin, y espero que siga saliendo y sea amigo de Rin.
Este arco de los 7 misterios no se me está haciendo muy entretenido, más bien hasta me parece relleno...

[enTEREletras · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿Qué onda con lo mucho que me reí jajaja. No había caído en cuenta de lo mucho que extrañaba esta historia y a sus personajes 🥹🩵.

[cvtherin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Woof. This was by far the weakest volume of the series (so far).

Everything is basically filler, and while we do get a few carrots dangling in front of us (hello, illuminati), it's only mentioned at the very end or quickly passed over to focus on the wacky antics the kids are getting themselves into.

I did like some of what's happening within the world as a whole since the Impure King mess. It seems exorcisms are on the rise and more and more normies are seeing shit, but there's no real explanation (yet) as to why. Another student, Godaiin, can suddenly see the spooky-ooky shit but it's never explained how it happened. It's seems like summer break leftovers of a sunburn and acclimating back into fall session, it's just there and then quickly passed over. Rin, of course, wants to help and it's always cute how eager he is at the thought of making a new friend but then that story is just ... dropped? Are we ever gonna get back to him?

And this keeps happening throughout this volume. We see a bunch of new ideas put forth but it feels like Kato is throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks.

We find out that Mephisto is hella powerful, Amaimon is still alive, Rin needs to hide his weaknesses better, Yukio's brooding is turning into sullenness, and the kids have taken a step back and are not alright.

There's some more homework for the kids to do ala school exorcisms which include two cross-dressing stints that did not age well, and brought nothing to the plot. The first is a bride haunting the school that shows a man cross-dressing and is, of course, a pervert trying force kisses on the boys, natch.

Then later on, when the girlies have to exorcise a Moaning Myrtle, we get an ending shot of the boys dressed up as school girls for a few hyuks. But the only thing it really highlighted was the kids taking two steps back in the teamwork department which was frustrating. The boys seem to have a basic semblance of teamwork but fail spectacularly - the one (1) hilarious moment came from Shima's willingness to abandon everyone when he fucks up. It was very, "pack up my bread sticks and gtfo".

Kamiki is trying to figure out how to thank Shiemi for saving her life last volume in the way on tsudere's can, by being an irritable grump about it. And her little fox spirits are giving her lip and I was really irritated by that because I thought we were past that? Then Shiemi comes and outshines Kamiki again by getting Nee to grow an offering for the foxes which they blushingly accept just before Shiemi nearly dies. Again.

Sigh.

The one filler I did enjoy was with Kinzo, one of Shima's older brothers who's apparently part of a screamo band and that was hilarious. Never figured Kamiki for that type of music and Shima seems rather flustered by it. Guess he's more of a Lana Del Ray boy.

[MissAnnThrope · Rating 4 out of 5]

04 August 2013

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½

ERMAHGERD !

This . . .


and this . . .


All of the cross-dressing in this volume had me laughing so hard I swear it nearly gave me six-pack abs (okay, okay . . . a four-pack one-pack, but a really solid one!). Seriously, who cares about Demon Eaters, a Gehenna Gate, or even the Illuminati when you've got Rin and the entire gang dolled up looking so dang purdy?!

Mephisto Pheles is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. His duplicitous character with the otaku-loving façade that belies the true badass within just intrigues me. I adore characters of this mischievous nature, much like the Undertaker from Black Butler and Xerxes Break of Pandora Hearts. What can I say . . . I'm a sucker for silly guys who love to laugh and have a penchant for sweets.


Blue Exorcist, Vol. 10 proves that Kazue Kato is one of the most diversely talented mangaka around. One moment you're sitting dumbstruck with awe by her beautifully detailed artwork and then all of a sudden you're on the floor laughing so hard because she has cleverly sucker-punched you with wicked smart humor. She also gives so much personality to all of the characters that you feel attached to each and every single one of them. I just fall deeper in love with Rin with every volume. This kid has so much heart, he's freakin' hilarious, and he's got mad cooking skills! I love that he can't get Amaimon's name right.

The bonus stories at the end are hilarious. I particularly enjoyed Blue Wars. I ♡ Kuro. I would have made the same choice too, if it were me! SUKIYAKI!

Blue Exorcist continues to improve and impress with every volume. I hope that this series has a very long run because I don't want to imagine a future without Rin, Kuro, and the rest of the gang.

[Lara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like that in this volume we're starting to see what's going on globally, and I continue to love the characters more and more. In this one Izumo is kind of forced to realize that, as little as she likes it, Shiemi is not useless at all, and we get a glimpse into why she's being so resistant to Shiemi's attempts at becoming friends with her. There's some ridiculousness here in the girls' restroom story (haha, that bathroom looks an awful lot like Moaning Myrtle's!), but things seem to be gearing up for the serious once again as they'll have to try to find a way of dealing with the gehenna gate that's been opened up. I'm looking forward to the next volume when it comes out NEXT YEAR, arghhhhh!

[Justin Duran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible book shows the development of Ren as a character. Even when his friends see his demonic origin and abilities they still find the good in him and truly believe that he wants to be an exorcist and avenge his foster father by killing Satan. Though he dose find out the truth, Satan being his father his mother was a satanist, mephisto helping him seem normal, his foster father treating him like a normal kid, etc. He stays true to his principles and dose free his brother from Satan and dose destroy the gahena gate.

[Selena Pigoni · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just wish there was more story contained in this volume. The extras were great, but now I have to wait to read more! D:

[Mal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Illuminati confirmed ✔

[Julie Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s back to True Cross Academy and on with classes for the ex-wires! While in class one day, Rin finds a fellow classmate who can also see demons apparently. His name is Godaiin, and Rin befriends him. Unlike Rin, Godaiin is disturbed by his visions and only wants them to go away. Rin promises to ask his exorcism teachers for a solution to Godaiin’s problem.

Meanwhile, Arthur Angel and his angelic battalion have a situation on their hands, one involving the Impure Princess! I guess we haven’t seen the last of this family! A new mystery arises, involving a demon-eater, and the matter of Rin Okumura is temporarily suspended.

Rin receives a dinner invitation from Mephisto – why, he has no idea. But he hopes Mephisto can help him solve Godaiin’s problem. Mephisto puts things into perspective for Rin, then tells him he has homework but neglects to tell him what it is.

Yukio finds the Consultation center of the True Cross Academy Japan branch is busier than ever, and wonders why. Lord Pheles summons Yukio and the ex-wires to a meeting at a decisively strange hour – eleven PM! – in order to assign them a special lesson. They are to solve the seven mysteries of True Cross Academy that the whole school has been talking about. But the only way they can do this is if they cooperate with each other.

The first mystery involves a mysterious form dressed in white that wanders the academy at night. The catch is that it won’t appear before women, so the girls have to sit this one out. Speak of the devil, there she is now! Go to it, ex-wires! Er, male ex-wires.

As the boys deal with this ghost, Mephisto is summoned by Arthur Angel and his battalion to deal with a sticky situation involving a Gehenna gate!

The ex-wires receive their next mystery assignment – a toilet mayuko in the girls’ dormitory! This time, the boys have to sit this one out, leaving Kamiki and Shiemi to take care of the matter. Why is Kamiki so reluctant to admit that Shiemi is her friend? While the girls go to it, the boys have their own preparations to make.

This series just gets better and better! We thought the Impure King was a done deal, and now here comes the Impure Princess! We only scratch the surface of that, rather delving into the seven mysteries of the True Cross Academy. The first one, involving the figure in white, was hilarious, while the second one brought out more of Shiemi and Kamiki’s relationship. I think that bathroom spirit was a cross between Harry Potter’s Moaning Myrtle and Mean Girls.

I enjoyed the encounter between Rin and Amaimon, though I frankly admit to hoping to see Rin thoroughly kick that guy’s ass someday. I enjoyed seeing Mephisto’s interactions with the angelic contingent. I really do not like Arthur Angel, and I hope Mephisto will bring him down to size, over and over.

The ex-wires are developing, learning how to work together and get along. The more I read of this, the more I like it. Keep it coming!

[Lizzie RoseShine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I laugh some of the part - the part where shima is coward n abandoned his friends for chanting their prayers to get rid of the spirit woman dress in white wedding kimono, shima got caught n been kissed by that spirit😂 & the part every boys dress up as girls when they entered in girls bathroom for a reason - seven mystery in the true cross academy. Mephisto - I have no idea what his true purpose or what he's up to - sometimes he can be unexpected in times - when mephisto invited Rin in his place in his full otaku merchandise in his room. I feel like Rin become alice while mephisto become mad hatter during dinner time n changed Rin's appearance, his clothes especially mephisto gave his advice to Rin included practice being demon etiquette for the reason - I have no idea demon learned good manners too. Yukio avoid by getting checked - up when shura told him to go especially Rin is suspicious about yukio - when yukio smile, it means he's hiding something which Rin said was right but yukio kept hiding it - I feel irritated I know how he feel but if he kept hiding it n sooner the truth will be out. The toudou dude who looks so young because he ate the karaku - the phoenix to make him younger, I wondered who is he talking to 🧐 I think the king of demon or mephisto brothers that we don't know about except amaimon that he become a hamster. Next volume pls, 🤩 I think I'm getting interesting in this story goes. Mephisto revealed his real name samuel n his other personal details.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of stuff this volume about femininity, which has me glad Kazue Kato is the one doing this manga. Lots of cross-dressing and female stereotypes, with the girl characters being excluded or isolated from everything. There are some big-ish plot reveals here and maybe we just saw the next arc's villain, or we just saw the series' overarching villain, and either is an exciting prospect. I'll always appreciate a volume with forward momentum for the series, and I like that we're seeing more about the school that isn't specifically about exorcism. This is a good change of pace from previous volumes, but given how character-driven the series has been I worry that focusing on big plots and conspiracies might bring it down (especially since those stuff, like Mephisto's plan, are the weakest parts of the series thus far). But the school mysteries is a fun set-up for an arc, and I like that they're comparatively low-stakes compared to the B-plot of Mephisto. Kato is great at making sure everyone in the cast is involved even if it's for a gag.

[Kurami Rocket · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

I'm not in the headspace to leave a decent review, but the end of the volume has the first mention of the Illuminati. We also see Todo speaking with someone shrouded in shadows who seems to be the leader. From the very spoilers I have seen, I can imagine who that must be. Meanwhile, we have the Exwires exorcise two ghosts. The first one was funny with the boys, while the girls handled the second exorcism. An interesting to note was how Yukio has been avoiding his daily check ups for obvious reasons. Also, Mephinsto has revealed himself to be one of the most powerful demons who controls time. He is willing to help Rin and shows him how his tail and demon heart are his weak points that he should keep hidden. Still though, Mephisto is shady af and I don't trust or like him.

After the volume ends we als0 have some drawings and stuff from the author. Though this volume I find most of them unnecessary. Sort of distracting right after the reading the main storyline, though there is a few fun character things.

[Scott Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finished today. This volume has several interesting moments, although it mostly light hearted stuff after the heavy finale of the Impure King battle.
1. The actual Paladin goes up against the Impure Princess--who, even if she's less powerful than the king, is by implication a fairly big deal--and wastes her in one shot. So yeah, Rin's cool, but not that cool.

2. Kimiko and Izumo team up again, and this time Izumo does the saving, which finally allows her to gather up enough pride/humility/grace to thank Kimiko for having saved her life. They actually prove a pretty effective team here.

3. Rin has dinner with Mephistopheles and finally figures out Pheles is himself a powerful demon. Which only makes me wonder if Rin may be even more clueless than Kato makes him out to be.

Unfortunately the total effect was filler as we wait for the end of the volume as a whole to introduce any major new plot details.

[Emily Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've finally reached the point where I can no longer rely on the anime to know what's going on, lol. They announced a third season, so hopefully they will adapt the rest of the series well.

We finally get to know more about Mephisto, although I'm not quite sure if he's told the full truth about himself yet. It felt a little out of character for him to suddenly reveal his true identity to Rin, assuming that *is* his true identity. I'm still suspicious of him and his motive for "helping" Rin out. Or I could be totally wrong and he's not trying to ultimately betray Rin at some point...also I was kind of disappointed that we didn't see more of Amaimon, especially since he's featured on the front cover this time. I feel like there's more to his character and maybe that's why he hasn't really been shown?

[Giovanna Francesetti · Rating 2 out of 5]

En este tomo aparecen dos nuevos personajes: el paladín Arthur y Lightning. Ambos derrotan a la princesa impura y menos mal que duró un sólo capitulo porque ya veía que de aquí en adelante iban a pelear con toda la familia impura durante tomos y tomos.

Mephisto invita a Rin a comer y le confiesa que en realidad es un demonio: Samael, rey del tiempo e hijo de Santán. Mientras, otros exorcistas encontraron una puerta a Gehenna, a lo que acuden a Mephisto, pero solo puede cerrarla por un tiempo así que van a pedirle ayuda a los Iluminati.
Suena bien la idea de los Iluminati, ojalá sean un grupo muy poderoso.

Rin y sus amigos enfrentan a demonios que están merodeando por la academia y logran derrotar a dos. No sé si afectará mucho en la trama esto pero podría apostar a que no.

Un tomo más bien simplecito, con un par de cosas interesantes pero la mayoría se torna aburrido.

[Beckiezra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay for entirely new material! This seems like the start of a very long arc and I’ve only got two more volumes from the library so I’m already starting to feel sad. I liked the Shima bonus chapter, I know some spoilers from scanlations I saw sometime in the past so I’m interested in seeing how he gets there and wonder if there are supposed to be hints in this little story. The 10th anniversary bonus stuff is fun, some of the art notably better than others but all not quite like the original artist which makes me wonder how assistants work. I feel like this book has more assistants than I’ve ever seen thanked in a manga, but it may just be the way she spread them out with the little doodles rather than just a crammed list of names in a sidebar note.

[Krzysztof Grabowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wreszcie gdzie anime nie dotarło, tam manga pomoże. Wkroczenie na nieznane wody okazało się równie przyjemne, jak poprzednie dziesięć tomów. Jest to też nowe otwarcie, bowiem coś się znowu kroi w Assiah i ponownie Rin wraz z przyjaciółmi będzie musiał stawić temu czoło, ale... najpierw nauka!

A Zakon Prawdziwego Krzyża to naprawdę niesamowite miejsce i bohaterom przyjdzie poznać je w tym tomie nieco bliżej. I będzie nieco dziwne, choć i tak się dziwie że tak późno jak na japońską mangę... Ale ma to swój urok i komizm, więc jestem zachwycony. Świetna pozycja, powolutku zarysowując nam przyszłe zagrożenie.

Aż strach się bać, zwłaszcza że na świeżo przytargałem z biblioteki dziesięć kolejnych tomów...

[TrashKat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another awesome volume! This is the first volume I've read where the anime deviated from so this was all new content for me. It's really exciting to read new aspects of the story. I just love these characters so much that anything new is going to be great. Although I thought the reveal of of Mephisto being a demon was a little over-exaggerated. I mean, come Rin, how could you not realize he was a demon! But I thought the scene itself was really cool .
And the art is just as phenomenal as always. It's such a crisp and blatant type of style that I've fallen in love with.