#Mephisto pheles

[lordpheles]

That one scene in the new blue exorcist anime episode. The bandage covered Mephisto's entire face. A brief moment of humour in a very heavy episode.

[heart-shaped-noose]

Can I just say that I love how this scene was handled? The dramatic shots really landed here, they didn’t feel out of proportion or underwhelming. Plus it’s cool to witness this animated since Mephisto always has the upper hand against those in True Cross. Lucifer has been introduced for a while and it’s been established that he’s leagues ahead in terms of power. Yet he still hasn’t done much to exercise that power against Mephisto. So it’s kind of refreshing to see Mepphy get his butt handed to him by Satan. Don’t get me wrong, I love Mepphy and he’s by far my favorite. But he’s such a powerful demon and to see him be worried about humans, seeing why he’s so worried when he has to deal with Satan and Lucifer… it shows a more serious side to him we don’t get to see often.

Also of course he dabs. Here’s hoping he t-poses to assert dominance next.

[moelang-d]

I'm Leaving This Here Without Comment 😭💅🏻

[blue-boxxx]

[room25-morgue-street]

I’ve been… brainrotting 👍🏽

[flower-of-assiah]

★ { Ao no Exorcist / 青の祓魔師 }  ★

➨ AOEX EXHIBITION: main visual.

[rinseveryday]

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From Kazue Kato's Twitter

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Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen - Mephisto Pheles

[nico-everywhere]

Chibi art for the 15th anniversary of the serialisation exhibition!

[masamunearts]

Genuinely love the new dynamic duo we have of Mephisto + Rin. It's giving sibling. It really is.

We go from shithead older sib to embarrassed little sib:

To wet cat older sib to fed up younger sib:

Honestly living for it. Practically grabbing him by the scruff of the neck? Immaculate.

[lordpheles]

From Kato's twitter

Of course, he splurges on the boys for their birthday...at a membership bulk store. I need to see this animated, I think.

Mephisto: "You can have whatever you want, as long as it's ramen cups."

[heart-shaped-noose]

One of the most interesting things to me about Mephisto is how he dresses. Not because it’s silly or whatever, it’s due to how calculating it can seem to be. For instance look at how he dresses around humans. Dressing so eccentrically and flamboyantly is a way to differentiate himself from humans in both status and being. He’s rich enough to get away dressing however he wants (he seems to be a mysterious eccentric billionaire businessman semi-celebrity of sorts) while still differentiating himself as an otherworldly being to those who are aware of who he truly is. Essentially, the way he dresses is palatable enough to humans while still inherently differentiating himself from them all.

And this is interesting given how he dresses around his family. Because I double checked and I didn't see him dressing like a literal jester during the times he took Rin to the past. The most eccentric he dressed back then was in his Retro style and that still had a level of sophistication to it with its tailoring and fit. So he seems to prefer to wear weird clothes around humans while wearing normal clothes around his family?

Case in point being this outfit. I've always felt like this is one of his best looks maybe even on an objective level. It's definitely an outfit that this time period (probably Edwardian-ish if we take his word on this meeting being 100 years before current events) would have seen as the pinnacle of sophistication. Something that only the finest of gentlemen would wear. It's a great contrast to the outfits he wears in modern times since they don't fit conventional fashion standards of today. Like you don't see people running around willy-nilly while dressed up in a pastel goth Pennywise cosplay, and if you did, you'd see that they wouldn't be very respected or taken seriously by most. However, that suit is wonderfully tailored, very stylish, gives off an air of class and elegance, and he knows how to use the best accessories to bring out a regal vibe. It still looks good even by today's standards. But, the thing is, he wore it to the Baal family dinner party where he spoke to Lucifer about cloning.

He wears a similar outfit during this flashback, but there’s no Mephisto Pink TM handkerchief in his breast pocket. It’s probably not the same outfit given that this most likely took place during the regency era, Iblis’ dress is a giveaway there, but regardless it gives some more context to how he dresses around his family.

In Chapter 1 he admits to Rin that he's aware of how frivolous he comes off in his clown suit. Which is interesting because I didn't see him wearing that outfit or anything equally ridiculous around Lucifer. He had to have seen Lucifer often, probably even daily, since he was in charge of the Asylum and Section 13.

Mephisto also wore this snazzy cape and suit when properly meeting Satan for the first time, right before attempting to make negotiations. He knew he had multiple reasons to make a good first impression, and he knew how to class up his outfit while keeping his sense of style.

And that’s the thing with Mephisto. I'm sure all this costuming is a way for him to stand out and differentiate himself from others, as well as to distance himself from everyone in general. There's definitely advantages in knowing how to dress to make the impact you want. He definitely knows how to do so while sometimes striking a balance between sophistication and silliness, like with his retro mephisto outfit and the one he wore when meeting Satan. However, being so malleable in this way can lead to an uneven sense of self-identity. This makes it interesting to see him dressing more human and respectable around his family, while dressing incredibly eccentric and silly around humans in a way that's still palatable to them. All that roleplaying isn't just distancing himself from everyone, but maybe also himself in a sense.

While everyone is nuanced and can have different styles and aesthetics, it somewhat leaves me wondering which style is more inherent to his being. The sometimes regal, sophisticated and elegant outfits he wears when around his family, or the fancy and over the top whimsical clown suit he wears around humans today. While it could be a way for him to strike a balance between being a demon and imitating a human, generally speaking I'm inclined to think the latter is more him. I do believe he's an inherently silly guy who genuinely adores everything cute, the color pink, and tsundere anime girls. That said, I still think that darker style suits him well even if it may not be his preference. His natural form in Gehenna is dark and foreboding, after all. The way that the two of these contrasting styles always look so natural on him is one of the things that makes him so fun. It keeps others guessing about him.

[moelang-d]

At the very least Mephisto is having fun while protecting the world 😭

[blue-boxxx]

Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga (終夜篇 «Yosuga-hen»)

Will be released on Saturday, January 04.

[notninani]

nonsense and things...

no bg izumo bc why not?