#Okumura Yukio

[niashko]

[rinseveryday]

Who knew satan's bastards would be two cuties?

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From Kazue Kato's Twitter

[itsgwem]

[midnight-in-town]

Ao no Exorcist is a Shonen series written by a woman and it shows

Since the latest chapter, I've been thinking about how several usual Shonen tropes are written rather differently under Kato-sensei's pen. No judgement or anything, it's just cool to observe. Some examples :

1) Rin's mentor is a woman

2) Rin's secret, despite being the MC, was revealed in ch13 to the entire cast, meanwhile Shiemi, The Main Girl, who was introduced to be so helpless is only starting to be explained.

3) Also, the Mysterious plot-relevant Shonen Parent is actually the twins' mother. (Of course Shiro is super plot-relevant too, but Satan is still angsting over Yuri and she's a huge part of the reason why he's the big bad)

4) Rin also changed his view about his future throughout the story: from dropping out of school, passing by hoping to become the Order's Paladin (probably to cope with Shiro's death and also to antagonize Arthur), to finally showing way more interest and potential in the (less epic and heroic in appearance) field of talismanic cooking.

5) When it comes to arcs, mental illness is a valid reason to build a character arc around...

6) And so is making an arc about girls being "cursed" to basically "get married and have children before they hit 30, the age where their beauty fade thus they become useless" :

7) ANE is a story about women becoming traitors to protect their loved ones, like Mamushi

or becoming overwhelmed because men toyed with their feelings like Tamamo

8) Older women can be absolute badasses like Shiemi's grandma

or Lucy.

9) Complicated mother-daughter relationship and girl friendships are given as much focus as complicated father-son relationships and sweet bro friendships (like Bon and his dad during the Kyoto arc, as well as the complicated but deep bond between the Kyoto Trio)

10) And one of my favorites: full time single dad, asking for help to do the job as well as he can and finding his true purpose in life by doing so :D

Hmm and now that I think about it, the only other Shonen series written by a woman I've been as invested in is Kuroshitsuji, by Yana Toboso, and similar examples can be found in it too, namely:

1) If Ciel ever finally admits needing a mentor, his aunt Frances will probably play that role

2) Girls can be super strong & skilled (Elizabeth, Mey Rin) and clever (Sieglinde)

3) (one part of) the Big Bad is a woman (Queen Victoria)

4) maybe Ciel's entire revenge stems from a conflict between Queen Victoria and Ciel's maternal grandmother, Claudia.

5) the Undertaker has been a continuously freaking pain in the ass because he probably fell in love with that same maternal grandmother and couldn't mourn properly

TL;DR we love our boys and their spectacular growth and development under women's pens a.k.a shonen series written by ladies are hella fun to read. :D

[iikisa]

super duper!!!! lazy comic skit whateva about rin and teeny yukio sighting

this could be applied to canon… or!!! the AU i’ve been working on!

Quick Rant!!!!: I used to loathe Yukio so much but as i read the manga and other peoples opinions I started to tolerate him more and more. Like pointing a gun at your brother is wrong for sure, and he definitely had some unresolved issues with Rin, but Yukio got his (much liked) redemption arc, which was so plausible and understandable and yeah… hehe. What do you all think? I know there’s some Yukio-defenders out there!?

[sachi]

☆ Ame-chan // NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE ☆ Resin kit / The Poppy Puppet ☆ Wonder Festival 2024 [Winter] ¥15,000 ☆ Sculpt Okumura Yukio Photo Analographics

[dynama-chan]

Nendoroid Okumura Rin and Yukio finally revealed by GSC!

[aleksei-arts]

thinking about how yukio never got a childhood that he deserved bc he was raised as a child soldier to protect rin. he's been so fixated on rin's potential as a nephilim and him being the "human" twin (which isnt how it works btw, he's still a son of satan regardless of the amount of power he inherited) that the whole eye thing really just broke him i fear

[castielsharp]

morose 5 o'clock shadow yukio my beloved

[crunchkind]

[niashko]

[icantthink-ofagoodname]

[armless-sock]

I cannot truly describe my love for yukio okumura yall could never make me hate him

[dreaminginacandycloud]

Love the sibling relationship between Shura and the Okumura brothers. The way she enjoys teasing them, and the hug after both Rin and Yukio saved Shura from her curse.

My heart feels so warm 🥹

[fallinblossoms]

Rin, Shiemi & Yukio

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