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About the Two fathers theory, and why it keeps nagging me
OK, so I caught up recently with the manga, itâs why I havenât really been able to look this theory up much.
I didnât think of the possibility of the twins having a different parentage while reading. Itâs only when I saw this one crack theory post about Mephisto, of all people, being their potential dad by shape-shifting or something, that I looked at the timeline a little more (and I havenât saved that post, so I canât find it, sadly).
Anyway, the way chapter 108 presents the events is disjointed, and somewhat confusing with few time indications, but this may be why some kind of twist could be very well hidden here (along with 106 and 107).
Disclaimer: In spite of presenting the elements here, Iâm neutral at best about the possibility that the twinsâ parentage isnât as it appear. I donât see it as very possible, and I donât know if it would matter much to the story if itâs even remotely true (perhaps for Yukioâs development, idk). Nevertheless, Iâm putting my thought-process here.
Something that one crack theory âMephisto is the dadâ post pointed out was the timing of the pregnancy, and how it doesnât actually appear to line up with the timeline weâve been given. As for why that is, letâs examine the events in detail:
(Wall of text incoming, TLDR at the end)
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We know Satan came back to Section 13 two years after vanishing in the sewer. He came in with his demon army and took the kids and workers in Section 13 hostage. Lucifer and his three Baal followers acknowledged their âfatherâs leadership and offered their assistance. Satan was fine with having the Section 13âs researchers keep making the Elixir, as long as they gave it to him. This also suited the Section 13âs team, because Satan was a precious test subject.
However, True Crossâs Eastern branchâs Asylum being invaded like that forced its leaders to admit the existence of Satan to the other branches, and theses branches sent out exorcists in reinforcement to deal with this new threat. True Cross East still kept the existence of Section 13 a secret. Mephisto also failed to negotiate the release of the Section 13âs children in exchange for supplies (given he was aware that Satan wanted to let Section 13 continue their research, this was likely part of his 'statementâ to the other branches). We donât know how long this whole thing took, but it likely was only a few hours, since itâs a hostage situation, and exorcists can use keys to travel to True Cross East fast.
The Paladin Abel Franken announces the plan to the outsider exorcists: Satanâs vessel is decaying, he likely only has about a month to live. They will fight and try to take on the fortress during this time.
And so, for a month, they fight. Satan never shows up, but the three Baal do. Many exorcists die (final count is 114 by the time this is over). They are at a disadvantage, because they cannot find where Satanâs HQ is (since itâs in Section 13, and True Cross East is still hiding its existence, and all the nasty clone experiment biz going on in there). By the time the month ends, the exorcists are ready to cave in to Satanâs demand, and send supplies to keep the hostages alive.
Itâs when Yuri decides to act. Sheâs been kept on the site as a consultant after Satan first demanded her presence. While asking her higher up permission to go herself and negotiate with Satan, she learns that Section 13âs leaders are happy with the situation, and have been secretly resupplying the secret lab themselves. Theyâre just waiting for Satan to finish decaying while using him as a subject. It also means that the outsiders exorcists are basically dying for no good reasons.
Hearing this, Yuri goes behind her superiorâs back, and get into Section 13 with the key she had secretly kept from the time she worked inside. Satan guides her to him, and Yuri pleads for Satan to release everyone in Section 13 in exchange for her staying by his side until the end. Satan eventually accepts the term.
We donât know how long Yuri and Satan stay in Section 13. The outsider exorcists were meant to send out supplies to keep the hostage alive for the next month, but we donât see that happen. This coupled with Satanâs decay being an issue means the two likely did not stay in Section 13 that long. Perhaps a day or two, at most.
During this time, Satan announces his departure to Eminescu and the people in Section 13, who are displeased by this development. Yuri reconnects with her friend Jenny, and learns that Jenny plans to use the opportunity that the outsider exorcists are here to reveal Section 13âs horrible deeds.
Yuri also discusses her plan to run away with Satan for him to finish his days with her. But the women are overheard. Jenny is killed, Satan and Yuri are captured right as they leave True Cross East, and Yuri shows signs of being sick.
After Satan and Yuri are recaptured, the outsider exorcists are being fed a BS story about Satanâs vessel being found decaying somewhere once the demons left the fortress (the demons left because of Yuriâs negotiation, which is kept secret). The outsider exorcists begin to question if Satan was even here, or if True Cross East is hiding something.
In order to cover-up Section 13âs existence and its involvement with Satan, Mephisto tells them that Satan was invited by Yuri after he bewitched her. He also announces to them that Yuri is pregnant by four to five weeks, and has a Cradle Barrier around her, preventing her child from being killed.
This here is the first issue with the pregnancy. It is possible Iâm wrong, but from what info we were given, by the time Satan was recaptured by Section 13, only roughly a month should have gone by from the moment Satan took over True Cross East. In other words: roughly four to five weeks.
If this is so, Yuri Egin became pregnant from about the time Satan resurfaced, and a month before she found Satan and they got together to do the deed.
And itâs not a discrepancy the outsider exorcists would be able to pick on, as Mephisto told them Yuri was the one responsible for inviting Satan to True Cross Eastâs Asylum a month back. From what they know, she could have gotten pregnant during that time.
As for Shiro, we donât see him at that meeting, but we do see him discuss Satanâs child with both Yuri and Mephisto, so heâs aware that Yuri is pregnant⌠however, the paneling of Mephisto and Shiroâs discussion has a strange layout. Specifically this part which happens in the middle of a flashback he has while stealing Kurikara:
Now, why the reaction here? Why not before? By this point, as readers, weâve already seen the decision Shiro took right after knowing about the pregnancy, so whatâs the point of putting such a reaction here? Maybe thereâs no significance to it, but even Mephistoâs wording, âYuri was pregnantâ, is a bit unsettling. Perhaps the Japanese version shows something else, though, so this is just speculation.
But that timeline strangeness itself is no proof that Satan isnât the father, or that two fathers are involved. For one, Yuri does have a Cradle Barrier around her, which only manifests to protect a demon child. Furthermore, Mephisto could have lied to the outsider exorcists about how far in the pregnancy she was. I know this would be harder to pull, because Yuri is under examination, but the Section 13 personnel may be the ones doing the job. And there is one other thing which could point to Mephisto not giving the right estimation for the pregnancy.
âŚBut that reason is also something which points to the Two Father Theory being a possibility.
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The thing about Yuri, is that she was late in delivering her babies. She was four weeks past her due date. Roughly about a month.
There is a monthâs discrepancy with the info we were given about when Yuri became pregnant, and Yuri was a month late in delivering.
This hardly seems like a coincidence to me.
Which brings me to two possible conclusions if we go with the idea that Yuriâs pregnancy should last about the same time a normal pregnancy does. The first is that Mephisto simply lied to the other exorcists about the time of the pregnancy to cover up Section 13âs involvement with Satan, making Yuri the only culprit for the month the exorcists spent fighting the three Baal and Satanâs legion.
The second possibility is in favor of the Two Father Theory: Yuri was pregnant a month before meeting with Satan, and somehow, thanks to demon-power shenanigan, got pregnant again with another child. The reason she was past her due date by a month was so that the other childâs development would catch up with the first.
In this situation, given what weâve seen so far, the second child is most likely to be Rin, since the Cradle Barrier vanished once he came out. The Cradle Barrier disappearing is also another hint on Yukio being possibly full human by ancestry as well (although the concept of a trade off in the womb would have been interesting).
Like I said, this possibility shouldnât particularly affect the story, although if itâs correct, then, the fact that very few people in high place ever refers to Yukio as a âson of Satanâ is notable. For one, none of the Baal, or Satan himself have referred to Yukio as either a âbrotherâ or a âsonâ (Satan himself only referred to Rin as a âsonâ, he calls Mephisto by his original name, for example). Granted, itâs as likely that demons just do not recognize Yukio as a family member due to his lack of demon powers, but this is still something to consider.
That aside, it raises the question: who is Yukioâs father if not Satan? The likeliest candidate is still Shiro, for lack of anyone else. Itâs where the Two Father Theory falters in my opinion, because, while there certainly are romantic tensions in between Yuri and Shiro, and there is no doubt that Yuri viewed Shiro romantically, we havenât seen their relationship progress to a point where they would have casual unprotected sex with each other.
Arguably, thatâs also where the timeline of the event can be referred to, because the last scene we have of Shiro and Yuri together before Satan returns is when Shiro picks up Shura, and Yuri ultimately refuses to take Shura in, because sheâs still waiting for âRinkaâ to come back once his body fails. This whole encounter happened six months after Satan bust out of Section 13. In other word, it happened a year and a half before Satan returned (further confirmed by Shura when she speaks of the sole time she met with Yuri, two years before the twinsâ birth).
It does mean that, as readers, weâre missing a year and half of potential interactions in between Shiro and Yuri, a year and half when Yuri could have changed her mind about waiting for Rinka and open up to other potential futures. What still makes this a huge maybe to me is that Shura only met Yuri once, so if Shiro ever spent time with Yuri, he did it on his own, without Shuraâs involvement.
Well, thatâs about it for the wall of text.
TLDR: According to Mephisto, Yuri was pregnant four to five weeks in when she was captured with Satan, and this makes it more likely that she was pregnant before sneaking into Section 13 and spending a few days with Satan in there. But since she gave birth a month late from her due date, Mephisto either lied about how far ahead she was, or Yuri could have gotten pregnant a month later for a second time with Satan somehow, making Rin and Yukio fraternal twins with different fathers.
(Not going into the weird âfraternal twins with signs of parasitic growthâ affair, because Iâm not knowledgeable enough to comment.)
But, if Yuri was pregnant before she came in, she likely realized the truth about her child when they announced the news to her. And she would know who the father involved was.
Not like it would help if the child has already been labeled as the spawn of Satan thanks to the Cradle Barrier, though.
#ao no exorcist#blue exorcist#yuri egin#shiro fujimoto#aoex#aoex manga#mephisto pheles#two father theory#aoexmeta#crack theory#I can't even say I believe Shiro's the dad if there are two dads#because he and Yuri's interactions don't let out that kind of vibe#but at the same time there are missing time so...#I don't ship either Shiro or Satan with Yuri BTW#Shiro isn't mature enough for my taste yet#and Satan is as stunted emotionally as any high level demons we've seen with obsessive behaviors#I'm just interested by the mystery aspect if there is#maybe this is nothing#or maybe these time references are important#mine
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