#kirigakure shura

[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

[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 🥹

[brightersoul2]

Ao no Exorcist Shimane Illuminati-hen Episode 5

[animangabwedit]

Ao no Exorcist by Katou Kazue

[highway-road23]

I HAVE A LOTTTT TO SAY ABOUT AOI NO EXORCIST NEW ANIME EPISODE LIKE WHAOOOOO I MAY CRYHSHJSJA

First of all let's start with my precious man, best father of the world, FUJIMOTO! and his sweet lil daughter Shura🥹🫶

SHURA WAS THE CUTEST WHEN SHE WAS A BABYHWHWJJQ

Ahem, well you need to know the story first and then judge or it may sounds creepy to you at first😂😂😂😂

But oh yeah I got a half naked Fujimoto I AM SATISFIED 🔥

Momma Shura brought tears to my eyes I loveeeee her so so much omg😭😭❤️❤️❤️

I kind of felt bad for Hashira, I think he actually loved that first woman he saw and he never could move on with her, he just wanted an immortal company just like himself so he wouldn't be alone anymore

And let me end this thread with some pictures of my beloveds AND JUST LOOK AT RIN'S SWEET AND HAPPY SMILES OMG I LOVE HIM ENDLESSLY I CAN PICK UP A FIGHT WITH ANYONE OR ANYTHING THAT MAY WANT TO REMOVE THAT SIMEHEJWJQ

[luvluvexorcist]

Shura: Hey, Osceola, have you thought about having children?

Osceola: ...

Osceola: Does looking over you and the others not seem like I already do? Because I promise you, it sure feels like it.

Shura: But we're not childr-

Osceola, already distracted: LIGHTNING PUT THE BLUE FIRE DOWN!

[sugusoko]

180 vs 169 cm height difference is too cute...

[castielsharp]

*scruffs your catboy*

[jays-therapist]

Literally all I contribute to this fandom are shitty memes. Anyway here are some more

[iambadwithnamingthings]

Only time I drew her, but I like the short haired version :D

[midnight-in-town]

Finally ! Some good Shura content !! <3

For the past few months, I've been complaining to some friends in private about being disappointed to see Shura rather casted to the side of the narrative, when the twins are still not able to communicate properly with each other (last month's chapter had more than one example). :/

In general, I'm a big fan of Shura's character, because she's one of the very few female mentors existing in Shonen series (protagonists, especially boys, are trained by older men in almost every Shonen series) and that was refreshing when I started the series something like 12 years ago. Shura gained even more depth with the Aomori arc explaining her past and rather unique circumstances and I loved her character development.

So I'm really happy to see her getting a bit more focus again, against the current foes.

If we first focus on the twins for this chapter, it really was interesting to see how they fell back into their old habit of respectively privileging people (Rin) and the mission (Yukio). It's yet another thing that might intensify the miscommunication that still exists between them, especially since both are really close to Shura.

For the record though, I don't blame Yukio at all for not stopping to help : the plan to defeat Satan & Illuminati is insane and that's why they have Team A opening the path for them.

Besides, Yukio has known Shura longer than Rin and he knows better than anyone what she's capable of. So rather than giving up on her, he's trusting her to survive (and I hope Rin will figure that out too). It's like in ch133, when he agreed to let her take the lead.

Lastly about her opponent, I'm 100% excited to finally read about Shura fighting against an opponent who is probably supposed to incarnate, like, every criticism she ever faced.

Like I said above, Shura is one of the few female mentors existing in Shonen series. However, unfortunately, she's also the typical "sexy older lady" that is way overrepresented in Shonen series. But now?

Hell, now, she's about to face this guy, the King of Lust, and I'm hoping that, through this fight, Kato-sensei might once more highlight that women in Shonen are more than boobs here to please the readers' eye.

Sure, they can be sexy, but they can also be mentors, fighters and most importantly they can also fight and defeat guys (because I'm super tired of the whole "girls will only fight girl opponents, teehee ❤" in Shonen series; I said what I said).

Can't wait for that fight, because I think Shura will prove to readers of Shonen series that you can be a badass girl and hand even the King of Lust his own ass. So go for it, Shura ! Show 'em what it's like to be Fujimoto Shiro's student and Rin's mentor !!

[fuckthispost-andhappybirthday]

August 08: Happy Birthday Shura Kirigakure (Blue Exorcist)!!!!

[rinseveryday]

"Hey, have you seen my brother?" - Yukio's last words, probably

Twitter raffle prize for @/_Nat86 of a redraw of that one frat house photo but with the exwires.

[highway-road23]

If they would remove this scene I would actually feel sad and angry but this was great to have it as a part of the anime too😂😂😂👌

Why do they insist on making hot and handsome villains every single time omg😭🔥

[luvluvexorcist]

Shura: What did you do with Shiro’s body?

Mephisto: What didn’t I do with the body?

Shura:

Mephisto: Okay, that sounded more sexual than I intended. I disposed of the corpse respectfully.

[henryboxxx]

Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga is set to begin broadcasting on October 5th, 2024.