#rin and shiro

[ljf613]

Yuk-kio, g-get away from h-him," Shiro managed to choke out. "Th-that's not-"

"Oh, please, you stupid priest," said the thing in his other son's body. "If I was going to hurt you-- either of you-- I could have done it years ago."

Years. Shiro felt something inside of himself die at that. So this wasn't just some recent thing, some moment of weakness. This had been going on for years.

Not again. How could I have missed it again?

"H-how long?" Shiro said, reaching out and letting Yukio help shift him to a sitting position. How long had he been failing his son the same way he'd failed Yuri?

"You mean you haven't guessed?" A dry, humorless laugh came from the figure in front of him, back turned.

A very long time, Shiro realized. He shouldn't have been surprised. He'd known humans who'd been possessed for years without anyone around them noticing. Particularly if the host had been willing-

Which felt like a betrayal to even consider, but the fact that he'd never noticed any serious changes in Rin's personality meant that either that monster had been able to mimic the boy's personality perfectly.... or it trusted its host enough to let him retain control. (He would never be able to understand Yuri's choices, but he'd never doubted that they'd been hers.)

And Shiro had never been able to lie to himself about what his son was. Rin would make a deal with the devil itself if meant being strong enough to protect his brother.... which was apparently exactly what he'd done. But-

"Give b-back my son," Shiro said with as much strength as he could muster. Whatever had happened, whatever decisions Rin might have made, he was still Shiro's beloved child. And no father worthy of that name would give his child up without a fight. (The older he got, the less he could understand Ernst. What kind of father did something like that?)

"Your son?" The demon wearing Rin's skin said incredulously, turning his head to look back at him. (Without his glasses, Shiro couldn't tell just what expression the monster was making. He wasn't sure he wanted to.) "He was never yours."

The words should have sounded angry. Instead they sounded sad, almost pitying. Shiro could feel himself getting angrier. He didn't want this monster's pity.

- Excerpt from "To Know How It Ends (And Still Begin)" (Based on Father Material by Animegirl257)

[room25-morgue-street]

doodle dump, some old, some new

[grinu]

The Mockery of Satan 

[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

[henryboxxx]

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

[d4rk-x-w0lf-17]

thinking about how shiro technically raised rin and yukio as christians is so funny when you consider who their birth father is

[frobby]

rin okumura, age 11: I'm different from other kids....is something wrong with me?

Shiro, sweating: it's the autism

[ging-pegger]

shiro fujimoto redraw :3 this is my first time drawing him / anything blue exorcist related; im pretty stoked about it bc hes my hubby!!

[blueexorshit]

I saw a spiderverse meme with this and “bi”, so I decided to make a version for Aoex

[mellorine-dreams]

Mephisto with babies is so goddamn funny. I can’t tell if he’s making those horrible faces because of his excitement from the extreme cuteness, or if it’s to try and scare them. Who am I kidding, it’s probably a mix of both. Also “Dress them in embarrassing matching outfits!”, I feel like he took pics of them. Because yeah he loves anything cute and looking at cute pics, but he would totally use old baby photos of the twins in cute outfits to blackmail them, I just know it. Killing two birds with one stone like the mastermind tactician he is

[crunchkind]

Yall think he’s a good baby sitter

His fav half brothers guys

[swissroll87]

I'M SORRY, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP SILENT ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL FAMILY. I want to cry at the very mention

[room25-morgue-street]

More Shirodad stuff no one asked for 🐿️

[grinu]

more gifs from the jump festa manga lookback!

[soultheories]

[card-queen]

A Blue Exorcist double bill!