Ao no Exorcist: Yosuga-hen

Unlike his twin brother, Yukio, Rin Okumura never wished to know about their parents and the circumstances surrounding his own birth. Yet the master of time, Mephisto Pheles, gives Rin a key that transports him 40 years into the past when his late mother, Yuri Frederick Egin, was merely a child. With Mephisto's guidance, Rin leaps through the years of Yuri's childhood and her adolescence as an exorcist-in-training.

Early on, Yuri meets Shirou Fujimoto, Rin and Yukio's adoptive father. As Rin follows Yuri and Shirou's lives, he witnesses firsthand the initial appearances of Satan, his true father, and the horrors unfolding at the True Cross Order's special Section 13. Yuri's unique connection to Satan eventually leads Rin to the truth behind the most horrific event in exorcist history and the day he and Yukio were born—the Blue Night.

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Okumura, Rin Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Okumura, Yukio Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Pheles, Mephisto ing

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Amaimon ing

Kakihara, Tetsuya Japanese

Kirigakure, Shura ing

Satou, Rina Japanese

Fujimoto, Shirou ing

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Moriyama, Shiemi ing

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Shima, Renzou ing

Yusa, Kouji Japanese

Suguro, Ryuuji ing

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Kamiki, Izumo ing

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Mita, Keiji Producer

Aoki, Makoto Producer

Yoshida, Daisuke Director

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro Sound Director

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Mar 22, 2025

5iv3_

Recommended

I can't believe i'm saying this, but this is my favorite season (and it's not even focused on Rin & Yukio XD). I did really enjoy the Beyond the Snow Saga but due to some actions and decisions made in that season by some characters (*ahem* Yukio), it sits below this one. Overall, I felt this season felt very full circle and just brought to light a bunch of questions both the cast and us as the audience were wondering as well.

Some Overall Points:
1. The Animation/Art-style: I'm probably in a minority but this Art Style really grew on me over time and honestly ... like it better than S1's animation by quite a bit. Everyone complains over the change of studio but I like it this way. Animation wise, It's good. Not bad, but not great. It's enjoyable and have no qualms.

2. Story: Now I hadn't gotten to this arc in the manga yet so this was fresh story for me, but I was awaiting this Arc once I knew we were getting it. It didn't disappoint at all, and found this to be probably the best arc so far of the anime. Very in-depth on the past and a bunch of character growth for Rin. Just so good.

3. Characters: I'm so glad this was a flashback arc because after the events of Beyond the Snow I didn't want to see Yukio's face AT ALL. So this arc was nice. We get to finally know about Yuri and Shiro's relationship and how all the events fall into place. Ahhhhhh, I love Yuri <3

Overall, This season was really really great and If we could somehow get a Season 6, I'd be so elated :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 29, 2025

vislife

Mixed Feelings

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Is it better than the previous season? Yes. Does that make it good? ... No.

The frustrating part about Ao no Exorcist and especially this season is that the story seems amazing. It is wildly intriguing to watch the story of the Blue Night, of how Satan fell in love with a normal girl, of the part that Rin and Yukio's dad played in all of it. All of the characters in this season are really interesting - in fact, more interesting than their children, in my opinion.
Unfortunately, this adaptation just doesn't do it justice. Though the animation seems to have improved slightly after the last ... few seasons made by Studio VOLN, it's still far from being up to today's standard. The art style is also still... A choice. I still missed the season 1 art every time I started an episode of this season. The editing has a slightly weird pace which doesn't exactly help when your animation & art does absolutely nothing to fill up the unnatural slowness of dialogue. The overall direction just wasn't good, though I'm sure that also has to do with budgeting.
Man, was it frustrating to watch such an interesting story be butchered by the execution of its presentation. This series deserves better.

In conclusion, never have I wanted to read a manga more after watching an anime. But not for the right reasons, I fear.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Mar 13, 2025

Almus

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (4/12 eps)

4 ep in and not as good as the other seasons. It feels like this whole part of the series has only been slice-of-life flashbacks.

Yeah, getting flashbacks for plot background is important. But it doesn't feel like there has been any forward momentum. It's just been going over what we already knew about in greater detail. There hasn't been a lot of action, and there hasn't been any answers to questions left over from the last part of the series. Getting to the past is nice, but this has hardly been better than filler.

I am not a manga reader so I don't already ... know what's going to happen before the jew episodes come out. So when I rate this as not recommended, it's because I feel like after 4 epsidoes, this part of the season hasn't even started yet. It's not just slow... I think all of these could have been done without. Or could have been wrapped in one episodes so that we can get on with the story. It's been nothing more than review anyways, and these hasn't been any heartthrobbing drama to make these dull past stories worth watching.

*Edit* Two more episodes in, and it didn't get any better by episode 6. I really liked this series up until now but in my opinion the story has become so underwhelmingly boring that I have decided to add this to my dropped list. I would definitely recommend all the seasons before this for anybody to watch, and to anyone else who is enjoying this season, more power to ya. But this is one series that I won't be continuing with.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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