Ao No Exorcist

[Bluejolteon]

Ao No Exorcist is a story about a world in which Demons live in one dimention called Gehenna and Humans in Assiah. They are meant to be seperate but Demons have humans in their dimentions. Exorcists are people who have the powers to fight these Demons. The main charicter is Rin Okumura who is Satans illigitamte son and lost his foster father, who sacrificed himself to save him from demons. So Rin, to avenge his foster father becomes an exorcist.

The first episode seems quite good, Rins a boy who is quite careless and violent(hes satans son after all) cant hold a job. This anime seems like it could be quite good, provided you can stomich the religious stuff. I think it could go places if they play it right.

[Talon87]

Forgot to check this one out this weekend. If I remember, I'll try tonight. IIRC it's streaming on AnimeNewsNetwork.

Problem I have with this story's premise is, "What does it mean to defeat Satan?" If it means utterly destroying him, then I have a hard time swallowing that Satan's son conceived with a mortal human woman could pull this off. And I have an even harder time swallowing what the ramifications would be for the world after the protagonist defeated his father. What would become of a world in which there were demons but no Satan? What would become of a world in which, period, there was no Satan? If Satan is just being invoked because he's a Big Bad, then the author should have crafted a different Big Bad instead for the protagonist to defeat. But if he's being invoked because the author wants to take us down the journey of defeating the msot evil entity in all Creation, then I have to ask: what on Earth does the author imagine would come next?

But if you get past that, then this could be an interesting story. It's certainly worth at least a peep.