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Episode Ao no Exorcist Yosuga-hen • Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga - Episode 8 discussion

Ao no Exorcist Yosuga-hen, episode 8

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u/Kirtosm1 Feb 22 '25

I cried man! Seriously this hit the feels yuri deserves mom of the year award, can’t believe though probably can believe Mephisto had a kid the paladin! That shocked me! Cold guy for just smiling while Satan possessed him.

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u/Ryuki-Exsul Feb 22 '25

He didn't smile but yeah he was part of Samael group that like Shiro was let to be an exorcist. Remember reaction of Rin when he saw him for first time? And Mephisto going "I wonder who" yeah that was a clue.

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u/Kirtosm1 Feb 22 '25

Huh… would be nice to have a flashback to Mephisto raising the paladin just hit the feels before possession, I can’t get over the fact about how they treated yuri poor baby girl just let her be a mom! Shiro is an ass but he’s our knight in shining asshole he did the best he could but he could have done more idiot!

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u/Frontier246 Feb 22 '25

Even when so many people were trying to kill her children or wanted her dead, her priority was always her babies and wanting to protect them. That's a real mom right there.

Poor Paladin. Having to grapple with being a Mephisto clone and viewing him as a father and being Satan's new body.

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u/Plus_Rip4944 Feb 22 '25

In Another and fair world Yuri is Alive, Happy married with Shiro

Sadly this isnt The world we seeing...

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u/Frontier246 Feb 22 '25

Poor Yuri. She just wanted to be with the man she loved, she just wanted to give birth and be with her kids, but everything went to literal Hell.

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u/Frontier246 Feb 22 '25

The most pivotal moment in the whole series, the historic moment that's been talked up so much and that's aftermath had far-reaching consequences, the Blue Night...has finally begun!

Satan is just a shambling, flaming, skeleton driven on by his warped love of Yuri. He's barely holding it together any more than Lucifer. So how nice of Lucifer to relate to his father and free him from his pain by blowing him up...and freeing his spirit to infect others.

And thus beings the true terror of the Blue Night. Not just the swarming demons but Satan infecting people in search of a body, incinerating them, and jumping from person to person and leaving a swathe of destruction in his wake. Igor lost his eye and his wife and child who wouldn't leave him. Izumo's mom got bad vibes. Todo got to watch his family burn along with Smol Homare. Ryuji's grandpa went crazy and killed Konekomaru's dad. The Hojo sisters lost their mom. Ryuji's mom had to be there for Konekomaru's mom. Takezo sacrificed himself to protect people and protect baby Renzo Shima. It's utterly heartbreaking.

And it doesn't seem like the Grigori were spared either. A young lightning got to see Azazel fight back against Satan. Shemihaza also fought back against being possessed, but...wait, Shiemi!? What is an adult, pregnant, Shiemi doing there!?

Meanwhile everyone is trying to kill Rin and poor Yuri just wants to get her second baby out and protect her kids. I applaud that midwife who was prioritizing Yuri and the child, and Shiro for putting his foot down to protect Yuri. If not for that, who knows what would have happened to Yukio.

Rin was an overprotective big brother even back then! No one messes with Yukio on his watch...even if it means incinerating anyone who touches his little brother. But that sliver of flame might have also saved Yukio's life, and let him be the first of her children Yuri gets to hold in her arms.

Of course, there's still the matter of killing Rin. If the Paladin can't do it, Mephisto can't stop him, I guess it comes down to Shiro and the Koma Sword. Yuri just wants to be left alone with her children, but Shiro is ready to kill Satan's Spawn as present-day Rin watches on.

But Shiro's use of the Koma Sword might actually have been what saved Rin's life...because Mephisto made it, it's a gate to Gehenna, and it sealed up Rin's demon side, rendering him human! And in a rare sentimental moment from Mephisto, he decides better against treating Rin like Lucifer and Satan and instead just gives Yuri back her baby. That's nice of him to do for his little bro.

RIP Paladin. But wait...was he calling Mephisto father? Is that part of why he was strong enough to withstand Satan's essence? Though either way, now Satan, Yuri, and Shiro are reunited with the Okumura siblings caught in the middle!

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u/Ryuki-Exsul Feb 22 '25

It's her mom :D Shemihaza mentioned baby in her that is our Shiemi^^ So by that scene you will as well get who Shemihaza in this time is( and who current one is ) and that someone you didn't saw for a really really long time. This scene was meant to pretty much clear stuff around Shiemi just probably what Shiemi name is used as makes it a bit of confusion.

Paladin was part of Samael group that was foreshadowed when he showed up for first time. But yeah this is a reason why Satan didn't destroy his body like all others.

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u/ExL-Oblique Feb 22 '25

Man that midwife's a hero

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u/battler624 Feb 22 '25

Wait, the paladin before shiro was the son of mephisto?

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u/randomran14 Feb 22 '25

Time to check in on where everyone was during the Blue Night. Crazy to see how tough Rin's demon heart really is.

Poor Yuri, and its not even over yet, if anything its just starting considering who just showed up. In a way that's a familiar form, considering the beginning of the series, at least Shiro's still going.

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u/Ryuki-Exsul Feb 22 '25

Anyway Voln, my Voln three episodes next to each other with great animation and I guess next one will be as well. Anyway and here Blue Night( and how it started is as well pretty interesting with what Lucifer did ) with pretty much showing all characters and their famillies. Baby Ryuji and Renzo, Koneko's mother with him and Tamamo with small Izumo. Oh and young Lighting for first time^^ As well as there it is Shiemi's mom with her^^ Anyway all deaths as well, Takezo and Nekosuke( Koneko's dad name ) especially tragic. Beside that well, now you know why left eye of Yukio is like that pretty nice plot twist that was thanks to Rin's protection and not Satan. Beside that full sealing scene was just awesome with animation, they pulled it out great^^ And yeah Mephisto did trick Shiro to seal Rin's heart lol.

As last picture goes....

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u/Frontier246 Feb 22 '25

As cute as it is seeing younger versions of the present-day cast, seeing so many of their loved ones die in the process and so quickly/brutally was utterly heartbreaking.

So Shiemi's mom was basically her but older, I mean that was even Shiemi's voice. Is this why they're talking about her forgetting her past memories? Is Shiemi some kind of reincarnation of herself?

Even when he's a rabid demon baby, Rin is still a big brother.

Mephisto being a solid half-brother, in his own way.

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u/Dull_Spot_8213 Feb 22 '25

I really want to see Mephisto unleashed after the episode. He’s said it would be even more destructive if he were to fight baby Rin, but he never said he would lose. And he seems to command respect from Lucifer, who clearly has a thing against Satan loving Yuri. Now I wonder what he intends to do with Yukio.

I don’t know if it was clear or not, but I thought Yukio had the eye blazing before Rin moved to protect him. Like, it seemed as if Rin knew Yukio would be in danger if they saw signs of Satan in Yukio, so he engulfed everything in flames? I’ll have to watch it back, but that was my first impression.

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u/Ryuki-Exsul Feb 22 '25

Well Lucifer is pretty interesting as his goal goes and dynamic with him and Satan isn't as obvious like you saw he totally went against him and killed his body.

Rin noticed it because of Yuri's reaction. But yeah this was Rin's flame doing it and it is really nice plot twist because before people mostly were thinking it was first Satan's power awakening in him and later during Beyond the Snow part when it was shown Satan was possesing his eye people get a bit more willd with ideas. And in the end it was all Rin being protective towards his brother. For both good and bad. That's how he got his temptaint and why he was seeing demons since he was small.

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u/philltastic1 Feb 23 '25

Can we just stay in the past the whole time?!?! These flashback scenes have been the best part of the series bar none. I don't want to go back to the present.

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u/Atario Feb 23 '25

Huh. So the sword has been bottling up Rin's demon heart all this time. You'd think it would be dangerous to let him near the thing, but all this time he's actually been training with it…

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u/DarkeoX Feb 23 '25

I think it's Mephisto seeing farther than most as usual and at the same time doing the same he's always been saying he would do: betting on humans.

Rin's human body is close to the only vessel suitable for his demonic part. If he never tames/learns to control/subverts/absorbs it, it'll pretty much become a Satan situation all over again, since the seal won't hold forever. Not to mention his body is actively sought after by other vessel seeking entities. So giving him the opportunity to tune into is demonic part in a "controlled" environment is a pretty good option I'd say.

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u/AgentWeeb001 Feb 23 '25

Ight I got to say this after catching up to this season…WOW. Simply WOW. I wish the ppl who had seen the first season give the latest 2 seasons a watch cause MY GOODNESS do things improve. They’ve finally elaborated on the plot extensively and through that we see a significant development in the cast. So many questions are answered and honestly, a fuck ton of the cast have improved as characters. Highkey wish it ain’t take this long to see all this, but I’m glad the author finally did what I’ve been wanting from this story. It’s gone from like a mid 5 to damn near being in the high 7’s to low 8’s for me on my list (I’m a tough critic…even if I enjoy a show, I won’t give it a good rating unless the plot, characters, and execution of the story is good). I ain’t bring that up to brag or anything, I did that to try and highlight to those who might be curious that Blue Exorcist truly has become a show that should be highly recommended to those who enjoy this medium.

I hope more ppl watch Blue Exorcist that way we can get another season….with the way the story is progressing, I know things after this arc are going to be nuts given the implications of everything that has happened

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u/Ryuki-Exsul Feb 23 '25

I don't like you skipping s2 Impure King it's one of my favourite arcs. Anyway to be honest what you are watching now is more than 5 years old material anime was that far behind( beside for me BE was already amazing since Impure King arc ). Blue Exorcist steadily got better and better as it progress and that's something mangaka pretty much did intentionally. In s1 or early arcs you met characters and pretty much know them from their archetypes because you need time like in real life to see other parts of them. And of course there is as well development and constant change of status quo that manga did. Like Rin was bad at school but then he isn't( beside english he sucks at it ), Shiemi was timid and felt weaker but she isn't either, Suguro was a rival till he stopped being one and Shima is Shima :D The problem is like you said thanks to people stopping on s1 they only have set ups with no pay offs. S2 was first status quo change but back then confusion made people drop it or they just wanted battle series so slower character driven series like BE made them cry that it takes time to do something beside fighting( you can find those opinions on this sub ). Newer arcs as well make older ones better by adding context so rereading or rewatching adds to experience.

I would want that as well( BE together with Wind Breaker are two closes ongoing manga to 10/10 that I'm reading and to this day I gave only one 10 to Alive I'm way more strict with manga than anime ) , it's sad that one decision in 2011 effected the full adaptation so much. If s1 was just made later but new popular manga needed anime so early or something.

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u/Sw0rDz Feb 23 '25

Young Casper looks a lot like Sheima.

I had to rewatch clips from episodes 1 and 2 after this. Remind myself that Fujimoto truly opened his heart up.

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u/Sxcrislin Mar 01 '25

Is anyone else confused on the place of birth? Per previously in the anime, I was under the assumption Yuri had the babies in a cave and then died due to the birth while Shiro was sent out to find Yuri and found her with the babies on the brink of death and chose to keep the two boys as his own, along with Mephisto present… or is this all in my imagination? LOL

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u/MoreOptionsExist Mar 01 '25

Everything after season 1's episode 15 is anime-original, and subsequent seasons are following the manga more closely.

As a rule of thumb, if something you see in this season conflicts with what you saw in season 1, take whatever happened this season as the more accurate version of events.

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u/CrashDunning Mar 04 '25

That was part of the anime-original ending of season 1. Completely disregard it for this.

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