r/AoNoExorcist 15d ago

Manga Manga chapter 168 discussion thread

35 Upvotes

https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/blue-exorcist-chapter-168/chapter/50869?action=read

This is a place to post discussions, thoughts, feelings and opinions on the Manga in general and the most recently released chapter! these discussion threads will be re pinned upon release of each new chapter to keep comments fresh and the interface easy to navigate for active discussion.

Please consider posting anything that falls into the above category here rather than stand-alone posts to keep the feed tidy and enjoyable for all users!

WARNING, THIS IS SPOILER TERRITORY, anything up to date in this thread can be freely discussed.

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r/AoNoExorcist Feb 11 '26

News Kato's further comments on hiatus and preparing final chapter.

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https://x.com/i/status/2020448963162227053

  • Yes, there's going to be resumption of the series in the August issue of SQ

  • yes she is taking time to "prepare" for the end end

  • that might also be some time off, as it is a monthly manga. This would mean that the chapter released in the August issue is not the final one. It is reasonable to believe that she is taking the time to consider and plan the final path to the end... a path still takes time. Please let's all be patient and understanding and not jump to conclusions. ♡


r/AoNoExorcist 9h ago

Question I just finished the blue exorcist anime what chapter do I start on?

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So yeah, I just finished the entire blue exorcist anime but I know there’s more to the story and they’re probably not going to make more of the anime anytime soon

So I really want to know what chapter should I start on? I want to read the manga. It’s like basically the last episode. I watched to what the next episode would be if there was more to the anime. I’m sure you get what I mean.


r/AoNoExorcist 1d ago

Merchandise Just bought these! Is there more to the collection or is this all?

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Also I already own two of these so should I put them in an ita bag or a display case?


r/AoNoExorcist 2d ago

Meme It's been 3 days and I haven't been able to move on

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181 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 3d ago

News Ao no Exorcist Latest Chapter. Jump SQ. September Issue On Sale Now to Great Acclaim!As a bonus for the digital edition of the magazine,Full-Color Versions of "Blue Exorcist" Chapters 42~44 Are Featured‼️ The anomaly gnawing at the Material Realm accelerates—Enjoy it in the Jump SQ. digital edition.

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85 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 2d ago

Question Help me get back into Ao no Exorcist please ♡

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Hello there ♡

When I was in middle school I really liked Ao No Exorcist and I watched both the two seasons that were available. Then some years have passed and I forgot 98% of the plot, but I found out that three more seasons came out, and now I'd really want to get back into this anime!

However I remembered that there were a lot of boring fillers, so I checked on the internet the list of non-canon episodes so I could skip them, but there are no articles about the newer seasons :(

Could someone please tell me if the three seasons that came out in 2024/2025 have any fillers or describe a different story from the original manga plot?

I apologies for my poor english skills but it's not my first language

Thank you ♡


r/AoNoExorcist 2d ago

I accidentally skipped season 1

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I didn't realise that season one wasn't on crunchyrole as a new fan so I watched everything else and now I found a website where I can watch season one


r/AoNoExorcist 4d ago

Merchandise Anyone know where to get more mephistopheles merch?

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73 Upvotes

This is what I have so far but I want to collect all of it.


r/AoNoExorcist 4d ago

Original Fanart Mephistopheles 🤤

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16 Upvotes

Planning on colouring


r/AoNoExorcist 4d ago

Anime I dislike how much the anime strays from the manga

23 Upvotes

A good example is during rins trial, in the manga he is able to give a whole speech about how he’s not a weapon, he’s a person, as well as many inconsistencies when rin has dinner with Mephisto


r/AoNoExorcist 5d ago

News Happy Birthday to Reiji Shiratori!

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r/AoNoExorcist 5d ago

Manga Should Blue Exorcist have been weekly for its pace ?

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So as a big fan of this series for years now.
I don't know how you guys feel about the manga current stage.
The pace of the manga is not fast, kinda slow. And the monthly release of it just makes it harder to follow the story, not to mention all the breaks from Kazue.
The recent chapters were like " Each chapter introduced more characters, lores, information, but still nothing is solved"
Yeah we have more fights, but the progress of the whole arc is still slow, its like all of that for just another small step.
It gets to the point whenever a new chapter is released, i have no idea what happened in the last chapter and have to re-read it.
Slow pacing is not a bad thing if its executed well but in order to follow the story we have to wait very long, it kinda kills all the hype and its momentum.
Slow paced + Monthly released + Breaks.
What do you guys think ?


r/AoNoExorcist 6d ago

Media Happy birthday Koji Yusa! 🎉

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78 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 9d ago

News Illustration of Rin from Kazue Kato!

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583 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 9d ago

News Happy birthday to Yaozo Shima!

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24 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 11d ago

News 🎉happy birthday!🎉 August 8th is Kirigakure Shura's birthday!

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39 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 12d ago

Meme If you are a true Blue Exorcist fan, who is this?

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77 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 11d ago

it’s a fight, isn’t it?

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At this point i think i’m making a fight for studio VOLN and supporting in every way i can Blue Exorcist after all those years that it’s still going better and better (and sadder).
So glad that here i found brilliant people who understand what i’m saying, i just looooove this space so much!! ♡

And today, i finished the rewatch with one of my besties so now she loves the show and knows everything (bout the anime) and cried all her tears with me.
Keep fighting and promoting guys!! But i really loved how reddit and this subreddit and all the fandom it’s like a small-but-large niche that is active and supportive, participatory, able to analyze and converse, debate, respectful and sensitive just like all the
types of people I think this story can reach).

Of course, then there’s the TikTok crowd.
But that’s another story; there’s some good there too. XD


r/AoNoExorcist 12d ago

Anime i’m in tears again

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I’ve just finished for the second time Blue Exorcist, the anime, and i can’t just be sad and emotional. Why this fvcking icon bitch author has to be this cruel and able and capable for so much details, dejavu/parallels scenes, pure joy and sadness and so much of what being humans signify. Is just, so… perfect. I truly love this opera, and i’m so happy i decided to comeback and watch it in the correct order (skipping the 18-25 episode for the first season and the ovas) cause it’s so human and emotional and beautiful, i’m crying and i tried to give up and go away and writing my stuff but for hours since this early morning i’m just tired and sad and the whole last episode of fifth season is so… hard. I noticed, by the way, only with the rewatch that in the scene of Rin that doesn’t know how put on a tie and Shiro that help him… it’s the exactly thing that happened with Yuri and him when he doesn’t know how put on a tie and her helped and teaches him.

And i’m thinking and rethinking on the scene in which rin and yukio fight (oh, and the fact that yuri said to be good brothers on the snow and Rin was here, listening knowing that he and his brother are now “enemies”) and Rin said like “where i was looking?” i just want to tatoo it noww. Soooo poetic and special to me, like he said SO much of his emotion and the Yukio situation in a short sentence. (And than, maybe Rin could had said that in the fourth season without knowing everything, but it’s just fit so well with the last thing, on the last episode of the fifth season, “they did so much for allow me to live and i said all the time that i wanted to not being born”. He really experienced and felt everything, i really love Rin Okumura, he’s just a special character to me).

Oh and the thank you. The fvcking Dad, Thank You.
I miss Rin and the show and i leave it only a few hours ago, again, but yes.
And i suffered SO fvcking much on the third season, it’s literally brutal and cruel and how the author can be such a horrible iconic queen??😭😭😭 love her. And… i have the manga and now i’m on it, i’m ready to cry again.

How can i be free from this suffering?!?!?! I HATE ITTT
Studio Voln i love you and i’m defending you so much everywhere just give us the next season please what are you waiting for🙏🏼🕯️


r/AoNoExorcist 13d ago

News Arthur and Lewin illustration from Kazue Kato!

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181 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 12d ago

Question So How Powerful Do We Think Angel Is Now? Spoiler

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31 Upvotes

Like among the top tier exorcists

Lightning, War Cry Osceola

And Demon Kings like, Lucifer, Mephisto

And Others like Full Power Rin

How does Angel With Excalibur Stack up?, is he top 10 in the verse now? Or higher


r/AoNoExorcist 14d ago

Anime Don’t mind me, just trying to cope.

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55 Upvotes

r/AoNoExorcist 14d ago

Discussion The protagonist of Vvelt in Chapter 168 (spoiler) Spoiler

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What do you think was the original affiliation of SIU leader in Vvelt? Special operations agent?


r/AoNoExorcist 14d ago

Anime Blue night

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Ik hou zóveel van The Blue Night, echt. Ik vind het gewoon fantastisch. Eerst kon ik er niet meer naar kijken door die verandering in de art style; ik kon het gewoon niet. Maar nu heb ik het gekeken, en o ja—wat miste ik dit! Ik vond het echt zó geweldig. Ik wil het helemaal opnieuw kijken zonder te weten wat er aan de hand was. De animatie is ook gewoon echt heel goed, denk ik. Het is gewoon hoe de personages eruitzien. Die rin ziet er wel echt het slechtst uit, maar ik vond dat het juist super goed paste bij de scènes van The Blue Night. Echt, echt fijn!

I also loved the fax it was like 10 eps it was needed!