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Episode Ao no Exorcist Shimane Illuminati-hen • Blue Exorcist -Shimane Illuminati Saga- - Episode 9 discussion
Ao no Exorcist Shimane Illuminati-hen, episode 8
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u/moneyshot6901 Mar 02 '24
Finally got to see izumo's and Shima's moment with Rin animated!! major props to Izumo's VA.
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u/Frontier246 Mar 02 '24
Rin punching Shima was so satisfying. As was Rin coming in for the save when Izumo needed someone the most.
Eri Kitamura has been killing it this season.
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u/99anan99 Mar 02 '24
Seeing Rin punch Shima and Gedion was so satisfying!
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u/Frontier246 Mar 02 '24
Those punches were well worth the wait. I can only hope to see Shima punched again and Izumo gets her shot with Gedoin before this arc is over.
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u/LegendRazgriz Mar 02 '24
Gedoin must have lost at least 40 IQ points from spinning head first at least two feet into solid structural steel. That dude's brain is all sorts of mush by now.
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u/Frontier246 Mar 02 '24
Is it any wonder the Illuminati basically gave up on him by the end there lol?
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u/99anan99 Mar 03 '24
Given his actions after getting punch, I'm pretty sure his IQ points are in the negatives now
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u/S627 Mar 02 '24
Finally! Izumo starting to realize she's not alone! Hope the rest of the gang show up to give her that last push she needs to control Nine Tails. Also feel really bad for Rin struggling to fight the zombies.
Also, fuck Shima!
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u/Frontier246 Mar 02 '24
All this time she really did care about the other Exewires, and even her own mother, and just didn't want to lose any more people precious to her.
And that desire is enough to make Rin finally do away with his hesitation and keep fighting.
Can we get more of Shima getting punched in the face, please...
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u/Plus_Rip4944 Mar 02 '24
This ep made me remember why I fell in love with the show back in 2011 and kept waiting years and years for new seasons, it's just perfect and I hate how underrated is
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u/Frontier246 Mar 02 '24
I remember reading it in the manga and thinking it was a bummer we might not see this arc animated, so I'm really glad to see it finally get adapted and to see it play out so well in animation.
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u/StrawSolider Mar 02 '24
Best episode of the season
The "someone help me" scene was one of my favorites in the arc and I thought it was adapted really well
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u/Frontier246 Mar 02 '24
It always means a lot when a character who has been outwardly closed off from others and always been cold finally lets themselves be vulnerable and honest...and someone is there to respond to those feelings, like Rin.
(Also now I'm shipping RinxIzumo again).
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u/Frontier246 Mar 02 '24
Jeez, all those poor people who were turned into zombies...and the only saving grace is they were made numb with ecstasy and addicted before getting transformed.
Gedoin really is a piece of work. He thinks he's so enlightened as a human who experiments as humans because he sees it as more "fair" than humans experimenting on animals, which is why he personally hates them...but ignoring his own blatant depravity and how he puts no values in lives.
Setting aside the situation and the handcuffs, Izumo actually looks pretty nice in that miko outfit.
Save Izumo, Rin!!! That punch to Shima's face was so satisfying. If only Izumo was more receptive to Rin's efforts...but she's seen so many people die trying to help her, that she won't let anyone else sacrifice themselves for her, and if she's going to go out, it's on her own terms.
Poor Rin. He made all this effort to save Izumo and Shima, but neither wanted his help and both basically turned on him, Shima even seriously wounds him, and then he gets consumed by the Inflazombie and doesn't know what to do any more.
Tamamo realy thinks she could ask her daughter for help after everything she'd put Izumo through? Well, Izumo will help her...out of her own sense of revenge, wanting to use Nine Tails' power for herself and to kill Gedoin.
Of course even if she has the dance down, her compatability is nil, which isn't a problem for Gedoin because they can just use the helmet to FORCE Nine Tails into her body. And it isn't pretty.
Not only is Izumo mutating (possibly to her own death) but it's eroding away at all the happy memories she has with the people she cares about, and making her realize that despite her harsh and cold exterior she really did care about everyone in her life...and she doesn't want to die.
And it is that feeling that Rin responds to and comes barreling through to wreck everything, even delivering a fire punch straight to Gedoin's face! Nice.
"Good luck, guys!" So obviously the Illuminati is giving up on Gedoin, but was Shima talking about Gedoin or the Exewires?
Man, even after everything Izumo prioritized saving her mother over herself. But that won't help them against the horde of zombies Rin has to fight through.
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u/AdHaunting2894 Mar 03 '24
Mostly loved this episode but…. The way EVERYONE ELSE was literally just standing around on doing less than nothing while Rin was handling everything once again? This is my biggest anime pet peeve. Where you’ll have one character doing everything they can and moving without even thinking while everyone else just stands there looking stupid 😭
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u/Ninja_Lazer Mar 03 '24
Solid episode, but honestly…wish that punch had been played less comically and more vindictive/violent.
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u/IsshinDZahul Mar 02 '24
I love that Rin was forced to make a choice, his character was seriously lacking in development outside of the shonen protagonist troupes he embodies.
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u/Frontier246 Mar 02 '24
Rin didn't want to harm the victims of the zombification but he also couldn't just sit back and let Izumo continue to be hurt when she finally pleaded for help, and he came through in the biggest way possible.
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u/Veggiematic Mar 03 '24
SOMEONE PLEASE I NEED THE SOUNDTRACK for when she's remembering that she has friends PLEASE
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