So, with the season almost ending, it’s time for the short series to conclude and for the long series to raise the stakes for their halfway climax. Ao no Exorcist instead takes a detour into the story of a cat, with next week looking to be a beach episode. Okay, I did not expect that.
While I hold my breath for that beach episode though, this episode was really good. It was both something different, surprisingly heartfelt and found a very interesting way to focus on Rin, Yukio and their father again. It’s a simple and quiet episode that has a really small focus, but it really made things work.
Plus, that cat was just adorable. Its story is just that it’s sad that its master is gone, but relating this to Rin, added to some undeniable charm to it. It’s going to be interesting to see what it can do as Rin’s familiar.
Also, this episode had some of the best chemistry between Rin and Yukio so far. Compared to for example Soul Eater, the latter may have been funnier or more enjoyable in its first episodes, but it just had no content, and quickly got boring once the characters’ novelty wore off. With this, the creators are taking their time, but right now, it’s starting to pay off more and more.
However… beach episode. You’d better know what you’re doing!
Rating: ** (Excellent)
with soul eater, the manga was NOWHERE near finished, so they had to 1)skip LOTS of pars and b)just say “fuck it” and make up a craptacular ending.
which is why Im starting to get annoyed at anime now, since most of the original content the shows are drawing fun isnt even completed yet!
The beach episode is filler…. looks like they want to hold an episode back for the end of the spring season before they kick off the 2nd half..
But still… filler beach episode without “dat” character, god damn a-1 you lost your damn minds.
Ao no Exorcist is not at the halfway point like the other series are yet.
I have such an unbelievably bad feeling for the next episode….The only other anime-only episode so far was the one about cooking, which was….mediocre to say the least.
I have such an unbelievably bad feeling for the next episode….The only other anime-only episode so far was the one about cooking, which was….mediocre to say the least.
Just gotta love Yukio’s attitude. It’s the people who pretend to be cool that gets REALLY pissed off easily!