List of Blue Exorcist episodes

Blue Exorcist anime volume 1 cover

Blue Exorcist is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Kazue Kato. It is directed by Tensai Okamura and produced by A-1 Pictures.^[1] The series follows a teenager named Rin Okumura who finds out he is the son of Satan and is determined to become an exorcist in order to defeat him after the death of his guardian, Father Fujimoto.

Blue Exorcist began broadcasting in Japan on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and the Tokyo Broadcasting System on April 17, 2011, The anime then ended on October 2, 2011. The series was originally scheduled to start airing on April 10, 2011, however due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the series' initial broadcast was delayed by a week.^[2] The episodes are being simulcasted with English subtitles online via Hulu, Anime News Network, and Crunchyroll, starting on April 20, 2011.^[1] and Aniplex of America release Blue Exorcist on DVD in four sets, starting by releasing the first DVD on October 18, 2011.^[3]

Four pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: two opening themes and two ending themes. The opening theme for the first 12 episodes is "Core Pride" by Japanese rock band Uverworld,^[4] while the opening theme from episode 13 onwards is "In My World" by Japanese rock band Rookiez is Punk'd. The ending theme for the first 12 episodes is "Take Off" by South Korean boy band 2PM,^[5] while the ending theme from episode 13 onwards is "Wired Life" by Japanese singer Meisa Kuroki.

Blue Exorcist began broadcasting in the United States and Canada on Viz Media's online network, Neon Alley, on October 2, 2012, and aired on Adult Swim's Toonami from February 22, 2014 to August 9, 2014.

Episode list

No.	Title[6][7]	Original airdate	English stream date
01	"The Devil Resides in Human Souls" "Akuma wa Hito no Kokoro ni Sumu" (悪魔は人の心に棲む)	April 17, 2011[8]	October 2, 2012[9]
Rin Okumura returns to his monastery injured after picking a fight with a delinquent named Reiji Shiratori, who was shooting arrows at some pigeons at a playground. After his younger twin brother Yukio Okumura tends to his wounds, Rin is forced to attend an interview at a mall for a part-time job, surprisingly getting hired after causing much hassle for his boss, Ms. Momoi. His guardian, Shiro Fujimoto, contacts him to come home early to celebrate Yukio's farewell to True Cross Academy. Before departing from work in the parking lot, Rin encounters a hobgoblin grabbing onto a scarf owned by a little girl. As he chases after it into the store, the creature knocks over a stack of boxes full of soft drinks, but Rin manages to shield the girl, recognized as Yui, from getting hurt. At night, Yukio goes to the playground and fetches Rin, who consequently lost his job. Yui and her father show up at the monastery to thank Rin for his good deed, but Rin is angered when her father says that she is troublesome and has vivid imaginations. Shiro gives Yui a charm to protect her before she leaves with her father. The next morning, as Yukio has already left for school, Rin views strange coal tars floating outside his window, unseen to the people outside. Rin reluctantly encounters Reiji, surrounded by coal tars, bribing Rin to keep quiet, to which he declines. Rin then punches Reiji due to provocation, which causes Reiji to transform into a demon named Astaroth and bring a hot metal rod towards Rin's face. Rin reacts, which awakens his dormant, blue-flamed demonic powers. Shiro arrives and drives Astaroth out of Reiji. Shiro then explains to Rin that there are two dimensions, them being the material world called Assiah and the demon world called Gehenna. Rin, revealed to be the son of Satan born from a human, is now victim of all other demons.
02	"Gehenna Gate" "Gehena Gēto" (虚無界の門)	April 24, 2011[8]	October 13, 2012
Returning to back the monastery and sealing it from any demon attacks, Shiro gives Rin a sacred sword called Kurikara. Reiji, now possessed again by Astaroth, breaks into the monastery using a truck, prompting Shiro and his companions to try their best to fend Astaroth off, while Rin hides underground. After driving Astaroth out of Reiji again, Shiro slaps Rin for calling him unworthy as a father. Suddenly, Shiro is possessed by Satan. Upon seeing his guardian sacrificing himself to protect him, Rin decides to fight back by unlocking his demonic powers using Kurikara, even though he knows that by doing so he will not be able to live as a human anymore. Yukio arrives at the rundown monastery, seeing his brother crying and his guardian dead. At the funeral, Rin meets Mephisto Pheles, who agrees with his wish to become an Exorcist.
03	"Brothers" "Ani to Otōto" (兄と弟)	May 1, 2011[8]	October 20, 2012
Rin is enrolled at the True Cross Academy by Mephisto, revealed as the academy's chairman. During the class assembly, Rin is surprised to know that Yukio is the freshman class representative. After some exploration around the vast campus, Rin is later given a key from Mephisto to gain entry to the cram school to become a Page, which is a title for an Exorcist in training. Rin becomes shocked to know that Yukio will be one of his teachers, having already been a prodigiously graduated Exorcist, meaning that Yukio was aware that Rin was a demon this whole time. Rin, demanding to know why Yukio kept this a secret, accidentally shatters a blood-filled capsule onto the ground, releasing hobgoblins in the classroom. While taking down the hobgoblins with his guns, Yukio voices his hatred towards Rin for being at fault for allowing Satan to possess Shiro in the first place. Rin uses his powers to take down a giant hobgoblin after Yukio hesitates to shoot Rin. Yukio recalls Shiro telling him to protect Rin, which motivated him in becoming an Exorcist. Rin is further dismayed to learn that Yukio is his roommate, but really more like a warden.
04	"Garden of Amahara" "Amahara no Niwa" (天空の庭)	May 8, 2011[8]	October 27, 2012
While Yukio goes to the academy's Exorcist-only shop to stock on some supplies, Rin wanders into a garden, meeting Shiemi Moriyama, who is tending to the garden. Yukio examines Shiemi's legs, being afflicted by a demon that dwells in her family's garden, and she is put to bed. Shiemi's mother, owner of the shop, explains to Rin and Yukio that Shiemi was inspired by her grandmother to stay and care for the garden. Rin finds Shiemi outside at night watering the flowers all to honor her grandmother's wish before her death, making Rin feel empathetic towards her. When Yukio later finds the two outside, the demon transforms into a flower and merges with Shiemi, prompting Rin and Yukio to confront the flower demon to save her life. Yukio shoots through Shiemi into the flower demon to release her, and Rin takes it out with Kurikara. Shiemi, inspired by their bravery, later decides to enroll in the academy.
05	"A Boy From the Cursed Temple" "Tatari-dera no Ko" (祟り寺の子)	May 15, 2011[10]	November 3, 2012
Rin's total disregard for classes brings forth the anger of another classmate of his named Ryuji Suguro, who is quite studious and takes his work seriously despite his appearance. Later on, Rin has a chance to be alone with Shiemi at the water fountain, only to be interrupted by Ryuji, stirring up rivalry between them. During physical education class in a pit full of giant chained frog-like demons known as reapers, Rin and Ryuji become so competitive running against one of them. Ryuji learns from Kaoru Tsubaki, the physical education teacher, that Rin was personally enrolled by the chairman on special terms. Rin learns from classmates Konekomaru Miwa and Renzo Shima that Ryuji also has the ambition to defeat Satan, wanting to restore his temple back to its former glory. Konekomaru and Renzo further explain that Ryuji's father, Tatsuma Suguro, was a monk of that temple, but it was considered cursed due to Satan's massacre on the Exorcists who resided there sixteen years ago. After Tsubaki leaves for unknown reasons, Ryuji dares Rin to touch a reaper and come back out of the pit unharmed, but Rin declines. Ryuji, recalling to when his father was unable to receive any local offerings due to the gossip of his cursed temple, decides to do his own dare. However, after Ryuji backs out at the last moment, Rin steps in and calms the reaper just in time.
06	"The Phantom Chef" "Maboroshi no Ryōrinin" (まぼろしの料理人)	May 22, 2011[10]	November 10, 2012
Due to a crowded lunch line and an expensive cuisine menu in the meal hall, Rin and Yukio talk to Mephisto, who grants them a small monthly allowance, which is not much help. Yukio goes grocery shopping with Rin, who uses the kitchen to cook lunch for the both of them for the next day. However, as they find out that the meals have been mysteriously eaten, they go back to the kitchen and find Mephisto, who says that his familiar named Ukobach is responsible for the meals that are prepared for both of them each day. After Rin cleans up the kitchen, he encounters Ukobach, and they engage in a cooking battle, though they end up in a draw and make up. Shiemi is invited for a meal and is introduced to Ukobach before she has to return home in the evening. Three female students, all of whom love Yukio, break into Rin and Yukio's dormitory and trash the prepared meals in the kitchen, assuming they were made by Shiemi. Little did they know that they have disrespected Ukobach, who puts the three into a boiling pot and starts cooking. Rin convinces a maddened Ukobach to stop, recalling to when Shiro appraised him for attempting to make an omelet when he was little. Rin then realizes that Yukio is at fault for rejecting the female students' prepared lunches, and he forces Yukio to eat it all.
07	"A Flock of Plovers" "Tomochidori" (友千鳥)	May 29, 2011[10]	November 17, 2012
Yukio hands out applications for the whole class to attend a week long boot camp in preparation for their exam to qualify as an Exwire, which is an Exorcist candidate. All the students are to indicate which Meister, or style of fighting, to train for. Igor Neuhaus, a lecturer of the academy, teaches the class how to summon familiars, a rare talent natural to Tamers, and Izumo Kamiki and Shiemi are the only students able to do so. Impressed by Izumo, Shiemi is eager to befriend her, to which Izumo accepts. However, Rin soon realizes Shiemi is being taken advantage of, seeing her run various errands for Izumo out of kindness. When Izumo and her best friend, Noriko Paku, go to the bathhouse, Paku is attacked by a naberius, a type of ghoul. Izumo summons her two white fox familiars, but they turn against her due to her fear. Rin arrives and tells her to tear her summon circles to destroy her familiars. Shiemi treats Paku's wound with her greenman familiar named Nee, while Rin deals with the nebarius until Yukio arrives to shoot it, but it escapes.
08	"Now a Certain Man Was Sick..." "Koko ni Yameru Mono Ari" (此に病める者あり)	June 5, 2011[10]	November 24, 2012
Paku, who is recuperating from her injury, decides to quit the cram school, which really troubles Izumo. During Aria class, Izumo is unable to recite an passage for homework, so Ryuji recites it instead, much to Rin and Shiemi's shock. After an argument arises between Ryuji and Izumo, Yukio punishes the whole class by placing heavy bariyons, large stones with silly faces, on their laps. Just after Yukio leaves for a mission for three hours, the students are attacked and cornered by the same naberius from yesterday. After the naberius splits in half, Rin tries to lead the first ghoul away from the others, leaving it up to Ryuji to prove himself as an Aria against the second ghoul, while the other students protect him. Rin learns that the naberius was sent by Neuhaus, who wanted to confirm that he is the son of Satan. Rin then kills the first ghoul with Kurikara, yet missing his chance to confront Neuhaus. After Ryuji manages to extinguish the second ghoul, Izumo thanks Shiemi for saving her during the attack.
09	"Memories" "Omoide" (おもひで)	June 12, 2011[11]	December 1, 2012
Mephisto reveals to the students that the ghoul attack was actually the Exwire exam, and how they dealt with the threat will count as part of their evaluation. Yukio has his suspicions about Neuhaus, confronting him about his reasons to force Rin to use his demonic powers during the exam. In response, Neuhaus claims that all he did was under Mephisto's orders. Later, Yukio visits Shiemi at her mother's shop, recalling the first time they met when he first became an Exorcist instructor. Yukio tells Shiemi that she has the potential to become a Tamer before taking his leave. At night, Yukio realizes that Neuhaus seeks to kill Rin, anticipating that he would do so in Rin's sleep. As Shiemi looks after Rin, Yukio deals with Neuhaus by himself on the roof. However, Rin charges at Neuhaus, only to be thwarted by a giant ghoul. Luckily, Yukio erases the summoning circle, preventing Neuhaus from attacking. Neuhaus reveals that he is a survivor of the Blue Night, the night when Satan possessed him to slaughter the Exorcists at the cursed temple. Neuhaus, before leaving, warns Rin that there are others that want to see him die. Shiemi, after treating Rin's wounds, decides to be an Exorcist. Mephisto promotes the cram school students as Exwires, celebrating the occasion with a feast.
10	"Black Cat" "Ketto Shī" (黒猫)	June 19, 2011[11]	December 8, 2012
Complaining about the lack of air conditioning, Rin wonders if he would even reach the top level of Exorcists. As Yukio notes that Rin will not go on certain missions, let alone do a simple errand like buying mineral water, he believes that Rin relies too much on his demonic powers and not on his head. Yukio leaves his room after receiving a call. Kuro, a cat sídhe familiar owned by Shiro, has gone berserk after hearing that his master has died. Yukio is summoned to deal with Kuro, and Rin tags along with him despite his objections. While confronting the familiar, Rin hears Kuro's cries of sadness as he refuses to believe his master is dead. It is shown that Kuro was a guardian deity to silkworm breeders, protecting them from rodents. However, after silkworm breeding died out, the shrine was demolished, turning Kuro into a demon. Kuro later disrupted a construction site, and Shiro was the only Exorcist able to calm him down without hurting him. Rin decides to face Kuro by himself with the same mentality, literally using his head to calm Kuro down, and the two become good friends. Yukio gives Kuro some silver vine sake, a present that Shiro left behind for safekeeping.
11	"Demon of the Deep Seas" "Shinkai no Akuma" (深海の悪魔)	June 26, 2011[11]	December 18, 2012
Rin, Izumo and Renzo are sent for their first mission as Exwires to a coast town, chaperoned by Tsubaki. While Rin and Renzo fails to sell fried squid, Izumo goes out in the ocean, but gets a leg cramp, alerting a boy named Yohei to rescue her from supposedly drowning, though accidentally bumping her head in the process. It is foretold that the coast town has been afflicted by the presence of a kraken. Later that night, the three go with Yohei to the pet store for supplies. Yohei reveals his father set out to face the kraken six months before and is still missing. The boy plans to enact his revenge against the creature as he believes it killed his father. After Tsubaki leaves for the night, Yohei visits Izumo to give her ointment for her head. The next day, Rin, Izumo and Renzo monitor Yohei all day to keep him from going into the ocean. Come sunset, the kraken appears and attacks. As the three are not able to defend themselves, Yohei sets out by motorboat and shoots the kraken with a harpoon, only to be thrown into the ocean. Rin, after saving Yohei from drowing, prepares to use his demonic powers, but Yohei's father is shown to still be alive, much to Yohei's surprise.
12	"A Game of Tag" "Onigokko" (鬼事)	July 3, 2011[11]	December 25, 2012
Mephisto's amusement park is haunted by the ghost of a child, so the Exwires are tasked to look for him, splitting up in pairs. While searching for the ghost, Rin uses this opportunity to ask Shiemi out on a date to the amusement park sometime later. Rin and Shiemi find the ghost at a carousel, and although the ghost appears to be sad, he instead is quite a mischievous one. While Shiemi chases the ghost around, Rin encounters Amaimon, his younger half-brother, who steals Kurikara and forces him to fight in a roller coaster. Rin goes haywire, throwing two steel beams at Amaimon, who dodges them. The steel beams pierce through a ball pit containing Shiemi and the ghost inside, but Rin manages to blast the steel beams away to save them. The ghost, before disappearing, thanks Shiemi for playing with him. When Amaimon has Rin on the ground, one of the Exwires comes to defend him, causing Amaimon to retreat. As Yukio meets up with Rin and Shiemi, the Exwire exposes herself to be Shura Kirigakure.
13	"Proof" "Shōmei" (証明)	July 10, 2011[11]	January 1, 2013
Shura, a high-level Exorcist and former apprentice of Shiro, posed as one of Rin's classmates under the name "Yamada" because she was tasked to investigate his connection with Satan. It is shown that Shiro requested Shura to look after Rin in his place if something should happen to him. After stealing Kurikara, Shura draws her own sword out of her chest and attacks him. With orders to kill Rin if his connection with Satan was proven true, she is divided between fulfilling her obligations and following Shiro's request. Her doubts are cleared when she confronts Rin and finds that Shiro was actually raising him as a son instead of a weapon. Rin, recalling during his childhood of when he hit a boy for calling him a demon, remembers how Shiro comforted him and took in all the pain he caused, proving to be a good father. Shura, holding on to Kurikara, ultimately decides to start teaching at the academy in order to secretly train Rin.
14	"A Fun Camping Trip" "Tanoshii Kyanpu" (愉しいキャンプ)	July 17, 2011[12]	January 8, 2013
The first semester has ended, signaling the start of summer vacation for True Cross Academy students, but there is no rest in sight for Rin and his classmates. They must take part in a drill lasting three days to prepare them for actual combat, under the guise of a camping trip out in the forest. The guys set up tents while the girls draw a summoning circle around the camp's parameters. When Rin shares his cooked meal with the class, he is reminded of how Shiro always told him to help others rather than to hurt others. Yukio has the class scavenge lanterns hidden in the forest, in which they are given three days to find and light one of three lanterns to be permitted to go on missions. When Rin hears Shiemi's cry during a swarm of moth-like demons called chuchis, he comes to save her by repelling them with his blue flames. However, Ryuji might have catch sight of the blue flames. After Renzo meets up with them, Konekomaru contacts them notifying the location of a peg lantern, a demon that consumes any living thing, preferably women, when lit at night. The five of them work together to transport the peg lantern across a delicate bridge. The plan goes awry when Rin accidentally destroys the bridge and awakens a giant chuchi.
15	"Act of Kindness" "Yasashii Koto" (やさしい事)	July 24, 2011[12]	January 15, 2013
Ryuji manages to save Rin from the giant chuchi, showing a strong friendship between them. When Rin, Shiemi, Ryuji, Konekomaru and Renzo head back to camp with their peg lantern, they noticed that Izumo and Nemu Takara each returned with their own peg lanterns already. The camp is suddenly attacked by Amaimon with his behemoth familiar, but Shura creates a barrier to protect the Exwires from Amaimon. After Shura gives Kurikara back to Rin, Amaimon holds Shiemi hostage via a chuchi larva implanted in her neck, forcing Rin to fight. Ryuji, Konekomaru and Renzo leave the barrier to help Rin, but Amaimon easily defeats them. Having no option but to go full force against Amaimon, Rin is forced to reveal his secret by exposing his true form in front of his friends. As Yukio and Shura aid the others, who are astonished after learning the truth about him, Rin easily overpowers Amaimon. However, after Mephisto comes to retrieve Amaimon, Rin loses control of his flames and goes on a rampage, cracking Kurikara in the process.
16	"The Wager" "Kake" (賭)	July 31, 2011[12]	January 22, 2013
Although Yukio and Shura prepares to subdue Rin, Shiemi manages to calm him down by embracing him. Arthur Auguste Angel, the newly appointed Paladin, captures Rin and takes him to the True Cross in the Vatican along with Shura as well as Mephisto, who is placed on trial for treason. Meanwhile, Rin's classmates become awed when Yukio reveals to them that he and his brother are sons of Satan, but they offer their help regardless, except for Konekomaru. Nemu stays behind with Konekomaru, while Yukio and the other students head to Kyoto to look for and talk to Yoshikuni XI, the descendant of the swordsmith who forged Kurikara, who is well acquainted with Ryuji. They must search for temple nails made from iron sand needed to forge the blade, looking inside a nearby old temple. Yukio and Ryuji, tempted by statues that wish for Rin to be killed, manage to destroy them before being influenced. The Grigori, who are the True Cross Order's upper echelons consisting of Melchior, Samyaza and Casper, hear Mephisto states that his reason for keeping Rin alive is to have him confront Satan, and just when he is trying to convince them to agree to his plan, an enraged Amaimon breaks in, eager to confront Rin once more.
17	"Temptation" "Yūwaku" (誘惑)	August 7, 2011[12]	January 26, 2013
Easily breaking through all defenses, Amaimon reaches the courtroom, where Mephisto convinces the Grigori to agree with his plan. As the classmates return with the reforged Kurikara, Rin defeats Amaimon before passing out. The Grigori decides that Rin has six months to pass the Exorcist authorization exam and is placed under daily surveillance. Rin's classmates, despite their help of fixing his sword, still has some mixed feelings about him after learning of his connection with Satan. In the training room, after Yukio tells Rin that he has to gain back trust in his classmates, Shura has Rin line three candles side-by-side, only lighting the outer two and keeping the middle one unlit, as his first assignment to control his flames, though this seems to be a struggle. As Yukio and Shura compete in the batting cage at the most difficult level, Rin accidentally burns their clothes off. Meanwhile, Konekomaru is haunted by a dark presence attracted by his fear. In the hallway, as Izumo advises Rin not to lose confidence in controlling his flames, the same dark presence comes after them.
18	"Gale" "Gufū" (颶風)	August 14, 2011[13]	February 2, 2013
Rin and Izumo are attacked by a crow-like demon known as a gufu, but Yukio arrives and shoots it away. Mephisto orders the Exwires to check the thousands of barriers protecting the school looking for any breach. Rin encounters Konekomaru, who is shown to be possessed by the gufu, who took advantage of Konekomaru's fears to infiltrate the academy in order to convince him to kill Rin. The other classmates prevent Rin from harming Konekomaru, not knowing of the gufu's existence. Meanwhile, Shura locates a hidden door to a snowy forest leading to a suspicious abandoned laboratory. While in the hospital, Ryuji witnesses Konekomaru's heart succumbing to the gufu, who comes after Rin. When his friends rush to help him, Rin manages to slay the monster and save Konekomaru's life. Ashamed of causing so much trouble, Konekomaru decides to leave the academy and return home, but Rin reaches him before he departs and convinces him to stay, which helps him reconcile with the others.
19	"An Ordinary Day" "Nandemonai Hi" (なんでもない日)	August 21, 2011[13]	February 9, 2013
Izumo's birthday is soon approaching, so the other Exwires decide to make a surprise party to her, putting all their efforts to make the party a secret. Yukio, stopping by Shiemi's shop to pick up medicinal herbs, mentions how it was great of her to come up with the idea of throwing the birthday party for Izumo. Rin, in charge of baking the birthday cake, bakes a Christmas cake instead, having to give it to Mephisto as a token of appreciation. As Renzo and Paku hang out in the shopping district, Izumo spies on them, assuming that they are dating. As Renzo lets slip that they are searching for a birthday present, a disappointed Izumo claims to the others that it should also be dedicated to those whose birthdays already passed too. In the end, the party becomes a celebration to everyone's friendship. A disinterested Yukio reflects to Shiemi on how he and Rin were told by Shiro that their birthday was on December 27, but that was the day he found them orphaned on a snowy day. After the party, Yukio tells Rin that he received a call for help from their monastery.
20	"Mask" "Kamen" (假面)	August 28, 2011[13]	February 16, 2013
Rin and Yukio find that their friends from their monastery were attacked by a masked individual who covered their entire bodies with seemingly indestructible cobwebs. While pursuing the culprit, whose objective is to attack anyone related to the son of Satan to make him suffer, Yukio stumbles into Neuhaus, who flees without further explanation. Despite Kurikara being sealed by the cobwebs, Rin insists on going after the masked man, but Yukio tranquilizes him. Yukio heads to the sewers to find any trace of the masked man, but he finds Neuhaus there, who flees from him again. After Rin wakes up, Shura motivates him to light the candles correctly. Yukio receives word from Tsubaki that Ryuji, Konekomaru and Renzo are being held hostage by the masked man in the male dormitory of the academy. Before being able to intervene, Mephisto is taken away by Arthur, who suspects him of directing unauthorized biological research. Yukio rushes in to save Ryuji, Konekomaru and Renzo, only to be captivated himself. As Shura is also trapped by the cobwebs, Rin manages to control his flames properly, defeating the masked man and safely releasing his friends. The masked man flees, thanks to Neuhaus, but Shura realizes that a woman was behind the mask, who is revealed to be Neuhaus's wife. Rin burns off the cobwebs from his friends from the monastery, while Yukio is summoned to meet with a mysterious man.
21	"The Secret Garden" "Himitsu no Hanazono" (秘密の花園)	September 4, 2011[13]	February 23, 2013
Shiemi finds a woman lying unconscious in her garden. On a train, Yukio meets Ernst Frederik Egin, who claims to be his grandfather and reveals the truth about his mother Yuri Egin, who was burnt alive by the Vatican, proclaiming her to be a witch. Ernst suggest Yukio to join him now that Shiro is dead and Mephisto has been arrested, taking Yukio to the Dragoon Laboratory, an anti-demon weapons unit. During Neuhaus's interrogation, Rin, Shura and Tsubaki learn that Neuhaus's wife, Michelle Neuhaus, is an anti-soul, a reanimated corpse possessed by a demon of vengeance. Although he preserved her body and worked at the secret Polish laboratory that Shura previously had found, Neuhaus was not behind the forbidden resurrection. The Vatican destroyed the laboratory after accusing Neuhaus of such matter, but Neuhaus and Michelle fled to the academy, which led her to become the masked man. Rin finds out the woman in Shiemi's garden to be Michelle, but Shiemi stops him from killing her. Arthur appears with the True Cross Order in the garden to slay the demon. Shura and Neuhaus arrive to stop Arthur, but to no avail. When Rin risks his life in order to protect Michelle and Shiemi by confronting Arthur, Michelle comes back to reality and dies protecting Rin from being shot by the Knights of the True Cross Order. Ernst has now taken over the True Cross Order as their own leader, appointing Yukio as the new Paladin, much to Arthur's disgrace.
22	"Demon Hunting" "Akuma-Gari" (悪魔狩り)	September 11, 2011[14]	March 2, 2013
The academy is ordered to be closed down following the events the previous day. Armed with special weapons that drain the blood of the demons killed with them, the Exwires take part in Operation Jacob's Ladder, a widespread crusade to erase all demons from Assiah. Rin and his friends start questioning why the True Cross Order decided to take such extreme measures, but Yukio is determined to accomplish his task as Ernst claims that it is all part of their plan to destroy Gehenna, meaning both Yukio and his brother would become completely human again. At a campsite, Yukio shoots down a boar-like demon called a yamakujira, causing Rin to be angry, but unable to fight back. Rin is arrested, running into Mephisto, who actually used to work in the Polish laboratory to create artificial life, in which Neuhaus was one of his employees even after he resigned from the laboratory. After Mephisto escapes, Rin is sentenced to death by Ernst, who plans on using him as a living sacrifice to open the Gehenna Gate, a living demonic doorway between Assiah and Gehenna. Yukio attempts to intervene while Shura fights Arthur to allow time for the others to reach them. However, when their classmates come to help them, they find that Yukio's demonic powers had also awakened.
23	"Truth" "Shinjitsu" (真実)	September 18, 2011[14]	March 9, 2013
Yukio threatened to kill Ernst after learning about his plans to open the Gehenna Gate with Rin as a living sacrifice and to drop the Messiah, a weapon of mass destruction, into the Gehenna Gate in order to completely destroy Gehenna. When Yukio offered to take his brother's place instead, his blood mixed with his brother's blood, which awakened his demonic powers. After the Gehenna Gate opens, Satan makes contact with Yukio, showing him the past of his mother Yuri. She was an Exorcist who was sent to investigate mysterious spontaneous combustions, only to encounter Satan, but she was immune to his blue flames and survived his attack, later searching him out and letting him possess her so he could experience Assiah. After sharing her body for over a year, she ended up pregnant with Rin and Yukio, but her own father Ernst ordered her to be burnt at the stake. Satan then unintentionally caused the Blue Night as he searched for another vessel to save her. Eventually, he used Ernst as a temporary vessel to free Yuri, who fled back to the woods and gave birth before passing. Mephisto and Shiro were sent to hunt down and kill Yuri and her children, but after witnessing Yuri's last moments with her children, Shiro was unable to bring himself to kill the twins and adopted them instead. Mephisto decided to help by sealing away Rin's powers and lying to the Vatican about completing the mission. Yukio confronts Ernst, who confirms Satan's story, and inadvertently causes the man to be sucked into the Gehenna Gate. Satan possesses Yukio as his vessel, realizing they are related by blood.
24	"Satan's Spawn" "Majin no Rakuin" (魔神の落胤)	September 25, 2011[14]	March 16, 2013
After all of them are defeated, Rin and his companions manage to flee from Satan, who starts destroying the True Cross Academy with his flames. Knowing that Satan still stands beside the Gehenna Gate because Rin has the power to destroy it, Shura comes up with a plan to distract him to give Rin an opening to do it, while the other students help evacuate the whole academy. Their plan fails when Shiemi intervenes trying to dissuade Yukio, but with no success. However, Rin manages to have his brother regain consciousness without fighting him and eventually expel Satan from his body. However, the Gehenna Gate keeps getting stronger and it will not be long before Gehenna and Assiah merge into one single realm.
25	"Stop, Time" "Toki yo Tomare" (時よ止まれ)	October 2, 2011[14]	March 23, 2013
Rin, Yukio, Shura and Arthur join forces to bring down the Gehenna Gate, but with no success. Meanwhile, demons keep coming through it and giving a hard time to the other Exorcists until the Exwires come up with a plan to open a gate to the Vatican, where it is already daytime, and reflect the sunlight there to the Academy, where it is nighttime, to weaken the monsters protecting the Gehenna Gate. Rin and Yukio manage to seize this opportunity and, when both unlock their demonic powers together, they fly through the Gehenna Gate and destroy it. One month later, things are back to normal at True Cross Academy and the Okumura twins pay a visit to their mother's grave before returning to their duties as Exorcists.

OVA

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
OVA	"Runaway Kuro" "Kuro no Iede" (クロの家出)	October 26, 2011 (DVD/Blu-Ray Only)	July 9, 2013 (DVD/Blu-Ray Only)
This OVA follows Kuro as he searches for a new owner after Rin teases him by threatening to eat all of his food, since cats have a high sensitivity to heat. Kuro searches for Reverend Fujimoto and along the way runs into Rin's classmates, teachers, and friends. Kuro finds Reverend Fujimoto's ghost sitting on his grave. Finally, Rin comes and apologizes for teasing him and they head home to the academy.

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External links

• Official Website (Japanese)