Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen

At True Cross Academy, Rin Okumura unknowingly comes across the first signs that something is amiss; ordinary people have been gaining the ability to perceive the invisible creatures that roam the human realm, Assiah. While Rin sees this as an opportunity to make a new friend, his twin brother, Yukio, is more burdened than ever. Swamped with his education, exorcist duties, and teaching position, Yukio has remained silent about his awakened powers, unable to understand their scale or significance.

While Rin and his friends prepare for the annual Exorcist Certification Exam, the True Cross Order has uncovered the first artificial gate to the demonic realm of Gehenna. Witnessing its size and the advanced technology that made it possible, the exorcists realize they are now dealing with the Illuminati, an extremely wealthy and powerful organization. Moreover, the inscrutable Illuminati have planted three spies in the True Cross Order—and one may be hiding among the aspiring exorcists sworn to protect mankind from the demonic threat.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Okumura, Rin Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Okumura, Yukio Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Pheles, Mephisto Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Kuro Supporting

Takagaki, Ayahi Japanese

Amaimon Supporting

Kirigakure, Shura Supporting

Satou, Rina Japanese

Fujimoto, Shirou Supporting

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Moriyama, Shiemi Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Suguro, Ryuuji Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Shima, Renzou Supporting

Yusa, Kouji Japanese

Matsumoto, Miho Producer

Tanaka, Wataru Producer

Ogasawara, Yuki Producer

Mita, Keiji Producer

Reviews

May 8, 2024

torsan88

Recommended

After I finished watching the third season, of my second most favorite series I ever watching, it was entertaining and a lot of things have happening, maybe because I am ao no exorcist fan or it is that I enjoy the series a lot? And I can understand why it got low rating than other seasons, maybe because they changes of another studio or maybe storyline wasn’t that hyped or interesting for anyone, but one thing they actually did, is that they following the manga and not adding fillers episodes in as they did in the first season, which is amazing things, and yes I ... know they remove some scenes from the manga, but they still make equal in anime series as the manga series is, and animation was amazing made, I’ve I can understand some people didn’t like it and also a little bit of 3D scene in the series, but I don’t see any problem with it, I am still enjoying the series as it was, as a Ao no exorcist fan, the season three was enjoyable and have amazing moments in it, and for those who are not fan of the series, I hope you like the series somehow, in the end I did enjoy the third season of Ao no exorcist series and I am looking forward to next season of Ao no exorcist!

Thank you!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by torsan88 (9)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Jul 1, 2024

Jonsitoa

Mixed Feelings

4 years to late to make a third season after the second one, after many shows i barely remembers anything about this series, its just too late Japan

The new animation is an abomination and very still, the characters dont have substance, the whole ark is just about the annoying tsundere girl and she is annoying, don't understand why they rescue her to be completely honest, its just not neccesary, the brother is the best character but he is going to become a villain and that's sad tbh, he deserves to be the protagonist

This show has the worst protagonist i ever seen in a shonen, he ... is a very bland character, Asta is better than him.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by Jonsitoa (25)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Jul 25, 2024

_Serpico

Not Recommended

This point is where the show completely falls off. The previous seasons and the movie are generic in a lot of ways but entertaining enough to keep watching, this season however is pathetc.
First I will get the obvious out of the way and acknowledge the undeniable drop in animation quality, but beyond that the story and characters become incomprehensibly bad. The most succint way I can describe this without giving specifc spoilers is that there is a character whose allegiance is all over the place, they are double agents, no wait, they are triple agents, no wait, they are back to double agents, no ... wait, they are now openly loyal to one side oh wait, no they aren't.

This is already handled extremely poorly and it is made a million times worse by the fact that it is effectively never addressed, all parties involve ed in this season are aware of this characters constant back stabbing and fickle "loyalty" yet for somreason never do anything about it and every single other character in the show allows this character to freely walk around their base and interact with them like they are good friends and they hadn't fought tooth and nail trying to help a depraved, perverted "scientist" do horrific experiments on children. It is so painfully stupid, having a traitor could have easily been a great angle to take but the way it is handled here with nobody caring about the perpetual betrayals, nobody treating the person any different, none of their actions having any consequences means it is all utterly pointless, none of it goes anywhere, has any weight or significance to it, it is the most anticlimactic way to incorporate a "twist" humanly possible.

I will take a moment to point out this review focuses largely on events surrounding one character because that is what this season primarily revolves around, however believe it or not I am trying to keep this brief but there are so many things about this season that are bad, some subjective but mostly objective that it is difficult to even scratch the surface without turning this into a dissertation, apologies for that, but it is fair to say most of the main characters are handled poorly. The power scaling is a mess, even as far as shounen go it is inconsistent and there are dialogue/inner mononlogues that make no sense because they are questioning things they themselves first hand experienced, it is as if the events of the final episodes of season 1 have been retconned and the show is only now trying to build to stuff that was revealed all the way back in 2011.

Lastly, again without outright spoiling specifics, as you know from the synopsis this season introduces another powerful organization, however nothing about this organization makes sense, the being who is in charge of it and the goal they are striving towards is directly contradicted by the rest of the organization being manned by humans. Which makes the above mentioned traitor angle even more sloppy because it means there is zero, literally zero reason for their betrayal, their whole "personality", the one thing driving them is their own survival and they go about this by betraying people they trust to work with an organization they can't trust and who are actively trying to destroy, how can it even be argued that that makes sense?

I finished this season out of curiosity and read a little bit of what comes next in the story and jesus wept somehow the impossible happens and it gets worse and dumber beyond this point, like I said despite being relatively generic I liked the show before this point but this season, it's "story", it's inconceivably poor handling of a twist involving recoginzable characters and it's ignoring of scenes in earlier seasons is all objectively bad writing. I can't in good conscience recommend this and I for one won't be watching any more of this going forward.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by _Serpico (2)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

God Tier music by Hiroyuki Sawano part 1

by LicoSapo

47 Entries · 9 Restacks

Let's Dive into European Folklore

by keiyaku_

15 Entries · 11 Restacks

2023 - 2024 anime to check out

by AncientDays

35 Entries · 6 Restacks

Recommendations

'Ao no Exorcist' New Series in Production [Update 3/24]

Following the broadcast of the 12th and final episode of Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen (Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga) on Sunday, a new series was ...read more

Mar 23, 1:05 PM by Vindstot | Discuss (15 comments)

Winter 2024 Simulcast List [Update 2/3]

In this thread, you'll find a comprehensive list of television anime acquired for simulcast release during the Winter 2024 season. Anime series licensed for hom...read more

Jan 2, 2:51 PM by Snow | Discuss (40 comments)

	Poll: Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 ) Stark700 - Mar 23	57 replies	by DarkInsomnia57 »» Sep 26, 8:47 PM
	Poll: Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen Episode 5 Discussion Stark700 - Feb 3	40 replies	by LastLuminescence »» Aug 26, 4:09 PM
	Poll: Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen Episode 6 Discussion ( 1 2 ) Stark700 - Feb 10	55 replies	by DarkInsomnia57 »» Aug 14, 5:39 PM
	Poll: Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen Episode 11 Discussion ( 1 2 ) Stark700 - Mar 16	54 replies	by Hayley2877 »» Jul 20, 3:59 AM
	Poll: Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen Episode 10 Discussion Stark700 - Mar 9	48 replies	by Hayley2877 »» Jul 20, 3:38 AM