Ao no Exorcist 14-16 - Just You Average Summer Camp with Demons


First semester ends and it's time for Summer Camp for our young cram school students! To add up the spice in this camp, Amaimon is planning something while Mephisto is "supervising" on what Amaimon is doing... while having tea.


This is one hell of an arc to review; I mean for starters, a lot of things happened in just two episodes. The only thing important that happened in the 14th episode is that it is clear that Rin clearly has friends and that he is not anymore alone with his struggle. Also, it is the start of their training… and that’s about it. The only thing interesting in the 14th episode is the comedy and the gag with Shura’s boobs and that’s about it.


Now to the most important part of this arc, Amaimon’s epic return. But before that, they were able to finish the task with Takara (the guy with a puppet) being first then eyebrows chick and the rest. And seriously, how did Takara bring one giant lantern?! Now back to Amaimon, his return is one of the reasons why the 15th episode was really good. He did everything just to force Rin to pull the Kurikara out of its sheath. Also, thanks to what Amaimon, we finally see what will happen to Rin if he gets consumed with his blue flames. It was both scary and at the same time, your jaw will drop because the scene of Rin just owning Amaimon is awesome.

To top everything of is that the episode after it is that Vatican now knows about Rin being the son of Satan and now, the Paladin, Arthur August Angel captures him and he is faces trial along with Mephy and Shura. Meanwhile, most of the students are surprised with turn of events that caused Yukio to explain everything. To the disappointments, first they didn’t give Rin a chance to explain himself in front of the Council of Gregory (my subs says, Grigori, and since the series heavily borrows elements from the Roman Catholic Christian religion, I will go for Gregory) and second, they just easily accepted Rin especially Bon less Konekomaru.


More on Bon’s part, why did he easily accepted Rin at the first place?! I mean, his temple had quite a history with Satan and he vowed that he will defeat Satan at the first place! What’s more is that he is willing to help Yukio fix the Kurikara! Now back on Mephy and co., I seriously hate Arthur during the trial and Mephy continues to impress me. The trial also reveals who is the twin’s mom and how long Mephy roamed Assiah. Oh, and Amimon wants to fight Rin again, and now he is quite buff.

Meanwhile, Yukio and co. are now in Kyoto to fix the Kurikara and met Bon’s childhood friend, the current Yoshikuni. While in Kyoto, Yukio and Bon faced a test of faith while trying to look for the caretaker of the temple so that they can get the nails that are related to the sword. That scene alone confirms everything about their feelings regarding Rin.


Overall, the arc had a weak started and now the tension continues to rise as Amaimon wants another round with Rin. What’s more is that Rin is trapped in some crystal while facing trial in front of the council of Gregory. As for the new character, Arthur, he continues to irritate me and that’s about it.