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.

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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

Shima, Renzou Supporting

Yusa, Kouji Japanese

Suguro, Ryuuji Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Tanaka, Wataru Producer

Aoki, Makoto Producer

Ogasawara, Yuki Producer

Yoshida, Daisuke Director

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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

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May 20, 2024

Genbu-Sama

Mixed Feelings

finally the new squeal ^0^ and it was a big flop T^T . what distinguish Ao no Exorcist is the op song which always start with UVerworld
, this time it was sad , boring , un hyped op . You can say most of the anime fan are looking forward the new op art which is always hyped .
unfortunately the same goes with the Ost used in the series ( Not to much for me and to soft ) . Now lets talk about the story ,good start but again boring , to much feeling not to much action .It ... started to look like Drama Not action anime . Yes the studio did an amazing job with the graphic , and the colors pattern but still the character designs not the same as the manga and the previous seasons . to much talking not much action .This season is more like self discovery for the characters and finding the reason to fighting and how to overcome their weakness. I will recommend this anime for the new viewers but not the old fans :3 .
score :
music : 4
story : 6
Characters development : 6
I have no idea how it got 7.03 . :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 12, 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 involved in this season are aware of this characters constant back stabbing and fickle "loyalty" yet for some reason 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 utterl 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.

Lastly, again without spoiling anything, as you know from the synposis there is another powerful organization that comes into play at this point in the story, this factions motivations make literally no sense whatsoever, every single sentence out of the leaders mouth directly contradicts who they are as a being and the way the operation is being ran and who make up the entirety of the organizations ranks also directy contradicts the goal they claim to be striving for, along with directly contradicting the claimed motiviatins of the above mentioned traitor, making their character arc even more idiotic.


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 and the "story" that lies beyond have some of the worst writing ever seen, you could not pay me to sit through that.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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