Blue
Exorcist, Vol 19
Author: Kazue Kato
Publisher: Viz Media
American
release date: June 5, 2018
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/manga/paranormal/194 pages
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★
True Cross has a new student – Ambrosius
Faust. But he’s actually Amaimon, passing himself off as Johann Faust’s nephew.
What’s up with that? To Rin’s dismay, he claims Shiemi is his bride, but she
quickly sets him straight on that count. Meanwhile, Lightning and Suguro have
been investigating in the monastery where Rin and Yukio were raised. Afterward,
Lightning storms into Mephisto’s bath to confront him an unofficial contract of
Morinath, which is completely against order rules. Mephisto tells him the
location of the treasure he seeks, and advises he go at night, and to “place
the key in the hand.” Off Lightning and Suguro go!
Shiemi has been wrestling with
whether or not to take the exorcist exam, conflicted between her desire to
please and her wishes for the future. Having made her decision, she approaches
her mother, who asks that Shiemi hear her out before she makes a final
decision.
Lightning and Suguro find
themselves beneath the monastery, in the place that was the predecessor of the
cram school. This place was dismantled sixteen years before, because it was
ground zero on the Blue Night! They talk to one another about their
backgrounds, and then they run into an unexpected blast from the past. When
Lightning accuses the newcomer of signing a contract or Morinath, he tells them
where to find the Section 13 they seek. Lightning and Suguro find the ruins of
what was once the cram school, as well as Section 13. It seems as though
someone was experimenting with finding elixirs for immortality! Worse than
that, they were delving into cloning! Mephisto, you have some ‘splaining to do!
Christmas break has arrived, but
the Exwires decide to stay at the school in order to study for the exorcist
exam. When a discussion of birthdays arises, they decide to hold a Christmas
party/birthday party for the group! The students split into groups to take care
of preparations, even as they speculate on what Shiemi has just told them,
trying to figure out why she made the decision that she did.
I love following the ongoing
investigation of Lightning and Suguro. What they are uncovering is totally
fascinating, even if I’m not sure how it fits into the scheme of things.
Cloning, immortality and elixirs? We learn more about the Blue Night, as well
as Lucifer, while Mephisto continues to protest that he is not the enemy, and
he’s certainly not helping the Illuminati. The plot is definitely thickening,
and as usual, the Okumura brothers in in the midst of it, whether they know the
truth or not.
I also love Suguro’s character
development. At the beginning of the series, I thought of him as a muscle-bound
lunkhead, but there is a lot more to him than that. I’m dying to find out about
why Shiemi decided what she did – what did her mother say to her? And is Yukio
ever going to confide his fears to his brother? After all, two heads are better
than one!
The beat goes on in this volume of
Blue Exorcist. Unfortunately, now I
have to wait for the next one to arrive! I’ve reached the end of what is
already published. I’m greatly looking forward to the
next volume, whenever it comes out!
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