Blue
Exorcist, Vol 12
Author: Kazue Kato
Publisher: Viz Media
American
release date: November 4, 2014
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/manga/paranormal/202 pages
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★★
Kamiki confronts Takara at the
Festival and asks him point blank if he’s in the Illuminati, as Arthur Angel
and Lightning deal with one of the two Vatican spies. Arthur reveals his
ruthless side when he says that since there is another spy, he doesn’t mind if this
one dies! Under torture, the spy reveals that the Illuminati are going to
kidnap a girl from the Japan Branch within the hour, and that girl is none
other than Izumo Kamiki!
Shura instructs the exwires to
begin a search for Kamiki. Meanwhile, Kamiki is still confronting Takara when
help arrives… except this help isn’t quite what anyone bargained for. How can
this trusted person be a member of the Illuminati? Nothing is what it seems,
apparently. As if things aren’t confused enough, Mephisto arrives on the scene.
One can never be sure what side he’s on. And right behind him is Lucifer, Mephisto’s
big brother, who makes no bones about being a part of the Illuminati. According
to Lucifer, they have declared war against the Knights of the True Cross.
Lucifer and his cohorts depart – with Kamiki – to everyone’s chagrin. Mephisto
instructs Yukio to take the exwires and get Kamiki back!
When they arrive at their
destination, which is a theme park, they begin to realize something is not
quite right here. Although supposedly visitors come to visit the Inari Taisha
shrine, an inordinate number of them are obsessed with the food and with
staying at Dream Town Inari. What’s up with that?
In this volume of Blue Exorcist, the exwires are faced
with a major dilemma. Is one of their own a traitor, or is there more to the
story, something they aren’t seeing? Betrayal is a bitter pill to swallow,
especially in one who has been trusted as this person was. Rin gives him the
benefit of the doubt, but Suguro is ready to rip his head off.
This volume also delves more
deeply into Kamiki’s background than we’ve been before, and we catch glimpses
of a horrific childhood, which has made her the standoffish, non-trusting
person she has become. Not surprising, considering her parents. I don’t know
what to think about the traitor in their midst – is he really a traitor, or is
something else happening that we aren’t aware of? I’m inclined to give the
person the benefit of the doubt, but I suppose time will tell. The appearance
of the masked Lucifer is interesting. Who is the man behind the mask? And what
is his agenda? A bonus at the end of the volume is an illustrated guide to
demons, which is interesting.
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