Blue
Exorcist, Vol 17
Author: Kazue Kato
Publisher: Viz Media
American
release date: July 4, 2017
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/manga/paranormal/186 pages
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★★
When Shura disappears, Mephisto
sends Yukio and Rin to find her, telling them to go to Aomori Prefecture, as
that is where she is from. Plus the most recent GPS reading places here there.
Yukio claims he can handle the assignment alone, to Rin’s dismay, but Mephisto
insists they work together, so off they go. He also lets Yuki know that he
knows about his dangerous training, and to be careful.
They take a train to Lake Towada
and find room in an inn. The old lady who runs the inn assures them they’ll
have privacy, having totally misinterpreted their relationship. As they relax
in a hot bath, Rin questions Yukio about the dangerous training, which his
brother blows off, then reveals how he has messed up with Shiemi. He asks Yuki
if he likes Shiemi too, but doesn’t really get an answer to his question.
Later, in speaking with the innkeeper, they learn that Shura spent the night
there and said when she left that she was sort of going home.
Meanwhile, Shura meets with a
mysterious figure she calls Hachiro who is insistent that she keep to the terms
of her blood contract and have a child! As Yukio and Rin search for Shura,
Yukio tells his brother the story of the baba yaga of Lake Towanda, and of how
Father Fujimoto rescued Shura, who was
being held prisoner there. Rin senses trouble ahead. They find an injured Shura
lying in the snow, and she tells them she is going to die soon! She tells them
the story of the blood contract that began even before she was born…
This volume is primarily about
Shura, but it’s also about Yukio and Rin, giving them some brotherly alone time
which they seldom get. Shura’s backstory is interesting, and the contract she
was burdened with horrendous. Finally resigned to her fate, it takes the two
brothers to make her see she can have a life of her own. I love the flashbacks
of when she met Father Fujimoto. The things she said and did made me laugh,
especially when she said she wanted to have his baby! I loved seeing Rin and
Yukio working together. I worry about Yukio, and whatever power is coming to
light inside of him. I think he’ll be all right. After all, look at Rin! He’s a
good boy, just high spirited. And not likely to be swayed to the dark side.
Another great volume, look forward
to more!
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