Blue Exorcist S1 E4-5 Reactions
Added 2020-03-30 01:23:15 +0000 UTCThank you to all my Lovely Zamily in the B.F.F. Tier for picking Blue Exorcist as our series for MARCH! :D
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One nice touch in this series is the various references to both literature and things that are actually associated with demonology. I'm gonna go with the most obvious one first with the fact with Mephisto Pheles referring to himself as Faust is a great reference to a classic Germanic legend about a man named Johann Faust who sells his soul to an evil spirit named Mephistopheles for great knowledge and worldly pleasures. Another one I noticed specifically in this set of episodes was them mentioning The Lesser Key of Solomon which is an actual book associated with demonology. The most famous section of the book, Ars Goetia is actually a part that describes and gives the seals of the 72 demons that according to legend were conquered by Solomon and used to help build his temple. One of the demons that is covered in it is actually Astaroth from the earlier episodes and mentioned in this set as the king of rot. (though Astaroth is thought to have been based off of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, who is in turn an equivalent of Ishtar, a Babylonian goddess, who was in turn an equivalent to Inanna a Sumerian goddess. Kinda the whole how the Greeks and Romans pretty much had the same pantheon but different names.) This is one of those series where I was surprised my interest in ancient mythology and legends of demons and the like had some cool insight. though funny enough, another series that does a similar thing is Welcome to Demon School Iruma Kun as many of the characters in that show have parts of their names taken from demons in historical literature too. (They even have their own Astaroth too.)
DarkAshtar
2020-03-30 14:00:05 +0000 UTCI just realised it says escort instead of exorcist oh gosh..
Bubblegum402
2020-03-30 13:51:41 +0000 UTCI also looked it up too and I have been watching the anime: Nisekoi while I go to the gym (.... when i was able to go to the gym... now its closed due to covid 19) AND she also voices a character in that anime. SO i have been hearing A LOTTTTT of this voice actress!!!! so thats really funny!!!
Zamber
2020-03-30 13:51:04 +0000 UTCohhhhhhhh! Okay! that does make wayyyyy more sense now! :3
Zamber
2020-03-30 13:48:01 +0000 UTCI think the reason why yukio has to pay for his tuition is mostly because his school life and work life is completely different things, what I mean is that his job as an exorcist has no connection to the academy itself therefore it’s just a job outside of school? If that makes any sense, his pay for being an escort it would go toward normal stuff and his tuition aswell, idk if that makes any sense but I’m super happy you enjoyed this series! I hope we can see more of it from you in the future >u<
Bubblegum402
2020-03-30 10:47:56 +0000 UTCI would also like to mention rin’s voice actor is the same as bakugou’s and mephisto being ranpo from bungo too! ^^ it’s fun finding out familiar voice actors in new series!
Bubblegum402
2020-03-30 09:51:06 +0000 UTCWhen you said Shiemi’s voice sounded familiar I had to see who the voice actor had voiced before, turns out the VA is for Lucy from bungo, naho from orange and murano from parasyte! And a few others like from persona and tokyo ghoul ^^
Bubblegum402
2020-03-30 09:49:49 +0000 UTC
