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'''Rin:''' I don't care! I'm no longer human, but I'm not a demon either. I can only move forwards! ''I'll become an exorcist!'' }}

 

 

 

While Rin is in total shock and disbelief, [[Deus Ex Machina|Fujimoto Shiro]] comes and exorcises the demon. He then [[Info Dump|describes]] how demons come from a world called Gehenna and can cross into our world (Assiah) by possessing a vessel of sufficient strength. He takes Rin back to the house to give him a sword that seals his demon powers and see him off, but unfortunately, [[Where Do You Think You Are?|Rin thinks it's all bullcrap]] and accuses Shiro of throwing him out. Double unfortunately, [[The Call Knows Where You Live|Satan decides to come in and say hello]]. Rin saves himself, but [[Death by Origin Story|Father Fujimoto dies in the process]]. After the funeral, he is confronted by Mephisto, a member of the True Cross Order and a friend of Shiro's, and demands to join the True Cross Order and become an Exorcist.

* [[Academy of Adventure]]

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The first half of the anime, before it diverges onto an anime-original story.

* [[All Myths Are True|All Religions Are True]]: The series mostly focus on Christianity, mainly [[Anime Catholicism|Roman Catholicism]], but there have been demons inspired by Shintoism, [[Words Can Break My Bones|Fatal Verses from Buddhist sutras (at least Zen Buddhism anyways)]], even Greco-Roman minor deities.

** It was also said in the manga that almost all demons found in other religions are true, Satan just happens to be the lord of them all.

* [[Beach Episode]]: 11th episode of the anime, and chapter 35 in the manga.

* [[Bedmate Reveal]]: After the battle with the Impure King, {{spoiler|Rin wakes up to find Shiemi sleeping next to him.}}

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Suguro Tatsuma pulls off the beginning of one at the end of chapter 24. {{spoiler|It backfires}}.

* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Kamiki Izumo, causing her to get the nickname Eyebrows.

* [[Big "What?"]]: Bon in chapter 28 when told {{spoiler|by Rin to ride on the giant [[Fun Size|Kuro/Blackie]].}}

* [[Bishonen]]: Most of the male cast.

** The Impure/Defilement King (a demon in the Decay domain) takes the form of a giant city.

* [[Body Horror]]: Demon mashou boils. And demonic possession/attacks. So much blood...

** Then came Ch. 32. {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard|Toudou]] can [[From a Single Cell|regenerate]] with Karura's power. He just likes to regenerate his hands and mouth first, to Yukio's abject horror.}}

* [[Break the Haughty]]: When Izumo's confidence fails, her familiars try to kill her.

* [[Break Them by Talking]]: {{spoiler|Gale}} tries this on {{spoiler|Konekomaru.}} Works for a while, but Koneko gets over it.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: The Video Game Dude and Bunny Rabbit Puppet Kid. {{spoiler|The Video Game "Dude" is really Kirigakure Shura, a [[Unsettling Gender Reveal|big boobed]] Upper First Class Exorcist with a seal for a sword on her chest and becomes Rin's mentor.}}

* [[Christmas Cake]]: Shura does not react well to those who suggest she is NOT eighteen.

* [[Conspicuous CG]]: The Gehenna Gate and "Messiah" (read: atomic bomb mockup) in the anime.

* [[Crossover Cosmology]]: Quite a bit of Buddhist and Shinto is mixed in as well.

* [[Crystal Prison]]: In the anime, {{spoiler|Rin gets this treatment}} when the {{spoiler|True Cross order find out that he's the son of Satan.}}

* [[Custom Uniform]]: Angel has an extremely fancy uniform.

'''[[Jerkass|Angel]]''': [[Completely Missing the Point|You misunderstand. I had this outfit tailor-made]] }}

** None of the main characters wears their uniform like the others. They use shirts, t-shirts, over the knee socks and wear ties or ribbons in their own way to stand out from the rest, according to their personality.

** If Satan is the Ultimate Evil in the underworld, could there be a Uber-God who is the ultimate good?

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Fujimoto's final scene, as pointed out in the second chapter:

'''Rin''': He was awesome. }}

* [[Energy Absorption]]: If one uses an elemental attack on a demon of the same element, if the attack is not strong enough the demon will absorb it.

* [[Face of a Thug]]: Rin and Bon. Bon's father was said to have one as well.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]/[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Bon's serpent-wielding relative, who cannot stand that the exorcists are allowing the son of Satan to live.}}

* [[Familiar]]: Strong exorcists have 'em. Rin acquires Kuro/Blacky, Shiemi has Nii-chan.

*** Also subverted with Izumo and Shiemi. {{spoiler|Izumo didn't really give a damn about it , while Shiemi was more hurt by the fact that Rin, her first friend, didn't tell her something so important. Shiemi, being the [[Fragile Flower]] she is, took it a little too personally..}}

* [[Fantastic Rank System]]: The Exorcists have one. See the trope page for details.

* [[Fireball Eyeballs]]: Rin and Satan have these in various color pages. {{spoiler|In chapter 30, when Yukio was about to be killed by [[Manipulative Bastard|Toudou]], he got these for a few pages.}}

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

** [[The Lancer]]: [[Nerd Glasses|Yukio.]]

** [[The Big Guy]]: [[Genius Bruiser|Bon.]]

** [[Token Evil Teammate]]: [[Anime Chinese Girl|Izumo]], not evil Per se, but she's mean.

** [[The Mentor]]: [[Gag Boobs|Shura]].

* [[Flaming Sword]]: Kurikara.

* [[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]:

'''Rin''': *twitches* }}

* [[Gainaxing]]: Shiemi in the anime while wearing the True Cross Academy uniform. The guys don't miss seeing it at all.

* [[Holy Burns Evil]]: Holy water does this to demons. It hurts Rin as well, but not as much.

* [[Hot for Student]]: Yukio to Shiemi. Though really they're about the same age.

* [[Hot Teacher]]: Yukio, at least to Shiemi.

* [[Hypocritical Humour]]: Mephisto, in episode 6.

'''Mephisto''': Food is culture! Experiencing the highest-end food will make your lives fuller!'' (opens a cup of instant ramen and eats it)'' }}

** But then again, there ''is'' a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] in that. Mephisto {{spoiler|is [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|actually more than 200 years old]] and, knowing his love of culture, has probably ''already'' experienced all of the "highest-end food." Now he just wants to sit back and eat ramen. Nothing hypocritical about that.}} Pre-[[Fridge Brilliance]], the scene is still an example though.

* [[I Am a Monster]]: Rin says a variation of this in episode 9.

* [[Japanese Christian]]

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Justified in Rin's case, as said katana seals his demon powers.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: In episode two, Satan [[Grand Theft Me|possesses]] {{spoiler|Rin's adoptive father}} (which has some [[Body Horror|unsettling side-effects]]) and promptly tosses the terrified kid into the [[Hell Gate|gate to Gehena.]]

** In episode 20, Angel also stops Mephisto (with a firetruck) from saving several student hostages because he's under suspicion for performing acts forbidden by the Vatican. What, the moron couldn't give him another minute?

* [[Limp and Livid]]: Satan in Fujimoto's body, especially when he unleashes his disconcerting [[Evil Laugh]].

* [[Overtook the Manga]]: At the time the anime aired only 30+ chapters of the manga were even out.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Rin's flame. Though he can't control it. (He's working on it.)

* [[Posthumous Character]]: Fujimoto Shiro, who adopted and raised [[Anti-Anti-Christ|Rin]], is later developed to be, not only in the church of badass preachers, but THE [[Badass Preacher]].

* [[Primal Stance]]: Rin in his first confrontation with Amaimon.

* [[Shoot the Hostage]]: When Shiemi is drained by a pansy demon, it uses her body as a shield. Yukio pulls out his gun, and the demon taunts he wouldn't shoot Shiemi. He does. The pansy demon freaks out and flees. Rin is reasonably pissed off, but Shiemi is fine in the end. [[Subverted Trope|Yukio reveals]] to Rin that he used red dye bullets, having no intention of harming Shiemi at all.

* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]: Rin's dad uses one in episode two. To fight a hoard of demons. And does pretty well.

** gg subs included a disclaimer for episode 24, stating: "[[Good Omens|NOTICE - Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it at home.]]"

* [[Stab the Scorpion]]: When confronted by his human brother about his existence, Rin draws his sword and charges... to kill a demon behind him. "I am not low enough to fight my own brother."

* [[Stripperific]]: Shura could count as this. Kind of justified because she needs to have free access to her tattoos when she has to take something from their dimensional pockets... but not much.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: Subverted initially when Rin first meets Mephisto. He offers that Rin either kill or be killed, and later jokingly adds that Rin could always kill himself too. Rin declines, and demands to be an Exorcist instead.

'''Rin''': "KICK SATAN'S ASS!" }}

* [[Tears of Blood]]: It happens to the people Satan tries to possess, especially on the Blue Night sixteen years ago. {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession|And it happens to Rin's dad]]}}.

* [[Technicolor Fire]]: The main character wields vivid ''blue'' fire, which in the series is the trademark of Satan. The title [[Captain Obvious|represents this, of course]].

* [[Title Drop]]: From Chapter 33, summing up Rin's mission after he's demonstrated it by {{spoiler|defeating the Impure King and annihilating all its insidious spores more or less by himself}}:

* [[True Companions]]: Rin and his classmates. {{spoiler|The feeling died after he went [[Berserk Mode|berserk]] in front of them, but things are getting better.}}

** Even moreso in the anime, where so far, {{spoiler|Konekomaru was the only one who objected in helping Rin out after revealing he was the son of Satan}}.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: The cooking battle between Rin and Ukobach.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|"Why the hell is Satan's kid at our school!?" Also, the translator is shocked that Angel ''chopped Rin's foot off'' to hold him still during his "trial".}}

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Part of the girl's uniform, but notable on [[The Chick|Shiemi]], [[Tsundere|Kamiki]], and [[Ms. Fanservice|Shura.]]

 

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