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The Best Episodes of Blue Exorcist Season 1

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Humans live in the world of Assiah, demons in Gehenna. The two dimensions are not meant to interfere with each other, but demons still possess creatures in Assiah in spite of this. The humans who

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 1 - The Devil Resides in Human Souls
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #1 - The Devil Resides in Human Souls

    S1:E1

    Rin Okumura is a teenager with a natural gift to get himself in trouble. Despite that he tries his best to meet the expectations of his twin brother Yukio and Priest Shiro Fujimoto, who acts as their guardian, until he finally learns about the dark secret behind his origin.

    Director:Tensai Okamura
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  2. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 2 - Gehenna Gate
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Gehenna Gate

    S1:E2

    Fujimoto and his companions try their best to protect Rin from the demons who are after him, but he ends up posessed by Satan, the most powerful of the demons and Rin's father. Seeing his guardian taking his own life to protect him fron Satan, Rin decides to fight back by unlocking his demonic powers, even knowing that by doing it he would not be a human anymore.

    Director:Tadahito Matsubayashi
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  3. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 3 - Brothers
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #3 - Brothers

    S1:E3

    As part of his training to become an Exorcist, Rin gets himself enrolled at the True Cross Academy. On his first day of classes, Rin becomes shocked to know that his twin brother Yukio is already an Exorcist and will be one of his teachers.

    Director:Shuji Miyahara
    Writer:Natsuko Takahashi

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  4. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 4 - Garden of Amahara
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Garden of Amahara

    S1:E4

    Yukio sets out to the school's Exorcist-only shop to stock on some supplies along with Rin. There they find that the owner's daughter, Shiemi Moriyama, is being afflicted by a demon that dwells in her family's garden and, to save her life, they confront it by themselves.

    Director:Junichi Sakata
    Writer:Shinsuke Onishi

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  5. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 5 - A Boy From the Cursed Temple
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #5 - A Boy From the Cursed Temple

    S1:E5

    Having Shiemi as a new classmate, Rin's total disregard for classes brings forth the anger of another classmate of his, Ryuji Suguro, aka "Bon". After learning of Bon's story, Rin finds that they have more in common than he would like to admit.

    Director:Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  6. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 6 - The Phantom Chef
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #6 - The Phantom Chef

    S1:E6

    Rin and Yukio find that the responsible for their meals at the dormitory was Ukoback, a cooking familiar appointed by Mephisto Pheles to aid them. They also learn how Ukoback can be troublesome when he gets angry.

    Director:Ryutaro Sakaguchi
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  7. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 7 - Flock of Plovers
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Flock of Plovers

    S1:E7

    Eager to make new friendships, Shiemi asks her classmate Izumo Kamiki to be her friend and she pretends to agree, but Rin soon realizes Izumo is just taking advantage of Shiemi's kindness instead. Later, the students are reunited at the old dormitory to take part in the Exwire exam, where a demon attacks Izumo and her friend Paku by surprise and it's up to Rin and Shiemi to protect them.

    Director:Mamoru Enomoto
    Writer:Natsuko Takahashi

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  8. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 8 - Now a Certain Man was Sick
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Now a Certain Man was Sick

    S1:E8

    Still troubled after her friend Paku decides to leave the Exorcist lessons, Kamiki gets involved in a fight with Bon and the entire class end up punished by Yukio. Just after Yukio leaves for a mission, the students are attacked by another ghoul and while trying to help the others, Rin learns that the monster was sent by one of his teachers who wanted to confirm that he is the son of Satan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 9 - Memories
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Memories

    S1:E9

    Mephisto Pheles reveals to the students that the ghoul attack was actually part of the Esquire exam and how they dealt with the threat will count as part of their evaluation. Yukio confronts Neuhaus about his reasons to force Rin to use his demonic powers during the exam and he claims that all he did was under Mephisto's orders. However, it does not take much for Yukio to realize Neuhaus' real intentions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 10 - Black Cat
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Black Cat

    S1:E10

    Blacky went beserk when she heard the Father Shiro died and kept telling the exorcists that they were all lying about his death though only Rin could understand her (He said it may because they are both demons). When Yukio was about to use the item that Father Shiro gave him before if ever this scenario happens, Rin told him to let him calm Blacky down. In the end, Blacky accepted the fact that Father Shiro died and Rin and Yukio found out that the item that Father Shiro gave Yukio was actually his catnip wine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 11 - Demon of the Deep Seas
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Demon of the Deep Seas

    S1:E11

    Rin and his classmates Izumo and Shima are sent for their first mission as Exwires to a coast town aflicted by the presence of a Kraken. Izumo stumbles upon a boy whose father set to face the Kraken six months before and is still missing. The boy plans to enact his revenge against the creature as he believes it killed his father, but he and the Exwires find out what really happened when they encounter it, much to their surprise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 12 - A Game of Tag
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - A Game of Tag

    S1:E12

    The Exwires are tasked to look for the ghost of a child that is haunting Mephisto Pheles' amusement park. Rin and Shiemi manage to find the ghost first, but Shiemi ends up chasing it by herself while Amaimon, a higher demon and another son of Satan, steals Rin's sword and forces Rin to fight with him. Mean while another exorcist comes to defend him, and it is reveal to be an old friend of Rin's brother.

    Director:Tadahito Matsubayashi
    Writer:Ikuko Takahashi

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  13. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 13 - Proof
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Proof

    S1:E13

    Shura Kirigakure, a high level Exorcist and former apprentice of Father Shiro was acting as one of Rin's classmates tasked to investigate his connection with Satan. With orders to kill him if it were proven true, she is divided between fulfill her obligations and follow Shiro's request to look after Rin in his place if something would happen with him. Her doubts are cleared when she confronts Rin and finds that Shiro was actually raising him like a son instead of a weapon.

    Director:Mamoru Enomoto
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  14. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 14 - A Fun Camping Trip
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - A Fun Camping Trip

    S1:E14

    The first semester has ended, signaling the start of summer vacation for True Cross Academy students. But there’s no rest in sight for Rin and the other ExWires: first they must take part in a 3-day drill to prepare them for actual combat, under the guise of a camping trip out in the forest.

    Director:Ryutaro Sakaguchi
    Writer:Ikuko Takahashi

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  15. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 15 - An Act of Kindness
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #15 - An Act of Kindness

    S1:E15

    Suguro's joint strategy pays off, and the Exwires have success in their sights! But then a gigantic moth demon (cuchi) appears, and attacks Rin the moment he lets his guard down!

    Director:Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
    Writer:Ikuko Takahashi

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  16. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 16 - The Wager
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Wager

    S1:E16

    Consumed by the power of the flames during his battle with Amaimon, Rin goes berserk! He regains control of himself once his power is exhausted...only to be captured then and there by the current Paladin, Angel!

    Director:Junichi Sakata
    Writer:Shinsuke Onishi

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  17. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 17 - Temptation
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Temptation

    S1:E17

    As the hearing drags on, the Order finds itself unable to decide on Rin's fate, as Mephisto has proclaimed him to be "a weapon for counterattacking Satan." Just then, something happens…!

    Director:Shinpei Ezaki
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  18. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 18 - Gale
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Gale

    S1:E18

    Rin undergoes training to master his demonic flames, when a giant bird-like demon swoops in on him! After driving it away, all of the Cram School members are sent to investigate how the demon infiltrated the academy...

    Director:Takahiro Harada
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  19. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 19 - An Ordinary Day
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - An Ordinary Day

    S1:E19

    The Exorcism Cram School students are having a ball with Shima's birthday-based fortune-telling. When they discover that Izumo's birthday is coming up, they hit upon the idea of throwing her a surprise party!

    Director:Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
    Writer:Ikuko Takahashi

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  20. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 20 - Mask
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Mask

    S1:E20

    Southern Cross Monastery, where Rin and Yukio grew up, has come under attack by a mysterious assailant! Leaving behind these cryptic words: "I will never forgive anyone related to Satan," the masked assailant escapes...

    Director:Kazuhide Kondo
    Writer:Shinsuke Onishi

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  21. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 21 - Secret Garden
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Secret Garden

    S1:E21

    The assailant has escaped, but things are just getting back to normal after the monastery attack. Just then, someone appears before Yukio!

    Director:Ryutaro Sakaguchi
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  22. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 22 - Demon Hunting
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Demon Hunting

    S1:E22

    In light of the recent incidents, Mephisto is dismissed from his post as director. The Order’s Supreme Advisors are ousted as well, paving the way for Ernst to become Pope. And the newly appointed Preceptor of the Japan Branch is revealed to be...

    Director:Shinpei Ezaki
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  23. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 23 - Truth
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Truth

    S1:E23

    Ernst is scheming to open the Gehenna Gate by using the blood of Rin, son of Satan. In order to protect his wounded older brother, Yukio offers to take his place.

    Director:Mamoru Enomoto
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  24. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 24 - Satan's Spawn
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Satan's Spawn

    S1:E24

    Hordes of demons are spilling out of Gehenna Gate, and are now indiscriminately attacking the people of True Cross Academy Town! Meanwhile, Rin has been rescued by Suguro and Shiemi and is starting to come to. What Rin sees when he awakens is...

    Director:Toshimasa Kuroyanagi
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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  25. Blue Exorcist Season 1 Episode 25 - Stop, Time!
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Stop, Time!

    S1:E25

    Satan has transformed himself into a gigantic Gehenna Gate, and is attempting to absorb all of Assiah. Rin and Yukio, joined by Shura and Angel, attack the gate. Meanwhile, at the school, the exorcists defend against a myriad of demons.

    Director:Tensai Okamura
    Writer:Ryota Yamaguchi

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Devil Resides in Human Souls" is the best rated episode of "Blue Exorcist" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Tensai Okamura and written by Ryota Yamaguchi, it aired on 4/17/2011. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Gehenna Gate".