Blue Exorcist Vol 15
Overview: The operation against Professor Gedoin’s diabolical dream town Inari is just the opening round in the growing conflict between the Knights of the True Cross and the Illuminati. As both sides regroup and lay plans for the future the exwires try to come to terms with what has happened. Izumo has found some peace and a new sense of purpose, but serious questions about Renzo Shima’s betrayal still need to be answered. It’s not easy thing for Rin and his friends to hear, that they are just pawns in Mephisto’s schemes, but the game is on!
Pages: 202 Pages
Story and Art: Kazue Kato
The series really likes to be inconsistent in the story. In this story, it spends a lot of time trying to figure out the aftermath of the last volume. Who can be trusted, who can’t be trusted, and how are both sides going to respond to the past events. For the most part, a lot of the chapters are a lot of nothing. Lots of talk that really just circles back. Certainly a step back from the action and surprises the last volume had.
Overall, I am a little disappointed that this volume took a step back after the last episode was so promising. I get you can’t have non-stop action, but it seems like more of the story could have focused on what made the last volume so great. We will have to see if the next volume can reach those heights again.