Ao no Exorcist: Yosuga-hen Episode 9 Discussion

Sure blame the abuse victim instead of her abuser, same age old story. I really hate the order on this point. Poor Yuri, she doesn't deserve this. She would have made a great mother, I think. Those little clips of what could have been, damn it Kazue Kato, why do you have to play with our emotions like that? That episode ending, nice cliffhanger. Poor Shiro though, at least he can heal quickly.
Also we got to see Shiemis grandmother again, it's been a while. And Mephisto is being Mephisto.
Overall good episode. I'm surprised at the pacing (I quite like it).

aw Shiro. Why'd you wait so long to tell her. Yuri's death gave me all the feels. I had been holding out some kind of hope that Yukio was actually Shiro's child right up until the end. OMG I can't believe I have tears in my eyes.

ost hard carried ngl and the direction is really solid

Anyways, GIVE THE NEXT SEASON BACK TO A1 ANIPLEX AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

Bad decisions and life choices all around. Along with some stupid stubbornness and pride getting in the way and leading to a foreseeable and tragic conclusion. Shirou is all over the place, obsessed with personal independence and freedom yet wanting bonds and fearing them just as much at the same time... he's so completely lost at the sea and in the hopelessness of the situation that he apparently didn't even understand that Yuri, being just an ordinary human and not an enhanced clone of a demon king with super regeneration, after such difficult labor where she almost died a couple of times needed not a walk across freezing snowy mountains but extensive medical care at any cost... guess Shirou only gains true maturity after and due to her death.

Shemihaza finally makes her move, even more fashionably late than Mephisto. Speaking of, are we ever let in on where exactly in the power structure of Gehenna the Sool stand? Especially in relation to the Baal. Excluding Satan, Lucifer and Samael are officially referred to as the strongest and the second strongest existence in Gehenna respectively, so it's probably safe to assume that the 2 Sool are below them in power, and Azazel is officially ranked 3rd among the Baal, so he's weaker too. What I don't get is why those 3 - Azazel, Shemihaza and Armumahel - got to be the Grigori, effectively the highest rank in the Order, while Samael, who for all intents and purposes technically appears to be stronger than them and the strongest of all the demons on the human side, is only a Honorary knight with the likes of Angel being allowed to raise his voice at him in public? It sort of doesn't add up.

Speaking of Arthur and the title of Paladin. Considering what the 3 latest Paladins were - Abel a clone or a son of Samael, Shirou a clone of Azazel and Angel a clone of Lucifer - maybe the Order should just face the facts and put being a clone or a direct descendant of a top demon ruler in the Paladin's job description already. That would make life easier for many involved and also make Rin not just qualify for the position but essentially the top candidate by far.

But back to the Baal for another moment. The extent of their full power makes me curious. For now, we know for sure that besides Satan, the planet-annihilator class demon kings who can destroy the world on a whim with basically a snap of their fingers are at least Lucifer who already outright threatened to do so and got his own personal Asylum complete with inhumane experiments just to soothe him and contain him for a little while, and Samael as he mentioned that repeatedly stopping time of the same area of space is much more dangerous than even the Gehenna gate fully opening because the former has all the chances to just break up the world. Which means, if he ever wanted the world gone, he has all the means he needs for that at the tips of his fingers. Are the other Baal also equipped with their own means to this end? Is Amaimon, for example? Or the 3 Baal that are on Lucifer's side? Or is there a substantial power gap in that sense between the 2-3 top demon kings and the rest? How many planet-scale ticking time-bombs are there anyway? Ah, questions, questions...

@Ronninn we are not getting another season lol 😢😢😭