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Nov 18, 2015
So, this is my initial impressions review. Just right of the bat, I see a LOT of parallelism between this and Soul Eater, but I'll explain that as I go.
As of this point, I have only read two volumes of Blue Exorcist, and I will try not to restate the description. The story is set in a world where our main focus of characters is Exorcists, who are essentially combat trained priests who specialize in destroying demons, similar to Meisters in SE. Themain protagonist of the story is a boy named Rin, who is both an exorcist (in-training, currently,) and also a half demon...the
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son of Satan, at-that!
He is namely suffering from the burden of feeling like he was the reason a priest, who was a father-figure to him and raised him all his life, was killed by Satan. Due to these events, he makes it his life goal to destroy Satan, his father.
And how does his journey begin? Major parallelism #2, he has to attend a school for Exorcists so he can learn the basics from a group of psychotic teachers. A notable plot point is that Rin's younger twin brother, Yukio, who did NOT inherit the powers of Satan, is an Exorcist prodigy and genius...which leads to some brotherly squabbles.
Also, this manga DEFINITELY suffers from a bad case of the 10 Chapter struggle, as it dove straight into the action with nearly no backstory on Rin or Yukio, and has yet to get back around to that. I hope that some more of their immediate past will be revealed very soon, because everything still feels very rushed.
So-far, the story is good, but it is just VERY reminiscent of Soul Eater and I only see it getting more similar as the story progresses. The characters are interesting and diverse, and I'm quite sure I have already met the entirety of the main cast. I GREATLY enjoy the artwork...I'm just hoping for some original twist to not lock this in as another same-y school for destruction story like Soul Eater, Naruto, etc. before it. I'm left with high hopes, but average expectations.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Aug 26, 2015
If I had to give a short comparison of Beet, it would be throwing the plot of Bleach into the world of DnD. This relation is interesting, considering Bleach started a year prior to Beet, though the story itself is highly comparable to the Hueco Mundo arc, which obviously didn't exist at the time, so the parallelism may simply be coincidence, but it's uncanny.
You exist in a world of hunters called Busters (Soul Reapers,) who exist solely to slay evil beasts called Vandels (Hollows) whose soul existence is to kill humans. However, experienced Busters have the ability to produce a magical weapon, individual to
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themselves which grow in power and abilities as they mature together called Saiga (Zanpakuto.) Of-course, there are characters who are either too inexperienced or lack the aptitude to wield saiga, and often fall upon a more magical route of destructive spells called tengeki (kidou) that also have a dark counterpart that only Vandels can use (cero.) Then there's the team, the never give up, smack it with a stick till it dies main character who always seems to have the solution, Beet (Ichigo,) his weird best-friend/love interest who pretends to want nothing to do with him but really has the uber hots for him, Poala (Rukia,) his dark, strong, rival-like friend that never quite stacks up, Slade (Chad,) his smart friend who can't use the standard weapon, and instead takes a magical approach, Kissu (Uryuu,) and the bimbo, bubble brained hot chick who wants to bang everyone, Milfa (Orihime.) Of course, there's also the villain that slayed the respective hero's family and forces them out on their adventure of vengeance, Beltorze (Grand Fisher.)
The entire plot is the characters going about killing Vandels (Hollows) to purge the world of their evil and in the process, improve their rank (Busters have some form of bounty hunter system combined with a DnD style of "leveling up" as they kill more and stronger Vandels and monsters) and they also get paid for their kills. The story is a tad too cliche for my tastes, though it is interesting. It's also on an indefinite hiatus (and has been for a long time.) Honestly, I would continue to read this were it ever being published again, but don't expect anything too original or earth shattering from this series.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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