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BLUE EXORCIST
Vol. 2
(by Kazue Kato, Viz Media, $9.99)
FROM THE BACK COVER:
"Shocked by the death of his foster father and the revelation that his real father is the demon lord Satan, Rin Okumura enters the True Cross Academy to learn to be an exorcist. But every great exorcist has to start somewhere, and for the students of the academy the first step is the Esquire examination. To prepare for the exam, the new pages in Yukio's class must undergo intensive training. Rin and his classmates have their hands full when a demon
"A new story arc begins!" exclaims the back cover. And indeed it does, what with the introduction of the Rokki-dan and resumption of plot lines put in cold storage by the Prison arc. With the artful minimalism of the recently concluded arc now behind it, the series explodes into parallel plots. This volume is awash in new information as it catches up with all of the manga's many principals, and advances most of them a few steps towards their ultimate goals. Anotsu in particular is poised at the cusp of a new course of action that will inevitably drag all others along with him. With the Rokki-dan, Itto-ryu and even Shira grinding into action, the cogs of a large and probably destructive plot machine are definitely starting to turn.
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