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Blue Exorcist
There are two worlds in Blue Exorcist: Assiah, the human world, and Gehenna, the realm of demons, and the two are never supposed to touch. Demons still slip into ours by possessing whatever they can find, and a hidden order of exorcists exists to stop them. Rin Okumura is a hot-tempered teenager who has always been strong for his age, until the night he learns the truth: he is the son of Satan, ruler of Gehenna. When his guardian, the exorcist Father Fujimoto, dies protecting him, Rin draws a demon-slaying sword, Kurikara, and awakens a blue flame that is not human, and he vows to defeat Satan himself. He enrolls at True Cross Academy, a school that secretly trains exorcists, where his younger twin brother Yukio is already a prodigy and an instructor. As Rin trains alongside classmates like the gentle Shiemi and the sharp-tongued Ryuji Suguro, he has to keep his true parentage hidden while fighting the very demons he descends from. It's a fast, energetic, and surprisingly heartfelt supernatural action story about family, identity, and choosing who you want to be.
Blue Exorcist Watch Order
Watch Blue Exorcist in the order below.
Filler Note: Episode ranges below show full broadcast totals and do not separate out filler episodes. To check if this series has skippable non-canon filler episodes, open the Filler List tab.
Watch Blue Exorcist in the order below.
- Blue Exorcist (Season 1, Episodes 1–17): Start here with the Exorcist Cram School Enrollment and Exorcist Candidate Live Combat arcs (Episodes 18–25 are an alternate non-canon ending that Season 2 ignores).
- Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (Season 2, Episodes 1–12): Picks up after Season 1, Episode 17, adapting the Kyoto Impure King arc as the squad travels to Kyoto.
- Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga (Season 3, Episodes 1–12): Follows the Academy Seven Wonders, True Cross Academy Festival, and Shimane Illuminati arcs.
- Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga (Season 4 Part 1, Episodes 1–12): Adapts the Aomori and Beyond the Snow arcs as the conflict with the Illuminati escalates.
- Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga (Season 4 Part 2, Episodes 1–12): Brings the story into the Blue Night Investigation arc to uncover the truth behind the twins' birth.
Note
This is the end of the main watch order, and everything below is optional.
Besides the main story, there are extra entries that aren't part of it, and you can watch them if you want.
OVAs:
- Blue Exorcist: Runaway Kuro (also listed as Episode 11.5; adapts a bonus story about Rin's cat familiar Kuro, watch after Season 1, Episode 17)
- Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga OVA – Snake and Poison (adapts a light novel chapter about Juzo Shima and Mamushi Hojo as students; watch after Season 2, Episode 12)
- Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga OVA – Spy Game (adapts a light novel chapter about Renzo Shima's secret test from Mephisto; watch after Season 3, Episode 12, to avoid spoiling a Season 3 reveal)
Specials:
- Blue Exorcist: Ura Ex (10-part Blu-ray/DVD comedy short specials bundled with Season 1)
Crossover specials:
- Blue Exorcist Movie Special (also listed as Gekijouban Ao no Exorcist Tokubetsu Eizou; 3-minute promotional parody short crossing over with Kakko-Kawaii Sengen!)
Non-canon films:
- Blue Exorcist: The Movie (after the Exorcist Candidate Live Combat arc, Episode 17)
Non-canon films don't have an exact place in the main timeline, so each one is placed at the end of a completed arc where watching it doesn't interrupt the story.
Each season restarts its episode numbering at 1, though some platforms number the series continuously from Episode 1 to 73 or group Beyond the Snow Saga and The Blue Night Saga together as a single 24-episode fourth season.