Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga
By Tayla Drago
'This takes place after all of the 12 episodes of the Kyoto Saga.'
OVA # 2 - The Snake and The Poison
'Nothing too big on this one of the OVA from the Kyoto Saga on what happened in the past and after the short series of 12 episodes was over 'before getting back to episode 19…a tale of love for True Cross Academy had two students of once rivals to becoming lovers Juzo Shima and Mamushi Hojo working a lot during their school years; at the same time being tricked by the Impure King set up from Saburota Todo's doing for it tells everything on how it was all done, for some parts to get in between. For now please enjoy this one to see the ending of the Kyoto field trip'
Tayla: Here goes! From the temple of Mamushi helping Tatsuma Suguro to think that he was up to something bad…From Juzo becoming the monk and Mamushi having a strange feeling of Tatsuma not wanting to be a high priest of the temple to question herself from hatred of a snake near her body filled with poison. Oh, boy…Running the Myoda Temple was hard work, wasn't it?
Well, the two also went to True Cross Academy together at some point. From Juzo being popular guy for the girls to go out with him and Mamushi didn't seem to care to feel left out in her family but her two sisters to care for her and being selfish a lot. All but her favorite teacher she 'once' looked up to Todo understood her problems to give her and Juzo some homework to do together. What kind you ask? Picking up and finding some heavy but weak demons of Bariyon. Those things again, huh?
Tayla: Well, for Juzo helps Mamushi out too 'as he really cared for her without admitting it' for she was the same around him too calling him monkey. With Tatsuma asking Juzo to watch over her besides her father, she still wonders why Tatsuma won't do his job to become higher priest person in charge to leave Mamushi to be confused. Very! From fighting, all to having love in the air for those two-odd couple. For they got all the demons in time as the sun was about to set…
But remember some demons are dangerous and stronger after nightfall? Mamushi tries to be better than Juzo to find one more to go all evil to hurting her. Being fast and strong, Juzo uses his staff to destroy it in time. Nice one! I think he was worried about Mamushi's safety to almost getting killed there and yells at her without admitting his true feelings, you know? Mamushi was hurt for Juzo to carry her to the nurse's office so Todo wouldn't worry. Funny way to be hiding and showing their feelings, Mamushi allows Juzo to carry her.
Tayla: And from a flashback being shown of Mamushi always looked up for Tatsuma to support her on his hard work for Uwabami told her not to go near the shrine whiling playing with the Shimas when they were kids back then. Yeah, hard time for most things. With Juzo sees Mamushi trusts Todo a lot 'as he sees that she was happy to have his students feeling all right', for Todo has found someone he was spying on the two to use for his goal to aid the Shadow Demon to get the Impure King to release…
That's when it happened…the next day he tells the recovering Mamushi of Todo's lies about Mephisto was going after the Left and Right Eyes of re-releasing the Impure King that Tatsuma was working for him, and you know what happens next? Mamushi was played for a fool to believe in his lies; and since then is where the two did their part to take over the Myoda Sect to take over from the Shadow Demons and, I guess we all know the rest of the story afterwards of the snake taking over Mamushi from the snake of twisted lies. And that's how it all happened.
And we know the part of year later after the Impure King and Todo were stop for the Shadow King and his minions to retreat for now…And Juzo asks Uwabami to ask for his daughter Mamushi's hand in marriage. Yeah! Surprising to him to be fine with it. Just not for - Ao Hojo, Kinzou Shima, Yaozo Shima, Nishiki Hojo, and the same for Tatsuma, Bon, Vivi, Miwa, and Shima to hear the news too.
"Married?!" shock Ao, Nishiki, Kinzou, Yaozo, and Kinzou.
"Then I'll allow it." said Uwabami. "Please take good care of my little girl for me."
Juzo will do just that, for we all could tell that Mamushi was happy deep down.
"I will, sir. Thank you!"
Mamushi was bad hiding her feelings towards him.
"Hey, shut up, Monkey!" she said. "Oh, Juzo you…"
"Love you too." Said Juzo.
With the two sisters arguing saying things like 'no way' repeatedly, and Kinzou saying this.
"This sucks!"
Tatsuma was smiling…
"Good for them, I knew along." he said. "Yep."
As the two were happy being together and all…Bon, Shima, and Miwa tell the others the news during the Kyoto tour they were still doing. As Nemu, Shiemi, Kiyomi, Zuku, Rin, Kuro, Yukio, Vivi, and Izumo to have fun as well to hear what they must say about it next.
"Married?! Juzo and Mamushi?!" surprised Vivi while hugging Bon. "That would be us like one day, Bon…I can't wait." Bon still hated for Vivi to be clinging to him.
"Stop being so clingy to me!"
"But I don't want to…" she said. "Once I come back from training with Mr. Pheles, I'll be back to help you guys out beat Shadow King and Satan, isn't this great, Kiyomi."
Right because Vivi was a good Shadow Demon to fight back from her two mean sisters treating her badly.
"Good to know alright." Zuku was happy to be a math parade and all.
"Wow, that's great!" said Rin. "One day, Kiyomi, you and me…"
Rin and Kiyomi were holding each other to be together and married one day, for Bon sees this happening and Yukio, jealousy…
"Oh, Rin." said the happy Kiyomi. "I'm so happy to see someone being married and in love."
"No kidding, Shima, your brother's getting married here Aren't you psyched?" Rin asks Shima.
Well, not his other brother in the family either, but still…who cares?
"But they're practically related. It creeps me out."
Then Izumo says this to Shima…
"Love isn't dictated by logic or reason." she said.
"Hey, Izumo…" then Shima was happy to talk to her. "I didn't know you were an expert on love!"
Well, he got that girl to blush.
"Shut up!"
Miwa had something to say next about it for Nemu to be listening it for his puppet to be a big chatter box.
"Love is love!" he said. "Deal with it!"
"I wonder who their kid will take after." questioned Miwa. "I can't wait to see!"
Shiemi smiles on that part and for her and Yukio to be close together in love someday on their end next, along with Bon to show so love towards Vivi too.
"Me neither! I'm sure they'll have a cute baby!"
"Why are we already talking about their kid?" ask Shima to be freaking out about the whole thing. "Stop! I don't want to imagine that!"
Then Bon says something silly to his friend.
"Imagine a kid with Juzo's eyes and Mamushi's nose. Now I'd love to see."
They all laughs even for Vivi too leaving poor Shima to be horrified now.
"Good one, Bon." she said.
As for Rin and Kiyomi, they didn't seem to care.
"Alright, you guys, please go easy on him." Kiyomi said to her friends. "One thing at a time."
"(I'm not feeling any symphony.)" Rin said to himself there. "(But maybe one day Kiyomi and I…! A family of our own!)"
Now that's a different story 'for Zuku keeps that part to herself', as Yukio had something to say to Shima next.
"Did their parents really agree to it that easily?"
Rin was lost on what Yukio was saying…
"Wait, why would they say no?"
"Well…" Shima explains to the others.
Yeah, before the whole thing was settle…it showed from earlier that Uwabami kept everyone calk down in anger. For Mamushi's two sisters think Juzo was no good, but really, he was serious to fall in love with her to have her own father day yes and all to work things out in every end for all was good. Even though Mamushi made a mistake to stop the Impure King and Todo too, Juzo will still love her either way. And that's what Shima told his friends.
"That's great!' said Rin.
"Very good news to me." and Kuro too.
"A fitting end." Yukio said.
"You said it, Yukio. Love is a greater power to beat anyone or anything." Kiyomi hugs Rin to kissing his cheek. "Like Rin and me it's worth it."
With Kiyomi around her boyfriend Rin, his day will always get better every day for him.
"Boy! You said it, babe!"
And more to come with other couples too, and hopefully for Shima as well to still be horrified for his brother to marry Mamushi of all other girls. Bummer…
"You guys are killing me here!" Shima sound upset to leave it be. "I give up."
"I'm glad they've got and we got a happy ending." said Rin. "Right, Suguro?"
With Rin asking Bon that question for Vivi to loving him, but for Bon to liking Kiyomi, for her to love Rin more, as he, sometimes Yukio, and Mephisto fighting over her…! I think he's happy if Kiyomi's happy with her true love. And maybe a lot more for him and Vivi to happen yet.
"I agree!" Vivi said. "I'm sure you do too, Bon."
And so, he does…
"Whatever you say, Lord Satan. Saki. And…you too, Vivi."
Rin stops there with Vivi was still happy and hugging Bon too much, he asks his friend this question next…
"Huh?" Rin was lost. "Wh-When did I become Satan himself? Come on! Can't you give that joke a rest already?!"
Everyone laughs about the silly joke for Shima to say so himself.
"Nope, everyone but Saki and Vivi will probably just switch to calling you Satan."
"What?!" confused Rin even more.
"Come on, Rin! You have to admit, it is kind of funny." said Kiyomi. "But I will call you Rin and only that, not Satan."
With them kissing, Rin knows his friends, brother, Kuro, and Kiyomi will always care for him on who he really was to them.
"Kiyomi, you can call me whatever you like. I love you."
And love is one powerful thing as one girl faces her fears of a snake to come out of the shadows to make a new life for Mamushi and Juzo live happily together and married months later…Another fine way there to end Summer break, saving the world, the temple, many lives, stopping a demon, stop some bad ones, making new friends, and seeing Kyoto at long last up close in person 'with goodies to bring home', you know? For Rin, Kiyomi, Yukio, Zuku, Kuro, Nemu, Mephisto, Shura, Shiemi, Izumo, Bon, Shima, and Nemu will never forget their fun time and saving the entire town as well with more training to do once another school year starts again. Yep. A good OVA to ending the rest on what happened then, later, and afterwards. Cool, huh?
Tayla: Now that the two OVA's are covered a little differently but it was worth doing…everything at least has some happy endings so far. And the rest to finish as well. Love this Anime series so much!
