No wonder I liked that one, in retrospect.

So is another mother of some major side characters. Of course Mom is dead, when is she not? - to answer my own question Kyo Kara Maoh, where she is delightfully alive and embarrassing to our hero. Goes to magic school, finds his own Scooby Gang, hijinks ensue. Young man raised by weird magical mentor-figure who of course dies discovers he is the son of Satan (and I must say, some very strange things happen to European religious mythologies when they are run through Japanese filters informed by more Asian models) and in a proper fit of adolescent rebellion sets out to become an exorcist and destroy demons. Storyline on this one was something of the same-old-same-old - why are all these male protagonists always 15? I suspect an industry-wide editorial focus-group - and always struggling with some magically disguised version of their new adolescent testosterone-driven aggressive impulses? (But not the sexual ones, except with even more disguised artistic tongs or as barely mentioned side issues.) But I suppose that question answers itself, when looking at the original target audience and market, which is not me. And being able to swap out volumes near-instantly at one in the morning without leaving my chair is dangerous addictive. The art looks excellent on my Android tablet, very clear and readable. I tried this one in part to sample my public library's lending system for e-manga, which turns out to be brilliant.

10, I believe I'm not at all sure I care to watch it past that point, though perhaps the wiki will fill in for me, satisfying my curiosity without burning my time.

The anime parts paths from the manga before Vol. 10 - 19, which is what I've read of the new material so far, I'd call it a four-plus stars rating - four stars for the plot developments, five stars for Lightning, and his gonzo mentor relationship with Bon.

16 for Light to get full traction.) For Vols. 10 an arresting new character was added, Lewin Light aka Lightning, who boosted the story up a whole level (and stole every scene he was in), and a new plot arc, ditto. 9 before, and thought it all merely OK starting in Vol. One year later: I revisited this recently, and found a number of volumes had been added.

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