Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga

Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga
Season 3
Key visual
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original release	January 7 (2024-01-07) – March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24)
Season chronology

Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga (Japanese: 青の祓魔師（エクソシスト） 島根啓明結社（イルミナティ）篇, Hepburn: Ao no Ekusoshisuto: Shimane Iruminati-hen) is the third season of the Blue Exorcist anime television series. It is based on the manga series of the same name by Kazue Kato. Studio VOLN took over from A-1 Pictures as animation producer, with Daisuke Yoshida replacing Koichi Hatsumi as series director. The third season aired from January 7 to March 24, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks.

The opening theme song is "Eye's Sentry" performed by Uverworld, while the ending theme song is "Gakkyū Nisshi" (学級日誌, lit. "School Diary") performed by Mulasaki-Ima.

Episodes

See also: List of Blue Exorcist episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
38	1	"The World's Astir" Transliteration: "Zawameku Sekai" (Japanese: ざわめく世界)	Junichi Fujise	Toshiya Ōno	Daisuke Yoshida	January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)
Rin Okumura, a boy aiming to become an exorcist yet born the illegitimate son of the demon god Satan, advises his classmate Sei Godaiin, who begins to see demons. Despite Rin asking Ryuji Suguro and the other Exwires attending the Exorcism Cram School for a way to make demons invisible, he is unable to find a solution. Meanwhile, Rin is invited to dinner by Mephisto Pheles, the Preceptor of the Japan Branch of the Knights of the True Cross and director of the True Cross Academy. However...
39	2	"Where Secrets Are" Transliteration: "Himitsu no Arika" (Japanese: 秘密の在り処)	Jungmook Lee	Toshiya Ōno	Satoshi Nishimura	January 14, 2024 (2024-01-14)
Yukio Okumura, Rin's younger twin brother and Intermediate Exorcist First Class, is summoned to a high-level inquiry meeting of the True Cross Order to be questioned about Saburota Todo, the mastermind behind the resurrection of the Impure King. Suspicious of the imposing atmosphere, Yukio recalls the words of his late adoptive father, Shiro Fujimoto. Meanwhile, the Exwires are tasked with exorcising "Mayuko of the Toilet." However, Izumo Kamiki holds a certain grudge against Shiemi Moriyama.
40	3	"True Cross Academy Festival" Transliteration: "Seijūji Gakuen-Sai" (Japanese: 正十字学園祭)	Norifumi Udono	Toshiya Ōno	Satoshi Nishimura	January 21, 2024 (2024-01-21)
True Cross Academy is busy with preparations for the school festival. Renzo Shima and Rin try to find partners to attend the music festival and dance party with, but they are continually rejected. Unwilling to give up, Rin attempts to invite Izumo. But she flat out declines because the annual Exorcist Certification Exam is approaching. However, Shiemi, who has passed the school's transfer exam and has become their classmate, appears before a completely depressed Shima and Rin.
41	4	"Insider" Transliteration: "Naitsū-sha" (Japanese: 内通者)	Erika Toshimitsu	Toshiya Ōno	Satoshi Nishimura	January 28, 2024 (2024-01-28)
Arthur A. Angel and Lightning capture a spy hiding among the Knights of the True Cross and learn that the secret society, the Illuminati, is planning to abduct someone for a certain project. And now, the time for their plan is at hand. After hearing the news, Shura Kirigakure gathers the Exwires. Meanwhile, Izumo confronts Takara and angrily explodes when she sees a particular stuffed animal in his hands...
42	5	"Destiny" Transliteration: "Unmei" (Japanese: 運命)	Junichi Fujise	Seiko Takagi	Satoshi Nishimura	February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04)
Every branch of the Knights of the True Cross is thrown into chaos as Lucifer, the King of Light, declares war. At the same time, Yukio, Rin, and the other Exwires leave for Izumo's hometown in Shimane Prefecture to bring Izumo and Shima back home. Izumo has been kidnapped and confined in the Far East Laboratory, controlled by the Illuminati. As Izumo awakens, she finds Shima wearing an Illuminati uniform. Then, she also meets someone with whom she shares a deep connection.
43	6	"I Can't Rely on Anyone" Transliteration: "Mō Dare mo Tayorenai" (Japanese: もう誰も頼れない)	Hidetoshi Watanabe	Kakuzō Nanmanji	Satoshi Nishimura	February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11)
Takara summons Izumo’s familiar, Fox God Mike, to talk about the past surrounding the Kamiki family and the Inari Taisha Shrine. Coming from a long line of shrine maidens, Tamamo, Izumo and Tsukumo’s mother, serves as the head of the family who must bear the burden of controlling the fox demon, Nine Tails. Although Izumo possesses excellent divine power as a shrine maiden, she has no one she can rely on in her private life – she spends her days with her boisterous mother and younger sister. Those days fell into ruin when the Inari Light Foundation appeared and made its move.
44	7	"Hesitation" Transliteration: "Mayoi" (Japanese: 迷い)	Jungmook Lee	Toshiya Ōno	Satoshi Nishimura	February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18)
Behind the facade of the Inari Tourism and Urbanization Project, the Illuminati gradually undermined the area. After learning about Izumo’s past from Mike, Rin and the others head to Peace Town Inari, which they believe holds the entrance to the Illuminati’s underground laboratory. Meanwhile, at the laboratory, Izumo is taken to a room where Michael Gedoin is waiting to undergo a complete medical examination. Izumo screams to create an uproar, giving her a chance to try and escape by summoning Uke and Mike. She runs away to get out of the underground laboratory – only for Renzo Shima to stand in her way.
45	8	"Determination" Transliteration: "Kakugo" (Japanese: 覚悟)	Makoto Ōwada	Seiko Takagi	Satoshi Nishimura	February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25)
Michael Gedoin, lost in his admiration and adoration for Lucifer, takes further action to ensure the success of his Elixir research. He devises a plan separating Rin and his team – leaving each member to fend for themselves. Although Rin faces off against a giant, grotesque zombie in the underground laboratory’s container, he hesitates to use his sword against it when he realizes the zombie is a human corpse possessed by a demon. Yukio, Suguro, Shiemi, and Konekomaru each must face off against their demons in the laboratory alone….
46	9	"Help Me" Transliteration: "Tasukete" (Japanese: 助けて)	Erika Toshimitsu	Kakuzō Nanmanji	Satoshi Nishimura	March 3, 2024 (2024-03-03)
With the laboratory container now destroyed, Rin and the rest of the team were able to regroup, but Michael Gedoin sets a bloated zombie to attack them. Gedoin talks about how the Far East Laboratory is the central hub for immortality Elixir experiments – exposing the truth about Peace Town Inari and enraging everyone in the process. Then, Izumo appears – heading against her will to undergo the surgical transplant of Nine Tails. Rin breaks out his Koma Sword to save Izumo. Rin punches Shima, sending him flying, for trying to prevent Rin from helping her. Rin extends a helping hand to Izumo, but….
47	10	"Friends" Transliteration: "Nakama" (Japanese: 仲間)	Norifumi Udono	Toshiya Ōno	IDA - DYNE	March 10, 2024 (2024-03-10)
Forcibly possessed by Nine Tails, Izumo strains her energy to cry for help as the demon’s power overwhelms her. Rin answers Izumo’s cry for help, exorcises the bloated zombie, and finds himself standing in the way of Michael Gedoin. Gedoin, confused and impatient with the unexpected situation, unleashes more zombies on Rin and the others to buy time. As Yukio and the rest of the group come rushing to fight back, Izumo begins to be swallowed up by Nine Tails’ madness, which she cannot subdue and is losing control.
48	11	"Pink Spider" Transliteration: "Pinku Supaidā" (Japanese: ピンクスパイダー)	Jungmook Lee	Seiko Takagi	IDA - DYNE	March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)
Izumo and the rest of the team succeed at thwarting the threat of the Illuminati, with the help of her mother, Tamamo. As the Knights of the True Cross gain control of Inari, the once-continuous turmoil and fighting finally calm down throughout the land. However, Renzo Shima leaves with the Illuminati as a member of their team. Suguro tries to explain that Renzo was a spy for the Illuminati to his elder brothers, Juzo and Kinzo, who’ve come to help from the Kyoto Branch – only to learn of an even more shocking truth from Juzo.
49	12	"Hidden True Feelings" Transliteration: "Kakusareta Hon'ne" (Japanese: 隠された本音)	Chika Nenbe	Kakuzō Nanmanji	Junichi Sakata	March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24)
Shima returns home despite everyone thinking he had severed ties. Lightning questions his motives. Mephisto plans to face off against Lucifer. Amid these turns of events, Yukio hides that he met Lucifer in person in the Illuminati’s underground facility, but Shima knows the truth. A sense of great unease grows stronger in Yukio’s heart – Shima advises him to talk to somebody about it. In the meantime, Mephisto arranges for Rin and the rest of the crew to rest and relax at a spa resort in gratitude for their hard work.

Home media release

Japanese

Aniplex (Japan – Region 2/A)

Vol.		Episodes	Release date	Ref.
	1	1–6	April 24, 2024
	2	7–12	May 29, 2024

External links

• Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga official anime website (in Japanese)
• Official website at Crunchyroll
• Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia