# Blue Exorcist season 2

Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (Japanese: 青の祓魔師（エクソシスト） 京都不浄王篇, Hepburn: Ao no Ekusoshisuto: Kyōto Fujō Ō-hen) is the second season of the Blue Exorcist anime television series, produced by A-1 Pictures and based on the manga series of the same name by Kazue Kato. Koichi Hatsumi replaced Tensai Okamura as series director. The season aired from January 7 to March 25, 2017, on the Animeism programming block on MBS and TBS.
The opening theme song is "Itteki no Eikyō" (一滴の影響, lit. 'Drop's Influence') performed by Uverworld, while the ending theme song is "Kono-te de" (コノ手デ, lit. 'With This Hand') performed by Rin Akatsuki.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in saga | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 26 | 1 | "Small Beginnings" Transliteration: "Kōshiranshō" (Japanese: 嚆矢濫觴（こうしらんしょう）) | Koichi Hatsumi & Shigeki Kawai | Toshiya Ōno [ja] | Koichi Hatsumi | January 7, 2017 (2017-01-07) |
| After his secret is exposed, Rin takes part in a special mission alongside Shura and Yukio to retrieve the "Left Eye of the Impure King", a demon relic that was stolen from the True Cross Academy's vault. They fail to retrieve it but discover that the culprit is Saburota Todo, one of the exorcists in charge of the vault, that was corrupted upon being possessed by a demon. After hearing that there was an attempt to steal the Left Eye's sister relic, the "Right Eye of the Impure King" in Kyoto, the Order sends a team there to investigate, including Shura, Yukio and the Esquires, who are in conflict after learning the truth about Rin. Note: Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga effectively begins after the 17th episode of the first season, right at the point where it deviates from the manga (ignoring anime original scenes from episodes 16 and 17). Thus, the events from episodes 18–25 are ignored. |||||||
| 27 | 2 | "Strange Bedfellows" Transliteration: "Goetsudoushū" (Japanese: 呉越同舟（ごえつどうしゅう）) | Shigeki Kawai | Seiko Takagi | Shigeki Kawai | January 14, 2017 (2017-01-14) |
| The Exwires arrive at Kyoto, and Ryuji, Konekomaru and Renzo take the opportunity to reunite with their families, while Rin and the others tend to the Exorcists of the Myoda Sect, who got wounded guarding the Right Eye of the Impure King. In the occasion, Rin meets Ryuji's father, and learns that Ryuji is resentful of him, as despite being the leader of the Myoda Sect, he is not respected by the others, as he relegated his duties since the Sect (which was weakened after losing several of its members on the Blue Night) joined the True Cross Order. Meanwhile, Todo, with the Left Eye of the Impure King replacing his own, contacts his mole inside the Sect, planning another attempt to steal the Right Eye. |||||||
| 28 | 3 | "Suspicion Will Raise Bogies" Transliteration: "Gishinanki" (Japanese: 疑心暗鬼（ぎしんあんき）) | Yū Aoki | Yuichiro Kido | Toshiyuki Fujisawa | January 21, 2017 (2017-01-21) |
| The Myoda Sect has an emergency meeting to discuss the failed attempt to steal the Right Eye of the Impure King, and discover who among them is the traitor collaborating with Todo. In the occasion, suspicions were raised towards two of the sect's exorcists, Renzo's older brother Juzo and Mamushi as they were present at the scene and were Todo's students in the past, but the head priest, who did not attend the meeting, was counted as a suspect as well, much to Ryuji's anger. Meanwhile, Rin continues with his training to control his flames while trying to reconcile with his friends, who fear how the Myoda will respond once they learn that he is the son of Satan. |||||||
| 29 | 4 | "Act of Treachery" Transliteration: "Haishinkigi" (Japanese: 背信棄義（はいしんきぎ）) | Ayako Kōno | Yūsuke Watanabe [ja] | Ayako Kōno | January 28, 2017 (2017-01-28) |
| 30 | 5 | "Mysterious Connections" Transliteration: "Aienkien" (Japanese: 合縁奇縁（あいえんきえん）) | Matsuo Asami | Yūsuke Watanabe | Shigeki Kawai | February 4, 2017 (2017-02-04) |
| 31 | 6 | "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" Transliteration: "Menrihōshin" (Japanese: 綿裏包針（めんりほうしん）) | Takeshi Yajima | Toshiya Ōno | Takeshi Yajima | February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11) |
| 32 | 7 | "Like a Fire Burning Bright" Transliteration: "Kienbanjō" (Japanese: 気炎万丈（きえんばんじょう）) | Ryūta Kawahara | Toshiya Ōno | Toshiyuki Fujisawa | February 18, 2017 (2017-02-18) |
| 33 | 8 | "From Father to Son" Transliteration: "Fushisōden" (Japanese: 父子相伝（ふしそうでん）) | Yū Aoki | Seiko Takagi | Yū Aoki | February 25, 2017 (2017-02-25) |
| 34 | 9 | "Through Thick and Thin" Transliteration: "Setchūshōhaku" (Japanese: 雪中松柏（せっちゅうしょうはく）) | Ayako Kōno | Toshiya Ōno | Michio Fukuda [ja] | March 4, 2017 (2017-03-04) |
| 35 | 10 | "Unbowed and Unbroken" Transliteration: "Futōfukutsu" (Japanese: 不撓不屈（ふとうふくつ）) | Kengo Matsumoto | Yūsuke Watanabe | Kengo Matsumoto | March 11, 2017 (2017-03-11) |
| 36 | 11 | "Shine Bright as the Sun" Transliteration: "Kōkisanzen" (Japanese: 光輝燦然（こうきさんぜん）) | Ken'ichi Kuhara & Shigeki Kawai | Seiko Takagi | Hisashi Saito [ja] & Shigeki Kawai | March 18, 2017 (2017-03-18) |
| 37 | 12 | "Candid and Open" Transliteration: "Kyoshintankai" (Japanese: 虚心坦懐（きょしんたんかい）) | Shigeki Kawai | Toshiya Ōno | Shigeki Kawai | March 25, 2017 (2017-03-25) |

## Home media release
### Japanese

Aniplex (Japan – Region 2/A) :
| Vol. | Episodes | Cover character(s) | Release date |
| 1 | 1–2 | Rin Okumura and Yukio Okumura | March 8, 2017 |
| 2 | 3–4 | Ryuji Suguro, Konekomaru Miwa and Renzo Shima | April 12, 2017 |
| 3 | 5–6 | Kinzo Shima, Juzo Shima and Mamushi Hojo | May 10, 2017 |
| 4 | 7–8 | Izumo Kamiki and Shiemi Moriyama | June 14, 2017 |
| 5 | 9–10 | Ryuji Suguro and Tatsuma Suguro | July 12, 2017 |
| 6 | 11–12 | Rin Okumura and Yukio Okumura | August 9, 2017 |

### English

Aniplex of America (North America – Region 1/A) :
| Vol. | Vol. | Episodes | Release date | Ref. |
| | 1 | 1–6 | November 14, 2017 | |
| | 2 | 7–12 | February 13, 2018 | |