Blue Exorcist
8/10
A great shonen show!
I've been meaning to watch this for a LONG time now. I read 5 volumes of the manga and thought it was great! And surprisingly, the anime is just as good!
The strongest aspect for me in this show was the characters. There are a variety of different types here, You have The sweet Shiemi, the tough guy Ryuiji, the pervy Shima and so on. So there's different characters for you to like depending on which type you prefer. The one character that steals the show Is Rin Okumura. What makes him stand out from other shonen chracters is that he isnt a typical Mopy/emo character that goes on about how sad his life is. He goes through alot of crap in this series and he doesn't let it faze him at all. He's a pretty funny character, and because of this type of personality, i consider him more likeable than someone like Ichigo or Natsu.
Apart from the great characters everything else about this series is pretty good aswell. The animation is nice, the music is great (especially the first opening and closing) the fights are very impressive and the plot is interesting.
If there is anything to complain about, there are two things. First, i felt like there could have been more fight scenes. They focused more on character development, which is fine, but too much of it can be pretty boring. and second, the ending is pretty cheesy with the whole "ill protect my friends" message. It's been done a thousand effing times now! It's getting old!!!
Overall, Blue Exorcist is a great shonen anime. One of the best in recent times actually.