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Twin Star Exorcists
The cover of the first volume as published in Japan, featuring Rokuro Enmado (left) and Benio Adashino (right).
双星の陰陽師
(Sōsei no Onmyōji)
GenreSupernatural, Fantasy, Action
Manga
Written byYoshiaki Sukeno
Published byShueisha
English publisher
MagazineJump Square
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 4, 2013 – present
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byTomohisa Taguchi
Written byNaruhisa Arakawa
Music byMikio Endō
StudioPierrot
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo), AT-X
English network
Original run April 6, 2016 – present
Episodes50 (List of episodes)

Twin Star Exorcists (双星の陰陽師, Sōsei no Onmyōji) is a Japanese supernatural fantasy action shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiaki Sukeno. The series is published in Japan by Shueisha in its Jump Square magazine, and is published in English by Viz Media. A television anime adaptation by Pierrot began airing on April 6, 2016.

Plot

Rokuro Enmado is a young boy who used to be a powerful aspiring exorcist, before a tragic incident left his friends dead and made him abandon the profession. One day, he has a fateful encounter with Benio Adashino, a girl around his age and a well known exorcist from the east. According to prophecy, Rokuro and Benio are the "Twin Star Exorcists", and are destined to marry and have a child which will be the ultimate exorcist, capable of cleansing all evil spirits, or Kegare, from the world.

Characters

Rokuro Enmado (焔魔堂ろくろ, Enmadō Rokuro)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[2]
The main protagonist. A brash and headstrong 14-year old exorcist who once wanted to be the strongest and exorcise all Kegare and sins until a tragedy 2 years ago, that cost the life of his friends at the Hiinastuki Dormitory he grew up in. Following this, his right arm becomes part Impurity with great offense. Rokuro was found by Seigen in Magano when he was 6 and had no memory, then Ryogo took him in. This tragedy made him swear off exorcism until he met Benio. Rokuro later seems to show signs of attraction from seeing Benio smile. It is discovered Rokuro is the reincarnation of Abe no Seimei the assume guardian of the Miko's.
Benio Adashino (化野紅緒, Adashino Benio)
Voiced by: Megumi Han[2]
The main heroine. A serious, 14-year old girl, she vowed to become the strongest exorcist and destroy all Kegare to avenge her parents, who died protecting her. She wears a fox mask in battle. Upon meeting Rokuro she inspired him to return to being an exorcist. She loses both her legs in the battle with Yūto, but in the process, gets Impurity legs as replacements by Kamui (like Rokuro's arm) increasing her speed abilities to fight beside Rokuro. After the time skip, both seem to have become even closer. When receiving Sayo's enchantment, Benio's guardian appears to be of a dark entity that rivals with the Basara Impurity.
Yūto Ijika (石鏡悠斗, Ijika Yūto)
Voiced by: Ayumu Murase[2]
He is an old friend turned enemy of Rokuro. Yūto was the cause of the Hiinastuki Tragedy, therefore causing chaos on Rokuro's lifetime, making Rokuro quit exorcism. Yūto is Benio's twin elder brother who supposedly died two years ago after using cadets of the Hiinatsuki Dormitory as experimental subjects. His objective is attain the philosophy of yang + yin. He was called an "exorcist that is artificially turned into an impurity" by Seigen in the manga series.
Mayura Otomi (音海繭良, Otomi Mayura)
Voiced by: Yū Serizawa[3]
Rokuro's childhood friend and the daughter of one of the most powerful exorcists in the world. She was force to become a impurity by Yūto then goes on a rampage before being cleanse by Rokuro. After recovering, Mayura dedicates herself to follow Rokuro's path as a useful exorcist and requests Seigen to train her for the next two years. Initially timid with herself, she acquires Seigen's charm, Byakko, and soon takes her father's place among the Heavenly Commanders.
Seigen Amawaka (天若清弦, Amakawa Seigen)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[3]
Mayura's divorced father who became the former master of Rokuro and Yuto. Following the major battle of Yūto's first appearance, Seigen renounces his status as a Heavenly Commander.
Shimon Ikaruga (斑鳩 士門, Ikaruga Shimon)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[4]
A child prodigy who despite only being 2 years older than Rokuro has attained the rank of Heavenly Commander, holding the title "Suzaku". He is also Seigen's former student. He possesses the ability of flight. His goal is to end the 1000-year war and break Sayo's heavy burden and live a free life.
Sayo Ikaruga (斑鳩 小夜, Ikaruga Sayo)
She is Shimon's younger cousin addressed as his little sister. He nicknames her "Chiiko". Despite being 11-years old she is the heir and Proctor of the Ikaruga House. Sayo is the host of the guardian Kuzunoha that allows her to bestow a ceremony of divination on exorcists to see their quality essence. However, harboring such an intense tattoo greatly shortens her lifespan. Spending her entire life on the closed-off island, she gains the wonderful opportunity to visit the mainland upon Rokuro's request to be tested rather he'll be chosen worthy, making Sayo fully captivated with him.
Arima Tsuchimikado (土御門 有馬, Tsuchimikado Arima)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa[4]
The eccentric leader of all exorcists in Japan, and the one who arranges the marriage between Benio and Rokuro so they can have the Miko, the exorcist that will end a 1000-year war. He later relocates them to a fancy villa.
Ryogo Nagitsuji (椥辻 亮悟, Nagitsuji Ryōgo)
Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno[4]
Rokuro's friend and fellow exorcist, who lives in the Seika Dormitory and often acts as a surrogate big brother.
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Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita[5]
He is a young exorcist who lives in the Seika Dormitory.
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Voiced by: Taishi Murata[5]
He is a young exorcist who lives in the Seika Dormitory.
Kamui (神威(かむい))
Voiced by: Yūki Ono[5]
A Basara Impurity and the youngest and eleventh of the eleven Basara. He is also responsible for the death of Benio's parents. Though, he tends to let his opponents choose the death of their preference, and always gives them ten seconds to decide. He seeks entertainment by fighting humans without caring about which side (Human or Impurity) will be destroyed, and loves humans because they are weak.
Subaru Mitejima (御幣島すばる, Mitejima Subaru)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[6]
A Heavenly Commander member who is Benio's former master. She appears to be a young woman with long blonde hair wearing a white hat and a white dress.
Kinako (きなこ)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[4]
An anime original character who is Benio's familiar.

Media

Manga

Yoshiaki Sukeno began serializing the manga in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine on October 4, 2013.[7] A special chapter was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in April 2016.[8]

Viz Media licensed the series for publication in North America, publishing the first volume in July 2015.[9][10]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 February 4, 2014[11]978-4-08-880015-8July 7, 2015[12]978-1-4215-8174-3
  1. "Rokuro and Benio" (ろくろと紅（べに）緒（お）, Rokuro to Benio)
  2. "The Twin Stars Cross" (双（そう）星（せい）交（こう）差（さ）, Sōsei Kōsa)
  3. "The Sound of Magano" (禍（まが）野（の）の音（おと）, Magano no Oto)
Bonus: "Benio in Kyoto" (京（きよう）都（と）の紅（べに）緒（お）, Kyōto no Benio)
2 June 4, 2014[13]978-4-08-880117-9October 6, 2015[14]978-1-4215-8175-0
  1. "Who are You?"
  2. "Your Courage, My Courage"
  3. "Rokuro's True Feelings"
  4. "Tangled Tragedy"
3 October 3, 2014[15]978-4-08-880203-9January 5, 2016[16]978-1-4215-8217-7
  1. "A Glimpse of Evil"
  2. "As an Exorcist"
  3. "Evil"
  4. "As If a New Star Were Born"
4 January 5, 2015[17]978-4-08-880294-7April 5, 2016[18]978-1-4215-8321-1
  1. "The Maiden Battle of a Certain Betrothed Couple"
  2. "Twin Star Sublimation"
  3. "Break"
  4. "My Fang"
Bonus: "Benio's Struggle"
5 May 1, 2015[19]978-4-08-880370-8July 5, 2016[20]978-1-4215-8518-5
6 September 4, 2015[21]978-4-08-880473-6October 4, 2016[22]978-1-4215-8707-3
7 January 4, 2016[23]978-4-08-880591-7January 3, 2017[24]978-1-4215-9045-5
8 April 4, 2016[25]978-4-08-880657-0——

Anime

An anime television adaptation was announced on the January 2016 cover of Jump Square on December 4, 2015.[26] The series is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and written by Naruhisa Arakawa,[27] with animation by Studio Pierrot.[28] Additionally, Shishō Igarashi is serving as assistant director, Kikuko Sadakata is designing the characters, and Itsuko Takeda is serving as chief animation director.[27] The series' first opening theme song is "Valkyrie -Ikusa Otome-" (Valkyrie -戦乙女-, lit. "Valkyrie -War Maiden-") by Wagakki Band,[29] while the first ending theme is "Eyes" (アイズ, Aizu) by Hitomi Kaji.[3] The second opening theme will be performed by the idol group i☆Ris,[30][31] while two-man group Itowokashi (Kashitarō Itō and Ryō Miyada) will perform the second ending theme.[32]

The series began airing on April 6, 2016 on TV Tokyo and other TX Network stations,[4][33] and later on AT-X.[34] Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series worldwide outside of Asia.[35] Chinese streaming site iQiyi has listed the series with fifty episodes.[36]

The series has been licensed by Anime Limited in the United Kingdom.[37]

Episode list

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Reception

Volume 1 reached 11th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts, with 29,527 copies sold;[39] volume 2 reached 23rd place, with 30,734 copies;[40] volume 3 reached 46th place, with 38,835 copies;[41] volume 4 reached 24th place, with 37,900 copies;[42] volume 5 also reached 24th place, with 47,489 copies;[43] volume 6 reached 32nd place, with 48,029 copies;[44] volume 7 reached 20th place, with 48,762 copies;[45] and volume 8 reached 11th place, with 56,947 copies.[46]

Volume 3 of the English translation appeared on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list for two nonconsecutive weeks, first at 8th place and then at 6th.[47][48]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Official English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.[38]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Twin Star Exorcists Anime Casts Natsuki Hanae, Megumi Han". Anime News Network. December 16, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Twin Star Exorcists Anime Debuts in April, Casts Yū Serizawa & Junichi Suwabe". Anime News Network. February 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Twin Star Exorcists Anime Casts Jun Fukuyama as Original Character". Anime News Network. March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Twin Star Exorcists Anime Casts Yuuki Ono, Daiki Yamashita, Taishi Murata". Anime News Network. April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Green, Scott (June 8, 2016). ""Twin Star Exorcists" Casts Miyuki Sawashiro". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
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  9. ^ "Viz Adds Twin Star Exorcists Manga by Good Luck Girl/Binbō-gami ga's Sukeno". Anime News Network. November 25, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  10. ^ Green, Scott (November 25, 2014). "Viz Licenses "Twin Star Exorcists" Manga". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  11. ^ 双星の陰陽師　　1 [Twin Star Exorcists 1]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  12. ^ "Twin Star Exorcists, Volume 1". Viz Media. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  13. ^ 双星の陰陽師　　2 [Twin Star Exorcists 2]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
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  15. ^ 双星の陰陽師　　3 [Twin Star Exorcists 3]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
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  17. ^ 双星の陰陽師　　4 [Twin Star Exorcists 4]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  18. ^ "Twin Star Exorcists, Volume 4". Viz Media. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  19. ^ 双星の陰陽師　　5 [Twin Star Exorcists 5]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  20. ^ "Twin Star Exorcists, Volume 5". Viz Media. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  21. ^ 双星の陰陽師　　6 [Twin Star Exorcists 6]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  22. ^ "Twin Star Exorcists, Vol. 6". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  23. ^ 双星の陰陽師　　7 [Twin Star Exorcists 7]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  24. ^ "Twin Star Exorcists, Vol. 7". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  25. ^ 双星の陰陽師　　8 [Twin Star Exorcists 8]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2016.
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  27. ^ a b "Twin Star Exorcists Anime's Teaser Video Reveals Staff". Anime News Network. December 19, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  28. ^ "Studio Pierrot to Animate Twin Star Exorcists TV Anime". Anime News Network. December 3, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  29. ^ "Twin Star Exorcists Anime's Ad Previews Wagakki Band Theme Song". Anime News Network. March 17, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  30. ^ Green, Scott (May 21, 2016). "i☆Ris To Perform "Twin Star Exorcists" Second Cour Opening". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  31. ^ "i☆Ris Performs Twin Star Exorcists Anime's New Theme Song". Anime News Network. May 22, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  32. ^ "Itowokashi Performs Twin Star Exorcists Anime's New Ending Theme". Anime News Network. June 2, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  33. ^ "ONAIR". sousei-anime.jp (in Japanese). Avex Music Creative. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  34. ^ 双星の陰陽師 [Twin Star Exorcists] (in Japanese). AT-X. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
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  36. ^ Green, Scott (May 13, 2016). "Chinese Streaming Site Lists "Twin Star Exorcists" And "Ace Attorney" Episode Counts". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
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  38. ^ "Twin Star Exorcists". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  39. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 3-9". Anime News Network. February 12, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  40. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 2-8". Anime News Network. June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  41. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, October 6-12". Anime News Network. October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  42. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 5-11". Anime News Network. January 14, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  43. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 4-10". Anime News Network. May 13, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  44. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 7-13". Anime News Network. September 16, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  45. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 4-10". Anime News Network. January 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
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  47. ^ "Best Sellers - Manga". The New York Times. January 24, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  48. ^ "Best Sellers - Manga". The New York Times. February 7, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

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