Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga Episode 4: Release Date, Speculation

Episode 3 of Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga, titled “True Cross Academy Festival”, was a rollercoaster of emotions. It had everything a viewer could ask for, from heartbreak to heartwarming love and happiness. It’s about time for the True Cross Academy’s annual festival, but danger is also looming in everyone’s head. 

Knight of the Cross Shura is in the academy to find the Illuminati spy in Japan. On the other hand, Rin gets totally heartbroken after trying to ask Shiemi to dance, only to find out she wants to ask Yukio. The episode ends on a happy note, so that’s a good thing. Shiemi realized her feelings for Rin after he finally asked her about the dance on the night of the festival. 

1. Episode 4 Release Date

Episode 4 of “Blue Exorcist” Season 3, the Shimane Illuminati Saga, will be released on Saturday, January 27, 2024. You can watch the new episode as soon as it is released on Crunchyroll.

I. Is “Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga” on a Break?

No, Season 3 of “Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga” is not on a break this week and should be released as usual on the above-mentioned date.

2. Episode 4 Speculation

Episode 4 will be a bunch of new trouble since the second-year student Takara Nemu neither looks nor feels like a normal student. He was mentioned a few times before this, and apparently, he enrolled in the academy for some mission similar to Shura’s. His reason for meeting Izumo in isolation and asking her to follow him remains unknown.

He might actually be the Illuminati’s spy, proving Shura’s suspicions right. However, that also might not be the case since a spy won’t stick out this much by acting all mysterious. After the sweetness of episode 3, something raging is surely cooking behind the scenes.

3. Recap of Episode 3

In the Knights of True Cross headquarters, Arthur appoints Kirigakure Shura to find out who the Illuminati spy is in the Japan branch of the knights. With that motive in mind, she arrives at the True Cross Academy, where the yearly “True Cross Academic Festival” is about to start.

Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga Episode 4: Release Date, Speculation
Blue Exorcist – Kirigakure Shura’s new mission | Source: Crunchyroll

The most special thing about the festival is a dance where one can only enter with his or her partner. It can be a romantic partner or even a friend, but solo entry is forbidden. Shima and Rin embark on a mission to find someone to go with, but it ends terribly.

The flow of luck seems to change for Rin when he suddenly finds out that Shiemi transferred to the academy right before the festival. But thunder strikes him, or more accurately his heart, when he tries asking her for the dance. Before he can do it, Shiemi tells him that she was thinking of skiing Yukio as he looked very stressed recently.

This leaves Rin completely heartbroken as even though he’s not aware of it yet, he does have feelings for Shiemi. He decides to focus his sadness on working on the class project. On the day of the festival, knowing that they’d be short in manpower in the evening shift, he asks Izumo to help them out. Izumo initially agrees but later changes her mind.

Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga Episode 4: Release Date, Speculation
Blue Exorcist – Rin asks Izumo for help | Source: Crunchyroll

In the evening, at first, she does not show up, but luckily, Rin and his friends get the hang of working with just three people. The others tell Rin that he can take a break since there are fewer customers. He runs out to find Izumo but stumbles upon Shiemi on the way.

This was the moment a lot of “Blue Exorcist” fans had been waiting for a long time. Once Rin finally asks Shiemi to go to the dance with him, Shiemi realizes her true feelings for Rin, and in her mind, she admits that she likes him. The two run towards the stage where Yukio is working and drag him into this fun too. 

Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga Episode 4: Release Date, Speculation
Blue Exorcist – Rin and Shiemi face their feelings | Source: Crunchyroll

On the other side, as Izumo finally headed towards Rin’s shop, a student named Takara Nemu stops her. This particular kid also alerted Shura when she first saw him on campus. His eyes are always closed, and he holds a puppet in his hands at all times. He asked Izumo to come with him, and when she refused, he summoned a ragged doll that triggered Izumo instantly.

4. Where to watch “Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga”?

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5. About Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Katō.

In the Blue Exorcist Universe, there are two different realms called Assiah and Gehenna. Assiah is where ordinary humans live, and Gehenna is the world of demons. The only way to travel between the two worlds is by possession.

Satan, the ruler of Gehenna, decides to conquer Assiah, but to do so, he must possess a human. Unfortunately for him, he does not find a suitable vessel and hence, sends his own son, expecting him to grow into a suitable vessel.

Rin Okumura, a regular teenager with quite a temper, has no idea that his actual father was Satan. Nor did he know about being a suitable vessel. However, after eventually discovering his fate, he decides to change it and joins an academy to train to become an exorcist so that he could foil Satan’s plans.

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