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There’s some sort of nostalgic feeling aroundBlue Exorcist. Serialized since 2009 by Kazue Kato in Shueisha’sJump SQmagazine, this manga has been part of the teen years of many people. In 2011, the beginning of the story was adapted into animation, boosting the series' popularity.
The second season, adapting the Kyoto Saga, came only in 2017.A-1 Pictures(Fairy Tail) handled the animation for both seasons, but with different main staffs. Fans who eagerly wanted more had to wait years to finally get good news: in January 2024, theanime returned for a third season, in a different studio (VOLN) and, once again, with a different staff, with Daisuke Yoshida assuming as director.
Luckily, this time they didn’t need to wait for years again, asseason 4 began airing in October. This season started coveringBeyond the Snow Saga. Now it’s been revealed that, from July 24, 2025, it will be adapting this new arc, also known asBlue Night Remembrance.
Break During the Holidays
Usually, anime series take a break in the last week of the year, so the series will drop the lastBeyond Snow Sagaepisode on December 22, then will return on January 4 with this new arc, which is arriving earlier than some would have expected.
Blue Exorcist Serialization
TheBlue Night Remembrancearc takes place from volume 22 to volume 25 in the original manga. If the anime adapts it fully in the next cour, it will reach the currentOf One Cloth arc, ongoing since chapter 121 (26th volume). The latest chapters can be read for free on Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services.
Blue Exorcistserialization has been going back and forth for some time. According toANN, it was on hiatus from July 2021 to May 2022, so the author could focus on another project. Then, it went on hiatus again from January 2023 to May 2023, with no further information. Later that year, the author got COVID-19 andthe series took a breakin October, so she could properly recover. This year, it went on a hiatus once again, from September to November, after the author had surgery due to an undisclosed illness.
Since the series is published in a monthly magazine, having a break for a month means only one chapter will not be published during that period (in weekly magazines, it means around 4 chapters will not be published). So it’s not that big a deal, especially if it means the Kato is taking care of her health.
