So, this is my initial impressions review. Just right of the bat, I see a LOT of parallelism between this and Soul Eater, but I'll explain that as I go.

As of this point, I have only read two volumes of Blue Exorcist, and I will try not to restate the description. The story is set in a world where our main focus of characters is Exorcists, who are essentially combat trained priests who specialize in destroying demons, similar to Meisters in SE. Themain protagonist of the story is a boy named Rin, who is both an exorcist (in-training, currently,) and also a half demon...the son of Satan, at-that!

He is namely suffering from the burden of feeling like he was the reason a priest, who was a father-figure to him and raised him all his life, was killed by Satan. Due to these events, he makes it his life goal to destroy Satan, his father.

And how does his journey begin? Major parallelism #2, he has to attend a school for Exorcists so he can learn the basics from a group of psychotic teachers. A notable plot point is that Rin's younger twin brother, Yukio, who did NOT inherit the powers of Satan, is an Exorcist prodigy and genius...which leads to some brotherly squabbles.

Also, this manga DEFINITELY suffers from a bad case of the 10 Chapter struggle, as it dove straight into the action with nearly no backstory on Rin or Yukio, and has yet to get back around to that. I hope that some more of their immediate past will be revealed very soon, because everything still feels very rushed.

So-far, the story is good, but it is just VERY reminiscent of Soul Eater and I only see it getting more similar as the story progresses. The characters are interesting and diverse, and I'm quite sure I have already met the entirety of the main cast. I GREATLY enjoy the artwork...I'm just hoping for some original twist to not lock this in as another same-y school for destruction story like Soul Eater, Naruto, etc. before it. I'm left with high hopes, but average expectations.