, also known as
Ao no Exorcist, is a Japanese
supernatural action manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The manga has been serialized in
Jump SQ magazine by
Shueisha since April 2009, with individual chapters collected into sixteen
tankobon volumes as of January 4, 2016. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he is the son of
Satan born from a human woman and is the inheritor of Satan's powers. When Satan kills Rin's guardian, Rin decides to become an exorcist in order to defeat his father.