Rin Okumura

Rin Okumura is a anime and manga character who features in Blue Exorcist.

Biography

Rin Okumura (Japanese: 奥村 燐, Hepburn: Okumura Rin) was a male Nephilim who was born when his mother Yuri Egin (ユリ・エギン Yuri Egin) became pregnant with the twin children of Satan. This saw her having two sons with Rin being the older twin whilst he had a younger brother who came to be named Yukio Okumura. Rin was designated as Child M where an exorcism ceremony was being conducted on his mother with a cradle barrier being put into effect. In that time, the demonic child shot from his mother where he was covered in flames causing the barrier to be dispelled with exorcists attempting to kill the half demon child. He though kept moving all around the area where his blue flames caused them all to be burnt to death.

After getting into another fight with Reiji Shiratori and his gang, and being fired from another one of his part-time jobs, Rin's guardian, Shiro, strictly reminded Rin that he would have to make a living on his own someday. After Yukio treated Rin's wounds, Yukio asked him if he would be alright without him around since he was going to move from the church. Rin admitted that he was also worried, but he said that he had done nothing wrong. After being prompted by Izumi and Maruta on going to the job interview, Rin saw Shiro consulting a girl named Yui Sakamoto and commented that being an Exorcist must be hard with having to get rid of things that don't even exist, to which Shiro disagreed and claimed that Demons exist within human hearts. Later, after Rin called Yukio that he was able to get a job at the supermarket, he saw Yui chasing after her scarf. When Rin caught the scarf and was about to give it back to her, he suddenly saw a monkey-like creature there took the scarf out of his hand and ran off. While Rin was chasing after the creature as they thrashed around in the supermarket, it suddenly went on top of some boxes, which were going to fall on Yui. Rin protected her from them, but the girl fell unconscious. Shiro, Yukio, and the others were waiting for Rin to come home to celebrate, but Rin was nowhere to be seen. Worried, Yukio went outside to look for him, and eventually found Rin at the park. Rin told Yukio that he was too ashamed to come home after he got fired from his job, but could not explain to him why. When they both arrived back home, Rin saw Yui again, along with her father, who came by to thank Rin for saving her.

The next day, after he woke up and saw a letter from Yukio saying that he had to leave earlier than planned, Rin started to see a lot of small black creatures floating in the sky. He went outside and began to wonder why no one around him was noticing them. Then suddenly, Reiji and his gang appeared and asked Rin to come along with him to have a talk. At the alley, Reiji said that he came to apologize and tried to give Rin some money as a request for him not to mention about the fight that they had the other day, as it would damage his own reputation and his chance of getting into the True Cross Academy. Rin declined the offer, but when Reiji said that he should accept the money because his family was poor and that Yukio got into the Academy only for his grades, Rin punched him, saying that he could insult him all he wanted, but not to Yukio. Then, as Reiji was about to burn Rin with a heated steel pole, blue flames started to appear from Rin, surprising himself. Astaroth, the Demon who was possessing Reiji, said that the blue flames were the proof of Satan's offspring and were about to take Rin to him, but Shiro suddenly arrived and exorcised Astaroth from Reiji. Afterward, a horde of Demons started to appear and attacked Shiro and Rin, to which Shiro stated that they will stop at nothing to bring Rin to Satan.

When they finally arrived home, Shiro and the other Exorcists placed many protection barriers surrounding the chapel. Shiro also gave Rin the sword Kurikara, which was used to seal his Demonic powers. Astaroth once again possessing Reiji along with his Demon minions started ambushing the church, but the Exorcists managed to defeat them. After the battle, Rin had a harsh argument with Shiro, believing that he just wanted to get rid of him. Mentally shocked from hearing Rin's accusation and hitting him, Shiro suddenly got possessed by Satan who came to drag Rin to Gehenna. After Satan opened the Gehenna Gate, Shiro, managing to regain control of his body, stabbed himself in the heart and proclaimed that Rin was his son before he died. As he remembered his memories with Shiro, Rin drew out Kurikara, which returned his Demonic powers, and destroyed the Gehenna Gate, leaving Rin and Shiro to remain in Assiah.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Rin Okumura was a male human with messy, jet-black hair that swept down on his pale skin and intense blue eyes. As a result of his parentage, he was also referred to the title of the Son of Satan (サタンの息子 Satan no Musuko).

He was an extremely compassionate and supportive personality who had a kind heart. He supports his friends and tries to encourage and help them in any way possible. He is also very protective of Yukio and aims to surpass him one day.

At first, Rin was unaware of his biological father and instead was raised by his adoptive parent Shiro Fujimoto (藤本獅郎 Fujimoto Shirō). Though hiding it, Rin loved his adopted father a great deal and had nothing but praise for him. This meant though that he deeply regretted that the last thing they did was fight which was when Satan had taken over Shiro Fujimoto's body. Much like Yukio, he takes any insult against him very seriously and got really angry when Shura claimed he died like a coward. He also doesn't like people insulting Yukio, whom he loves and greatly respects. Besides this, however, Rin is surprisingly even-tempered and laid-back and rarely gets angry without a good reason.

Powers and abilities

Okumura was born as the child of Satan and a human exorcist making him of the race of hybrids known as the Nephilim. As a result, he had incredible potential as he could use his full demonic powers in Assiah unlike full-blooded demons who were unable to wield their full might due to the cost of degrading their human vessels. He possessed high-speed regeneration that allowed him to recover from fatal or near-fatal wounds at astonishingly high speeds, giving him an extreme amount of durability. It was shown that he was able to close a serious stab wound within mere minutes or even re-attach a severed limb.

A result of his heritage meant that he possessed the Flames of Satan (魔神の炎,サタンのほのお Satan no Honō) that were fiery Blue Flames (青い炎,あおいほのお Aoi Honō). This gave him pyrokinetic abilities whereby he was able to create and control flames with his mind. Much of Rin's powers were contained when his demonic heart was sealed within the demon slaying blade Kurikara. In times of extreme emotion, small blue flames were released even when the sword was sheathed. Rin though underwent training to control his blue flames to ensure he was not consumed by them and reverted to his feral state when he drew Kurikara. The most basic ability he came to learn was pyrokinesis with this power where he could create and control fire with his mind. He attained sufficient enough control over his blue flames to create techniques by releasing flames from his sword in a more coordinated manner.

He made use of a unique Maken demon sword named Kurikara (倶利加羅クリカラ Kurikara) that had been created by Mephisto Pheles.

Among the techniques he came to use included:

• Flame Emitting Meditation (火生三昧 Kashō Zanmai) :
• Satan Slash (サタンスラッシュ Satan Surasshu) :
• Satan Bomb (サタンボム Satan Bomu) :
• Satan Campfire (サタン・キャンプファイア Satan Kyanpufaia) :
• Satan Bomb Campfire (サタン・ボム・キャンプファイア Satan Bomu Kyanpufaia) :

Due to his sheltered life, he was initially unaware of the existence of demons where upon learning of this he came to be inducted into the True Cross Order(正十字騎士團 Seijūji Kishidan). This saw him being sent to True Cross Academy (正十字学園 Sei Jūji Gakuen) where he underwent training to become an Exorcist (祓魔師エクソシスト Ekusoshisuto). Unlike his brother though, he lacked any formal training when he started at the rank of Page which meant that though he had the power he lacked the skill to sometimes fight lower ranking demons. Over time, he came to improve through his training and studies where he developed aspirations to become a Knight (騎士,ナイト Naito).

Notes

• Rin Okumura was created by Kazue Kato where he featured in the setting of the Blue Exorcist universe.

Appearances

• Blue Exorcist:

External Links

• Blue Exorcist Wiki Entry

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