Line #137 Manga/TwinStarExorcists


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3	''Twin Star Exorcists'' (''Sousei no Onmyouji'') is a manga by Creator/YoshiakiSukeno. It tells the story about two kids (Rokuro and Benio) and their lives as exorcist warriors. Rokuro once had the dream to be the greatest Exorcist, and to cleanse all Kegare. But a tragedy in his past has made him no longer wish to have anything to do with exorcists. Enter Benio, a girl who, through a tragedy of her own, wishes to be the greatest Exorcist.
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5	Needless to say the two don't really get along, but forces conspire to bring them together due to an ancient prophecy that states the child of their union will be the most powerful exorcist to ever exist.
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7	The manga began serialization in the monthly ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' sister magazine, ''Jump Square'', in 2013.
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9	SpinOff media includes:
10	* ''Anime/TwinStarExorcists'' (2016-2017) - An anime adaptation produced by Creator/StudioPierrot; while the first 20 episodes are faithful to the manga, it tells its own original story from that point onward. A preview can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBcpzDakVc here]]. Crunchyroll has the series dubbed in English.
11	* LightNovels
12	** ''Twin Star Exorcists: Tenen Jakko'' (双星の陰陽師 ―天縁若虎―, ''Sōsei no Onmyōji -Ten'en Jakko-'') (2016)
13	*** ''Twin Star Exorcists: Tenen Jakko: Nishoku Kokkeiga'' (双星の陰陽師天縁若虎〜二色滑稽画〜 ''Sōsei no Onmyōji Ten'en Jakko ~Nishoku Kokkeiga~'') (2018) - A manga series based on the novel.
14	** ''Twin Star Exorcists: Shiga Kenbyaku (双星の陰陽師 ―士牙繭闢―, ''Sōsei no Onmyōji Shiga Kenbyaku'' (2017)
15	** ''Twin Star Exorcists: Santen Haja (双星の陰陽師 ―三天破邪―, ''Sōsei no Onmyōji Santen Haja'') (2018)
16	* ''Twin Star Exorcists'' (2017) - A video game from Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for the Platform/PSVita.
17	* ''Twin Star Exorcists: SD As Imperative Order!!'' (双星の陰陽師 SD如律令!!, ''Sōsei no Onmyōji: SD Nyoritsuryō!!'') (2017-) - A comedy manga.
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19	Not to be confused with ''Manga/BlueExorcist,'' another manga from Jump Square about fraternal twins as Exorcists.
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21	'''BEWARE OF MANGA SPOILERS'''
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24	!!''Twin Star Exorcists'' provides examples of:
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26	* AdultsAreUseless:
27	** Seigen, an adult himself, thinks that because of putting children in the position of an Onmyouji instead of allowing them to live their childhood as they should they have failed as adults.
28	** Discussed after the first battle with Yuuto, as some feel Rokuro and Benio shouldn't be fighting, but rather should focus on building their relationship so that they can conceive the Miko, who can take care of everything.
29	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Kegare; justified as they are said to be born from humans' negative emotions.
30	* AnArmAndALeg:
31	** Rokuro loses his arm during the incident that took the lives of his friends in the past. Luckily he gets a replacement, in the form of a powerful Kegare arm.
32	** Seigen loses his right arm [[spoiler: while fighting Yuuto. Unlike the protagonists, he stays like this.]]
33	** [[spoiler: During the battle with Yuuto, Benio gets her legs blown off. She gets replacements much like Rokuro's arm, from the same [[DealWithTheDevil Basara that killed her parents]], no less.]]
34	** [[spoiler: Shimon loses his leg to Tenma in a heated battle.]]
35	* ArrangedMarriage: Like it or not, Rokuro and Benio are told they have to marry each other, as their offspring would have enough power to wipe out the Kegare. Unfortunately they hate each other's guts.
36	* ArtEvolution: The manga's artstyle undergoes a notable change right about the TournamentArc.
37	* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Zig-zagged; [[TheHeartless as long as there are negative thoughts and sorrow, Kegare will be born,]] but destroying Magano itself should do the trick. [[spoiler: Or not; chapter 36 reveals that Magano is the Kegare's prison, not their source.]]
38	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Rokuro and Benio's son, Hikaru, is born right before their final battle against the King of the Kegare.]]
39	* BadassAndChildDuo:
40	** This [[http://i.imgur.com/5nippOh.png panel]] implies Hijirimaru and Higano used to be this.
41	** [[AloofBigBrother Shimon]] and his little sister Sayo.
42	* BadassBoast: Pretty much anyone who ever fights, Rokuro especially.
43	* BadassFamily:
44	** Arima's goal is to have the two strongest onmyouji, Rokuro and Benio(according to an oracle), mate. Because their child would then become the strongest Onmyouji ever with the title of "The Miko."
45	** Benio's parents, [[spoiler: and twin brother,]] were strong Onmyouji.
46	** The Twelve Families on the island are all these.
47	* BattleCouple:
48	** Rokuro and Benio are expected to get married because both are the strongest exorcists of their generation and the child of both will be powerful enough to end the war against the Kegare.
49	** Benio's parents were exorcists who fought Kegare together.
50	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:Rokuro must fight the soul of Taiyang inside his mind so he doesn't lose his consciousness after fully awakening as Taiyang.]]
51	* BecauseDestinySaysSo: An oracle predicted Rokuro and Benio are destined to become the parents of The Miko, who will wipe out the Kegare once and for all.
52	* BedmateReveal:
53	** After Rokuro and Benio's first fight against Kamui, Benio wakes up to find herself in bed with Rokuro. She immediately figures out Arima was behind it.
54	** When Shimon's sister Sayo goes to meet the Twin Star Exorcists, she uses any chance she gets to sneak into Rokuro's bed.
55	* BelligerentSexualTension: Rokuro and Benio are not pleased about their betrothal and constantly argue and insult each other. However, there are quite a few sweet moments between them as well.
56	* BettyAndVeronica: Rokuro is the Archie in a LoveTriangle with his ordinary, sweet childhood friend Mayura (Betty) and his aloof arranged fiancee and skilled exorcist Benio (Veronica).
57	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Several. Of note, Rokuro right before Kamui kills Benio- his fist appears out of nowhere into Kamui's face.]]
58	* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Rokuro and Benio]] have the kiss everyone has been waiting for once they finally admit their love for each other during their reunion. Just to make the scene even more epic, [[spoiler:the Resonance of their kiss creates several blasts that destroy the Kegare around them]].
59	* BigDamnReunion: Chapter 72 has the long-waited (both in and out of universe) reunion between [[spoiler:Rokuro and Benio]] who haven't seen each other for over thirty chapters.
60	* BishonenLine: The Kegare become more humanlike the more powerful and evolved they are.
61	* BloodKnight:
62	** Benio really enjoys fighting, to the point that she regularly enters Magano to fight Kegare instead of waiting for the ones already on earth to pop up.
63	** The Basara that killed Benio's parents, [[spoiler: Kamui,]] admitted that he lives to fight strong opponents and if it was a life or death battle it would be more enjoyable.
64	* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Benio's enchanted powers disappear after her enchanted guardian fights and loses to Kuzonoha.]]
65	* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: Rokuro and Benio are betrothed against their will because an oracle predicted their child would be the Miko, the reincarnation of Abe No Seimei that would wipe out the Kegare once and for all.
66	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Benio confronts the Kegare that killed her parents, she asks if he remembers killing them. He answers by asking if she remembers every ant she ever squashed. {{Subverted}} later when he does in-fact remember because their HeroicSacrifice was so out of the ordinary.
67	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Yuuto and Benio.]]
68	* CallBack:
69	** Rokuro in Chapter 76 talks like a samurai because he's flustered, just like in Chapter 6.
70	** Chapter 18 has Rokuro dream about saving a group of exorcists in Magano. [[spoiler: Chapter 77 has him actually enact this dream out. Even the first pages are the same, with some characters even striking the same pose.]]
71	* CannibalismSuperpower: In the first episode, Kegare are shown growing stronger by eating each other.
72	* CantCatchUp: Eventually Mayura does start training to be an onmyouji, but by that time Rokuro and Benio have a lot more skill and power so Mayura ends up feeling inadequate and unable to help her friends. [[spoiler: She does in fact catch up, by becoming a Heavenly Commander- though she's ''very'' far behind the other Commanders.]]
73	* CasanovaWannabe: Rokuro is seen being rejected by a random girl, and lamenting about his lousy luck with women towards his friend Mayura. She later quietly confesses that she likes him, but he doesn't hear it.
74	* CharacterCatchphrase:
75	** Rokuro has "Sins and Kegare, I'll cleanse them all." and "Be cleansed, be purified!"
76	** "I'll exorcize all Kegare and end the thousand years war" comes back quite often in the mouths of several characters.
77	** Kamui's is "I'll wait while I count down from ten." He also says "Give me a break" quite a lot.
78	* CherryBlossoms: [[spoiler:Benio]] giving birth causes black cherry blossoms to bloom all over the Tsuchimikado Island.
79	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Rokuro and Mayura have been friends since childhood. Mayura is in love with Rokuro, but he only sees her like a dear childhood friend or even a sister.
80	* TheChosenMany:
81	** The Twin Stars, Rokuro and Benio. They are destined to give birth to the Miko, who is said to be powerful enough to deal the final blow against Magano.
82	** The Twelve Heavenly Commanders are shown to be this as well, being a select few people deemed worthy enough to wield the twelve powers of Abe no Seimei's shikigami.
83	* ClingyJealousGirl: Both Benio and Mayura exhibit this after the TimeSkip, when another girl ends up aggressively throwing herself at Rokuro. Who can also be quite clingy and jealous.
84	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: An omake has Rokuro angrily denying that he wants to have a child with Benio and says that she'd probably be [[LousyLoversAreLosers like a tuna in bed anyway]].[[note]]a Japanese idiom with a similar connotation to "dead fish"[[/note]] Benio immediately thinks of the positive characteristics of tuna and assumes Rokuro is [[InsultBackfire praising her]] as a {{Determinator}} and LightningBruiser, causing a LuminescentBlush.
85	* CurbStompBattle: Rokuro easily defeats the creature giving Benio a hard time during their first encounter with one punch.
86	* DanceBattler: Benio's attacks all have dance in the name.
87	* DarkAndTroubledPast:
88	** Benio witnessed the death of her parents, and later lost her twin brother.
89	** Rokuro was the sole survivor of the massacre of his entire dorm, [[spoiler: later revealed that they had all been forcibly changed into Kegare and he was forced to exorcize them. Benio's twin brother was among them.]] Besides, he was also [[spoiler: found in Magano, age around 6, with no memories at all.]]
90	** [[spoiler: Ryougo's]] family was attacked by Kegare while his older brother hid him in the cupboard. [[YouAreTooLate He was saved by an exorcists squad, but his whole family was mercilessly slaughtered.]]
91	** All the children in the Hiinatsuki dorm might have suffered a similar fate, considering they are orphans not only aware of the existence of Kegare, but also feel that the only way they can repay their debt is to become respectable exorcists.
92	* DarkIsEvil: Most Kegare, human-shaped in particular, seem to be dark-skinned.
93	* DarkWorld: Magano, the [[AnotherDimension alternate dimension]] wherein Kegare usually dwell, which looks like [[SceneryGorn a ruined, devastated version]] of the human world colored in shades of {{red and black\|and evil all over}}.
94	* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Benio. With her parents' assassin, no less.]]
95	* DualWielding: Benio fights with two charmed blades.
96	* EnfantTerrible:
97	** [[spoiler: Yuuto, Benio's older twin brother and one of Rokuro's friend at the Hiinatsuki Dorm, the one who caused the tragedy of Hiinatsuki.]]
98	** Discussed by Rokuro when he angrily notes that [[AdultsAreUseless leaving everything]] to the [[TheChosenOne Miko]] was irresponsible and would result in this.
99	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Benio was pretty popular at her [[OneGenderSchool old school]]. Even at her new co-ed school she can be seen surrounded by girls.
100	* FallenHero: Onmyouji can become Kegare, we later learn that the transformation can be forced.
101	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Happens surprisingly often.
102	** The boy [[spoiler: by Benio's side in her flashbacks]], her mentioning the Tragedy of Hiinatsuki, and the photo of the Hiinatsuki residents.
103	** Seigen mentioning that Rokuro was the "Strongest of the East" only on the mainland.
104	** Kamui's mention of "the others"
105	** Seigen talking about three new layers in Magano being discovered in chapter 21.[[spoiler: Magano in Tsuchimikado Island is split into layers with only some of them having being fully reachable and traversed.]]
106	** Sayo in Chapter 22 says that she [[spoiler:had trouble seeing Rokuro's enchanted guardian. Chiinu in chapter 52 reveals that neither Benio or Rokuro had one in the first place.]]
107	** What failing the enchanted powers test entails foreshadows [[spoiler: Benio losing her powers.]]
108	** Hijirimaru's words to Higano after he intervenes in his fight against Shimon. [[spoiler: He told him "The next time you get in my way, IllKillYou!". Although it becomes quite obvious Hijirimaru [[VillainousFriendship cares about Higano]] and wouldn't have acted on his threat, that's exactly what happens. Higano [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for him and makes his friend finish him.]]
109	* FromRoommatesToRomance: Invoked. Rokuro and Benio are made to live together under the same roof for the express reason that it will help them become a couple. It works.
110	* FunbagAirbag: Mayura's introduction into the anime involves Rokuro running from a rejection right into her chest.
111	* HalfIdenticalTwins: Benio and Yuuto are fraternal twins. Benio is a girl and Yuuto is a boy, but if Yuuto's hair was black instead of light blue and he let it grow out, he would look identical to Benio.
112	* HateAtFirstSight: Rokuro and Benio don't get along very well during their first encounter, due to differences in opinion on becoming exorcists.
113	* TheHeartless: The Kegare, which are born from humanity's negative thoughts.
114	* HeroicSacrifice: When given a choice between their lives or Benio's, Benio's parents don't hesitate to sacrifice themselves.
115	* IHaveNoSon: Inverted. Seigen doesn't consider himself to be Mayura's father, as he is no longer married to her mother and was never home. During the time he [[spoiler: fought her as a fallen Kegare]] he regrets never having done anything even remotely fatherly for her. However, Mayura disagrees and maintains he likes her calling him dad despite him denying it.
116	* IntimacyViaHorror: {{Downplayed\|trope}} in a manga extra. Rokuro invites Benio to watch a scary movie. As the film progresses she gradually, while holding her pillow, moves from her side of the couch into Rokuro's lap all the while keeping a [[TheStoic straight face and posture.]]
117	* ItAmusedMe: Kamui, the Basara that killed Benio's parents, gives the reason for most of the things he does as just having a hobby. Be it a SadisticChoice or granting someone a substantial power-up, everything he does is purely to see if he can create the ultimate enemy.
118	* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Discussed when Rokuro says if he and Benio give birth to the Miko, it would be unfair to just push the responsibility of destroying all Kegare on that child from before it's even born. Rokuro even admits that if he was the Miko and had to carry that horrible fate from the moment he was born, he would end up wanting to destroy the world instead.
119	* LetsYouAndHimFight: Rokuro and Benio are made to fight each other in chapter 2. Benio is more than willing, Rokuro is less than.
120	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Rokuro says he only sees Mayura like this when asked about their relationship, likely due to being ChildhoodFriends.
121	* LocationThemeNaming: Human characters' family names, like Enmado and Adashino, are taken from cities, towns and villages in the Kansai region. Meanwhile, the Basara have names of locations from elsewhere.
122	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Arima and Hijirimaru are the most prominent examples.
123	* MadeOfEvil: Implied, as Kegare are "born from the negative thoughts of man"
124	* MaleMightFemaleFinesse: Rokuro and Benio. He just smashes Kegare with one punch of his PowerFist, while she relies on charms that increase her durability and speed in battle to make her so fast that she can't be seen by the normal eye.
125	* MarkedChange: Glowing marks appears on the exorcists' bodies when using charms.
126	* TheMasquerade: Surprisingly, averted. The exorcists are called by citizens, (visibly) paid by them (though the government helps), and are seen several times giving a rough, but truthful explanation to civilians. Japan's traditional folklore of evil spirits probably helps... As does the people's SuspensionOfDisbelief if they're calling exorcists in the first place, and the usually mortal nature of the encounter when they do not.
127	* MeetCute: Rokuro and Benio first meet when she literally falls from the sky and both fall into a river when Rokuro tries to catch her.
128	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Rokuro; Kamui calls him "the kid with fangs".
129	* MyGreatestFailure:[[spoiler: For Rokuro, being unable to save his friends during the tragedy of Hiinatsuki (he was actually forced to kill them.)]] However, learning after two years that there was a way to save them really hit him hard.
130	* NoBodyLeftBehind: Kegare usually explode into glittering dust when killed. Rokuro is quite freaked to find that Basara on the other hand [[spoiler: die just like humans.]]
131	* NoSenseOfDirection: Rokuro can't find a place on a map, when the map leads to his own house.
132	** A joke in the webcomic combines Rokuro's sense of direction with Shimon's awful, awful maps that even his sister couldn't understand. [[spoiler: Everyone is surprised when Rokuro finds the place just fine, and comes back without getting lost. Two wrongs make a right!]]
133	* OfficialCouple: Rokuro and Benio. Their engagement is one of the things that kicks off the plot.
134	* OfficialKiss: Rokuro and Benio kiss before he leaves to the Tsuchimikado Island, but neither of them had confessed their feelings yet. In chapter 72, their overdue mutual LoveConfession is followed by two kisses that make their RelationshipUpgrade official.
135	* OlderThanTheyLook: A good number of adults in this story, especially a good number of the Heavenly Commanders certainly doesn't look like they are middle-aged already. Arima and Seigen was in the same grade as Narumi, as well both already have their own children. Also, Miku Zeze, who is was called the "loli hag." The loli part is pretty much self-explanatory since she looks like a young girl. Her actual age? ''56''.
136	* OneHitKill: Rokuro uses a special charm that turns his right arm monstrous and capable of one-shotting most Kegare it hits.
137	* OvershadowedByAwesome: Benio suffers this when the first creature she and Rokuro encounter together nearly defeats her despite her powers and charms. Rokuro, who mostly looked down on exorcists, then easily defeats it with one punch.
138	** [[spoiler: Mayura's]] learning speed is amazing, but she feels like she CantCatchUp.
139	* PapaWolf: When Seigen learned why [[spoiler: Yuuto turned his daughter into a fallen]] Kegare, he was pissed. He also has some shades of this with his apprentices, although he hides it well.
140	* PaperTalisman: The charms that Onmyouji use are these. Benio uses several and Rokuro uses only a single jet black charm.
141	* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Rokuro and Benio. They are betrothed and, despite disliking each other at first, end up becoming attracted to and falling for each other after getting to know each other's ultimately linked tragic pasts.
142	* PowerFist: Roukuro can turn his right arm into this.
143	* PoweredArmor: Benio uses several Charms that gives her a magic version of this which improves her speed, armor, sight, and strength. Speed seems to be the main increase.
144	* PreClimaxClimax: [[spoiler:Rokuro and Benio have sex and conceive their child shortly before the final battle against the King of the Kegare.]]
145	* PreMeeting: Rokuro and Benio first meet when he catches her falling from the sky and he helps her defeat an Kegare. They soon take a great dislike for each other and hope to never meet again. Shortly after, they find out they are the Twin Star Exorcists destined to marry and are forced to live together. Rokuro and Benio are not pleased.
146	* RaceNameBasis: Before his name was revealed, [[spoiler: Kamui]] was only referred to as "Basara".
147	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Basara [[spoiler: and Abe no Seimei]] can look anywhere from twelve to twenty, although they are confirmed to be at ''least'' several decades older than they look. Two of them are confirmed to be about a thousand years old.
148	* TheRival: Benio considers Rokuro to be one after witnessing the power of his arm, Rokuro himself doesn't wish to be rivals but gets into it after the two start fighting.
149	* SadisticChoice: Benio, as an eight year-old child, is given ten seconds to decide which one of her parents will live and which one will die by a super strong Kegare. [[spoiler: When she failed to decide the Kegare then asked her parents if they or Benio should be allowed to live, with no hesitation they say Benio.]]
150	* SharedFamilyQuirks: Benio looks like her mother and acts like her father and has his love of Ohagi. Her fighting style is the same as theirs. [[spoiler: Her twin brother Yuuto averts this completely, though. You'd have a hard time guessing they're related. Which was probably [[TheReveal the point]].]]
151	* ShoutOut:
152	** A shonen manga about a male main character with a supernatural arm (which turns claw-like when activated) and a female character with long black hair and special supernatural legs (which even glow with green lines) fighting impure monsters that prey in humans? Hard not to think on ''Manga/DGrayMan'', especially when the term "onmyouji" from the original title was translated officially as "exorcist" just like those in the mentioned manga.
153	** The concept of "twin stars", the name and a bit of the character of Kamui, and a lot of the esthetic come from ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'' and its sequel ''Manga/{{X1999}}''. The characteristic five-pointed star drawn in the air also stands out as a reference.
154	** Several to ''Literature/TokyoRavens'': Benio's role in the story and early character design evoke Natsume Tsuchimikado, the 11 Heavenly Commanders resemble the 12 Divine Generals, and Doman Ashiya is related to disastrous spirits in both series.
155	** A cute magical creature related to wizards, sporting a symbol on its forehead and voiced by Creator/JunFukuyama in the anime? Sounds like Kimihiro Watanuki's dog avatar from ''Anime/BloodC'', a series by the creators of ''Tokyo Babylon''.
156	** While at a gold fish booth Rokoru’s net instantly broke, however [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Benio was able to use her speed to catch a number of fish while people watched in shock]].
157	* TheSociopath:
158	** [[spoiler: Yuuto, he causes the tragedy that haunts Rokuro for a reason that can be summed up as "For Shits and Giggles." Sees his sister, Benio, as a useless annoyance and finds the thought that their parents died protecting her hilarious.]]
159	** Basara, Kegare that have gained enough power to have a human appearance, all seem to share this mental state on some level.
160	* SoleSurvivor:
161	** Rokuro is the only survivor from an attack by Kegare that killed eighteen of his fellow exorcist dorm mates.
162	** Benio seems to be the only one who survived the attack that killed her parents.
163	** [[spoiler: Ryougo]] is the only one who survived the attack of Kegare on his family.
164	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Arguably the main plot of the manga. The reason Benio and Rokuro are [[BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage forced to marry]] is to give birth to an [[SuperiorSuccessor extremely powerful exorcist]].
165	* SuperMode: Several from various characters appear frequently. [[spoiler: When a Basara uses a charm this is the usual result.]]
166	* SuperSpeed: Benio's fighting style involves hitting the enemy hard and fast, ''very'' fast.
167	* SuperStrength: Rokuro's charmed arm gives him incredible strength. Boosted by Resonance, he destroys a good chunk of a ''skyscraper''.
168	* SupportingHarem: Rokuro's engagement to Benio is part of the premise of the manga. Other girls like Mayura, Sayo and Shizuru have a crush on Rokuro, but they all eventually back down because Rokuro only loves Benio.
169	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Benio starts to ask Rokuro if he might be an exorcist after revealing knowledge of Magano but Rokuro denies being an exorcist before she even gets the first word out.
170	* TheirFirstTime: [[spoiler:Rokuro and Benio finally consummate their marriage and conceive their child in chapter 130.]]
171	* TheseHandsHaveKilled: The reason Rokuro intended to quit as an exorcist was that he was forced to kill his own friends after they were turned into Kegare.
172	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Rokuro gives one of these speeches to [[spoiler: Yuuto.]]
173	* TimeSkip: A two years long skip happens at the end of chapter 18. In chapter 76, a four year skip shoots the main characters to 20 years old.
174	* TookALevelInBadass: Benio, Rokuro, [[spoiler: as well as Mayura]] go through several.
175	* TournamentArc: The Hadarae Castle Games sub-arc where Rokuro joins a tournament at Tsuchimikado Island, with even the Heavenly Commanders participating, so he can gain fame now that he's starting his own household.
176	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Benio really like Ohagi, a type of sweet made with rice and red bean paste.
177	* ViciousCycle: [[spoiler:The King of the Kegare is really an alien parasyte that incubates inside a planet and feeds off the negative energy of its inhabitants until it obtains enough power to destroy the planet and then move on to the next. The cycle has already repeated many times before the King of the Kegare arrived to Earth and it's implied the worlds it destroyed are some sort of alternate Earths with their own versions of the cast.]]
178	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Yuuto does not take it well when Benio manages to adapt the powers of an Kegare like he and Roku do. Seems the boy has a superiority complex and seeing someone he wrote off as weak not only attain the same power he thought made him special but to almost surpass him with it sends his whole world crashing.]]
179	* VillainousFriendship: Higano and Hijirimaru do care about each other, despite being [[TheHeartless Kegare.]] [[spoiler: When Higano [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for Hijirimaru and [[TearJerker dies]] [[HoldingHands literally on his lap,]] it sends the remaining Basara in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
180	* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Kamui pulls one off for Benio, right before she is killed by Kegare after her legs were blown up, and offers her a DealWithTheDevil. She is at first and understandably rather confused on his motivations. He says it's [[ForTheLulz his hobby]].]]
181	* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Yuuto]] attempts repeatedly to persuade Rokuro to join him as his EvilMinion. Emphasis on repeatedly.
182	* WhenSheSmiles: In Chapter 18, when Benio smiles sweetly, Rokuro [[LuminescentBlush blushes profusely]] and thinks he'd like to make her smile more.
183	* WinHerAPrize: In Chapter 18, Rokuro and Benio are [[NotADate hanging out by themselves in a local festival]]. To cheer Benio up, Rokuro spends a lot of money at a shooting gallery stall to win a pair of bellflower-shaped hairclips for Benio. She happily puts the hairclips on as she tells Rokuro she's touched by his gesture.
184	* TheWorfEffect: Benio suffers this in the first episode, when despite all of her charms and powers, is unable to defeat the creature. Rokuro, after berating her for wanting to be an exorcist but not having enough power to banish it, then destroys said creature with one punch.
185	* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler:Rokuro and Benio are given only two months to give birth to their child before the final battle against the King of the Kegare. Chinu uses a time spell in the Inner Yin chamber to make it so seven days inside it equals only one day outside. With this, Rokuro and Benio have enough time to produce a child before the final battle.]]

Context Manga / TwinStarExorcists