Anime 47778 Kimetsu No Yaiba Yuukaku-hen

The back half of Demon Slayer‘s second season is yet another stellar outing for Tanjiro and his friends. The heart, humor, and characters that fans love shine almost as brightly as they did previously, with my only real issue being that Nezuko still isn’t given much to do. Partially outweighing that is the fact that studio Ufotable’s animation has reached an almost unbelievable level of quality. Aside from the finale of the Fate/stay Night Heaven’s Feel films (also a Ufotable production, one I’d wager had a much higher budget), I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more visually entrancing battle in animation than the one ... in the Entertainment District Arc. The first season of Demon Slayer really stood out because of the way it presented beautiful, painting-in-motion brawls that would lead to one final, thoroughly satisfying and visually captivating moment, and season two doubles down on that; almost any segment in the big battle from this 11-episode arc could nearly rival the very best from season one, and that aforementioned “moment” was lengthened to an entire episode. Ufotable has once again set a new standard for action anime, something they’ve done so many times by now that it shouldn’t be a surprise to any long-time anime fans.

The overall is very good, Tanjiro makes friends along the way, exceptional animation and very bloody and complex fights. But what really bothers me is watching the same thing over and over. Every arc Tanjiro has to fight a demon that is way more powerful than he is and keeps winning every single fight with the power of friendship. I mean, it's a shounen after all but all of the battles last 4/5 episodes where Tanjiro keeps passing out and coming back like, a thousand times, then when he is almost dying he finds strength to be the one who kills the demon. Every single ... arc. And then, the demons has a super sad backhistory to make them less mean and more reasonable for doing what they are doing. It's a great show, but it lacks depth and originality

Kimetsu no Yaiba and its movie were loveable. They both had a couple issues here and there but I and my family enjoyed it.

This - second/third/whatever the hell - season dissapointed us.

Tengen Uzui was not as cool as we were hoping he would be. He put up a boring fight. His wives were creepy, they each had one of the teen boys' personalities and their outfits weren't creative, looked very cheap.

The teen boys are quickly losing their charm. They are each defying too many odds to root for them. It is painstakingly obvious none of them will die or retire from fighting.

Nezuko wasn't too ... bad this season, she did something interesting, I hope her voice actress has more lines next season.

I was excited for the villains because they are an inverse Tanjiro and Nezuko, but their story fell flat because nothing felt like it mattered by that point.

This arc should have been longer. The author is starting to run out of steam if this is a direct rip from the manga...