Anime 47778 Kimetsu No Yaiba Yuukaku-hen Reviews Filter Check 2

Contains some mild spoilers.

"Demon Slayer is carried by its animation"

A common take that haters of this show love to spew, but how true is it actually?

Demon Slayer S2 picks up immediately where the movie leaves off with the main trio and now the sound hashira going to the "entertainment district" to kill a demon residing there. It introduces us to the new Sound Hashira, and also new villains, in the form of a pair of brother-sister demons.

It goes without saying that Demon Slayer's fight scenes look spectacular, i dont think i need to spend much time praising the visuals or its ... choreography. When people talk about or hype up Demon Slayer, this is the first thing that comes to mind. While Demon Slayer may not be Ufotable's best work (that goes to Heaven's Feel in my opinion), it does not change the fact that it is still undeniably one of the most well-animated shows in the medium.

The score is by the renowned Yuki Kajiura, and its decent. It compliments the animation and the fights well. It hits when it matters, nothing much else to say about it. The Aimer OP and ED, while they are very nice songs to listen to, do not really fit the dark, gritty tone that the show was trying to adopt, especially towards the latter half of the season, but i dont think this means a lot in the grand scheme of things so i wont dwell too long on it.

Now onto the less amazing parts of Demon Slayer.

Demon Slayer's character writing is very polarising. Tanjiro, probably the most interesting character, is an altruistic, selfless empath. He never fails to see the good in even the worst of demons. He is a nice guy at heart, and easy to get behind which makes for a likeable protagonist, but not necessarily the most interesting to watch. Zenitsu and Inosuke on the other hand, represent running gags that the show has. Inosuke is aggressive, hot-headed and short-tempered, while Zenitsu is a simp. Most of their dialogue and personality revolve around this one trait that they have. While fans may find them to be funny and great comic relief, I am certainly not one of them. The 2 new antagonists have a somewhat endearing sibling relationship, but we are spoon-fed their backstory just as they are about to die. It comes off as if they are forcing us to feel sad for characters that we would otherwise not care about. Because, before the backstory, i saw the 2 villains as one-note, blank slate villains which will surely die by the end of the season. Their backstories are admittedly somewhat sad and heartbreaking and I am sure that these moments do make many viewers feel for the characters, and thats great. However for me, and lots of people i've interacted with, these moments come off as emotionally manipulative and forced.

The dialogue in Demon Slayer is very VERY bloated. There is an extraordinary overuse of monologues. Monologues arent inherently bad, but when its used so much, it gets to the point of being completely meaningless. This causes the flashy, pretty looking fights to become somewhat boring and stale. What do i mean by this? Demon Slayer has a tendency of treating its audience like they are 3 year olds who dont have basic reading comprehension. It feels this need to explain everything that happens on-screen, even the most blatantly obvious things. "I'll slash as hard as i can!", "The slash didnt go through!!" This kind of "walkthrough dialogue" (a term coined by a friend of mine) that almost narrates the events shown, give the fight sequences themselves a lot less impact and make them far less meaningful or immersive.

As for the tonal inconsistencies, there are many sudden tone changes that happens out of the blue. The show would randomly crack a joke in the middle of a fight, the music stops, and some sound effects intended for comic relief start to play. Dont get me wrong, comic relief isnt bad, but the timing is what matters, and Demon Slayer times these comic relief moments IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTENSE FIGHT SCENE. This breaks immersion, and reduces investment, especially when it comes out of nowhere.  Thankfully, as the season progressed, this became less and less of a problem as the show managed to stick to the dark, gritty tone that it had originally intended to adopt.

Demon Slayer is also rampant with plot conveniences. Characters would have broken fingers, be punched in the gut 10 times or so, and still effectively be at full fighting capacity. At one point, Tanjiro goes down, has a flashback about Nezuko, manages to get back up (albeit with a little bit of difficulty and limping), and is suddenly ready to fight again, "Determination conquers all", a common theme throughout the series. So whats the problem here? The injuries and hits that they take feel very meaningless. Yes sure, when they do get hit, they get hit very hard, but why does it matter? They just get back up a minute later as if nothing happened to them. Fingers broken? Just hold the sword with your remaining fingers lmao. Got stabbed through the chest? Just shift the position of your organs lmao. This can potentially stop me from taking the fights seriously, as the stakes become nonexistent. The only real stakes that are present, come at the end of the season, but by then, the fight is over, and the impact that it leaves, is not very significant.

Its easy to see the appeal of Demon Slayer, and i do enjoy what it has to offer. It is easily accessible, easily digestable, and it looks great, making for a very entertaining show to watch, but its definitely not without its fair share of flaws. I imagine the diehard fans of the series either dont consider my issues as flaws, or are willing to overlook the flaws despite them being present. On the other hand, i imagine that the diehard haters think the positives count for little when the myriad of other flaws are present. Both positions are totally reasonable and understandable. Thank you for reading.

This show is too much hilarious, the jokes, sense of humor and dialogues are so out of this world that I had to share it with all my friends and family and they all kept laughing as well.

Other than that, great animation.

Animation: 10/10. For the most part, the show is popular because of it's animation.

Of course, UFOTABLE carrying the whole show else I can guarantee that half the people watching it will back down and I really mean it since I have seen way too many people watching it just for the animation. This show really proves that for some people, as long as ... they get some eyes fest, they are ready to excuse the whole show. As long as the animation is 10/10, the whole show is 10/10 for them neglecting the other factors of enjoyment like the story, soundtrack, characters, etc. It's personal choice for any factor to be source of enjoyment but for me most of them is lacking.

The story is good plus normal but too generic and predictable like any other anime, so there's nothing new here. A new Hashira dies every new arc probably and Tanjiro keeps watching. I maybe wrong too so no idea about that.

The first season and movie set the bar for the sequel too much high and it is not meeting the expectation in the slightest this season.

Soundtrack: 6/10. I think they use the good soundtracks for the right moment and that's done brilliantly. But you are not going to be like "Let me download all the soundtracks opening, ending and every OSTs and vibe with myself". Certainly the soundtracks are good but for the show praised so much, in my opinion I think it lacks a bit for the whole show and for the collection as well.

Characters: 5/10. Hashiras, upper demons are ALRIGHT, nothing too crazy characterization while nothing too bad as well and maybe Michael Jackson too? Rest plain and boring(The main trio and any other side characters introduced till date). I mentioned the main trio but Tanjiro is a good protagonist. Inosuke and Zenitsu's character is really really bad. The author tried to portray them as comedy relief but it's just the opposite for me at least.

5/10 is the perfect rating for an anime or to be more precise sequel like this.

S1 and Mugen Train is GOOD, that's why compared to that, this season is really not doing well. "But the show is just starting with few episodes, it's unfair to rate it right now". You can't make that as an excuse because there are many shows which are good and hype from the beginning of the sequel.

PS: If it feels and gets better I will update my review for the part that has changed and also if it really deserves it. But considering the amount of times I dozed off watching these 3 episodes, not even at once( an episode per week which is supposed to be very entertaining) I doubt the ratings are going to change.

No hate to anyone who enjoys the show. You can enjoy it without getting bothered by the review because at the end of the day, there's the thing called "Personal Taste".

Kimetsu no Yaiba is bound to be one of the most discussed shows of the season, perhaps the year, crossing to the year 2022 as well. Of glowing prominence within the anime community, this one’s possibly one of the strongest, aside from Mushoku Tensei Season 1 Cour 2, which had finished airing by the time this review of mine was released onto the platform. I find Kimetsu No Yaiba to be a strange phenomenon, bizarre yet one that is worth scrutinising, my position with Kimetsu no Yaiba is also a difficult one it seemed, in accordance to my preference of viewing and observing anime and ... television series– biassing more towards shows with an austere strength, unflinching, yet at the same time pertains a certain virtue of its own - whether is it its comedic, tragic or a quirky mix of the former two, a show that could either walk out seeking purchase on its own in the current era filled with a great amount of shows due to its stark contrast with others for its superb originality; or a show that takes inspiration from its precursors, but with a clever twist or even intentioned misreadings of their predecessors they managed to produce something that prods at us, demanding attention that warrants great payoffs for those who do sit down and scrutinise it; or simply a great work of enduring art and profound ingenuity that casually harrumphs and critics and audiences alike would flock over it and shower it with endless praises, forming a timeless classic. From this point of view speaking, Kimetsu no Yaiba might not be a truly great series - rather a mediocre drab, with a plenitude of memorable sequences tangled within the mess of a confluence of different linear storylines and the usual, predictable anime tropes that are pervasive within this show. Those who are unwilling to listen to my review on the show may be influenced by the fact that my profile picture wears a jacket of Tanjiro’s picture, stamped on it for quite a long time for now, but rest assured I am in no way a fanatic that would swoop in to defend the series from its needed criticism, neither did I curvette whenever there’s sequences of Tanjiro swirling and running across streets do kill demons. Artists with no sense of self-hatred should not be involved in art, my position with reviewing and working a critique are the same - a reviewer who can’t bear the need to heap superlatives onto the show without possessing a method of dealing with the principal strengths and weaknesses of the show - even deliberately diminishing the other or berating those who do so - is nothing more than a schmaltzy fanatic, a bigot who is drunk with their own self-indulgent lucid dreams that babbles endlessly without any merit of its own.

The perfect allegory for Kimetsu No Yaiba’s current predicament would be a group of elephants with an abnormally large head - its head rammed full of scenes that could pique our excitement, images with cinematic verve and full of vibrancy as well as carefully constructed flashbacks rammed with innuendo, designed to heap up emotional responses to evoke sentimentality in the audience’s minds; while the spindly legs below are straining, trembling, wobbling and gyrating out of immense pain, doing their best to support whatever weight was carried on the back of the animal, and the spindly legs are the characters of Kimetsu No Yaiba. Just as Inosuke and Zenitsu had no ear for Tengen, I had no eye and ear for Kimetsu no Yaiba’s characters. Ephemeral, acrid and dreadful are the descriptions I would resort to use if I were expected to describe the characters within. Kimetsu No Yaiba is primarily driven by plot occasions, heavily in fact, with the Entertainment District Arc starting with Tengen disrupting a day several months after Rengoku’s death to pick up members in order to fight a demon hidden in the entertainment districts. If Tengen makes no attempt to assail the starting points of the show, it would’ve been stagnant as a puddle of water in a drain, other than Tanjiro, none of the characters seem to have an agenda of its own, a central drive, a core for their actions and how it creates a reaction. Other than Tanjiro’s valiant attempt to create any sort of conflict by going to Senjuro and Rengoku’s house to send Rengoku’s last words to Senjurou and deliver condolences, nobody else ever bothers. It reflects the grave undertones of the story that there is so subtle undertone. That, in my opinion, was one of the most rampant, unrestrained problems within Kimetsu no Yaiba. I disparage the characters for a good reason. Tanjiro, to me seems to be more than just a wasted opportunity, a capable character mingled up in ashes that astonishingly dull his chances of ever attaining more than what he had, as his character can’t blow sand against the wind due to the larger narrative requirements abstaining from ever receiving a chance for more development, and is instead forced to participate in big, vivid blots of comedic sequences mottled everywhere with painfully unfunny humour and dreadful jokes with the lesser Inosuke and Zenitsu. Comedy is forsooth subjective, by all means, but any good writer, or a vastly adequate storyteller would tell you rapid and immediate tonal shifts for comedic skits is an irrational prompt, and an excessive amount of comedy inculcated into every minute is also equally annoying, if not a persistent pranging on the pacing on the show. If those comedic sequences wouldn’t resonate with the audience, then some of these story beats where Zenitsu getting infuriated by the fact Tengen has three wives, or Tengen frustrated by Zenitsu and Inosuke running around without listening to him would be offensively banal. I’m on that side, personally speaking, and it’s been nothing short of a dreadful bore, waiting for the thawing moment where they could discuss something of matter to character, the overarching plot, or even just an exchange of opinions on carrying the mission.

The characters themselves are also pantomimed, absurdly exaggerated in every course of action possible. Even within a same scene where Zenitsu is absolutely angered by Tengen’s status of being in a polygamy relationship, his face is exaggeratedly twisted, gesticulating relentlessly and his voice is portrayed as some sort of belching. While Inosuke is still reusing the same jokes and punchlines stemmed from his buttress personality of being an uncultured swine due to being actually raised by a pig, nothing about him has any great effect on the story, as of now. But I can still tolerate Inosuke, given there’s a scene portraying him trying his best to search for the demon lurking in the building, but ultimately fail to do so, albeit a bit weak to justify this as a progressive stance for his character, we could still see his perseverance in his job, and his irritation and exasperation when he was unable to accomplish it. Tanjiro, in the 3-4 episodes we’re given seemed to be robbed of all spotlight, granted he’s given far more chances at screen time in the first season, but he’s still weirdly desiccated from character work, such an exclusion is indeed a sacrilege in my eyes, but I’ll have an update on it, if they could enrich his character more within the next few episodes. Tengen is possibly the least developed here, he’s not as thematically rich as Rengoku, and ripped off any attempts at character ever since his introduction, being introduced as perfect, handsome, strong and loved: It’s pallid, if such superficial and surface traits should be taken as characterization. Such an undercooked team is quite a self-immolation, as it burns the possibility for a character-driven plot line, but is one that Kimetsu No Yaiba is actively avoiding, so I’ll not give too much panning on it.

I have a generally negative viewpoint towards Kimetsu No Yaiba’s characters at the larger picture. They are placards of simplicity, the characters are usually capable of experiencing a single feeling at a time, they are mere self-advertisements: ‘I’m angry!’, ‘I’m furious!’, ‘I’m so happy!’, ‘I’m so excited!’, ‘I’m sad……’, ‘Why?’ (insert a melancholic tone). According to the sources of numerous critics, no matter Internet or professional anime critics or essayist, seemed to me to be elated by Kimetsu No Yaiba’s attempt at characterization, but most characters here that shines, or those given more luminescence, are instead given a rough, raw caricature that gives them the basic traits, ‘The Empathetic Big Head Hammer’, ‘The Yellow Thing That Screams and Belches’, ‘The Half-Naked Pig that Yells and Vaunts’ or ‘The Cute Little Sister that Muffles in A Closet’. They race through plots that are seriously tight and rushed without slowing down for characterization, their adventures are thus hammered into flat metal that illuminates in a cold light that radiates no warmth of characterization that can reach our emotions better instead of selling sentimentality.

Goutoge seems to me, is chosen by Japan’s manga industry to become a capable writer that explores relationships, whether it’s a romance between teenagers, or is it a brotherly relationship between a set of friends or a drama driven by family conflict, but she ironically took the wrong turn and chose to write about an adventure story, a shonen-esque narrative about killing demons which should’ve been littered with mind-boggling yet hot-blooded scenes that excites the target audience for shonen magazines. Kimetsu no Yaiba, for me strictly speaking, resembles more of a straggling story that tries multiple times to emphasise on character, juxtaposed with its contemporaries, Boku No Hero Academia, Dr. Stone, etc. Going so far as even giving passing antagonists that matter nothing some semblance of backstory, though each one is unique on its own but often reaches about the same conclusion. The backstory that begets the transformation of humans into demons are either a broken dream or promise, or being abandoned by someone, or being isolated, prejudiced and distanced. These sorts of backstories work at the first few scenes, because a villain with a reason to become what he is right now is definitely far more interesting than one with a yammering idiot with no distinct or distinguishable traits. The problem with it is that it happens often, too often, that it rids the supposed ‘backstory’ of each demon of clarity and discernible motives veiled behind his irrational, violent tendencies. What separates those demons as former individuals? Other than Rui in the first season, the rest had been painfully underwhelming. Good thing Daki’s backstory carries a stronger tang of emotional value contrasted with the rest, that I’d not discuss first, as it’s going to come in the next few episodes, and I’ll have a clearer verdict by then.

So, I’ll currently reserve a score of 5 for the second season. If it improves, I’ll consider adding 1, if it weakens, I’ll deduct by 1 or 2. I’ll slowly update more of my thoughts on the aesthetic quality of the show, the soundtracks, the opening and ending sequences and possibly a future update on the narrative and characterization.

Kimetsu no Yaiba was, at best, mediocre from the start. While the animation and art direction are incredible, it's far from being the masterpiece that everyone claims it to be. Most of the characters aren't that interesting, and despite that some of them have a deep background, it doesn't really matter since they end up dying anyway right after they fleshed out, preventing us from appreciating a good character like Kyojuro Rengoku and making us feel like he was a wasted potential.

Nezuko only exists in the show to give the protagonist a reason to stay alive and as a potential love interest for Zenitsu, we ... barely see her perspective on anything.

Zenitsu is a pathetic simp for Nezuko and a total loser who can only be useful when he's not acting like himself and transforms into some kind of powerful sleeping beauty whenever he need to fight back a very strong enemy (something he can't control) what a lazy plot-armor.

Inosuke is a rude-savage idiot... and that's it. The only time he's stopped being like that was when the plot needed him to chill out (only in this arc btw). However, he never went through any character development, Inosuke himself feels weird when he uses his brain, and he never uses his brain ever again, that's a very annoying inconsistency in his characterization.

The way everything is solved in this show is lazy. The power system has no rules, as all they do is taking a deep breath, and then an incredible power comes out of their weapons. That might not be a big deal, but then we have this new arc where we see the most idiotic plan of the show. Tengen sent the boys (who are obviously boys) to some houses of ill repute in the entertainment district to act like prostitutes... and they got away with it. Everyone accepted them as girls, and nobody checked their bodies out.

I tried to be patient during the first season and the movie. Now Demon Slayer plagues me again with another season of little progression glossed over with pretty animation. Season 2 for the most part was a recycled and worse version of season 1 because it still has the same problems but made even worse. Season 2 never came close to topping the greatness of episode 19 in season 1, and the last episode was terribly disappointing. The most impressive animation scenes are the only hollow like enjoyment I could get out of this. I can't give it praise. At most it's a guilty pleasure. ... Giving poorly written and developed demon a flashback was a mistake. How about the author write a good villain instead of preying on the viewer's emotions and forcing them to care this way? I waited for Nezuko to grow and instead she is still mindless and lifeless from within the plot box. To make it worse, they gave her random abilities with no further explanations. Honestly, that box should have been smashed long ago during one of Tanjirou's fights. What is it made of? It can't be wood. What is Zenitsu? When are they going to explain and make sense of his odd battle abilities? He's a powerful character written with cheap and convenient restraints. When he's not asleep, he is still obnoxious and unfunny. What is this author thinking? Inosuke may have the personality of a rhino, but I can't deny his character has been the most entertaining with a great voice actor and spirit. Who is the master? Why should I care? Why should I care about anything in this series?

if this is a series where you are looking for character growth, you are in the wrong series. Even when Tanjirou was teased at being a coward I felt something because at least his character was deviating and going somewhere else from the norm. Every character failed to grow from the first season. There is nothing meaningfully new I can add about Tanjiro this time.

The fights continue to be bizarre. Now characters receiving mortal blows can shift their organs around to avoid getting killed? Explosives that can destroy upper ranks? How? Sure, the fights look nice. Still, I'd rather be moved by a compelling story with great characters rather than lifeless tropes and pretty flashing lights and CGI crows. I've explained much of my position on Demon Slayer in my past two reviews of the series, and feel no need to repeat most of those points that painfully still apply to this series.

And what was that last episode? Almost nothing happens because once again I need the ultimate sad sob story shoved in my face to care again about poorly written characters. Even the execution of this is terrible. Badly written characters being redeemed by sad sob stories every single time is some of the worst writing I have ever seen.

There are many characters still left in the dust. Shinobu got seconds of screen time once again. I can already feel how this might drag on for endless amounts of seasons. That's the weakness of Shonen anime: it drags on endlessly with mostly mediocre episodes with a hit rarely in between. They are dependent on animation rather than story and characters. The music and comedy went downhill from there also. You can say I am being harsh. Still, if you look at what has influenced me you'd see I've been given a ruler of very high standards by them. I know what I am looking for in a series and Demon Slayer failed time and time again.

Now, if you enjoy this, that's fine. I am just stating an opinion.

This series has gotten progressively worse. That's not to say it had it's moments. There were at least a few times I was entertained and shocked. Still, this painfully reminds me about the mediocrity of shonen anime.

𝘋𝘦MID 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 Ha.

But in all seriousness, this new season truly lives up to that title in much too many ways for such an acclaimed series. If you have criticisms, though, you're labeled as a mere elitist. "𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 is about the simplicity, not everything needs to..." or "it's just a shounen, what did you expect?" Well, what I expected was a coherent experience, which is what I recall the previous installments of 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 to have provided at the least.

When season 1 came out, it was easy to ignore what many called poor writing and characters, but as time goes on, the excitement of ... watching 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 slowly gives way to disbelief, as the latest season shows you exactly what critics of the series must have been seeing from the beginning. Hype doesn't diminish poor writing, and this was clear to me every step of the way as the Entertainment District Arc was airing. Annoying and shallow characters and motivations (paired with some of the worst, most useless, and dare I say unironically cringiest dialogue I've heard from any anime in this genre), contrived and sometimes even reused plot conveniences, a bafflingly lackluster power system, irritatingly unnecessary levels of plot armor, episodes on end of nothing really happening, and good production apparently gets you a spot as one of the highest rated anime of all time.

This season was so poor, in fact, that it even made me skeptical of my previous ratings and thoughts on 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, and some reassessment was necessary. Maybe I was wrong about what this series could achieve, especially considering some people really believe this arc to be the supposed best the manga has to offer. I'm still holding out hope for something to change next year, though. It also doesn't help that the Entertainment District Arc was airing alongside some of 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯's best, and this definitely impacted how I experienced 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳's newest addition.

Currently, 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 is positioned to be the next 𝘔𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢, but even less so, with its only merit at the moment being arguably more polished and pleasing visuals. Yet with most it seems to have lived up to the hype just fine, while 𝘔𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢 has been a source of constant ridicule from the anime community, though actually being more ambitious than the current 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳.

At the end, the one word which summarizes the latest installment of 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 is this: Disappointment. I hope this will change with whatever comes next.

Omg my favorite mc so flawless and perfectly crafted honestly I'm tearing rn because of how much I relate to this masterpiece of a show. I really wish I got to see more of Tanjiro's backstory as seeing it 10 times each episode was not really enough to fully value the depth of his character.
The fights were perfectly crafted, making sure I forgot what was happening with a flashback every millisecond and Uzui was so relatable to me with his 3 wives and shi.
A big question I had towards the author was as to how Tanjiro was not killed due to zoning out into ... flashbacks the middle of getting stabbed on the neck, all good tho next time I believe these 11 episodes could have been shortened to 20 mins if you get rid of the flashbacks.
10/10 please CANCEL the show and animate something with an actual plot .Ty have a lovely day!

"Includes Minor Spoilers"
Also'-Ignore my horrible grammar'-

Well, after the very well recieved movie and that broke Box office records Demon Slayer is back with a season 2. But This review isnt really a review about this season but rather about Demon Slayer as a franchise itself. I have gotta be honest, I like demon slayer but some times I am thinking about it and Then thinking that this is kind of an mess. But not a bad one. In This review I will explain why I think from a certain perspective that this show isnt good. Before you go send hate comments its still my ... opinion so you can disagree all you want, so lets talk about the most important part of any show......

The Story
The story of Demon Slayer is quite simple but its executed poorly with bad writing, poor worldbuilding and an insanely fast pace that doesnt give you time to breath. First lets talk about the very beginning, the beginning where Tanjiro's family is killed. The reason why I am bringing it up is because its a good example of bad writing. First we only get 2 minutes of screen time with Tanjiro's family despite being an extremely important thing because Tanjiro mentions it so many times in the anime that It must be important and also In any fight where he is almost losing he thinks of Family. The problem is that we dont get to know them very well and we cant really relate to them if their given this much screentime. And also, why the hell did Tanjiro have 5 siblings. I knew watching this episode that we were gonna see the entire family dying trope but at least make me give a shit about these characters. If  Tanjiro says how amazing they were but if the viewer doesnt feel that way because we cant give a shit then why give Tanjiro 5 siblings in the first place. oh right to create a bloodier and more shocking scene. Then lets talk about one line that made me think a lot. The line of ep 1 s1 "Demon Slayer corps is an unrecgonized by the goverment". I know it wasnt exactly like that but its the same. Why Is the demon Slayer Corps not recgonized. I mean arent demons a big problem in this world, there are so many demons in this show and a lot of people have even seen demons so isnt that kinda weird, arent demons supposed to be a threat to humanity. I think the reason the author did this is to make this corps mysterious but its also stupid. And also Japan is a pretty big country so does the entire Demon slayer corp operate in all of Japan, and if that is so. Why are all the pillars in one damn place. And also are there only demons in Japan or also in Europe, these questions are entirely ignored by the author because of the extremely fast pace and stupid comendy. Then lets talk about Tanjiro trainings arc or if you want to call it that way. Because in 1.5 episodes 2 years have passed and that is the time when he learns 10 different water techniques but we never get to see all 10 of them until the final fight in season 1. And to be honest, how is the viewer suposed to know wich technique he is using for any senario if they all look the damn same. Your not watching a fight in KNY and be like "Oh, Tanjiro is going to use the 7th technique, because they never explained it that well because of the training of just 1.5 episodes. Also why was Nezuko been asleep for 2 years when later in the series she never sleeps that long again. Oh to create a heartbreaking reunion, yeah that doesnt work because it was 1.5 episodes but still 2 years passed like couldnt the arc not be like 6 episodes before it felt earned. Then lets talk about a thing this show almost ignores completly. The ranking system. So after the exam arc it was mentioned that there are 10 different ranks amongst demon slayer and the characters after that exam are at the bottom but in the entire show we never get to see all ranks so why introduce it in the first place. The only three ranks I know are pillars, Tanjiro's friends and some unnamed demon slayers that die so easily. It would be way more fun to say to look at demon slayers who are like the 2nd strongest in the corps
Besides Pillars and see what they can do, or heck. If your not going to show all ranks of Demon slayers then dont make 10 different ranks if we see 3 different ranks in the entire show it just feels stupid to include, I wish the author spend more time into this but nope.

Then lets talk about the second training arc that is handeld way better because it was done in a bit slower pace and the ending of the arc felt way more earnend. One thing I am kinda dissapointed at is for the author to kill multiple lower moons because then Tanjiro could fight those lower moons to become stronger and stronger in a believable way but nope. Kill them all and give it to the 1st lower moon and then kill him off in a lame way because we need to finnish the story quikley as it seems... Then lets talk about a thing the author loves the most, Backstories. Mostly, in any story you give a character a backstory to make for example their motivation more clear and gives reason why characters behaves like that. But in demon slayer its given to any character that is dying, and to be honest I dont really give a shit if they are dying. But sometimes a character does get a backstory while they are not dying but those kind of thing are rare in a show. And to be honest you dont need backstories to give your characters development. Lets look at Darth Vader who didnt have any backstory and is still considerd as one of the most iconic character/villain in fiction. Even hearing him breath you know who he is. Backstories arent meant for character development but rather getting to know about the characters himself. And if thats your only way to write characters then you know that the characters arent well written because of poor writing/fast pace. An other thing I like to point out are the boring settings, this one is extremely nitpickey but almost all the locations in KNY are kinda boring to me but that is my opinion. And also in the manga there is tons of plot-armour and bullshit moments but I cant tell you because those are heavy spoilers. Now lets talk about anything that can make a show good or bad and that are....

The Characters
The characters of Demon Slayers are....okay I would say. We would mostly look at main cast and that are, Tanjiro,Nezuko,Inosuke and Zenitsu. In a nutshell we have loveable but generic mc, Jesus-chan without character development, Peppa pig on steroids and the unfunny loud obnoxious guy.

Tanjiro
Tanjiro is the mc and to be honest that is pretty clear. He gets the most screentime and we mostly look at his point of view, but he does lack one thing and that is character devlopment. In the entire story he is still the same character and thats kinda borring, he has this nice guy personality and to be honest thats an extremely borring personality. I wish the author put as much care in the design of Tanjiro as well as his character devlopment because damn I really like his character design both in the manga/anime. And an other problem. He is to op and has lots of plot armour. He wins every fight and that really just removes the tension, and he will mention family and then I am really like. Why should I care if I barely know them...

Nezuko
Nezuko is in my opion waifu bait and is without a doubt the dullest character in the entire show. Everyone is like: "oh..she is so cute". But no one is like: "wow. What a well written character". I wonder why? Yeah the author couldnt even give her development. And I know what some people might say:"you cant really develop a character who cant even talk", but hey fun fact:"Blind people can see in their dreams" so thats no excuse for maybe Nezuko having some inner  voice, that would be cool and that makes a lot of sense. That would have improved her character greatly but nope. Wasted potential. Also she is just to perfect and if you have read the manga you know what I mean.

Inosuke
Inosuke is my favorite character in the show. And I know that his introduction was kinda rough but I thinks he is great comic relief character that isnt loud or annoying and can some times make me Smile because of his personality. I cant really talk a lot about him but he is at least the bright light of all the shit this show has to offer. Man, this cast seems cool. I hope there isnt some character that makes this show go from a 6 to a 5. Oh wait!........

Zenitsu
Zenitsu is the worst part of this show. He is annoying, doesnt do facking shit. And is here to show to cry the entire time. He has his moments but I dont give a fuck of how terrible he is as a character. Its such a shame that he had pretty good character design but still he is so goddamn annoying. Going from telling girls to marry him and has an unhealty affection for Nezuko. But the man thing that angers me the most is that most of the Demon Slayer fandom says that he is going to become a good character even tough thats not even the case. He only changed for a few minutes and then changed back to its old self. Liking this character is the same as liking Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars.

Some of the other side-characters are fine but do just lack character development and an intressting personality or be likeable. With one backstory you aren't gonna change my mind. Some characters like Rengoku or Akaza I do really like but compared to other anime they aren't even considerd well written. The romance in this show is also really dissapointing and fails at so many things that the show does it a few time and then we forget for a long time and then it comes back.

The  comendy in this show is painfully unfunny and don't get me wrong its not the worst I have ever seen but damn its shitty. This show doesn't even need comedy and the comedy doesn't even work well with a show where people are brutally murderd by demons, I mean ofcourse there is nothing wrong with putting comedy in a show where lots of people die but it does matter how much comedy there is. And Demon Slayer just has to much of that that it takes away the tension or emotion that any scene had.

The villains are also bad, the demons are as average as the demon slayers. There motvation is dull and their lines aren't memorable. The main villain from kny doesn't come over as a threat or cool in any way. He just looks like a regular ass dude that even got touched by Tanjiro without noticing his presence like seriously, are we supposed to be afraid of this guy. The only thing that makes him stand out is that he looks like Michael Jackson but nothing else. The backstories of certain demons can be sad but thats still no excuse for the author. Couldnt they do like a Tokyo Ghoul kind of thing where it also humanizes the demons instead of this being black-and-white. Then it would be at least understandble why Tanjiro feels sad when he kills a demon.

At the end of the Demon Slayer is just a mediocre Shonen that is loved by millions and getting milked by death by Ufotable. Some people compare Demon Slayer to Star Wars and I could see the similarities but at least Star Wars has well written characters. I could get mad over this anime and all the problems it made but that won't change anything. If people like flashy colours and great animation then they wouldnt even give a fuck what the anime itself has to offer. At the end of the day Demon Slayer proves one thing. You dont need a good story or good characters, you just need Good animation.

Thank you for reading and a happy New Year to you guys.
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Man where do I begin...there is so much wrong and the only reason I gave it a 6 is because I haven't seen the all of season 2.

Season one was genuinely one of the best modern ip's in anime in a long time. It was a beathe of fresh air. It had genuine weight to it, something that makes a generic show into a masterpiece. This weight, grounded in reality, was carried through to the mugen train arc, but is entirely missing here.

7 Episodes in, and this show is lacking a ton of character which made season one amazing. Its missing that weight.

Remember in season ... one, how tanjiro and his companions genuinely struggled to survive? How ever step they took was filled with dread? Every time they did anything they felt like they were incompetent, but took time to overcome their weakness and grow. Tanjiro was getting his ass kicked by some weak deamons in season one, and even though he got more training in between season 1 and season 2, it doesn't add up. How is this guy who isn't even close to the top 50% of demon slayers, fighting an upper six and having an easy go at it? You would expect him to get his ass wooped, his companions to come help him, and it would all be a team effort. Instead, he stops fighting because of a cough...wow. How far we have fallen. Either stick with the continuity that he has found some magical inner strength to become the greatest demon slayer in history, or continue the fair and linear development from season one, where tanjiro is just barely capable of staying alive. Remember mugen train, it took all 3 friends and a hashira to even make it fair vs a demon, and in the end they lost the hashira that day.

Not here! Tanjiro has just morphed into some ancient version of kirito where all he needs to do is strain his eyebrows hard enough and come up with solutions straight out of his ass.

This makes the show feel cheap, fast paced, and missing entire parts of tanjiros personal development.

What is worse, is the buttloads of filler. The comedy, the random conversations that waste time, etc. It feels like this entire season is a comic relief and the first season was a horror show. Maybe there was backlash that season one took things too seriously, but that was what made the show so good, it had weight to it. Decisions and actions weren't taken on a whim and at every turn death lied in wait. Not here, now we can just rush in to fight a upper level demon without a second thought.

Their is some good nezuko development, FINALLY, but even that is completely unexplained. The logic is that demons need to consume human blood to get stronger, etc etc. Not nezuko, she is the chosen one, she is the naruto, she doesn't need anything because she was BORN special. This adds even more confusion to the entire show. Episode 6 and 7 just made me feel cheated, like I waited for a second season and never got it. How does nezuko manage to be both overpowerd yet her brother has no issue holding her back. There is just so much mismatch. Ugh.

The show isn't bad, its just fine. Again, I am judging this off the first 7 episodes, but I think I have been cheated enough to not even bother watching the rest of the show because of how mediocre, predictable, and cheap it became in a matter of a few episodes. The uniqueness is entirely gone.

TLDR: Just watch the fight scenes, skip the rest. Show's script is a waste of time.

Since not much has changed since the first season in terms of characters and plot structure, I will instead give you a list of 10 things that made Demon Slayer the success it is. This is done after some chats I had with people who insisted Demon Slayer did not become such a success just because of the animation. Up to a point they were right, since if animation alone was enough then every well animated anime would be a success, something which is not true. So, here are those 10 reasons that made a show with such a by the numbers plot and cast ... to be such a hit.

1) Animation
With the first one still being the animation. Don’t fool yourselves to think it would be the success it is if the pretty colors weren’t so pretty. Modern audiences became addicted to it so much it eclipsed any other reason for watching something. Even if you put together the other 9 reasons that follow, they are still not going to be as important as the pretty colors. With that said, here they are despite not being that important, yet helping out in making Demon Slayer to stand out amongst other well animated series.

2) Fighting Shonen
It’s a fighting shonen! Holy crap, who could have predicted that most people who watch anime don’t like comedy or drama or romance as much as they like action. So it’s not just the animation, it’s the well animated and rather brutal action scenes, a prime attraction of anime in general.

3) Death is Permanent
This shouldn’t be a reason, and yet it has become a reason because most action anime chicken out when it comes to killing characters and leaving them dead. Magic resurrections and time resets and alternative timelines became so commonplace, it actually became rare to find an anime where people stay dead. Demon Slayer is one of those rare cases.

4) The pacing is great
Although most people watch anime for the action, one of the huge detractors fighting shonen have is the stretched out duration with slow pacing and a ton of filler episodes. Demon Slayer doesn’t do that, there is clear plot progression even in the action-free buildup episodes.

5) The plot is easy to follow
Believe it or not most people do not expect an action show to be super complex with constant plot twists, multi layered mysteries, and a whole bunch of other convoluted bullshit that demand from them to think for hours what the shit is going on, only to get a complete trainwreck that doesn’t make any sense, contradicts its earlier messages, and in general confuses him more than it entertains him. Your average fan wants things to be simple. Guy swings sword, stuff explode. It doesn’t have to be more complex than that. Demon Slayer with its generic and simple to follow story gives you exactly that.

6) Ideal Setting
Escapism can have mass appeal when it keeps the best aspects and disregards everything that makes it look bad. The setting of Demon Slayer is Japan in its coolest form, nothing but stuff people want to see in order to be impressed. Swords and ninjas and kimonos and all those stereotypes we expect to see in Japan. At the same time it completely disregards everything that would not make it cool, such as showing us what a bunch of xenophobic fascist chauvinists the Japanese used be at time period the story is supposed to be taking place in. If any of those nasty bits were showing there would be many who would be bothered and they wouldn’t like the show.

7) Everyone has a Backdrop
Any show with a large cast has a hard time to show everybody’s backdrop story. There is simply not enough time to do that, resulting to most secondary characters being left without one and feeling flat as a result. In Demon Slayer everyone has a tragic past that makes him more than a generic swordsman or a generic monster. Obviously this is achieved through the cheap method of showing someone’s life story as he is dying, but then again your average anime fan doesn’t know shit about good writing and is pleased with a sad flashback, regardless of how cheaply written it is.

8) Everyone has a Badass Mode
The characters are, just like the plot, very simple and easy to follow. This usually results in coming off as having only one trait in their personality, which in extreme situations becomes obnoxious. The protagonist is a dull boyscout, his blond comrade is a loud coward, his sister is a mind controlled puppet, and so on. Your average viewer is willing to forgive that if those characters have a badass mode during battles. And they do. When things get serious they get super powerful and kick ass instead of being permanently obnoxious and useless in battle.

9) Family Bonds
Something that is often overlooked in appeal is that most Japanese anime fans love family bonds. They love the living shit out of characters who are relatives, not simply friends or colleagues. When a character does something for his family it hits way deeper than when he does it because it’s a mission or a friend is in need. Demon Slayer is about family since it’s the protagonist doing it all for helping his sister. This simple detail elevates the show above all others that are not about family.

10) Promotion
From the pedigree of the animation studio, to the company that streams it in the west, Demon Slayer got some pretty big names in the industry to attract a wide audience. Part of its success is the heavy promotion it got. The more promotion something gets, the more sales it ends up having. What? Did you think it all has to do about quality or some shit? The manga sales were fairly low until the anime came out. It’s all about exposure and giving the people what they want. Which is pretty colors and 9 other minor reasons.

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen

I like Demon Slayer, I really do. And mostly thanks to what Ufotable has done with this manga. The animations, the dynamics and atmosphere. All of this makes the anime an art form that you practically just soak up.

And at the same time, this is a very critical contrast for my taste. On the one hand, I adore this anime and could watch this season a second time right now. Yet, simultaneously, these flaws and problems are hurting me more and more. It is at once one of my favorite shounen and one of the worst shounen I have seen.


Demon Slayer ... manga only had a half baked story that was immensely linear until the end. The only thing that really did the manga good was the fortunately existing choreography and the backgrounds and deaths of certain characters, which resulted in very nice dramatic scenes. But that was it.
From the writing style, the dialogues to the characters and fights, everything is below average.

[Story 2]

This time it is an Upper Moon who hides in a red light district and feeds on the people there. But what is the story behind it? Nothing.
He hides, they fight and win. This is the entire plot of this season, let alone entire series, as Muzan does the same thing.

Muzan asks Akaza to kill all the Demon Slayers?`Has Muzan forgotten that in 1000 years he hasn't managed to get rid of his pursuers? For being so arrogant, he is very bad at defeating his opponents. As a strategist, Muzan is absolutely useless, well, he was also a musician in his last life. And then he has nothing better to do than to lose his elite one by one without taking precautions before the sides become equal.

Also in this season you saw again how unbalanced everything is. The concept of breathing and strength was strange from the beginning. But that Tanjirou can be beaten through several houses without dying is shocking. The damage he suffers is far beyond human. But at the same time he is hurt by a normal person in the film and can hardly move? Inosuke moves his heart to avoid an attack? To do so, he would have to have relocated it almost to the speed of sound.

From start to finish, absolutely nothing has happened in this season, except for one of the strangest fights you can find with some of the most unnecessary dialogue ever.

[Characters 3]

I actually like most of the characters and even Zenitsu. But they are all empty. Insosuke and Zenitsu are 2 running running gags, with Inosuke being successful with them.

Tanjirou is in my eyes one of the best Shounen protagonists you can find and has a very first class and rational logic regarding many situations and moments. And especially, he is not a hypocrite or gives you a pseudo-sermon about the heart or love. Instead, he gets to the point, wants to put his opponent and as soon as he is convinced that he is an enemy, he strikes mercilessly.

The final scene before the death of Upper 6 alone was impressive. The logic behind Tanjirou's words was flawless and fascinating. No one will forgive a murderous pair of siblings. But in the end they have only themselves and at least this is what they should keep in their demise. This neutral kind of mercilessness and at the same time respectful treatment and grace of Tanjirou, make him so fascinating.

Most of the other characters are also just empty shells with comedy potential. Daki is a steam boiler. Gyotarou was a broken recorder who kept saying the same thing. Her background was sad, but that was it.
Fun fact for Genshin Impact players, yes, that was the VA of Raiden Mei and Benett.

[Animations 9]

The animations were mostly stunning and shocked me. Except in the fight between Daki and Tanjirou. Iit was relatively bumpy and the drawings slipped sharply. The quality of these 2 episodes fluctuated greatly.
However, this has been greatly balanced over the last 3 episodes with some of the best visual clashes in the Shounen scene.

The intro and outro have also been visually artful.

[Music 9]

I liked the outro even more than the intro, because of the detailed and beautiful presentation.

The Osts remained at the same level as their predecessor.

[Conclusion]

Demon Slayer is an absolute must for any Shounen fan looking for fights, emotions and explosions. But for anyone who likes character depth or story, he will not find what he is looking for here, all the opposite.

Nevertheless, I am looking forward to seeing the following seasons and hope to live long enough to experience the finale of Demon Slayer in anime format.

[Enjoyment 9]

Demon Slayer is not all about animation, or is it? All throughout it’s runtime, which started in 2019, Demon Slayer has cemented itself as a contender for not only the most popular shonen of the “new age” but anime in general. With it’s vast character cast and the raw amount of different personalities derived from the aforementioned cast, it manages to appeal to a broad audience, except for one kind of person. That kind of person would be the one that wants to enjoy an anime without being interrupted by an annoying comedy scene every 5 minutes.

With the considerable amount of criticism the show has ... received since the airing of the first part of Season 2, which was essentially a recap of the movie with some added scenes which all amounted to nothing in terms of character progression and the overall quality of the story, only giving some closure into Rengoku’s past, almost all of which was covered in the latter part of the season regardless, the second part of the season managed to still acquire quite a massive following in terms of popularity and had turned out to be an amazing cash cow to the studio, similar to the former part of this season, except this one actually moved the story forward.

The biggest problem Demon Slayer had up until this arc was undoubtedly the character interactions and the sheer awkwardness in dialogue that was present for almost all of the series, however, that problem completely gets thrown out of the window when you look at the utter clown fiesta the show has done with the plot armor. Now, plot armor is a word that often gets mentioned when criticizing a show. Usually, that is not the case and there is a viable explanation that can be found as to why something happened that seemed like an illogical event, Demon Slayer blows this theory out of the water and just does random things that the viewer is supposed to accept and just move on. What Demon Slayer did is the equivalent of your average Joe who has never been in a fight taking down prime Mike Tyson simply because he got mad or a doctor curing cancer by snapping his fingers. Demon Slayer has had a problem with consequences for its characters for a long time yet this season manages to make that seem like nothing compared to what the author did in this arc. For a show with such a dark setting and a generally menacing atmosphere, regularly implementing elements of horror and gore, having only 1 major figure in the Demon Slayer corps, that being Rengoku, die in the span of 37 episodes and 1 movie is simply horrendous and only further pushes the narrative of what Naruto has done to modern authors and how its influence has both made modern shonen prosper and fail entirely.

Further touching upon the show’s character interactions, it feels as if the characters understand what the other is saying but simply choose to not act on it until it is literally spelled out to them. ”’Score?!’ Did he say ‘score?!’ Did he turn my Blood Demon Art into a song and deflect it?!”. This single piece of monologue is probably some of the most fun you can get from watching an anime. The dialogue is not much better either. It either consists of Tanjiro and the gang laughing at each other for doing the same things they have been doing since they met, including, but not limited to: falling over, being hungry, being a simp towards Nezuko, making a cute face and all of the other generic running gags you can find in other shows, now exaggerate them by around tenfold and there you go, Demon Slayer’s humor.

Now, Demon Slayer doesn’t only have bad things about it, hence it is an above average show, for the most part. The show stays true to it’s themes which, although half assed some of the time, still present some interesting ideas to take from the show. Tanjiro being able to actually kill a demon and accept the fact that a miracle bringing them back will not happen, since of course, demons are the big bad guy and they are not here to get miraculously cured, that is reserved for only the good guys. Nevertheless, Tanjiro’s mindset is quite divergent from the shonen norm, considering his willpower is not only showcased through his unwillingness to give up but also his commitment to truly ending demons, despite showing his respect and kindness to most of them, albeit at the very end of their lives, often leaving quite a bitter taste in the viewers mouth, at least in the beginning of the series, whereas now it is just seen as the norm in his character, which is not necessarily a bad thing, seeing how the show has cemented his moral compass by now, in a relatively short amount of time.

Uzui is just a great character. The rest of the Demon Slayer cast so far has been pretty indistinguishable from the rest of the shonen casts, however, Uzui is a prime example of how the way women write male characters differentiates from how men do it. Male writers are often afraid to make a flamboyant character the center of an arc, especially a character that is not scared to slap an underaged girl on her ass just for the fun of it. The way Uzui is characterized brings to the table a very needed dose of freshness to the cast. Uzui is not afraid to do anything and values aesthetics over anything. Setting him up as this unreachable height in terms of both looks and strength, then having him be crumbled by a demon serves as a required reality check for both Tanjiro and the viewers. However, this is where the problem of consequences comes into play once again. The show has established that Hashira are not invisible beings but having one basically come back to life just because it is shown that they can die is just an illogical thing and serves no purpose. All in all, while his character conclusion could have happened at the end of the arc, serving as foil for further development in both Tanjiro and his companions, Uzui still remains the best, and so far the only, character that was genuinely well done from his visual to his psychological characterization. He is, however, 6’ 6’’, which makes him a big factor in raising the average height of a male in the world, fuck you Uzui.

The visual aspect of Demon Slayer is what makes it really stand out from the rest. Compared to the disappointing paneling the manga counterpart has, the adaptation did the source material more than justice with its amazing shots and superb fight sequences, accompanied with some of the most delightful animation this medium has ever witnessed. All that, for 11 straight episodes is more than any creator could as for when it comes to their work being adapted. Ufotable once again showed why they are regarded as one of, if not the best, studios when it comes to animation. Despite taking a small pool of shows to adapt every single year, they manage to make each of them amazing and pouring their all into this project has shown to be prosperous, seeing how much the show is praised for this one aspect alone. The only real problem the show had suffered from when it came to the visuals was the underwhelming direction. This season was filled with unnecessary digital effects, quick lines of monoluge and quick shots which seemed to be there to fill up time, not immerse the viewer into the scene. I am certainly not an expert when it comes to directing an anime, however, these were just issues that any regular watcher that paid attention to these things would have noticed almost instantly. Despite this, the show still remains visually on par with some of the most regarded of the medium. The Fate series as a whole, particularly the Unlimited Blade Works saga, Violet Evergarden and the likes of those only manage to be slightly better visually because of the direction, animation wise they are completely on par.

Once again our beloved shonen has come back for another run in amassing even more money and breaking more records and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Demon Slayer, while not the most amazing work of this generation, is just a no brain, on some occasions even immersive, journey that you can enjoy while staring at the pretty elements coming out of swords as they clash with one another. While this season especially has had its ups and downs, it did not disappoint and was the best installment of the show so far. I am by no means a huge fan, or a fan at all, even, of the show, but it is still worth a watch as it contains influence from most of the major shonens of the old age and refines some of the things that they tried doing.

It is mostly all about animation though.

Meh.

I don't hate this anime, I just think its average and that's all. The animation is really pretty to look at, the CGI is really good and also it has a nice opening and ending song.
The story is also pretty cool, our 3 main characters go to a red light district with a Hashira to kill the big bad demon because the demon on a killing spree.

Summarized the plot and shit now time to get to what I like and dislike.

Likes-
Nice animation, it looks really pretty which is obvious. The fights are really pretty to look at and you can make out everything ... that's happening, very pretty and nice animation.

There's allot of CGI and its really good. Normally it distracts me but Ufotable makes it look really good and really nice to look at. Very Nice.

The Soundtrack is also pretty nice but not as good as season 1. The opening and ending songs are decent songs, but the OP doesn't set the tone for the show at all but thats okay I dont really care, no OST stands out in particular, it just blends in with the show and that's about it.

Nice and simple story. Big bad demon eating many humans, demon slayers notice it, go to the big bad demon's place to fight and they fight bam bam boom boom nothing too complicated.


Dislikes- Literally everything else.
The characters are annoying. For example one of the Hashira's bitches really gets on my nerves like fr I wanted to punch her so bad to just stfu, the main characters are okay no that annoying, Shounen protagonist Tanjiro is okay I guess, Screaming guy Inosuke is not as annoying compared to season 1, the wannabe funny guy Zenitsu is still kinda unfunny and he doesn't do that much in this season but okay. The main hashira guy is also pretty cool he fights with the big bad demons and its nice to look at. So then, what do I dislike about these? Well they're just mediocre and have zero personality and it kinda degrades the experience of watching the show.

Another thing I dislike is the plotholes and the big bad demons of this season. There are some major plotholes in this show and let me explain without giving too many spoilers. Tanjiro in some episode fights the main big bad and gets shit on like blood all over shit and also passes out, literally the next fucking episode hes fighting with those wounds like its nothing and kicking ass again, it makes no sense at all. Like dude, you just got cut with a goddamn sword, pass out and then the next episode you're back to kicking ass again like bruh wtf, I just there's no sense of danger at all that he's gon die or some shit like hes getting up every time he eats shit and its annoying its a huge plothole and it's not explained at all. Also nezuko somehow gets a buff without any explanation like suddenly she becomes buff and starts kicking ass it makes and it makes no sense but at least she became thicc so I dont mind that I got to see bob. Also another thing is that in the final fight and most of the fights they're just defying every single fucking law in physics and shouting at the top of their lungs, got earraped :/. Edit- I re-watched the last few episodes and remember when tanjiro gets tortured? Yeah the next moment they brush off that scene and he's back in full form again bro this shit really degrades the experience for me.

And also one thing I disliked is the tone in this show. It wants to be a comedy and a dark/gory show at a time. In some serious moments like when a character is fucking dying wannabe funny guy Zenitsu or screaming guy Inosuke starts cracking shitty jokes and disrupts the whole tone and I never felt like a single main character would die at all.

My next point, both of the big bads' backstory is just unnecessary. I dont give a fuck about their backstory one bit okay like dude yeah its sad and all but that doesn't matter one bit bruh like they've been killing humans for centuries how does a backstory justify mass killing bruh I just couldn't give a shit cuz in the first place they showed the backstory when they were dying and it felt super forced and akward like bruh get the fuck out of here, I dont give a fuck how sad your life is you both are mass murderers and enjoy what you do I dont have any reasons to feel sorry for you both like bruh. Well but I'm not gonna lit their backstories are pretty sad :'(.. but I don't care.

Basically, huge plotholes, shitty forced backstories, some fights break every single law of physics (yeah its fiction and all but..), the tone is all over the place (and horrible comedy) and annoying characters.


Anyways to sum this up I had fun watching this show and I don't hate it, I just think this was really weak and had some plotholes here and there and some characters were annoying but overall I enjoyed watching it and you can too.

First review I'm writing, so I hope I get my opinion over. The review also counts in the previous seasons.

Story: 4/10
Generic shounen plot, humour very out of place and just horrible overall. I don't think I have laughed at least once, especially with the two characters I'll talk about later. I think the power scaling is fine, but it could be better. Sun breathing is the only somewhat interesting thing that keeps me interested in continuing to watch. I'm also guessing a hashira dies every season from now on, looking back to what happened in the mugen train arc (if this does really happen, it's ... way too predictable).

Poor writing overall in comparison to the most appealing thing about Demon Slayer which I'll talk about next.

Art: 8.5/10
Animation is pretty alright for the most part, not always consistent but it fits really well with the art style. When you get to the fight scenes, it becomes beautiful. This is also why Demon Slayer gets all the hype and popularity, which I can completely understand. If you look at the anime as a whole, the art singlehandedly carries the whole anime and it would get nowhere near the attention if not for the fight scenes.

Sound: 7/10
Music is fine and fitting for the moments it gets used. The soundtrack creates a thrilling moment when it needs to. Also the attacks feel much more powerful and especially the sound of wind from the speed and the clean slashes never get old. It really makes for amazing fight scenes, a "breathtaking" one at that.

Character: 3/10
This is probably where it gets pretty bad. Tanjiro is a very generic shounen protagonist, nothing unique about his personality, but not necessarily bad writing. You get to learn a lot about him as a person and his past. I think this is to be expected of a shounen and doesn't bring anything new to the table.

The first thing I have a problem with though, is how absurdly annoying Zenitsu and Inosuke are throughout the anime. At first, I thought it was a setup for character development (which I'll talk about next) to get over their negative traits, but I guess that won't happen. Yes, it's a part of their character and they're there for comedy relieve, but damn does it get annoying fast. All Zenitsu does is cry. He's supposed to be the funny crybaby, but only has annoying parts of one. Inosuke is the same, just that he screams the entire time.

The second thing I have a problem with, is the complete lack of character development. They all stayed the same and nothing changed about them. Zenitsu is still a coward (so far in the anime) and what makes it even worse is that he completely avoids any development by falling asleep when fighting. Why do you not want a complete badass showing off his Thunderclap and Flash with all the training he put in, but instead a half dead sleeping man using the bullshit of anime to pull one off. Also Nezuko is completely immune to any character development, because she's in her box for 90% of the anime and in the 10% she's out of her box, she can't even talk (except for when she transformed).

The last thing I have a somewhat smaller problem with is the character design. They feel very bland and completely similar to each other. It looks like they used the exact same model for the main trio. Like I said, a somewhat smaller problem and it doesn't bother me too much.

Enjoyment: 6.5/10
What can I say, amazing art and fight scenes, but the rest? Not really. You either love it or hate it, I'm in between the two. I would honesty rate it lower, but I guess I just really love good animation.

Overall: 6/10
This would be my overall rating, if not for the slight bias towards good animation. I recommend to continue watching (if you made it so far, you probably will anyway) if you don't mind the story and characters that much. I might change my opinion after this season and I'll edit the review if it does, but I'm expecting too much from the upcoming episodes.

Snooze fest.

Sadly, my feelings regarding the movie have continued into this second season.

First, as they did with the movie, they introduce a new round of characters alongside the main three, and the story revolves around them and their conflict. The problem with that is that I don't care. I don't know anything about these new characters, I haven't been with them for long, so when things are happening to them, it doesn't hold any significance to me whatsoever.

I understand by helping these new characters, the main three and Nezuko are provided opportunities for growth, but again - it's not enough to keep ... me interested at this point. I want more plot, more development with Tanjiro and Nezuko. I want to see them discover more about themselves and their family secrets.

Aside from that, I want to see much, much more with Muzan and the dynamic he has with his demons.

Also, similar to how I felt with the movie, this was so drawn out. Why do the fight scenes have to be so tedious and long? It takes far too many episodes to get anywhere, and it leaves me horribly bored.

I understand why people might still like it, but for me, it's not fun to watch anymore. Which, is sad because I really fell in love with these characters in season one, so I want nothing more than to see what happens to them going forward. But, I don't think I can continue.

What can be said about Demon Slayer that wasn't already stated before?
We all know that it's one of the most popular anime series since 2019, also that has one of (if not) the best animations ever made.
It's worth the praise? Deserve all the sucess or it's overhyped?

I'll try to express what I think of Kimetsu no Yaiba without being too harsh.

Demon Slayer has a pretty simple story. Kamado Kenjiro discouvers that his entire family has being murdered on cold blood by some mysterious creature, that later on is revealed to be a demon, and one of his sisters was alive - Nezuko and now she ... became a demon after being infected, but instead of attacking other people like demons normally do nezuko can stay just fine without eating human flesh.
And know, he will go look for a cure to his sister while he started his training to become a demon hunter.
Season 1 has some random fights against the 1st Onis that appeared, some low level ones and 1 of the superior, too, that has included the epic episode 19 that is remarkable for the extremely beautiful moment captured by the GOD tier animation and the insert song that hits the moment just perfect. Before the end all the top tier Demon Slayers are introduced as the Hashira's. And the main trio was entering the train that was the place to happen the next arc (mugen ressha-hen).

And now it's time to talk about season 2.
They go on a mission to find out the location of the wives of Uzui Tengen, one of the Hashira's that were introduced before and also to fight and defeat an Oni that was behind some bad things going on the Entertainment District.
The problem that I have with Kimetsu no Yaiba is that the story is not engaging, interesting or anything on those lines. I mean, sure, you can watch and follow the narrative with no problem, but everthing is so predictable that is really boring.
When I'am watching and something is about to happen I already know what it's and I haven't read the manga yet. Also, I don't know why but the author has the necessity to explain every single point of the attacks, tecniques and moments on the batlle scenes leaving us the expectators only wondering:
"Am I stupid? Because I can't even have the pleasure to analyze for myself without everything is explained of me."
This is just lazy writing. I am sorry.

The characters are very uninteresting to me.
Kamado Tanjiro is the protagonist. He is honest, a loyal friend and a nice guy, he is so good that he wouldn't do anything different in any situation whatsoever, even if the context asked for some change of behaviour. He didn't change since the 1st S.
On the end he saw the heads of the 2 demon brothers that were together the superior 6° Oni on the floor, they were discussing hard after being destroyed and when the old brother was about to say that he wished that his sister was never being born Tanjiro went to shut him up, because he was wrong, like??? what?!?!
Why the author has to have the constant need to show that the MC is a completely good human being at any circumtances? It's plain stupid. There is no space EVER to see him as a normal person would struggle and conflict on himself with some specific situations. For example of a comparison, Gon of Hunter x Hunter is a brilliant character because he has a great construction and also good development.
At the beginning, he seemed to be a peaceful and nice kid, but at a certain moment of the show, he was just consumed by anger, hatred and other intense emotions.
He did things that were just crazy to see that I would never imagine happening.
Tanjiro is a MC that never leave me impressed or surprised. He is always the same.
Zenitsu is just as whinny and annoying as before and Inosuke is still the running crazy friend he was since the start.
Nothing changed. I'm serious.
The Hashira's doesn't have any screen time until only when they appear to go on a mission and when they have they die. Literally. What a sad thing.
There is no time to connect and feel close with any of them at all.
Uzui should have died but Nezuko suddenly could use a tecnique that cure and remove all the poison of him and Inozuke. Where and when she learned to do that?
I don't know. She only knows and that's it. Well explained. :D

Art/Animation wise, it's pretty obvious to say:
One of the best animations of the last decades.
Extremely beautiful, not even a single scene that wasn't perfect.
Fight scenes were amazing and crazy good to watch, very flashy and detailed.
Easily a 10 out of 10 here.
Ufotable is carrying this show, I am sorry.
The truth has to be spooken and accepted.

Sound area: Very good 8/10.
Some OST's are emotional and well fitted on the scenes.
THE OPENING IS A BANGER. The ending is okay.
But I think the soundtrack was better on the movie.

Enjoyment 6/10:
I could watch easily every episode.
It's an acessable anime that I would recommend to anyone.
Fights were very nice, dialogues were okay and story is nothing new.
Above average but not as good as could be...at least for me.

Overall:
It's a mediocre shounen and overall an okay anime.
I don't think it deserves all the praise and hype but I understand.
The audiovisual of this show is just unbelivable. It's almost irresistible.
There are better shounen and so much better anime out there.
But if you want something easy and fun to watch, Kimetsu no Yaiba is for you.

*SPOILERS*

When Demon Slayer was first released the anime was highly praised and I enjoyed it very much. The Animation was top tier, there was a great soundtrack and the overall concept of it was very unique and attention grabbing. It became a very popular anime, and around that time I was an early anime fan and this became one of my favorites which got me into anime.

So the bar was set very high for when the second season was going to release. But it didn't live up to the hype and it was just disappointing. The movie prior to this season was very good ... in my opinion but the season was built up on a lot of plot holes and story lines to cover. But this season didn't capitalize the right way and after some episodes it became repetitive and the saving grace for this season was simply the animation and plotline . What thought to be an another great season from the start just became a let down. To put it in one sentence the writing got lazy and sluggish after the first episodes. This season was a let down plain and simple from the hype it got from the first season.

MAIN PROBLEMS

The last several episodes was just ONE FIGHT SEQUENCE. This was the main problem of the show. The villian and build up to the fight seemed intriguing but when it dragged out for several episodes and then for the sister character to have a brother inside her and how tanjiro and the gang kept getting injured or losing stamina but they end to "keep fighting" was just simply lazy and poor writing.

Comedy was simply not funny

Art/Animation - 10 - Still elite top tier and the one of the main contributors of the show

Story - 4 - This season story is sub par and not as good as the first seasons

Sound - 7- Still really good and the soundtrack is alright

Characters - 9 - I still enjoy the mc and the other supporting characters

Enjoyment - 4 - As the season progresses the enjoyment rate goes down and down

Ah yes, the anime is so popular and it has a high rating so it must be good, right?

Or so I thought...

Well, I'll break down the obvious things... The anime has a great animation or one of the top in the “shounen” type of animes. One of the best fight scene and everything visually.

“So if what you said is the anime that great why rate it as a 5?

Simple, even though everything visually the anime is a literal masterpiece there's nothing that is special in the plot, characters and such. Demon Slayer also has that big problem like almist every shounen has which is ... it's so predictable to what will happen next.

The characters tho, yeah no, they aren't anything special at all, they're just your typical shounen characters they either have a past, I really have no reaction in the characters...

This anime isn't really that good its just full of visuals and not much going on, just fighting and stuff like that. The way that you can enjoy this anime is just to enjoy fights and not the story itself cuz it's weak af.

Story

This season continues where the last one leaves off. There is nothing groundbreaking or revolutionary though. You get a simple easy to follow story with some pacing problems. The main cast can spend several episodes fighting the villans with little else happening. The monologues during the fights really ruin the pace of the fight. It is amazing that so little can happen within the span of several episodes and this is an aspect of the story that made me lose interest. The humor is also very cringe, rarely funny and often obnoxious.

Art

The fights are beautifully animated. Art style is very strong as well. ... A visual masterpiece.

Sound

Strong production values in this regard as well. Opening and ending themes are on point as well.

Character

Ugh. the worst part of the series. There is little of note that seperates the main cast from other anime characters. Zenitsu is by far the most annoying. His complaining is rarely funny and just keeps going on and on to be point of annoyance. The characters including the villans get minor backstories, but they are one note and seem more tacked on than necessary. Even worse then it happens in the middle of a fight slowing the pace of the whole show down.

Enjoyment

If you like awesome flashy fights, then this is the show for you. if you want a more thrilling story full of twists and turns, then look elsewhere. Some parts were real boring and put me to sleep. I found myself falling sleep on more than one instance.

Overall

I feel the pacing and characters are the biggest problem with this show. It is very visually appealing and the production values are real high. Overall I think this series is okay and I enjoyed it more than season 1 of Demon Slayer. I still think Tanjiro is boring and Zenitsu is unbearably annoying

TL;DR: This show has a ratio of 5 annoying and unfunny comedy relief characters for every good character and it brings the whole show down.

This season especially continues to see a trend of characters either part of the main cast or introduced primarily for comedic relief, and the quality of the writing simply not being competent enough to pull it off. Every moment of awe inspiring animation or heart tearing emotion is quickly contrasted with gags pulled out of a Naruto filler episode. The effect is tonal and enjoyment whiplash.

This show made me care and cry for a brand new character in record ... time with Kyojuro in the train arch. It did not pull this off at all with Tengen or his wives who may as well not even exist at this point. It feels like much time was wasted that it's left us with three whole characters with hardly a personality to share among them.

Oh and Tengen. Fucking Tengen. Character design? Rad. Combat style? Rad. But that's as far as the compliments go. If Tengen dies by the end of this season it won't be soon enough. He's unlikeable but not in the "you love to hate" way, but more-so in the "creepy dude who lives next door who is definitely a pedophile" way.

The main cast is unfortunately not much better off. Tanjiro is perfect, no complaints at all. Nezuko is amazing, but I wish she could talk. Kinda wild that there's one girl in the squad and she can't even speak. That being said considering the brain melting gibberish the writers have people say in this show perhaps it's for the best that she is so far untainted by their grubby hands. Inosuke and Zenitsu have their moments but they get way too much screen-time and are the greatest offenders in this shows pathetic attempts at comedy.

There is one more factor that is stopping me from giving the character rating a 1, and that is the villains. By god do I love these villains. Their design, their brutality, they're hatred... but also the fact that in every demon there is a place the show wants to extract some compassion from. I think this is what makes Tanjiro especially so great as a protagonist : the fact that he taps in to this compassion.

I'm giving the show a 5 because it has me vacillating violently between a 10 and a 0 on a moment to moment basis. But don't get me wrong this show has it's hooks in me and is not letting go. I need to know what happens next and I am blown away by its quality... but this show has major flaws, and they're flaws that are worse in this season than the last. If the trend continues then I think it could spell some major issues for the show going forward.