The demon slayer anime is this potentially anime of the year for 2019
or are some people over hyping it so what's up guys Foxen here! So I just saw
the first five episodes of demon slayer here Japan Tokyo. Let me go ahead and
give you my first impressions and don't worry I'm not gonna spoil anything past
the first three episodes. By the way if you do enjoy my anime breakdowns reviews
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helping out the channel a ton when you do that so let's go ahead and get
started! First off what does Demon Slayer even a
about? The initial setup is pretty simple you got the setting it's Japan except
really old-school Japan oh but there's also demons. Right now there still is a
lot of unknown about these demons but they do come out at night time to feast
on that delicious human booty. Young Old delicious beautiful doesn't matter. On
the flip side a demon Slayers exist that work to kill off these demons before
they get all nice and plump. Honestly this description reminds me a
bleach with their hollows and Shinigami. For the world so far the Demon Slayer
world feels pretty small. I would actually count this as a positive since
it does get the story room to flesh the sound room to expand on this demon
inhabited world with time. I brought up this being a distant Japan setting I do
wonder who is in power here. Is it the standard Emperor system in place? Going
forward I will like the Demon Slayer system to be expanded on how does one go
about becoming a Demon Slayer normally not like Tanjirou. Are there potential
demon hunters outside of this system? Since like you seen in the first episode
these guys clearly don't catch everything. What exactly are the demons.
They're already hinted at some sort of class or ranking system between them. On
top of that how many more partial demons exists like Nezuko. You can
guarantee she's definitely not the first time this happened.
Will this Demon Slayer anime ultimately have this obvious plot twist? You know
like from past anime or manga series something like oh the demon slayers
created the demons. Is everyone in the controlling power all in demons? This
would include the demon slayer group so many burning juicy questions. Anyway for
the protagonist you got Tanjirou whose family unfortunately got eaten by
these freakin demons. On top others you have this partial demon sister who
survived that assault and now it's time for Tanjirou to go on this quest and
adventure to become a Demon Slayer and hopefully return his
back to normal. Really a pretty standard normal shonen set up. Let me just
mention this whole demon sister thing now being a partial demon really gave me
this Claymore vibe. I was a huge fan of claymores so that's always a plus.
Next up let's go down the character starting with Tanjirou the protagonist.
What is your superpower I got a great nose like a puppy!
Seriously this is actually something pretty unique in terms of special gifts
for shonen main character. The only other anime that comes to mind was
something similar ish was that dog guy from the Boruto's dad series. For Tanjirou
himself comparing him to pass Shonen anime
he's definitely nothing like Naruto or Asta from the recent black clover
series in other words not this loud borderline annoying character that
people don't like to start off. If anything the village actually really likes
him. Tanjirou also doesn't compare it all to
other shonen guys like Ichigo from Bleach. Although clearly different and
personalities Tanjirou is more comparable to say like a Deku from my
Hero academia. He even showed some of the traits from the trio from the promised
Neverland anime. This is actually pretty interesting too since it feels like
there's more and more shonen protagonist being made who are more
calmer and more strategic compared to a few decades ago.
Maybe it'll switch back eventually. I do also have to mention besides his sense
of smell so far Tanjirou hasn't gone down that Shonen main character trope
of being born with their special power or being given this plus ultra
enhancement. Let's see if it actually stays like that. Really quickly let me
touch on the design of Tanjirou. Really interesting to see a main character was
a scar on his face. That'll definitely bring an extra challenge to the
anime team. It almost reminds me of this curse or demon mark. I'm sure you
can recall a ton of anime characters like this. On top of this you have purplish
dark hair for the main character. Reminds me of Deku's dark green look. Clothing
wise nothing really too special it just screams Japanese soldier or rather
Japanese schoolboy for the present day. Overall I think I'm pretty neutral with
Tanjirou's look. Let's see which way I swing eventually. Switching from Tanjirou
let's talk about his sister Nezuko also known as that partial demon
surviving sister. So far I really can't say too much about her since she's gone
all demon mode before that we got like a few sentences.
She seems fairly nice and selfless too on top of that. Unlike Tanjirou's it
seems like she got quite the upgrade with that
demon mode. Let me just mention that right now I'm really hoping they develop
her further and actually let her talk. I'm getting the feeling there's a lot of
potential with her let's see if they actually take advantage of that. Eeally
quickly the design of Nezuko. It definitely screams Japanese with that
kimono. She also is just drenched in pink for the dress eyes and that bow on top.
Not a complaint through it just adds to her cuteness. Nezuko has pretty standard
black hair on top too notably with orange ends. I don't recall that happened
with her going all demonic hmm. Then you got that log in her freakin mouth. I
hoping she takes that out of her mouth soon. With that Nezuko really
reminds me too much of a puppy just waiting for her owner to take the stick
she brought back. Next up let me talk about that Demon Slayer guy so far from
what little you got I'm pleasantly surprised. They actually managed to turn
this short encounter into this defining fleshing out moment. I should also
mention he gave this potential rival vibe but that may be too early to call. I
could see that even if it's not physical I'm sure that Tanjirou and this guy's
our ideologies will clash someday. Next up the other character the red demon
masked guy. So far this guy appears to be the Kakashi or Aizawa figure of
this Demon slayer anime maybe even a Jiraiya figure. So far I do feel
pretty neutral about him maybe leaning a bit positive. Right now there's just too
many mysteries and unknowns about him so far. Let's
see if he actually sticks around after these first 26 episodes which has
been confirmed by the way. For the story overall I did mention it being pretty
standard. One really positive thing I do have to highlight is a comedy. Of course
comedy is always super subjective but so far it's actually worked pretty well for
me. I was worried with some of the early
comedic moments just thinking are they going to overdo this? Thankfully it looks
like they don't drag it out. Let's hope it stays that way. As for some issues or
nitpicks and really more like nitpicks I got three. The first is the sister
Nezuko. Obviously right now she's a huge motivating point for the Tanjirou. I'm
hoping that eventually changes a little bit. Really hoping that Nezuko becomes
much more especially since she's quickly reduced to this almost pet status after
becoming a partial demon. I do feel like Demon Slayer would eventually get to
this but it's just gonna take it sweet time although I don't mind the slow
burdens. Second nitpick the main character development.
From the first five episodes it feels like Tanjirou is growing and progressing
extremely quickly. That is in comparison to other or shonen guys like Naruto
Ichigo from bleach and recently Deku from my hero academia. Even in my
hero academia where Deku technically started with the full power
of one for all it really took him quite the episode count for Deku to even get
to the full cowl 5% control. In comparison it seems like Tanjirou already made quite
the progress by episode 5. Hell even episode 4. To be fair the Demon Slayer
I should mention there isn't really this clear power level or power ceiling
established yet so in reality it is hard to tell. So far. there's only been that
Kakashi Aizawa type of character who got introduced as that red mask dude
and also the previous Demon Slayer guy. Right now I'm just trying to do some
type of power level comparison would be super unclear. I'm sure they're gonna
establish that and for my last nitpick by episode 5 they have done some
important fight that'll take place for Tanjirou.- I'm not gonna go through the
exact details. While I can't say the fight was a letdown it also wasn't exactly two
memorable. They did try to set up or hint at a few things from Tanjirou's
opponent but let's just say it never really leave an impact for me. If
anything they might actually be taking more than my hero academia route where
they use of fights to establish more of the story instead of the fights being
this grand spectacle. The animation also was expected as seen from the first
three episodes but nothing that'll really make you point at it and
potentially get other anime fans interested. Talking about the animation
let's switch over and talk about that.For this you have Ufotable
returning which really smells of quality animation. Honestly that's one of the
things people have been hyping up everywhere but oh my god did this look
freaking gorgeous on the big screen. The style reminds me of something like the my
hero academia season 2 or even Drifters. Anyone recall that? Although I do have to
mention something I previously brought up nothing really too complex or
mind-blowing done yet and that's even by one of the major actions that took place
by episode 5. Let's see what they do for the longer upcoming action scenes.
That being said I am liking a certain power set that's pretty stylized. It
just screams Japanese. It actually reminded me a little bit of bleach.
You'll see what I mean by episode 4 or 5! This got me thinking and made me
wondering how amazing the past shonen be like bleach or Naruto if they were
actually done with this level of care. Right now fingers crossed that
Ufotable stays for the entire Demon Slayer anime adventure. Come on guys pay
your taxes! Next up let me talk about the music. The god tier Yuki Kajiura
returns to do this soundtrack. You definitely know some of her anime works
like SAO, Madoka and a ton of the Fate anime series. This Ufotable anime
and her is like the perfect blend. As for the opening for this you do have Lisa
doing the opening in other words another SAO alumni. Those of you who've been
around while just know how much of a big fan I am of Lisa. Been a huge fan for
years now. That being said this opening for Demon Slayer was really just ok, it's
good but for me it really is missing that kick that a lot of the Lisa songs
have. Maybe I'm just comparing it to some of our amazing recent work from SAO
season 3. Let's see how much of this Demon Slayer opening grows on me. I'm
sure it'll happen. Anyway getting into my overall thoughts. Ufotable plus
26 episodes plus Kajiura Yuki returning this is really a match made in heaven.
This really has all the elements to become a huge potential hit like my hero
academia. Going back to the original question I asked could Demon Slayer
actually be the anime of the year? The answer to that is that it definitely
has a great shot. Perhaps this demon slayer anime could
even do my hero academia from a couple of anime Award slots. Let's see if this
gets any backlash from anime fans. So I mentioned all this good stuff and here's
one major hope that I hope doesn't happen. Please no dragon ball or Dragon
Ball super stuff. Unfortunately you did have Naruto going to that round at the
very end. At the moment demon slayer does feel pretty grounded so really hoping
it stays that way and let me just double down then that my hero academia
comparison because I really think it's justified. You got a top studio a god
tier music composer with the pretty captivating story. Potentially you could
even see a new season of this yearly. Can you say hell yeah? If you're not watching
Demon Slayer you definitely should! It'll definitely be worth the ride but anyway
more important let me hear from you! Are you liking the Demon Slayer anime? How
do you think it compares to your favorite past Shonen anime? Especially
in comparison to early on. Do you see the potential that Demon Slayer has with its
godly combination? Let's hope it doesn't fail to deliver. Anyway be sure to smash
a thumbs up and subscribe and I'll see you guys later!