hurrah Tanjiro learned bankai! Nezuko used fire demon jutsu! Zenitsu unleash
the volt tackle and pig head gains humility huh? So recall that little demon
slayer anime I talked about a few months ago underrated? overrated? Anime of the
freaking year? Looks like that's definitely been after loudly recently
everyone is talking about this anime for me it's in top ten at least
but really what makes Demon Slayer so goddamn truly amazing why does it work
so well. For demon slayer this really is starts at its core. Before you even get
into the story you got this top anime studio Ufotable
picked to tackle as shonen anime most of you are familiar with ufotable
from their Fate anime work. Arguably that has some of the best
animation period. This one gets into a more general topic what makes a great
anime it really is always a blend of three key things plus a little bit of
other side elements one the story to the animation studio and three the
soundtrack in that order naturally the most important piece is a story
foundation the animation is lacking or just plain sucks as the music is in
green or even noticeable? Doesn't matter to some extent a captivating story could
make up for some of that. On the flipside your story is really just okay kind of
simple on the other hand high animation plus a kick-ass soundtrack that'll
definitely elevate your anime a couple of levels now you get into demons later
this anime brings all those high quality ingredients to this great perfect blend
you got then treating at venture of dhanji donas demon sister Nezuko. Ufotable
is bringing there a plus game Yuki Kajiura is back with a kick-ass
soundtrack that right there is a winning foundation but specifically worthiness
are excelent first off Demon Slayer really is world
building the anime you got this constant world building achieved every single
episode each episode brings an EPS of this Demon Slayer puzzle whether
something about the various or techniques some needs hit but for the
ranking system involving the demon slaying
core a different view on the demons that changes or adds to their lower a
flashback shown that deepens certain bones even as something as small as done
jutsu having the same scar as his father but don't forget about the actual
character chatter. Whether thoughts to themselves
or something said screamed out loud. You always got into this potential sticky
situation when your character substitute meaningful dialogue for just plot story
points it often just evolved into being this massive info drop instead
unfortunately it does feel like a light novel enemies stories tend to be guilty
of this often thankfully Demon Slayer wonderfully avoids his pit bull you got
to carry their dialogue that feels really natural to every situation baked
into this is a steady stream of new reviews or additions about a certain
demon slayer element but going back to what i mentioned the main strength of
Demon Slayer has to be his captivating story by for the demon slayer beginning
extremes out 150% Shonen. Oh your parents got murdered? Your sister turned
into a demon? Now it's up to you to get stronger then hopefully find and defeat
the guy who caused all this mess and then and perhaps turn your sister back
into a human. And yes i've seen some people try to knock the masseur down
just for being another typical Shonen story which would kind of make me
question why you're watching Shonen the first place. A trap i see a lot of
people always holding into is simplifying some story elements to an
extent that you get blinded unable to see the actual story details just
imagine if i generalize the starting point even more something terrible
happened to the main character his family now the main character has to
improve himself to fight against whatever cost that tragedy what is that
like 90% of Shonen on the flip side let's actually get a closer look at
demon slayer. You got the tragedy that Nezuko and
Tanjiro experienced. Tanjiro then struggled and trained his way to prepare
for the demon slaying exam. At that point Tanjiro struggled even more. Thankfully
entering the demon slaying corps lowest ranks. Currently you have Tanjiro running
side missions hopefully to find out more info about the demons and the evil demon
bastard along the way. When you actually take a few steps forward the story then
starts to set itself apart from other similar shonen beginnings. Which by the
way at this level of overview it actually gives me more of Claymore
vibe which I like. I'm sure you could point to several other shonen that
demons slayer you of hopefully in a positive way.
I was once a huge bleach fan so naturally the demon slaying corps gives
on that Shinigami vibe for me especially all those various or techniques and
battles. Nowadays it really feels like the modern shonen their stories have
looked to the past or ongoing shonen giants like Naruto,
Bleach, Fairy Tale one piece and so on what has worked for those series and
definitely what has not worked. I'm sure a lot of you watching grew up watching
Naruto or Bleach like I did. You could definitely come up with this laundry
list of story failures that did not work especially if you're a huge fan.
One key writing story element that was definitely lacking might have been a
very obvious one. Simply to make sure you have your damn story planned out or at
least to some extent have a rough blueprint. I know I keep going back to
them but definitely Naruto and bleach have been guilty of that. Switching it
back to Demon Slayer where he got all the demons, the rankings of the demons,
the demon slaying corps, the main big bad established early on all these Demon
Slayer elements give them this feeling that this is in fact leading down a
planned out path. Fingers crossed that the big man doesn't go the way that
Aizen did no one wants that. And don't you forget the wonderful colorful cast
of characters. First off Tanjiro. Tanjiro himself reminds me a lot of Deku
and I can't be alone on this post below if you think the same! For this guy's
look and design you have the scar on the forehead. You have those unique family
earrings. Has there been any other guy shown an anime character with those?
Honestly none come to mind can you imagine
Boruto's dad with some? For Tanjiro's sword you get the mysterious black blade.
This gave me an ichigo vibe and how fitting for shonen main character
to get some sort of black weapon or power. Then for Nezuko the adorable imouto
She really screams out pink. You got those orange hair ends, the matching
pink bow on top and of course that log in her mouth. She still kind of reminds
me of a puppy. Let's not forget about Inosuke also known as bacon head. This
guy comes with dual blades plus some fanservice for the ladies. Come on this
guy's a freakin best. I definitely haven't seen another character sporting
that Pumbaa get up plus those rough blades gave me this initial Kenpachi
vibe and yes you has some perhaps unexpected comedy from this oinker funny faces
then for Pikachu's cousins Zenitsu. You got the coward loud guy of the group and
I mean really the yellow variant it really gives away his shocking powers
later on. I do have to mention I really found it interesting out Demon Slayer
actually gave a backstory for his blond hair was not expecting that at all I
think by far one of my favorite characters
from this anime has been Shinobu come on Ufotable definitely outdid themselves
making that butterfly styled get up to work. I freaking love that. Shinobu
herself looks quite eerie. Something about her look specifically around her eyes. Combine that
with the mannerisms just screams out keep your distance and that's not even
getting into her unique zanpakuto, I mean demon slayer sword and talking
about bleach Shinobu should definitely remind you of the fourth Bleach captain.
Another strength for Demon Slayer has got to be the comedy. For such a dark
anime at times filled with demons who mutilate, torture or any other number
things that lead to a bloody mess Demon Slayer surprisingly knows how to
switch to some more lighthearted stuff seamlessly. You often have a switch
happening in a high state battles too. It almost reminds me of some of the battle
Avengers comedy that naturally occurs during high stakes scenes. On the flip
side let me be fair and mention that comedy is super subjective. I can see
the style comedy either not being fully enjoyed by or even wanted by a lot of
you and I know this keeps on getting mentioned but my god
the Demon Slayer animation. I really wish every one of my past favorite anime were
able to get this Demon Slayer treatment. Of course you have all the anime
youtubers going gaga for the recent Demon Slayer 19 action scene. Young
Tanjiro finally achieved bankai or actually would that be shikai?
I'll mention that the stylized water sword animation was something I praised
early on. Ever since the early Demon Slayer episodes and this has not
disappointed it's only further improved somehow but besides the action scenes I
do have to give praise to a lot of the scenery this includes some of the
background showing those wonderful flower trees. Let me briefly also touch on
this bond between Tanjiro and Nezuko at least for now it seems like you have a small
twist on the shonen genre. You got this initial brother-sister pairing instead
of this three or a couple of different individuals which by the way you still
know love interest for Tanjiro. I am anime only so I don't know if that
changes later on this kind of does feel like is changing a little with pig head
and Zenitsu tagging along. Not to mention the other demon slayer guys
who pass a final exam. Only time will tell but really going back to Nezuko and
Tanjiro's bond. t that has been an extra highlight of the series. I just love how
close these two are that's even without Nezuko really speaking.
Despite that demon slayer actually manages to show off Nezuko small personal quirks
here and there and of course let me not forget Demon Slayer is definitely not the
type of series to be scared to show some bloody and more gory type of elements. I
mean Demon Slayer has so many of these couple of scenes spread out where I
could almost feel those cuts and slashes on my skin although let me just clarify
I really don't think you need blood or this type of stuff but it does help to
emphasize a danger when there is risk involved. Not to mention it is nice to
see if it was included in the original source material if it did show that. Then
for the third pillar I talked about the demon Slayers soundtrack frickin
amazing you got Yuki Kajiura returning in top
form. Of course you know her from the fate anime Sao Madoka. The whole soundtrack here
feels very very Japanese. Naturally being one that moved and now lives in Japan
I got a huge bias to this. Also shoutout for Lisa for doing the Demon Slayer opening.
One of top strengths of demon Slayer has to not only be the beautifully animated
fight scenes but those being meaningful action. Sometimes it is fine to kill this
totally evil guy or huge as my name is monster and some video game.
Unfortunately too much of that will eventually lessen the impact of any
action stuff you got no matter how amazing up does look. Demon Slayer
actually does go into that familiar shonen trope of giving a backstory to a
demon right before they're about to die or in their final few seconds. The
strength right here is ability for this anime to humanize these demons. Are the
demons really bad by Nature? Or is it really due to some external
factor? This further brings up the question about where the demon slaying
Corps stands in all this. Now let me be fair I'm actually making
Demon Slayer sound like this perfect God tier anime there are a few minor
demon slayer nitpicks. Let me quickly touch on that. First off
the yellow guy so Zenitsu got a allowed introduction and since then he's
been getting only goddamn louder. I'll just say that I really really like this
guy he really serves as his counter imbalance to this demon slayer trio
however I think the anime sometimes really overdoes it. Thankfully in the
recent episodes he has pretty much been forced to quiet down. He was almost
getting into that borderline annoying territory and not the
good type of annoying. As for Tanjiro and the demons to be fair I just praise
that but I do also have to call it out. Demon slayer does have this repeating
formula of finding this ultra evil demon only to find out they weren't so
bad in the end. Any of you anime veterans have seen this trope done countless
times especially it's shonen anime. To give a Demon Slayer credit thankfully
this anime does it better than most. At the end of the day these demons still
committed all these awful atrocities post demon transformation. On the flip
side even more positive to demon slayer there's actually been a lot of times
where I look like Tanjiro was switching to talk no jutsu mode and try to chat
things out. Thankfully it hasn't gone that direction yet. Then for Nezuko
something I brought up in my initial impressions video why as Nezuko still is
so quiet. Can you at least have times you to try to chat with her on screen I've
actually seen some angry fans go as far as complaining that Nezuko basically has
a gag on her face to make her look cute. I don't know about going that far. On the
flip side to this finally in the latest anime stuff you have Nezuko using some
demon arts so maybe some chatter is coming and trust me I am a fan of this
cute imouto Nezuko. Right now I'm currently waiting for the right Nezuko
figure to come along decisions decisions. I'll mention that I do love that she's
almost super demon solider now just kicking some demon booty right along her
brother Tanjiro. Will demon Slayer get a season two announcement on
the final episode? I'll just quickly mentioned that the anime has currently
covered about a third of the manga. Depending on the success and whether Ufotable
is busy or not demon slayer could actually be like the next My Hero
academia a new season every year that would be the best thing ever.
Besides who doesn't want more freaking demon slayer?
I really am thankful for this anime anime series like demon slayer really
helped to make this shonen genre feel refreshing. Here's hoping that more
shown in series take inspiration and of course for that season two. Anyway more
important poster thoughts about Demon Slayer down below! Is this anime of the
year for you? Is it overhyped? What are you enjoying? What do you think
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