Kimetsu no Yaiba

Ever since the death of his father, the burden of supporting the family has fallen upon Tanjirou Kamado's shoulders. Though living impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamado family are able to enjoy a relatively peaceful and happy life. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to the local village to make a little money selling charcoal. On his way back, night falls, forcing Tanjirou to take shelter in the house of a strange man, who warns him of the existence of flesh-eating demons that lurk in the woods at night.

When he finally arrives back home the next day, he is met with a horrifying sight—his whole family has been slaughtered. Worse still, the sole survivor is his sister Nezuko, who has been turned into a bloodthirsty demon. Consumed by rage and hatred, Tanjirou swears to avenge his family and stay by his only remaining sibling. Alongside the mysterious group calling themselves the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjirou will do whatever it takes to slay the demons and protect the remnants of his beloved sister's humanity.

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Kamado, Tanjirou Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Agatsuma, Zenitsu Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Kamado, Nezuko Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Hashibira, Inosuke Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Rengoku, Kyoujurou Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Kochou, Shinobu Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Tomioka, Giyuu Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Tsuyuri, Kanao Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Uzui, Tengen Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Kanroji, Mitsuri Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Kondou, Hikaru Producer, Sound Director, Series Composition

Miyake, Masanori Producer

Fujio, Akifumi Producer

Takahashi, Yuuma Producer

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Mar 15, 2024

LemonadeSamurai

Recommended

I'm sure you've heard it before but Demon Slayer really is that good.

It's arguably one of the best Shonen anime of the 21st century.

The story is set in 1800s Japan where a fictionalized group hunts demons plaguing Japan led by a Michael Jackson lookalike. The setting is a real world historical backdrop although it doesn't play a pivotal role.

The story follows a boy whose family was slaughtered by demons except for his younger sister Nezuko who was turned into one, he must protect Nezuko from other demon slayers as well as find the man who killed his family and exact revenge.

What ... is the main appeal of the show? Why is it so good? It's the characters and the animation.

The animation is GORGEOUS. It's very heavily shaded and just looks fantastic. The fight scenes are incredibly well done and a delight to watch.

The characters are very well written and develop though the course of the series. There's a total coward who can only use 1 special skill but is a complete beast at it and an overly masculine shirtless idiot with a feminine face who wears a boar mask and just wants to be the strongest.

The main character Tanjiro is a kind and innocent boy who has to become strong because he has to.

The show is filled with dark moments and all kinds of twists. There isn't any filler, its a straight path like in the manga. Like any Shonen there is humor sprinkled thoughout

The show does humor very well and some moments actually made me laugh out loud.

There are moments where you'll also cry. I won't spoil but there are deaths you won't see coming and moments that will actually shock you.

The sound is good and both the sub/dub are on equal standings.

I'm almost 30 and I've rarely seen an anime or manga as well written and interesting as demon slayer.

It's just that good. It's even worth re-watching if you ask me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 17, 2024

TryingT0L1ve

Mixed Feelings

This is going to be a short review, because there isn't much to say.

The story is extremely dull and generic, it would be so simple for a child to make the story, it could be summarized as 'demon that turns others into demons', that was 90% of what is relevant to the story. In addition to the story being weak, it is completely rhythmless and boring.

The 'powers', if I can put it like that, are extremely basic and generic too, there are no incredible mechanics or anything like that, not at least until the end of these first episodes.

The graphics are excellent, one of the ... best I've ever seen.

The characters are horrible, that's the worst part, it's almost impossible to like a character in this first part, none of them seem like someone 'normal' that would exist, the only one who can identify a little is Nezuko, who has an internal conflict of being an Oni but not wanting to devour humans, and showing up to fights at the right time.

The only reason I don't give this anime such a low rating is that at the very end, after about 18 episodes, a light begins to shine that will be cool, Zenitsu, despite being a 'coward', shows an instinct to never give up, Inosuke seeing so many strong people realizes that he is extremely weak, and begins to have a training arc path, this anime is only worth it, if you are willing to spend hours watching the horrible beginning.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 27, 2024

BeepNeep

Not Recommended

Felt like they used AI to create the most predictable story any anime could have. This show is what I assume non-anime watchers think all anime is like, so they just avoid it. Nothing really unique or special about the show, but the art style is nice. I like the look of the characters but they were all stereotypes I've seen too much. They react in the exact way you could expect and aren't very unique in personality. I think young people might like this show, but for something with sustenance, look somewhere else. The show isn't bad, but it's not good.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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