Aside from the maximum shock factor of a happy family being slaughtered, there’s little reason to care. Tanjiro stares in terror, speed lines on either side of the screen. Blood soaked with horrific expressions, children protecting one another in their final moments, it’s all the more effective because their deaths are left to our imagination. Demon Slayer never shies away from violence, and we learn this immediately. Upon his return, he finds his family viciously murdered. The lone survivor, Tanjiro, inevitably leaves them now that his father is deceased, he is the designated man of the family. It is obvious this family with zero characteristics other than ‘happy’ will be killed. The scene is saturated with brilliant light reflecting off the snow-covered ground, angels singing with hopeful music. Soon after, we flashback to before everything went wrong. fifteen, carries his dying sister as he trudges through a snowstorm, crying out in anguish. Demon Slayer has some of the best animation of this generation, but I can’t recommend the entire show because the writing is… pretty bad.
Either they love it for the amazing animation, an abundance of horrifying villains, and incredible fight choreography-or they hate it for subpar storytelling, shallow character writing, and unfunny comedy. *This review contains very minor spoilers*ĭoes fantastic animation trump mediocre writing? When it comes down to it, can you ignore one to enjoy the other?Īs for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, most of the anime community falls into one of two extremes. 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. Consumed by rage and hatred, Tanjirou swears to avenge his family and stay by his only remaining sibling. Worse still, the sole survivor is his sister Nezuko, who has been turned into a bloodthirsty demon. When he finally arrives back home the next day, he is met with a horrifying sight-his whole family has been slaughtered. 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. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to the local village to make a little money selling charcoal. Though living impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamado family are able to enjoy a relatively peaceful and happy life. Ever since the death of his father, the burden of supporting the family has fallen upon Tanjirou Kamado's shoulders.
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