Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

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Synonyms: Blade of Demon Destruction

Japanese: 鬼滅の刃

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 6, 2019 to Sep 28, 2019

Premiered: Spring 2019

Broadcast: Saturdays at 23:30 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Shueisha

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: ufotable

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Award Winning, Fantasy

Theme: Historical

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 8.49¹ (scored by 2,024,103 users)

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Ranked: #135²

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Popularity: #7

Members: 2,925,311

Favorites: 90,580

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Synopsis

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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The anime covers chapters 1 to 53 of the manga.

Kimetsu no Yaiba won the Animation of the Year award in the Television category at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in 2020.

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Sequel:	Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen, Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen
Other:	Chuukou Ikkan!! Kimetsu Gakuen Monogatari: Valentine-hen, Chuukou Ikkan!! Kimetsu Gakuen Monogatari: Kimetsu no Utage Tokubetsu-hen

Hanazawa, Kana
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Kondou, Hikaru

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Miyake, Masanori

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Takahashi, Yuuma

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Fujio, Akifumi

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Opening Theme

"Gurenge (紅蓮華)" by LiSA

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Ending Theme

	1: "Gurenge (紅蓮華)" by LiSA (eps 1, 26)
	2: "from the edge" by FictionJunction feat. LiSA (eps 2-18, 20-25)
	3: "Kamado Tanjirou no Uta (竈門炭治郎のうた)" by Go Shiina ft. Nami Nakagawa (eps 19)

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Nov 25, 2023

BadGuyBoog

Recommended

All seasons reviewed here. Now this show is a real mixed bag. I’ll start with the things I don’t like. First and foremost, the writing sucks ass. The plot is basic and doesn't flow well. It’s just go here, face demon, go here, face demon, go here, recover, go here, face demon etc. It doesn’t really change or progress. The only reason it feels like it progresses is because the demons get harder and our heroes get stronger. But just looking at the plot so far, nothing really happens. The premise is weak and the story is weak. The characters are also weak. I’m struggling ... whether to call Tanjiro a Mary Sue because, while he gets the ever living shit beaten out of him every episode, he’s perfect and everyone likes him. He’s virtuous to a fault, kind, strong and has a resolve that’s just unbelievable. He’s the ideal and therefore he’s not really that strong of a character. Everyone else is just so eccentric that it’s hard to relate or sympathize with them. They’re given depth, but only on the surface level. They have simple, one-note arcs where you basically know how they’re going to end. Zenitsu is annoying as fuck and Inosuke… ok, I actually like Inosuke so I won’t say anything about him. But the point is that the characters and plot suck. The dialogue also sucks. The battles aren’t shown, but explained. The character arcs aren’t shown, but explained. Everything is hamfisted exposition, including the themes. There is no implications, it’s all just shoved down your fucking throat, leaving all nuance in the garbage disposal. The pacing also kinda sucks, you’ll be in the middle of a fight, then when something crazy is about to go down, suddenly it’ll stop, have an episode of backstory, then continue. It’s like Attack on Titan but so much worse. It happens everytime. There is no pure fighting because they don’t care to establish the characters before the fight, so they have to do it during the middle of it through extremely long flashbacks. It makes what could be good characterization annoying because you’re just waiting for the fight to continue. Also I hate it whenever someone refers to multiple people, they say everyone of their names even if there’s like 8 of them, everytime. Like Tanjiro instead of saying, “I hope they are doing good over there”, he says “Please be ok, Inosuke, Zenitsu, Kazuma, Yurri, Bob, Tony, Antonio, Anthony, Harry, Hughie, Loui, Ed, Edward, Eddy, Edith, please be ok!” Like yeah, I know who you’re talking about shut up. Also during the battle they’ll talk for like 5 minutes about how they need to do something and how impossible it is and how they need to build up strength, before looking at all of their options one by one and the ramifications of those options etc. for a moment that takes less than a second. Like in the middle of a fight, the screen will slow down and then you’ll hear their internal monologue that takes forever. Like damn just show me. This is why fighting animes should just completely fucking ditch the manga. Like they throw show-don’t-tell right out the fucking window. Stop telling me what you need to do, before saying “for Nezuko!” every three seconds to hype yourself up, like just fucking do it. Ok so that’s a lot of complaining, so you’re probably wondering why this show is so high for something this cringe. Well here’s the thing, as I’ve previously stated, as this show emphasizes all the shit that comes from a manga adaptation of an action show, it also emphasizes everything great about the genre. And in this case, the awesomeness just wins out. It’s a frustrating, but also great show. So here’s what I like. The fight scenes are actually fucking awesome. Every fight, from the very first one, is shown to be this impossible feat. The enemy is overwhelmingly powerful and Tanjiro doesn’t stand a fucking chance. Forget winning, Tanjiro will be lucky just to fucking survive. Every enemy, every battle you are just asking yourself, ‘how the actual fuck is he going to get through this?’ They outright tell you their weakness but actually killing them is a herculean task. And Tanjiro fucking pulls it off. But it isn’t just handed to him through some bullshit, Tanjiro earns that shit. He trained for years to prepare and he still feels like he’s out of his depth. But through thinking it through and sheer fucking will, he pulls it off. But it never comes easy. Right when you think he’s doing good and has a grasp on the battle, it gets harder, everytime he thinks this impossible monster is lacking, the demon gets tougher. And you can just feel the dread. Tanjiro gets beaten the fuck up, sometimes taking months to recover from a battle. The stakes are real and palpable, there are consequences and you never know how he’s going to pull it off, because just as the demons are getting stronger, he’s getting weaker and more damaged, making victory all the more cathartic. This show is so hype because they do such a good job at defining the threat. The catharsis is even better because they outright tell you how to kill a demon, and because of that, the entire battle is building towards one monumental moment that sets the show ablaze. That one moment at the end of every battle that sits your ass back in your chair and makes you go ‘holy shit.’ Earlier I said that the story doesn’t really progress, but that’s only in retrospect. During the show you can barely feel it, because as I said, the threats get bigger. And that’s the true magic of Demon Slayer. Because, from the very first battle, it seems like the demon is the strongest threat you have ever seen and you have no idea how Tanjiro is going to survive, when he lives only to see that the next demon is even stronger, in fact they’re way the hell stronger than the last threat. You can feel the dread. After every monumental task, they ramp that shit up as an impossible gauntlet. The fights are creative, imposing, and fucking awesome. And the animation is even more so. Demon Slayer season 2 (the entertainment district) has the greatest fucking animation I have ever seen, making the battle all the more hype inducing. Like holy shit just look up a clip, it’s seriously mind-blowing. Not even season 3 could top that shit (I felt like they relied too much on cgi in season 3 and it looks weird). Also I feel like Season 3 took a step back in the threat department, the demons didn't feel all that threatening in that one but it was still good I guess. I loved the ending.

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Nov 29, 2023

Shinra_Itadori

Mixed Feelings

While some might enjoy the anime, some common criticisms include the pacing of certain arcs, character development, and perceived lack of originality in its narrative. It's essential to recognize that different viewers appreciate anime for various reasons, and what one person dislikes, another may enjoy.

Critics of Demon Slayer's story might point to what they consider a somewhat formulaic plot structure or a straightforward narrative. Some argue that certain story elements, such as the protagonist Tanjiro's quest for revenge and the progression of battles against demons, may lack the complexity or unpredictability found in other anime series. Additionally, there could be a perception that the overarching ...

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Oct 2, 2023

Rian706

Not Recommended

One of the anime with a high level of popularity in its time, I often see various posts about this anime on various social media, and what's worse is that they praise it too much.
And it's true, it's not the same as what is talked about by those who like this anime, I think it's just ordinary, not very interesting.

And I give the score as mediocre, to be honest, what makes me not like this anime is not just the story which is mediocre, but because fans are too proud of this anime, some even compare it with other anime and according to them this ...

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