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

Hashibira, Inosuke Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Kamado, Nezuko Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Rengoku, Kyoujurou Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Kochou, Shinobu Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Tomioka, Giyuu Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Uzui, Tengen Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Kanroji, Mitsuri Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Tokitou, Muichirou Supporting

Kawanishi, Kengo Japanese

Kondou, Hikaru Producer, Planning

Miyake, Masanori Producer

Takahashi, Yuuma Producer

Fujio, Akifumi Producer

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Jan 6, 2026

maya_kotori

Recommended

An anime that I avoided for a very long time. I knew it existed, I even knew most of the things from there and I really didn't understand why it had such a hype. The main problem for me was that it was absolutely everywhere = spoilers, and that my friend was constantly talking about it in connection with her ex (I hated her ex and I felt sorry that it was connected to her, because it's from my sister's fav anime and she kept trying to convince me to watch it. Unsuccessfully...). Anyway, this year my sister started talking about the Demon Slayer movie, ... that she wanted to go see it with me, to which I told her why not, it's an anime (I love them), but that I wouldn't know anything about it, so she simply summarized it for me. Last week, however, I thought I could at least watch the first episode, no matter what, and in the end, I watched the entire anime by the end of the week, and today I watched the latest movie, which left a hole in me and I don't want to wait so long for the next movies, watafak, I don't understand how you guys could stand it, you have my admiration. I honestly don't even know where to start, because from the first episode of the first season I was hooked and I watched it over and over again and couldn't stop. The characters, the effects, the sounds, the songs, I'm not surprised that it had such hype and I'm really annoyed that I didn't watch it sooner. This anime deserves a lot more recognition than it has so far and the latest movie is amazing. Seriously amazing and the tiring wait was really worth it

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 31, 2025

God3000

Mixed Feelings

This anime is just carried by animation i dont understand why people like it so must. Plot is basic it is not the best but not the worst. Characters are quite mid they try a bit to give the characters some depths but not so much. Not so much world building for an adventure anime. This anime is more for those younger kids who are like 13 14 years old. Not the best anime out there and im not comparing it to like dragon ball the big three or hunter hunter im comparing it to like sword art online (sao) or black clover or ... my hero putting them side by side demon slayer, demon slayer is quite mid. I dont know why people call it the best anime. But the animation and fights are really well made so i think i can recommend it to people who are still new to anime cause it isnt so hard to understand but for people who has watched a lot im not so sure. It might just be me as i like comedy good world building, plot and slice of life. I dont know so can someone tell me whats great about demon slayer other than the animation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 18, 2026

lotusriot21

Not Recommended

Flashy fights, amazing visuals, and great production quality from Ufotable. It also has the formula of a generic and mediocre shonen story. Kimetsu no Yaiba is probably the most overrated and cliché’ Shonen anime I’ve ever watched. On the outside, it’s a visual spectacle; underneath, it’s a mid story that recycles a lot of the common tropes you would see in other anime. It’s also served with cringe comic relief and a heaping side of fan service (I’m looking at you Entertainment District Art). This anime has every shonen trope you could ever imagine; a training arc, an exam arc, a meeting with the first ... Akatsuki member arc, Akatsuki members, sword techniques, cheap comic-relief, and excessive fan-service by the second-half of Season 2 (yes Season 2 is split into a movie and a TV series for some reason). I don’t know what else to say except: this anime is overrated, mediocre, and overhyped for a lot of obvious reasons. To start off, the sword techniques and the principles behind them are barely explained. All I got from this anime’s power system is that good breathing is key to getting stronger. That’s it. The show never explained how Tanjiro mastered ten sword techniques. He just dodged traps on a mountain for two years. I feel like Tanjiro just executes a random sword technique depending on what the plot needs. During the Final Selection Arc, Tanjiro slices the head of a powerful enemy because “random bs go!” It’s like the showrunners were like, “Hey, here’s a new sword technique that Tanjiro happened to learn for this specific situation. Don’t worry about how or when he learned it. Just look at the pretty water animation.” In addition, two of Tanjiro’s friends are annoying and cringe. One of them can only use one technique while he’s unconscious; the other is a buff dude with the face of a cute girl. Both of them contribute nothing to the show except constant yelling, whining, and cheap comic-relief. One arc is them falling into an Orochimaru trick-house, another arc where rest inside an inn, and another arc where they fight Sasori from Temu. The last arc is them meeting the elite jonins of the Demon Slayer Corp. I think it would have been better if Giyu was the one who accompanied Tanjiro and Nezuko instead of Zenitsu and Inosuke. As for Season 2, the main villain in the Mugen Train Arc is basically a guy who can use genjutsu to control people’s dreams; meanwhile, the Entertainment District Arc is chock full of fan-service and plot armor asspulls (also the Hashira for this arc is a certified creep who owns three wives and smacked the butt of an underage girl). It’s either people’s standards for fresh quality anime have degraded over time, or people just consume every mediocre piece of media if the production is good. The only reason why I lasted until the Entertainment District Arc is because I wanted to give Season 2 a fair chance - that maybe Season 1 was just testing the waters. Overall, I really have nothing else to say. It’s just a very generic shonen anime with mediocre writing, mediocre characters, and a very good production team behind it. It would have been nice if Ufotable just invested their time and resources into One Punch Man Season 3 instead of this slop.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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