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| Zenitsu's going to get some development! I honestly really liked his character from the beginning (though I like Inosuke better) and it's nice to see his past and how he was constantly trying to run away, but then steadily began to face his fears. The designs of the spider demon who was attacking Zenitsu was both creepy and fascinating at the same time. I find it strange that the mother and daughter and one of the sons are all very humanoid, the father is a mix of human and spider, and another son is literally just a spider with a human head. |
| HOLY CRAP HOLYC RAP HOLY CRAP ZENITSU IS FREAKING POWERFUL AF!!!! HELL HE MIGHT EVEN BE THE STRONGEST ONE OUT OF OUR TRIO!!! That lightning is way too convenient. Giving him lightning power AND a new hair color?? damn i'd rather get hit by lightning and get a quick, permanent dye, than spend a load of money getting a temporary dye. |
| Now I love Zenitsu so much. This dude is the best. The situation is really complicated now. Tanjiro and Inousuke are fighting that demon and Zenitsu needs help too. When's the backup coming dammit. |
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| I will probably still hate Zenitsu whenever he's going to yell, but damn, he grew on me and he was awesome. Nice flashbacks and finisher move, the feels were strong. Also, here comes daddy. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| An episode mostly dedicated to Zenitsu's backstory : interesting & needed ! But I was just a bit disappointed by the fact they did not expand on the guy he killed, unlike his mother last episode. |
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| UFOtable is really going all in with this EPISODE, outstanding animation and DA! Truly Unlimited Budget Works! |
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| I'm going against the grain, but the anime went downhill since the introduction of Zenitsu and Inosuke. Their battle prowess won't make up for their annoying loud characters. It's not even a good comic relief, since it is not funny, but 100% annoying. Too bad, I liked the initial dark tone of the anime and was giving it a solid 8, but now barely a 5. |
| Have to say the direction and plot is getting weaker since episode 10. Pre ep 10 -> a 9 anime to me Post ep 10 up til now -> a 7 anime now. The plot is stretching and slowing down more and more every episode in with all the shouting, forced comedy, and flashback of everyone/ everything, it's as if the studio don't want to animate too many fights in a single episode. Do Zenitsu really need to yell wherever he goes constantly? After he showed up every mcs in the show literally talk in a shouting voice. Glad that the demon of the episode does not get another stupid flashback this episode like the other ones which is a total waste of time on some unimportant random villain that only live for 1~2 episodes. |
Ventus_SJul 28, 2019 11:28 PM
Aohh said: I'm going against the grain, but the anime went downhill since the introduction of Zenitsu and Inosuke. Their battle prowess won't make up for their annoying loud characters. It's not even a good comic relief, since it is not funny, but 100% annoying. Too bad, I liked the initial dark tone of the anime and was giving it a solid 8, but now barely a 5. Hey, I'm actually 100% with you on this one. This is exactly my thought for this show. It lost the emotional string of previous episodes after those 2 showed up. |
| We got some Zenitsu backstory, i found hillarious when he got hit by a thunder| Zenitsu really shined this episode, he did an amazing fight, so badass! Looks like inosuke and Tanjirou found "Father", looks like next episode will be against him! |
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DeepRiver said: Ventus_S said: Glad that the demon of the episode does not get another stupid flashback this episode like the other ones which is a total waste of time on some unimportant random villain that only live for 1~2 episodes. You are missing the ball, these flashbacks help to emphatise the demons as victims as much as humans, that just enrich the story and give more meaning to each encounter, it makes sense why this series does it, especially for the story it tries to tell. And i got bad news for you, because we are just getting started, from now on we got a lot of demon flashbacks (which i aprecciate) The thing is we don't need flashback for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, especially those who only live for couple episodes. The one in the demon slaying exam and the one that can move room around totally don't need a 5+ mins flashback. (Yes I can't even recall their name, showing how unimportant they are) I bet in the original, it takes only 2 pages to go through those "flashback" because they clearly add nothing to the story and does not make me empathize them a single bit, nor does it add anything to the story. |
Ventus_S said: DeepRiver said: You are missing the ball, these flashbacks help to emphatise the demons as victims as much as humans, that just enrich the story and give more meaning to each encounter, it makes sense why this series does it, especially for the story it tries to tell. And i got bad news for you, because we are just getting started, from now on we got a lot of demon flashbacks (which i aprecciate) The thing is we don't need flashback for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, especially those who only live for couple episodes. The one in the demon slaying exam and the one that can move room around totally don't need a 5+ mins flashback. (Yes I can't even recall their name, showing how unimportant they are) I bet in the original, it takes only 2 pages to go through those "flashback" because they clearly add nothing to the story and does not make me empathize them a single bit, nor does it add anything to the story. They are actually an essential part in the manga, and the flashbacks only get longer from now on (and of course they have some kind of influence in the overall story). I disagree that the first demon didn’t need a flashback, its purpose was pretty much clear, to remember us the viewers that they were once humans and they lose memories once they turn into demons and serve as Tanjirou’s character development |
| This sohw was great until Zenitsu. How much of that episode was him just shouting, its worse than Asta sometimes.So close to just giving up on that episode |
| Can I offer you an egg is this trying time? |
rtil said: can you explain why and how his backstory is rushed?wasn't expecting such a rushed backstory for zenitsu. as usual, he's pretty cool when he's unconscious. unfortunately that's only been about 5 minutes of runtime. |
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Ventus_S said: DeepRiver said: You are missing the ball, these flashbacks help to emphatise the demons as victims as much as humans, that just enrich the story and give more meaning to each encounter, it makes sense why this series does it, especially for the story it tries to tell. And i got bad news for you, because we are just getting started, from now on we got a lot of demon flashbacks (which i aprecciate) The thing is we don't need flashback for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, especially those who only live for couple episodes. The one in the demon slaying exam and the one that can move room around totally don't need a 5+ mins flashback. (Yes I can't even recall their name, showing how unimportant they are) I bet in the original, it takes only 2 pages to go through those "flashback" because they clearly add nothing to the story and does not make me empathize them a single bit, nor does it add anything to the story. Yes, those flashback add nothing to the plot progression, however, they are important to the theme and emotional beat of the story. You can't have a story that jump from plot point to plot point without the theme and the emotional beat, then it just become a powerpoint presentation of the story. |
| Zenitsu is cool in this episode! He's really cool if he stop being cry baby and always shouting. He experience a very hard childhood but please he should minimize being a cry baby because it's annoying! |
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| Zenistu's gramp is a hashira, Ufotable did it again with those flashy amazing animations, that last move was epic, and beautiful. |
Irondragon said: Not only was this episode drawn out soo much it also focusted on the worst character in the show fucking Zenitsu. I hate his so much the episode is literally 90% of him screening and crying and we are supposed to feel bad for him? What a fucking waste of an episode. Feel free to drop this show anytime because you'll be seeing a lot more of him. |
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| Zenitsu... This BADASS! It's this Zenitsu that I want to see more often! |
| This episode only further confirmed that my favorite character is Zenitsu. It was so intriguing hearing some of his backstory and his inner thoughts. He is super badass, even if it's only in his sleeping form. And Chuntaro is adorable! The spider demons are honestly super creepy. I can't wait to see how powerful one of the twelve are! |
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| Holy that was awesome I wish Zenitsu knew how badass he really is |
rtil said: Jfs_ said: can you explain why and how his backstory is rushed? because it was abridged in half of a single episode? Just because it didn't last couple of episode doesn't mean it rush. A good backstory is the one that flesh out the character, not how many episode it took. I think you too use to Naruto overlong backstory. |
| Holy shit the animation is so good. Zenitsu is such a badass even with that one move. Also, his background story was kind off heartwarming |
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ThousandCuts said: Irondragon said: Not only was this episode drawn out soo much it also focusted on the worst character in the show fucking Zenitsu. I hate his so much the episode is literally 90% of him screening and crying and we are supposed to feel bad for him? What a fucking waste of an episode. Feel free to drop this show anytime because you'll be seeing a lot more of him. To be honest I'm really struggling right now I'm interested in Tanjirou & Nezuko's story but I'm on the bring of dropping the show because of Zenitsu. He is just the worst! Seriously how can anyone think he is in the slightest bit funny or endearing. Every time he is on screen I have to lover my volume all the way down because 90% of the time he is just screening like a lunatic or crying like the little bitch he is. What is there to like? Just because he can use a cool lighting technical once in a while? Oh yeah because shounen anime have suddenly run out of badass characters and we need mf Zenitsu to fill in. |
rtil said: ExaltedChampion said: Just because it didn't last couple of episode doesn't mean it rush. A good backstory is the one that flesh out the character, not how many episode it took. I think you too use to Naruto overlong backstory. odd that you assume i've seen naruto (i haven't). pacing is important in anime. overly fast pacing can be just as damaging as slow pacing. there were too many cutaways in this episode and the fight suffered for it. the fact that you think i'm wanting Zenitsu's flashback backstory to last "a few episodes" is entirely missing the point. the best backstories are pieced together along the way throughout their journey. good stories do this. bad stories throw everything in your face when the author realizes they wasted a bunch of time and now they have to feed the audience with backtracking story beats or it won't make sense. and i predict that after this, Zenitsu will spend a few brief moments reflecting on what happened then go right back to screaming and crying about everything. My point still stand, the best backstory and flashback provide insight to the characters. The way they show it doesn't as important. There many way to show flashback and backstory and none of them can be considerate the best, but depend on the characters and situation difference methods are use, right tool for the right job. The method you described work better with series that focus is single character but not as good when use for series that focus in many characters. Also important flashback usually show up during moment of great important for the character, like here when Zenitsu is close to death. |
| I knew I was stanning greatness. Cannot wait for even more development on Zenitsu and his confrontation with a certain bitter and jealous person of his past. Zenitsu Agastuma God of Lightning and Lord of the Thunder ❤ |
| Zenitsu's breath of thunder style is impressive |
| lmaooooo. Looks like the baby head spider in Toy Story that belonged to the neighbor boy Sid xP Zenitsu bby <33333333 I love him. He needs all da hugs ^.^ Hope he gets well soon~ I would not mind gifting our sweet princess Nezuko to him (prolly) ;P |
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