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Jul 26, 2021 8:26 PM
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Someone else thinks that Tanjiro is a boring protagonist? I mean, he's too good as a person, it's like the model children that any Japanese mom/dad would wish to have: dutiful, disciplined, perseverant, working, intelligent, kind and helpful. He's so noble that even empathizes with the demons that kills and is supposed to hate. A character like that with no flaws nor defects and neither bad habits becomes boring and hard to empathize with since he doesn't feel like a real human. Also how can you develop a character that is practically perfect?
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Jul 26, 2021 8:43 PM
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Ya I also think tanjiro is a really shallow charecter,he is like the most generic protagonist there is.
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He's generic as hell, but people including me enjoyed the show for reasons besides the protagonist.

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Jul 26, 2021 8:51 PM
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I agree, I think it’s probably the biggest flaw in the show

Jul 26, 2021 8:54 PM
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He is just normal, I don't hate him because he's really good, but don't like him too much because doesn't stand for anything. In a way that's good for this show, to focus on what's happening around and not in the protagonist.
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Jul 26, 2021 8:56 PM
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Yeah hes pretty boring and generic. Inosuke and Zenitsu are way better then him. That's the only reason why I was able to finish the show
Jul 26, 2021 9:10 PM
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Are we maybe thinking this cause we’re used to having loud protagonist for shonen? I’m genuinely wondering cause I low-key feel the same.
Jul 26, 2021 9:44 PM
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El_Jiro said:
Someone else thinks that Tanjiro is a boring protagonist? I mean, he's too good as a person, it's like the model children that any Japanese mom/dad would wish to have: dutiful, disciplined, perseverant, working, intelligent, kind and helpful. He's so noble that even empathizes with the demons that kills and is supposed to hate. A character like that with no flaws nor defects and neither bad habits becomes boring and hard to empathize with since he doesn't feel like a real human. Also how can you develop a character that is practically perfect?
he IS the most average and generic shonen protagonist
Jul 26, 2021 9:49 PM
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More like a decent protagonist. He's not good but at least he's not annoying.
Jul 26, 2021 9:58 PM
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How is that exactly boring?

What I like about Tanjiro is how he's not naive like Deku, Naruto, Asta, Shirou Emiya, Gon etc. He has a level of maturity to him. Not every protagonist needs to be Guts or Kiritsugu.

I think what's interesting about him is how will he be able to take revenge on
Muzan if he shows compassion to even demons. Or what would happen if he were forced to kill Nezuko
Jul 26, 2021 10:05 PM
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Yeah hes pretty boring and generic. Inosuke and Zenitsu are way better then him. That's the only reason why I was able to finish the show
Don't add zenitsu, I can understand inosuke but Zenitsu is the worst one in the series
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None of those things you described sound boring to me.

What is boring is a overpowered character who can solve every conflict with simple solutions. But Tanjiro is often overwhelmed by the forces that oppose him and has to sacrifice a lot in order to overcome them. It takes a character with his moral "perfection" to stand up to adversity of the Demon Slayers who are constantly fighting at a disadvantage, AND to protect his little sister from being captured/slain so that she can possibly one day turn back into a human.

So much is on his plate that if he weren't so idealistic, he'd have crumbled long ago.
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Tbh I really don't like the good boy type protagonists like Deku, Tanjiro... I like to have protagonists like Anos Voldigod, Todoroki :-)
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the thing I like about him is that he empathizes with them AFTER he has taken care of them. As kind as he is, he knows what needs to be done and there's no going back. Unlike certain protagonists who are overloaded with forgiveness.
Jul 26, 2021 10:31 PM
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Yep. I highly agree with you. Tanjirou is a god-awful protagonist
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Anayan_Kashyap said:
Fernando10095 said:
Yeah hes pretty boring and generic. Inosuke and Zenitsu are way better then him. That's the only reason why I was able to finish the show
Don't add zenitsu, I can understand inosuke but Zenitsu is the worst one in the series


Rengoku is the best out of everyone but he doesnt really get that much screen time in the anime only in the movie. But zenitsu is way better then 90% of the characters. Every other character is bad compared to him
Jul 26, 2021 10:46 PM
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El_Jiro said:
Someone else thinks that Tanjiro is a boring protagonist? I mean, he's too good as a person, it's like the model children that any Japanese mom/dad would wish to have: dutiful, disciplined, perseverant, working, intelligent, kind and helpful. He's so noble that even empathizes with the demons that kills and is supposed to hate. A character like that with no flaws nor defects and neither bad habits becomes boring and hard to empathize with since he doesn't feel like a real human. Also how can you develop a character that is practically perfect?

Lol you call tanjiro a boring protagonist and yet your favorite anime is 7ds
Jul 26, 2021 10:57 PM
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I know this might sound weird, but I don't get the people calling tanjiro generic since he is pretty unique if we look at the rest of the shonen genre
Jul 26, 2021 11:00 PM

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Yes, he is decent, but still VERY likeable. That's a good reason for him to be better than obnoxious MIDoriya. I can't bring myself to diss Tanjiro solely for that.
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Fernando10095 said:
Anayan_Kashyap said:
Don't add zenitsu, I can understand inosuke but Zenitsu is the worst one in the series


Rengoku is the best out of everyone but he doesnt really get that much screen time in the anime only in the movie. But zenitsu is way better then 90% of the characters. Every other character is bad compared to him
oh really?? And how Zenitsu is 90% best character in the series, I also think Rengoku-san is thr best one but from the trio Inosuke is easily best one compared to the other 2, Inosuke got very much good development but Zenitsu is only good while sleeping otherwise total annoying brat who should've been expelled from the series. I liked him very much in the Entertainment district arc but till then he was the worst and also after that again he turns worse, and the reason I liked him in the Entertainment district arc was because he was sleeping for many chapters in the fight with his cool mode on but when he woke up again Damn!! Tanjiro is clearly better than Zenitsu, he isn't annoying like him, takes more mature decisions, break-limit fights, and hard working, isn't a sloth like Zenitsu who runs away and don't face the problems, and a courageous character unlike zenitsu
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It was a shounen anime.. So I guess it would work
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Personally I think compared to the other characters in the anime tanjiro is relatively well written
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I know this might sound weird, but I don't get the people calling tanjiro generic since he is pretty unique if we look at the rest of the shonen genre

What are you on about lmao??He's literally the same type of kind hearted protagonist like the rest of the battle shounen protagonist.

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Jul 26, 2021 11:43 PM
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That’s the point tho. The author tried making an MC that represents the morals and how ppl are supposed to be. He is boring, for a good reason. That does not make him a bad protagonist.
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How is that exactly boring?

What I like about Tanjiro is how he's not naive like Deku, Naruto, Asta, Shirou Emiya, Gon etc. He has a level of maturity to him. Not every protagonist needs to be Guts or Kiritsugu.

I think what's interesting about him is how will he be able to take revenge on
Muzan if he shows compassion to even demons. Or what would happen if he were forced to kill Nezuko
lol exactly I prefer Tanjiro over those characters because he doesn't keep saying he wants to be the best and never give up etc.. all those are generic.
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Anayan_Kashyap said:
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Rengoku is the best out of everyone but he doesnt really get that much screen time in the anime only in the movie. But zenitsu is way better then 90% of the characters. Every other character is bad compared to him
oh really?? And how Zenitsu is 90% best character in the series, I also think Rengoku-san is thr best one but from the trio Inosuke is easily best one compared to the other 2, Inosuke got very much good development but Zenitsu is only good while sleeping otherwise total annoying brat who should've been expelled from the series. I liked him very much in the Entertainment district arc but till then he was the worst and also after that again he turns worse, and the reason I liked him in the Entertainment district arc was because he was sleeping for many chapters in the fight with his cool mode on but when he woke up again Damn!! Tanjiro is clearly better than Zenitsu, he isn't annoying like him, takes more mature decisions, break-limit fights, and hard working, isn't a sloth like Zenitsu who runs away and don't face the problems, and a courageous character unlike zenitsu


That's kinda the whole point of zenitsu character hes supposed to be a comedy character? And he fits that role pretty ok. No other character gets developed like inosuke tanjiro zenitsu and nezuko in the first season. So zenitsu really has no competition with anyone else. Everyone else is a soulless person. And the two main characters nezuko and tanjiro have the most boring and generic people I seen. Not every single character has to be serious and strong
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El_Jiro said:
Someone else thinks that Tanjiro is a boring protagonist? I mean, he's too good as a person, it's like the model children that any Japanese mom/dad would wish to have: dutiful, disciplined, perseverant, working, intelligent, kind and helpful. He's so noble that even empathizes with the demons that kills and is supposed to hate. A character like that with no flaws nor defects and neither bad habits becomes boring and hard to empathize with since he doesn't feel like a real human. Also how can you develop a character that is practically perfect?
everything you have said here are facts but vanilla is a flavour that needs to exist. And I am enjoying the show nevertheless it has flaws and ids generic. lol
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Fernando10095 said:
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oh really?? And how Zenitsu is 90% best character in the series, I also think Rengoku-san is thr best one but from the trio Inosuke is easily best one compared to the other 2, Inosuke got very much good development but Zenitsu is only good while sleeping otherwise total annoying brat who should've been expelled from the series. I liked him very much in the Entertainment district arc but till then he was the worst and also after that again he turns worse, and the reason I liked him in the Entertainment district arc was because he was sleeping for many chapters in the fight with his cool mode on but when he woke up again Damn!! Tanjiro is clearly better than Zenitsu, he isn't annoying like him, takes more mature decisions, break-limit fights, and hard working, isn't a sloth like Zenitsu who runs away and don't face the problems, and a courageous character unlike zenitsu


That's kinda the whole point of zenitsu character hes supposed to be a comedy character? And he fits that role pretty ok. No other character gets developed like inosuke tanjiro zenitsu and nezuko in the first season. So zenitsu really has no competition with anyone else. Everyone else is a soulless person. And the two main characters nezuko and tanjiro have the most boring and generic people I seen. Not every single character has to be serious and strong
yes Zenitsu is a comedic character but he is over comedic, he does worse jokes in worse situations, Nezuko is a boring character i agree, all she did was sleep, Tanjiro on teh other hand is way better than Zenitsu, and Inosuke cannot be compared to a character like Zenitsu, Inosuke was annoying at first but as time passes by he made himself less annoying through his unbreakable strength, but with time Zenitsu turns more annoying. He is no special no very good character imo, an avg character and worst one from the show
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Anayan_Kashyap said:
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That's kinda the whole point of zenitsu character hes supposed to be a comedy character? And he fits that role pretty ok. No other character gets developed like inosuke tanjiro zenitsu and nezuko in the first season. So zenitsu really has no competition with anyone else. Everyone else is a soulless person. And the two main characters nezuko and tanjiro have the most boring and generic people I seen. Not every single character has to be serious and strong
yes Zenitsu is a comedic character but he is over comedic, he does worse jokes in worse situations, Nezuko is a boring character i agree, all she did was sleep, Tanjiro on teh other hand is way better than Zenitsu, and Inosuke cannot be compared to a character like Zenitsu, Inosuke was annoying at first but as time passes by he made himself less annoying through his unbreakable strength, but with time Zenitsu turns more annoying. He is no special no very good character imo, an avg character and worst one from the show


In general the demon slayer characters arent that good inosuke and rengoku get a pass but some people dont find zenitsu annoying like how u do I never found him annoying. Zenitsu is way more entertaining to watch than tanjiro if u dont find him annoying. Tanjiro made the show boring he isnt interesting hes also a generic character. The only thing he brought to the show was flashy budget and Nezuko. The sad part is the hashiras are way more interesting then tanjiro
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He is perfect, but emotional too and it's not boring thanks to that. For example: his screaming in mugen train movie was very good and added to the movie's atmosphere.
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Tanjiro is serviceable. Not good or bad. But the side characters are just awful generic stereotypes.

The characters are a massive weak point for this series tbh.
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Zenitsu is worse than Tanjiro. I hope he gets eaten later
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Fernando10095 said:
Anayan_Kashyap said:
yes Zenitsu is a comedic character but he is over comedic, he does worse jokes in worse situations, Nezuko is a boring character i agree, all she did was sleep, Tanjiro on teh other hand is way better than Zenitsu, and Inosuke cannot be compared to a character like Zenitsu, Inosuke was annoying at first but as time passes by he made himself less annoying through his unbreakable strength, but with time Zenitsu turns more annoying. He is no special no very good character imo, an avg character and worst one from the show


In general the demon slayer characters arent that good inosuke and rengoku get a pass but some people dont find zenitsu annoying like how u do I never found him annoying. Zenitsu is way more entertaining to watch than tanjiro if u dont find him annoying. Tanjiro made the show boring he isnt interesting hes also a generic character. The only thing he brought to the show was flashy budget and Nezuko. The sad part is the hashiras are way more interesting then tanjiro
yes hashiras are more interesting than Tanjiro but you are mistaken that better and interesting, bad and boring have different meanings, bad characters are also very much cool sometimes and good characters are very much boring sometimes. All u said had no meaning at all after u gave this reply. Let's leave this here
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I like him and all but I get why your coming from, I would like to see some flaws in him
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In general the demon slayer characters arent that good inosuke and rengoku get a pass but some people dont find zenitsu annoying like how u do I never found him annoying. Zenitsu is way more entertaining to watch than tanjiro if u dont find him annoying. Tanjiro made the show boring he isnt interesting hes also a generic character. The only thing he brought to the show was flashy budget and Nezuko. The sad part is the hashiras are way more interesting then tanjiro
yes hashiras are more interesting than Tanjiro but you are mistaken that better and interesting, bad and boring have different meanings, bad characters are also very much cool sometimes and good characters are very much boring sometimes. All u said had no meaning at all after u gave this reply. Let's leave this here


Bruh wtf did zenitsu do to u just admit it tanjiro is not a good character
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I don't see what's wrong w being too good of a person. It's literally canon that he is the embodiment of goodness and it was shown in the Mugen Train movie. The only problem w Tanjirou is that he's subconciously suicidal.
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Yeah I don’t think Tanjiro is a good character, he’s just a good person and that his entire personality.
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Zenitsu would be a good protagonist for me ,unlike Tanjiro, don't get me wrong for those who like Tanjiro he is not a bad character but he just to much of a goody two-shoes, examples of characters who aren't pitch perfect are-deku he always puts him self down and tends to pry into others problems. But Tanjiro doesn't seem to have a flaw that makes him seem human
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I agree. There is no depth to his character. I would have liked to have seen more of a development, into the person he currently is, but he seems to have always been that way.
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I don't think he's a bad protagonist, like he's just a little kinder than other protagonists and his goal is very similar to that of edward elric from fullmetal alchemist
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Well the whole show is bland.
With bad characters. So....
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Agree with you on the Tanjiro part. Hell the entire anime is just so generic & plain that it feels like those crappy American cartoons I used to watch on Cartoon Network.

Also Luffy from one piece.
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Yeah, i agree, he’s The Classic good protagonist, but apart from that i don’t hate him and i also think that kimetsu no yaiba it’s a quite good show ( especially for The animation)
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i think that he's average. definitely not the selling point of the series, like other protagonists could be.
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he’s j too nice and not stupid enough like other shonen mcs but i love him
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Fernando10095 said:
Anayan_Kashyap said:
yes hashiras are more interesting than Tanjiro but you are mistaken that better and interesting, bad and boring have different meanings, bad characters are also very much cool sometimes and good characters are very much boring sometimes. All u said had no meaning at all after u gave this reply. Let's leave this here


Bruh wtf did zenitsu do to u just admit it tanjiro is not a good character
Tanjiro is a good character but he is too kind for someone to like, PPL nowadays like twisted crack-minded people like Lelouch, Light,EREN,Johan etc so Tanjiro is too old-gen type so he gets hatred, Tanjiro is better than Zenitsu in many ways I already explained but Zenitsu is interesting still a worse character pretty much
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El_Jiro said:
Someone else thinks that Tanjiro is a boring protagonist? I mean, he's too good as a person, it's like the model children that any Japanese mom/dad would wish to have: dutiful, disciplined, perseverant, working, intelligent, kind and helpful. He's so noble that even empathizes with the demons that kills and is supposed to hate. A character like that with no flaws nor defects and neither bad habits becomes boring and hard to empathize with since he doesn't feel like a real human. Also how can you develop a character that is practically perfect?



Would you rather have him pull an Eren Yeager and shout about wanting to kill ALL the demons lol?

I mean Tanjiro is no Inosuke (Probably my favourite/one of the best characters (in my opinion)) but he does have his moments.
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Yes but his va is hanae natsuki so maybe no
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