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| No one can blame Zenitsu for being so scared of that creepy ass looking spider demon. Christ, I would have acted in the same way if not worse. Fuck that shit! Man, it was such a fantastic episode. I honestly feel bad for saying Zenitsu was annoying when he was first introduced. Now, I only want to give him a big hug :/ I really REALLY hope he soon realizes just how strong and skilled he actually is. And the animation when he did his technique... simply astonishing. Once again, Thanks Ufo. As always, really looking forward to next week! P.S.: "Kimetsu Academy" spin-off when? |
| This would have been a good episode if it wasn't for the inessant fucking shouting. Is am absolutely sick of everyone shouting constantly. |
| Nice thunder rush. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| best boi strikes again his backstory was so sad, I'm proud of him for overcoming all of this. My son better become the strongest character in the series and learn to love himself. So Zenitsu only knows one movement and perfectioned it so well he can control the damage he does? I believe the intensity of the lightning was not the same during his first fight. And he did say "sixfold/sextuples" before hitting the spider garbage. Also, I'm pretty sure the guy who bullied him is the current Pillar of Lightening? Just like I'm 100% certain Tomie is the Pillar of Water. Because they trained under old sensei who taught them their Breath Style and now they're in the OP looking mysterious and stuff. |
| "You are not the brightest banana in the bunch, are ya kid? (...) These kids just keep getting weirder." |
| Wtf tanjiro was no able to cut off his hand? I've hope that Zenitsu will stay alive. He's too good character go just kill him |
| Zenitsu just went toe to toe with my biggest nightmare so i have mad respect for the guy! I don't care if he's a wimp when he's awake, he is hella fucking cool when he releases the Thunder Technique! I really love Inosuke's personality; the way he wants Tanjiro to praise him and care about him but he's so tsundere about it haha Poor Tanjiro has just become a glorified babysitter for 2 insane Demon Slayers haha |
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| I can see why Zenitsu is second most popular character in this show. He's an actual badass when he gets serious. |
| Well, for once, I think that Zenitsu's freakouts in this episode were justified. For, I too, am afraid of those so called things called spiders, let alone those kind of demonic spiders. Anyway, Zenitsu finally had his time to shine, go to see more of his past, I feel pretty bad for the guy. |
| “What do you do when there is an evil you cannot defeat by just means? Do you stain your hands with evil to destroy evil? Or do you remain steadfastly just and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?” ― Lelouch Vi Britannia |
| I thought that Zenitsu would become my favourite character in the show, and I wasn't disappointed. I love his backstory and the philosophy that defines him - I hope he has another big episode like this in the future. |
  We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realise what you are. That's what death is, don't you think? ------------------------------------ Itachi Uchiha |
| Zenitsu is tied with Tanjiro as my favorite character in the show He's literally how any normal person would act in those circumstances and I hope he becomes the strongest demon slayer in the future That animation is so beautiful thank you ufotable |
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| if only Zenitsu can shut the fuck up, he actually a very cool guy bruh, look at that attack animation |
| That was a really good episode. Must re-watch in near future. Zenitsu is definitely a favorite of mine. |
| felt really slow and it only focused on Zenitsu. not that there is a problem or anything but still, we could have seen much more than that. Inosuke is really fun XD |
| 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. |
| I can't blame Zenitsu for panicking and screaming at the hideous-looking spider. I don't have a phobia to spiders at all, but even I would be crapping myself if a spider that size came after me, spitting out its poison every second. >_< The episode did give us a well-needed backstory for Zenitsu and how he was saved by "Gramps" from debt collectors. Gramps is a former demon slayer himself and one who used to be one of the highest ranking of the lot. Even so, training Zenitsu must've been tough, even for a powerful guy like Gramps. The backstory also shows how Zenitsu got his hair colour the way it is. Before, his hair colour was black, but after getting struck by lightning while up in the tree, panicking as usual, his hair colour immediately changed to it yellow with the end bits in orange. After he lost conscious, though, Zenitsu properly got into his stride. He only knows one form of his lightning style, but he's honed that form brilliantly, as it resulted in a beautifully animated scene of him killing the spider on one hit. Once again, superb job, ufotable! ^_^ Meanwhile, with Tanjiro and Inosuke, they've encountered the spider dad and even Tanjiro is unable to cut through the guy's arm with his sword. I just hope the two eilte demon slayers get to Tanjiro and Inosuke in time to help them against this Twelve Kizuki member and take him down. |
| I'll call the lightning guy Pikatsu just for the lulz. Another great episode with awesome animations. I really like where this show is going. |
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| Zenitsu has officially went SICKO MODE this episode |
| 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! |
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