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what do you love about Demon Slayer besides the good animation is it the characters or the plot?
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Sep 18, 2022 8:24 AM
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where’s the neutral choice lmao anyway the animation and fights is the only reason i’m still watching
Sep 18, 2022 8:25 AM
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INSANELYWP said:
where’s the neutral choice lmao anyway the animation and fights is the only reason i’m still watching


i do not know is the neutral choice
Sep 18, 2022 8:37 AM

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characters, i don’t think the characters are the greatest either or anything but they are pretty good and i actually think the plot is good too but it’s just not anything special. i think the characters and plot are good and the animation is what lifts the show above just being good
Sep 18, 2022 8:43 AM
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deg said:
to me its obvious since people call it Mid Slayer for having mid or average plot then the other selling point of this show is the characters besides the good animation

so is this true? this poll will find out so vote!

tbh it's manga is much better than what's been shown in the anime till date
Sep 18, 2022 8:56 AM

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the question is what meaning you put in the sentence, when you say 'i love characters in ds'.
cuz they are mostly lovable (except zenitsu, no comments), almost all hashira, mc too is there somewhere i guess, demons look cool and all.
but they are all empty, generic and badly written with zero character development. and this is most important for me, thus ds is clearly not about characters. show's only feat is animation, i dont really think there is something wrong about it, but its a fact
Sep 18, 2022 9:15 AM

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brutality I guess.

everything is mid tbh.

Sep 18, 2022 9:41 AM
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the hero’s of the story never seem to have any chance of succeeding when ever they come across a foe.

always dark with it looking like there is no hope.

still the story goes on.
Sep 18, 2022 9:58 AM
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its defimitely the characters, the plot is too basic and predictable
Sep 18, 2022 10:01 AM
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ueno_ said:
I'm not really either into the plot or the characters, kinda neutral ig

Same here, nothing too special in either categories but it’s not bad either. Just average.
Sep 18, 2022 10:02 AM
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the plot is simple and some charcters are cool....for me both are not masterpiece nor garbage it's average....and I enjoy it(well animation and fights are too cool to not watch it)....btw I have read manga and the animation of last few arcs would be amazing
Sep 18, 2022 10:04 AM
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the story is what made me go for it in this anime
Sep 18, 2022 10:16 AM

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Honestly the plot is pretty generic as it goes, the only characters I really like are Zenitsu and Kanao

The only reason I rate it so high is because I loved the animation and fight scenes; without that I'd give it maybe a 6 at best
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Sep 18, 2022 10:16 AM
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um the characters and the plot are equally average
Sep 18, 2022 10:36 AM
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plot?plot is so bad
Sep 18, 2022 10:42 AM
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The power scaling
Sep 18, 2022 11:02 AM
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Eren_Cho said:
I love neither but I have a good time with both. They're simple and enjoyable, I don't need a masterpiece to be entertained.

Ya thats what I always say about DS, its popcorn entertainment cause its fun when its there.
Sep 18, 2022 11:21 AM
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I think the plot its pretty straight forward nice and linear. Normally I hate this kind of stuff but Ufotable does a great job dazzling the screen. I also like how intimidating the villains are. they're a little one dimensional but I'm ok with that since they all have unique abilities and styles.
Sep 18, 2022 11:22 AM
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Eren_Cho said:
I love neither but I have a good time with both. They're simple and enjoyable, I don't need a masterpiece to be entertained.

My sentiments exactly
Sep 18, 2022 11:37 AM
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Probably the villains just cause some of them are so badass.
Sep 18, 2022 12:12 PM
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This show has a pretty basic shounen plot. By no means it’s bad tho. But what really drives the story is the well made main protagonists (tanjiro and nezuko).
Sep 18, 2022 1:24 PM
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the plot is average, so are the characters (maybe a bit better), but I love average.
Sep 18, 2022 1:26 PM

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The fact that is just a straightforward action story about good vs evil.
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Sep 18, 2022 1:55 PM
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I don’t mean this in a bad way because a lot of shows fall into this category but it’s just a good junk shonen series. The plot is clunky at times and the characters are sometimes underwhelming or lack development but I can turn off my brain and just enjoy the show.
Sep 18, 2022 2:08 PM
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I mostly like the character design, it’s cool to see their fighting styles as well
Sep 18, 2022 2:11 PM

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Neither, tbh. They both are boring.




Sep 18, 2022 3:42 PM
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Kibutsuji Muzan 💯
Sep 18, 2022 3:53 PM

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The characters are what I love the most out of this series. It’s a very character-driven story and it’s because of these characters that the show became so popular in Japan. I think overall, for the people who actually like and appreciate the story, the characters are the main reason. The world this story has built up is also extremely memorable and the plot is very well executed.
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Sep 18, 2022 4:27 PM
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Same as others are saying, I don’t hate the characters or plot but I don’t find them particularly good
Sep 18, 2022 4:47 PM
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A little of every that just makes a fun anime nothing to deep just an enjoyable watch
Sep 18, 2022 4:50 PM

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IdeZ233 said:
deg said:
to me its obvious since people call it Mid Slayer for having mid or average plot then the other selling point of this show is the characters besides the good animation

so is this true? this poll will find out so vote!

nothing lmfao (char limit)

agreed (chara limit)
Sep 18, 2022 5:20 PM
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Tanjiro and his squad, but also the Hashiras and the demons have alluring backstories and development. I think the magic sauce for most good anime is creating depth to characters, main or supporting, such that the anime expresses relatable human experience.
Sep 18, 2022 5:31 PM

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Despite the story, the anime manages to holds us without making you feel boring

Sep 18, 2022 6:04 PM
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The time period it’s set in. You never realized how semi recent it was until halfway into the first season.
Sep 18, 2022 6:17 PM
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I hate everything except animation.
Sep 18, 2022 6:52 PM
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people who voted for both need to watch some good anime
Sep 18, 2022 8:38 PM
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I think it's appeal lies in it's intense fights, great backstories of hashira and demons and most importantly, the cultural aspect (it depicts all sides of that period japanese culture)
Sep 18, 2022 9:58 PM
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anybody who has more than 2 brain cells can say jjk is better than ds in every possible way.
Sep 18, 2022 10:32 PM
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the good animation.



fight choreography pretty sweet too.
Sep 18, 2022 11:22 PM
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Characters, cause Rui was such a well written beginning villain

well written? he had no personality just a cliche backstory.

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Sep 18, 2022 11:24 PM
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XalekMe said:
the question is what meaning you put in the sentence, when you say 'i love characters in ds'.
cuz they are mostly lovable (except zenitsu, no comments), almost all hashira, mc too is there somewhere i guess, demons look cool and all.
but they are all empty, generic and badly written with zero character development. and this is most important for me, thus ds is clearly not about characters. show's only feat is animation, i dont really think there is something wrong about it, but its a fact

Agreed agreed agreed

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Sep 18, 2022 11:32 PM
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Demon slayer is one of the animes that I don't regret giving a 10. Many animes have characters we love and enjoy, so I won't say I like it cause of the characters. The plot is easier to understand but not closely put together. All characters play a certain role. It's nice cause it shows the struggles and as seen in Mugen train, even villains can win, not only good guyz. They did well with the animation, shifting the animation quality with a cross of CGI, just perfect. But I mostly love this anime for only one thing. They make every fight seem like a life and death situation, you'll be glued to the screen.
Sep 19, 2022 1:22 AM
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I love the characters more.
Sep 19, 2022 1:46 AM

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Kokushibo was actually a well written character with interesting concept and symbolism. So yeah I guess that's the only thing I love from DS, the rest are mid at best and gosh I really dislike all of it's villains writing (except Kokushibo and Douma).

Sep 19, 2022 10:32 AM

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Nothing? I do not think there's really any single quality to acknowledge and value in this show.
Sep 19, 2022 11:10 AM
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Its easy to make a character,you just need to draw some shit and then give him a name and thats what demon slayer does,the characters look kinda stupid and the plot is teribble,the entire story was explained in the first episod and the anime is full of plot armor
Sep 19, 2022 12:50 PM

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Demon Slayer has a very generic plot and the characters are generic as well except for my boi Yoriichi.
I will have to vote idk on this one. The animation and soundtrack are carrying this show hard.
Other than that, it's just all beauty with no breadth of personality. This show heavily emphasizes battles over character development/plot.

Sep 19, 2022 12:59 PM

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Good animation and OST is really the only thing going for it. Decent plot and story (bad writing though) and really weak characters. I don't really like either.
Sep 19, 2022 2:32 PM

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Complaints against Demon Slayer, like many other anime complaints, are just people being extremely disingenuous which has been on the rise last several years. It was never this bad in the 90s, 2000s, or early 2010s.

Reasons to like it are mainly character designs, fights and the good moments the story builds up to, you're rewarded for watching if you don't convince yourself before watching that its bad cuz its popular (which many ppl do, or they lie). By that quality alone its not really fair to say the story/plot is "bad", you could argue average though even tho I disagree, seems decent but not great.

Anyways those elements I highlighted are very fun and satisfying in this anime. I re-watch it often just for that. Excellent shonen example. What's with the constant focus on animation, bashing the plot, and complaints about animation-carry lmao? There's obviously more than that and yeah animation is high quality which is icing on the cake. The story is good enough to be interesting, understandable, and believable even with some BS moments which are so fun they outweigh any questionable writing ruining those points.

Sometimes I wonder if we all really watch the same damn Japanese cartoons because ppl overlook the highlights I brought up all the time!


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Sep 19, 2022 2:39 PM
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i hate both and i don't even lile the animation as it does ot have any choreography, its just pretty colours moving smoothly

hisoka vs gon or both levi vs zeke fights blow anything i saw from demon slayer out of the water easly imo
Sep 19, 2022 3:33 PM

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i do not know (your vote)

I mean, it is battle shonen. All I expect from it are epic fights. That's it.
However, I do dislike main characters though. Wouldn't use the word "hate" but, yeah. They are annoying.
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