| Did the absence of Zenitsu and Inosuke hurt this season? |
DragevardJun 21, 2023 9:16 PM
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| If something hurt this season in particular it was the villains. They didn't have much going on. Just barely despicable enough to stand out, their abilities weren't impressive, and they were already getting mocked by their boss from the moment they were introduced. |
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| It's not so much the absence of Zenitsu and Inosuke, but their replacement characters for this arc being much less entertaining And the much worse antagonists for this arc |
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| I feel like what hurt this season was it’s pacing. Gyoko vs Muichiro lasted not even 5 minutes if you ignored flashbacks and pausing mid-fight for Muichiro thinking to himself. This fight takes place over episodes 5, 7, 8, and 9. In 4 episodes with a total of roughly 81 minutes (20 minutes+odd seconds), which equates to roughly 6.17% of actual fight. Tanjiro and Muichiro vs Hantengu alone was around 7 minutes, let alone when it was Tanjiro+Genya+Nezuko+Mitsuri vs Hantengu. And while you could argue that shows Muichiro’s prowess as a Demon Slayer, you don’t need to pad 75 minutes of runtime with flashbacks that have no significance. I’ve seen flashbacks and exposition handled better in High School DxD and those ones don’t interrupt important fight scenes. At least have them happen before or after the fight. Though this criticism could be made for all of Demon Slayer (though arguably not entertainment district arc since the majority is one long fight or the buildup rather than majority flashbacks. Zenitsu and Inosuke being MIA this season didn’t really have much of an impact since they’re less fleshed out than Tanjiro, if anything included them means that more flashback time could be allocated to them since fights would be shorter. |
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| Not really. Inosuke would totally steal the spotlight. And both him and Zenitsu will have an opportunity to shine later on. |
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| It made it better even though the season was pretty bad already. Don't want to hear them screaming every few minutes for no reason. |
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| That's one of the only things I really appreciated about this season lol. If those two were there, this would be one of the worst anime this year with their obnoxious comedy scenes. |
| For me yeah I missed them. |
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PrestigeWorld said: Agree. His constant screaming and general patheticness has detracted from my enjoyment of the show in other seasons.Any absence of Zenitsu is appreciated. The studio didn't pull out all the stops like did other seasons. They held back with the animation in my opinion and a lot of Demon Slayer's success is due to the killer visuals. |
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| No, but it didn't improve it either. |
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