Now that the second season is airing, did it improve on its flaws or has ufotable been given another bad story to adapt ?
Story - 5
The story isn't really bad, it's just very average and not appealing. I didn't get to enjoy it a lot since I dropped this show on the third episode. The conext of the entertainement district might be good though.
Art - 8
Ufotable. Do I need to elaborate ?
Sound - 7
The soundtrack is still very decent and the sound of the blades clashing is still orgasmic. The OP doesn't seem as catchy is Gurren but it's still good.
Characters - 0
By far the biggest problem of this show.
First, the tone is very poorly managed with emotionnal scenes being followed by comic scenes with a 10 seconds interval.
Second, this show probably has the worst dialogues I've ever heard. I think the author tried to do comedy, but failed to understand the border between comic and cringe. It's like every character tries to be a comic relief. Words would fail to describe the absolute state of this show's dialogue. In the first season, Tanjirou was the exception and his lines were spot on, but this time even he fails to deliver.
Everyone is always making a joke or something funny, no one is ever serious. This doesn't allow the show to build up tension and makes everything feel like it has no importance.
Unless you're a young kid, I have no idea how you would do to watch this show without hoping that everyone were mute. Once the fighting starts and everyone stops talking the animation will probably be marvelous but dear god the author has no idea how to write compelling characters and dialogues.
Overall enjoyment - 3
I love Ufotable. I've watched Heaven's Feel countless times and I was excited to see that they got to adapt such a titan of the manga industry.
Sadly, the story they were given is a very bad one and even the talent of Ufotable can't make up for it. I guess they need the money for better projects and that they will come back with an adaptation of a way better work.
As for Demon Slayer, I dropped this show after the third episode and won't come back to it. I will probably watch the fight scenes on YouTube, this show is quite good when the characters don't talk.
It really says a lot when even a story adapted by Ufotable is unbearable to watch. If this anime was adapted by an average studio like JC Staff no one would care about it. We deserve this studio to get a better story to adapt.
