FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET:
Will you like it? Probably
Will you regret watching it? Probably not, and you have to watch it to keep up to date with the series.
Is it a step down from season 2? Yes.
Does it deserve some praise? Definitely not.
Pros:
-Good flashbacks
-Amazing animation
-Amazing sound design
-Some very well directed moments (Moments that are presented so well that they are a lot more memorable compared to the manga panels)
-Good thrills in certain moments
Cons:
-Story is still very basic
-Mediocre music (re-used style of songs that have worked in the past, but didn't work this time. And honestly, most of them don't even match/fit the scene they're used in.)
-Also some very poorly directed moments (I cannot believe how bad some scenes were presented)
Overall from what I've heard from the manga, this is supposed to be the worst arc of all, so I'm not surprised.
!!SPOILERS!!!
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN IT ALREADY:
What did we just watch? How did they manage to make upper moon demon meeting look this epic in episode 1, introduce them in most craziest way ever possible, only to show us how disappointing number 4 and 5 were.. Like I'm comparing these two demons to gyutaro and I don't know if I'm the crazy one here but did they have the same impact on you??? The first moment where they were pushed away by the fan swing was crazy good, but aside from that, I genuinely have no memorable moments from these fights (at least from the demons, ofc tanjiro and the two hashiras had some good moments still). The entire season could've been 4-5 episodes and we wouldn't lose any lore or quality. There were so many unneccessary moments and I'm not even talking about the filler scenes. Flashbacks were good (normally I don't enjoy them). Last episode was a treat to watch for around 20 minutes and the rest I genuinely don't even remember what happened, it could've been a normal length episode honestly. Nezuko kicking Tanjiro so he could go and save the villagers was a very well directed moment because it was very sudden, the voice actor of Tanjiro did an amazing job (in japanese) to show how undecisive Tanjiro was in that moment, but did they really have to take 2 minutes to show us that nezuko is walking under the sun??? Like as soon as we saw it from her point of view we all knew it was her, but all the hype died by the time tanjiro looked at her. You cannot convince me that it wouldn't have been better if tanjiro remembered nezuko as soon as he cut the demon, and looked over (and we would see this from tanjiro's point of view) only to see nezuko standing there all of a sudden. I've watched so many reaction channels and let me tell you, everybody knows that's nezuko walking, but by the time they show nezuko so much time passes that nobody even cares because they are already arguing about how she can walk under the sun, and their shock is wayy over.
Let me ask all of you a very important question, do you think if any mediocre anime had the production value and visuals of demon slayer, they wouldn't be as popular?
my answer is: of course they would be. Have a nice day :)
