Honestly, I want to keep this short because most of my praise or criticism - which there is hardly any here - would be nothing more than copies from my previous reviews.
So without further ado: Demon Slayer looks fantastic, no question. But the last few seasons have focused so much on impressive fights that they have felt stretched out. At the same time, the actual story and characters, which were also fantastic in the first half of the first season, were simply ignored from the second season onwards, which hurt the anime immensely. I was the only person in my circle of friends who still gave the anime a chance.
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hashira Training Arc" now comes around the corner and delivers the full package, everything you could wish for from an anime. The best animations I've ever seen in an anime - yes, I even found Jujutsu Kaizen and Fate worse - and characters that are once again simply fantastic.
Once again, however, the anime fails to find the right mix of fights and story/characters/worldbuilding, but unlike in previous seasons, there are virtually no fights here. Since I was almost starving for anything but fights, I didn't find this as annoying as in the previous seasons, but I still can't approve of it.
