Is Demon Slayer carried entirely by its animation budget?

• J

  Jamie1mo ago

  Nezuko gets reduced to a box and a meme. The female characters are an afterthought and the budget can't hide that.

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• C

  Casey1mo ago

  Strip away the Ufotable animation and Demon Slayer is a by-the-numbers revenge shonen. The water effects are doing Olympic-level lifting.

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• A

  Avery1mo ago

  The writing is fine, the animation is god-tier, and the marketing was nuclear. All three made it a phenomenon, not just one.

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• A

  Avery1mo ago

  Tanjiro is the kindest protagonist in shonen and people mistake 'consistent' for 'boring'. Not every MC needs an edgy arc.

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• C

  Casey1mo ago

  The Mugen Train and Entertainment District arcs are pure spectacle and honestly that's enough for me. Sometimes I just want to feel something pretty.

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• R9

  Riley 921mo ago

  The demon backstories make me cry every single time. 'Generic' people clearly skipped the parts with actual emotion.

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• NT

  Noah T.1mo ago

  Say what you want, no other show makes a sword swing feel like a religious experience. That IS storytelling.

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• SR

  Sam R.1mo ago

  Comparing it to JJK or HxH writing is brutal and that's exactly why this debate won't die.

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• J

  Jamie1mo ago

  Akaza's backstory alone has more emotional depth than entire other series. Stop pretending it's all flash.

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• S

  Sam1mo ago

  Beautiful, beloved, and mid-written. Three things that can absolutely coexist and this thread proves people can't accept that.

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• L

  Leo1mo ago

  Hashira are cool designs with zero development until they're about to die. Then suddenly we're supposed to sob. It's manipulative.

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• RL

  Ravi L.1mo ago

  It got a generation of people INTO anime. 'Generic' or not, that legacy is bigger than the discourse.

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