Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen 鬼滅の刃柱稽古編

2024 spring | Episodes: 8 | Score: 8.1 (336186)

Updated every Sundays at 23:15 | Status: Finished Airing

Type: TV

Producers:Aniplex | Shueisha

Streaming: Crunchyroll | Bahamut Anime Crazy | Bilibili Global

Synopsis

After a series of mighty clashes with Upper Rank Demons, the Ubuyashiki clan prepares for one last battle with the hellish forces of Muzan Kibutsuji. In order to finally defeat the Demon leader once and for all, the clan devises a training camp for the Demon Slayer Corps, one led by the remaining Hashira—the most elite warriors in the organization. Each Hashira forms a specialized exercise that will hone both their own abilities and the skills of the ordinary soldiers. Tanjirou Kamado, a boy at the heart of the brewing conflict, recovers from wounds received in a recent fight. While his half-Demon sister Nezuko is studied by researchers like Shinobu Kochou, Tanjirou embarks to train with the Hashira, seeking mastery in each of their assigned areas of expertise to be best prepared for the coming war—skills vital to Tanjirou, as he has vowed to be the very warrior who will eliminate Muzan for good. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Voice Actors

Hanae, Natsuki

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Reviews

RaChuckie
11/22/2024, 02:37 PM
Ok so I do like this anime and I will watch the last season when it releases either way. I have to say I was a bit disappointed. There was just a lot of training and most of the action was in the last episode and then you are left on a cliffhanger. Although I understand that this will probably make the last season better or maybe I'm just being hopeful they got a lot of things out of the way in this season. But there was so little action. It was all just training it was a little boring to be honest. It was very dragged out but I feellike the story just didn't do it for me like the other seasons. I wish they put more effort into the music it doesn't seem to fit the anime.
Thepokemonmaster
08/13/2024, 08:57 AM
Slow build-up to perhaps some of the most incredible scenes in media history. The fact that most reviews seem to have watched only 4 of the 8 episodes is honestly crazy given the ramp-up in this arc. As if you do that then you are effectivly kneecapping the entire point of watching this season. A season that is, as described, a training arc. As much as I would love non-stop action, it's these slow moments in anime that build up character and motivation within fights. After this season I am substantially more invested in a significant volume of the cast. This season is full ofchill vibes, meaningful interaction and progress. And will be a highpoint for many in retrospect. When you get to the end of the season you'll understand this review.
redsoxspace
07/15/2024, 10:10 PM
This is the lowest score I've ever given to a Demon Slayer season. I still gave it a 7 because it feels unfair to the animators to rank it any lower, and the last episode was good, but other than that this felt like a filler season to me. One problem I've always had with Demon Slayer is the pacing can feel glacially slow sometimes. I've remarked to friends that I think the first season could've been cut in half with how much certain plot-lines were dragged out (the spider demon arc took foreverrr), without too much value added, and the same stands for thisseason. Unlike the first season however, the plot never really progresses forward, and the whole season is pretty much a set-up for the following season. I obviously didn't absolutely hate it since I gave it a relatively high score, but for Demon Slayer it didn't keep the standard I'm used to. If you're a big fan of Demon Slayer, don't let my review deter you, the animation is still fantastic, and there is some good development of some of the Hashira. However for me personally, I was a little annoyed when I finished and it didn't feel like it added anything tangible to the plot-line (save for 1 major addition which I won't spoil). Overall still a solid season compared to other anime, but a disappointment to me in terms of Demon Slayer seasons.
rcrumana
07/11/2024, 09:53 AM
The animation was fantastic as always. Not quite as good flashy as some of the previous seasons, and occasionally the 3d sticks out like a sore thumb, but overall very dynamic and some of the best animation you'll see in the genre. As for the story, this is filler and is paced a little too slow. The whole allure of seasonal anime is better animation and no filler. If I am only going to get 8 episodes in one year I expect them to be well paced, well written, important episodes, and the majority of this season wasn't that. I know this is set upfor an impactful conclusion but I much prefer how that manga treated this part of the story instead of the anime. Furthermore as the show goes on, the character jokes are getting too repetitive for my taste. I want to see slow growth over the course of the series with milestones along the way, not slapstick over and over again until they ultimately do a 180 and overcome their weaknesses. This is ultimately a shortcoming of the manga and the story in general, but it felt like the anime leaned more heavily into it since they were stalling for time.
Zapso
07/10/2024, 10:58 PM
The latest season of Demon Slayer suffers from mediocre pacing, unfunny comedic moments, and mid-tier characters. Most episodes aren't enjoyable to watch as there's nothing going on, with the best ones carried by fight scenes while character development and world-building are non-existent. Like previous seasons, this one has only 1-2 good episodes, with the rest being lackluster. However, the final episode was nothing short of a masterpiece, making the season worth watching. The characters and story are rated at 5.5/10 and 5/10 respectively, the pacing at 4/10, music at 7/10, voice acting at 9/10, and the animation at a perfect 10/10, bringing the overall enjoyabilityto a 6/10.
CyberXane
07/06/2024, 09:56 PM
The last episode made this arc great, though the other episodes were alright. This arc is relatively short and even shorter in the manga. Essentially, the demon slayers are training to become as skilled as the Hashira and for the Hashira to unlock the mark in preparation for the final battle. When I read the manga, this arc felt more like a few chapters of training before diving straight into the final battle. Most of what the anime presented is filler. For instance, the two separate episodes featuring Uzui and Tokito were only two pages each in the manga, amounting to just 2-6 panels though there'snothing wrong with that. The added character development strengthens the viewer's connection to the characters. Also from what I've heard, the creator had to end the series quickly around this time due to IRL stuff with family, which sped up the progression to the final battle. The anime's inclusion of backstory and character development adds in a bit of content to build a connection with the hashira a bit more. Regarding the last episode, it truly stood out. I think I speak for every fan that they are ready for the final battle to begin and can't wait for the upcoming movies. As for the opening and ending themes, they were nothing special to me. They weren't as great as the previous ones, in my opinion. Overall, I give it a 7/10. It's a good setup for the final battle but ultimately it's just a build-up arc.
lenahimesama
07/04/2024, 03:15 AM
Personally, I think we should forget about animating all the sad, serious, gruesome bits of Demon Slayer and turn it into a slice of life anime, like this season was! Just kidding. Phenomenal animation as per usual. We get to spend time with the main characters and the build up before the next arc. Ufotable animates their comedy SO well. Anyone complaining about the lack of action and calling this season "filler" needs only to look at Jujutsu Kaisen to see what happens when you have all action and no character exposition. You end up not caring who lives or dies- no attachment to theplot fodder. Now we can proceed to the next season adequately invested.
nyxnchan_07
07/03/2024, 11:40 AM
Just finished watching the last ep, and i kid you not i an literally shaking. Everything was so beautiful and ethereal. Every single detail,the story line, literally just everything has left me in awe, i am actually speechless how i can't properly express my feelings here at the moment. Ended up crying because it really touched my heart, this is what you call an anime which just leaves you speechless & shaking. I feel so alive rn. If you need to suggest a beginner an anime, this has to be the one. It literally gives you a new perspective, it's seriously so interesting to getto know more about the characters & what motivates them to move forward to fight for their lives after feeling like they have no reason to live anymore. I am so attatched to this, i am surely going to be heartbroken as if my marriage with the loml got called off the moment this anime ends, really going to miss all the characters so much. Truly very excited to see what happens next.
VKBoomsticks
07/02/2024, 05:00 PM
One really good episode does not make a below average season suddenly really good. This season was a training arc where nothing really happened. There some funny moments here and there and character exposition but it really felt like Naruto filler. All of these episodes but the last one are almost parallel to the filler stretches of Shippuden that were pretty forgettable. That’s fine when there’s going to be an entire canon arc of action in between these filler stretches of a weekly anime. But this season is only 8 episodes and almost all of them are like this and one episode feels like itpushes the story forward. It’s kind of an insult to the viewer when their time feels wasted. I saw people saying this could have been a special and that for sure can be case. I think people would like this part of the story way more instead of padding for the final episode. I don’t think the anime has fallen off or anything but this was disappointing.
DeadKitsune
07/02/2024, 12:37 PM
portuguese (english bellow) Eu particularmente curti muito essa temporada. Especialmente o último episódio, que pra mim foi um 10/10. Nos 7 primeiros episódios, vemos Tanjiro treinar com os hashiras. Eu gosto muito dos personagens e pra mim foi divertido, mas nada demais. Se a temporada fosse só isso, eu daria um 7/10. O último episódio mudou as coisas completamente. Simplesmente incrível. O visual é LINDO. As reações dos personagens me deixaram muito animada pro próximo arco, especialmente o Zenitsu. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen - 8/10 english (not really good D:) I really enjoyed this season. Especially the last episode, wich was a 10/10 for me. In the first 7 episodes,we can see Tanjiro training with the hashiras. I really like the characters so it was fun to me, but nothing wow. If this season was just this, i would give it a 7/10. The last episode changed things completely. Amazing. The visuals are BEAUTIFUL. The characters reactions made me get really excited for the next arc, especially Zenitsu. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen - 8/10
cynfest456
07/02/2024, 10:11 AM
This part of the story beiny 8.19 smells like haters are down voting the living hell out of this. THIS IS AN ANIME ADAPTATION. LEAVE YOUR PREJUDICE OF THE SOURCE MATERIAL OUT AND LOOK AT THE PRODUCT BEING PRESENTED We will not, i repeat, we will never see another series get an adaptation like this, and the fans of other battle shonens and mid-sekais are going to have to deal with the fact that your IPs are probably being used as money laundering schemes by the studios at this point. Ufotable just elevated the bar for anime and I'm glad since the early 2010s animation and adaptationhave devolved and it's been glaringly obvious that studios have been producing inferior products when compared to the technology that was available to staff over 10 years. SIMPLY PUT THIS PART WAS PEAK AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE TRILOGY.
tele_fon
07/02/2024, 06:41 AM
As a manga reader, I know this season will be 90% chore and 10% EPICNESS. And damn was I right, but that 10% literally got me in tears of joy and HYPE. It's a season long set-up before the non-stop battle of the finale. This is a watch guide for people who want only the meat: EP 1 Intro to training arc = Good to know to get an overview of the season EP 2-6 The training montage, the same old DS humor, the trauma dump of Hashiras = Skippable (It was better in the manga where you can control the pacing) EP 7 Where things getboiling. You'll want to witness this ep just for Zenitsu, but the last 5 minutes was amazing too. EP 8 THE PEAK = Just holy sh*t! I know Demon Slayer animation always goes hard, but even the snow flake in this ep got me gaping. The details of the setting, the way it portrayed the character's motivation, & the brief fight scene. What got me super emotional was the dialogue showdown. Demon Slayer is a story about generation after generation passing on the baton to accomplish one greater goal. This makes it old-fashion and maybe even corny, but you can't deny that it's epic. I think it goes beyond winning with the power of friendship to making your live on hopes & dreams in other people. The fight not only looks good, but the weight of it never feels hollow. This season is not the best. I wish they include a few more chapters in to make up for the looooong set up. Still, I can't wait for the final arc. Wish they didn't release it in 3 seperate movies, but 1 full season and maybe final movie instead though.😅
234Mannan
07/01/2024, 01:46 AM
Training arcs are some of the most looked down upon stuff in the anime medium. However, this season proves you can actually incorporate these things and add to the story while making a set up for what actually is the finale of an action series. The season is primarily focused on showing the natural progression Tanjiro goes through along with learning about the pillars better. Honestly there are some pacing issues here and there and some minimal flaws but let's be fair, every story has its fair share of shortcomings and honestly why focus primarily on them? In the end I will be mostly talking about the last2 episodes and why that makes this season my fav after the 1st. Demon slayer is about grieving with loss and a large group of people having a single common enemy. We see from various backstories that it was also a matter of who meets whom first. Most demons are unlucky people who met Muzan who is also at most occasions portrayed as the "whisper of the devil" while slayers being people who are either betrayed or lost their loved ones. The ultimate battle between these 2 forces comes down the individual resolves both of these groups have. Often portrayed as super humans or just straight up psychos sometimes even, in this season we get to learn about these ultimate + normal slayers who are actually just normal human beings and how if times were different, they could have lived a normal life. This factor adds to the characterization of the cast in a way since in most cases we don't usually get to engage with such mannerisms of the side characters or the strongest individuals in a shounen series. I won't be mentioning the examples at least but these are some things which distinguishes it from other shounen series. In short, all the things are ultimately setup from season 1 considering the nature of the narrative so far and this season brings it all together in the last 2 episodes setting up the ultimate finale. From the moment Gyomei's story begins to the meetup between the 2 leaders, the anime provides with several analogies using Buddhist beliefs, symbolism and ultimately the clash of ideals between 2 groups of people and that in turn creates the kind of stakes which are rarely a thing in shounen nowadays. There will be action but that action won't be mindless considering the reasons most of them fight for and the battles themselves. And of course, the spectacle itself considering the production. I know people often complain about how "the show is produced by a good studio" which honestly is a complaint I can't wrap my head around... I mean when did having good adaptations became a bad thing... Not to mention the nitpicks though ig I am going to ignore that for now. In short, the character moments, the set-up, the overarching ideologies, symbolism, clash of resolves by 2 groups and ultimately the progression of the characters themselves makes this not only a great set up but honestly a perfect arc before the finale and shows that training arcs can actually serve a greater purpose for an action series. Time for the trilogy and yeah see you guys in well several years. Thankyou for reading and adios :)
MrKessler
06/30/2024, 03:36 PM
This was not good, Demon Slayer already has a terrible problem with character writing, the one redeeming quality is the amazing action, and this season has basically none of that besides the very last episode (which is episode 8). All the episodes not counting the last are the same: Tanjiro goes to a Hashira to "train", every single one of the fodder hashira's look at him in awe for how good he is, Tanjiro doesn't learn anything, leaves for the next hashira. This is probably one of the worst training arcs I have ever seen in anime, it might as well have been filler, Tanjiro doesntlearn anything from this training, its useless. And for those who say episodes like this can build characters up, very little of that is actually done during this arc, the pacing is terrible and the time is very poorly used. Honestly you can just watch the first and last episodes and very little is lost, you're going to save yourself a lot of annoying "banter", specially the scenes with Zenitsu. The last episode is the only praise I can really give this season, it has great action and high stakes, even if the outcome is pretty obvious.
Vizurai
06/30/2024, 02:19 PM
Season 4 of Demon Slayer strays from the typical formula we are used to seeing from the show by now. This season lacks a majority of the action and suspense that we have come to expect. Despite this unusual structure, the show provides yet another interesting experience for the viewer. This season prepares us for the final act of the story by allowing the audience to get better acquainted with its characters, and it executes this masterfully. Throughout the first 7 episodes of this season, Tanjiro spends time training with all of the 8 living Hashira (Including a retired Tengen Uzui). Each encounter is anentertaining experience. We learn more about these characters, and get to enjoy their personalities on full display. The training isn't particularly difficult for our MC, but this is to be expected, as his skills have been honed through multiple encounters with powerful enemies. This arc is much less about the training itself, and more about experiencing the array of characters that are important to the show. I personally found great enjoyment in these episodes, as I was excited to learn more about some of the Hashira who haven't had much screentime to this point in the show. Though the majority of this season is different from the usual show, it is similar in that it still ends with a big and exciting action sequence. The final episode, which was 40 minutes long, seemed to go by at light speed. Everything that this show has been setting up is coming together for a climactic finish. Episode 8 leaves the viewer begging for more. This slower, less action packed season has perhaps the most exhilarating finale of the entire show to this point. I myself am certainly looking forward to seeing what comes next for this story. I thoroughly disagree with the people who claim that Demon Slayer is a show carried by its animation. Its plot, while simple at times, is effective and entertaining. Some characters do not have a lot of depth, but they are almost always enjoyable on screen. Demon Slayer is a masterclass of shonen anime, and this season is no exception to its greatness. The Hashira Training Arc falls just short of some of the show's other seasons, but still sticks the landing beautifully.
Cyrose
06/30/2024, 01:28 PM
Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc was known as the “calm before the storm arc” where all the demon slayers were trained in the mindset to defeat the demon king. Only a few people know why this season and the previous season (Swordsmith Village Arc) was lower quality than the prior seasons. This reason is simple and obvious. Ufotable wasn’t used to make multiple anime adaptations in the same time period. Therefore since they accepted to make Genshin Impact adaptation, the Director of Demon Slayer had to either say goodbye to half of his staff (animators) or they had to cut down on Demon Slayer productionschedule. Either option was a hit back in the expense of Demon Slayer which resulted lower quality. The only way that they could have remedied this situation if they would’ve delayed the release. They chose to do less animation and less detail and that’s what happening. I can also understand that people doesn’t like Zenitsu’s crazy personality, for their satisfaction we are not going to see more crazy screaming. We’re also not going to see smiling Muichiro and all these lovely moments were made as happy memories for the viewers. We all got this warming and friendly vibes in which we had a chance to know more about all the hashiras before things turn serious. Everyone knew the story isn’t that extraordinary or complicated to understand and follow, but still somehow people are getting mad in 2024 that “demon slayer has no story”. Now they are crying for action, because they only watching Demon Slayer for the action. In conclusion, this is a training arc. Ufotable doing multiple anime at a time, and those who really enjoy Demon Slayer (with all its flaws) hopes that people who now let out their hatred, can found themselves enjoy the final with us. For whatever reason they are still watching it six years in. I believe we all watching it for entertainment, even if you hate it or love it. I know that this wasn’t on par with season two, but still Demon Slayer is a gem in the shounen genre. That will receive love for its little details and distaste for its greater mistakes. Either way, all viewers are just wants to see the best cinematic action ever created in the history of anime.. as expected to be. The reputation of this stirring adventure is now in the hands of Ufotable’s team and they better not drop the pen before sun rises. Final Score 6/10 (This is a balance review to the overwhelmingly numerous negative reviews - rants) Thank you for reading! See you all in the theaters!
Chanoyu
06/30/2024, 12:37 PM
It's typical DS, just another season, what to say more about it... Still amazing music, still amazing art and animations, still easy yet fancy story and fights. Final episode just rocks and is definitely giving high hopes for final 3 movies. It's true that this season is more about dialogues and fun and some character development rather than permanent fights like in previous seasons and movies. But personally I really liked it. It just carry over the easy story it develops and makes here some proper character development also with some deeper introduction of some characters we will meet in future 3 movies. It's understandable not everybodyis happy about it but obviously majority of people is satisfied with the outcome. But because it's just 1 slower season taking its time and care, doesn't mean it's a bad season. As far as I see, majority of DS community liked this season and we are just dealing again with some vocal minority trying to shit on this season just because they didn't like it, so that automatically has to mean nobody can like it and everybody who liked it has to be spammed with laugh emoji or such. Do as you please, it really doesn't change the reality, which must be frustrating for some of those individuals :) Season is finished, waiting for a grand finale. It's safe to say that if you are a DS fan and you know the flow of the show, you will most likely like it. Slow pace and more easy story in majority of this season doesn't have to be the right cup of tea for everybody but the stories around Hashiras and entire training is more than enjoyable. If you don't like slowly paced shows/seasons, you can also just try the first episode and then skip to the last one, as much as it was a nice season, it's also safe to say you won't miss much if you'll skip 6 episodes. Take it based on your taste, enjoy it and don't spread childish hate, there just depends on you how much you will or won't enjoy it, nothing more.
Immortal_Anime
06/30/2024, 11:07 AM
Honestly its literally just a training arc. No real plot happens until the last episode as it just sets up for the next season. I know why the author wrote the arc this way but it still felt like we waited for nothing; this entire arc was made just to hype up the next season for the show/next arc. If you are reading this in the future, where this series is completed, then I would watch the first episode and the last 2 episodes of this season and then move on to the next season. No plot happens in between, not even new "moves" orbreathing techniques are shown its just a season of power scaling the characters so people can't complain that they didn't "train" for what happens next season. Overall I would say this season felt more like a slice of life anime than Demon Slayer.
KoraxCatalyst
06/30/2024, 09:37 AM
Season four of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba might be the first time since becoming an anime fan where I watched an entire season of television, and the only real tangible thought I had consistently throughout was “this is a shounen.” Outside of recognizing its target demographic, I felt effectively nothing of what is supposed to be the biggest anime franchise in the world. I’m not the type of character to stand from my intellectual ivory tower where I watch shit like Asatte no Houkou or Koi Kaze, shows that no one has ever heard a fucking peep about, and unilaterally lambast mainstream (shounen) animelike its reality television, I can like this stuff as much as the next guy. However, I also possess the basic faculties necessary to completely disengage from a work because I recognize it doesn’t provide much insight in whatever subject matter it chooses to tackle. Demon Slayer Season Four may be one of the most rote takes on a pre-final boss power up arc you could possibly find in the medium today. It’s so bereft of any kind of serious stakes for most of its run that I’m legitimately surprised they didn’t try to add content like they did for the television release of Mugen Train or something. I really don’t want to be some kind of navel-gazing Demon Slayer hater, especially given that I enjoyed parts of the first season, but at this point I don’t people would even fucking care if I did. Much like My Hero Academia, the ardent support base for KnY has been falling off since season three and for a good (but separate) reason, the story is consolidating itself entirely around Tanjiro, thus depriving the narrative of any kind of serious depth. We are 62 episodes into what will probably be an 80+ episode long television series, and we still have no idea what the backstory of one of its supposed “main characters” are. How the fuck can Inosuke fight!? Who is he? Why is he here? I shouldn’t be asking this question with so little at this stage in the game. The only thing we’ve gotten is that he has a heightened sense of touch, and he can’t be poisoned because “I’m from the mountain” or some bullshit like that? The only facet of a standard shounen manga that Gotouge is even good at writing is the sad backstory, and we can’t even get that. Hell, if you count season 2, we’ve BARELY gotten any Zenitsu or Inosuke in the last like 20+ episodes, and they’re supposed to be the flavor that accentuates Tanjiro’s personality. And because of this, all we get for most of this season is Tanjiro going around to various Hashira and being like “I’m a good little boy :D.” Such incredible drama, literally crying and throwing the fuck up. I know the author was trying to drive a greater point home that Tanjiro is a living ideal that inspires other people in the narrative to push past their limits, but his personality is still foundationally shallow. It leads me to believe this entirely inconsequential trajectory we’ve been on since season three has entirely been the product of whatever was going on in Gotouge’s life back in 2017/18 that lead her to make a mad dash towards the manga’s ending regardless of the consequences that would have on the overall storytelling. In a timeline where God is real, season four should’ve been jumping back and forth between Zenitsu and Inosuke, elegantly depicting their respective fights with their own respective demons. Since Tanjiro has no real character to develop, it is on THEM to compensate for him and develop their own ideas accordingly. Season one created the loose foundations to do it, but the manga clearly failed to capitalize on its own potential, leading to another season lacking any serious intrigue (at least until the final episode where they shoehorn in the beginning of the manga’s final arc). And any of the development we do get this season is just kind of laughable. One of the three characters from the first episode, who’s only been in maybe 4 of the 60 something-odd episodes released so far, completely releases like a decade’s worth of repression and trauma because the main character says one thing? Are you fucking kidding me? I legit giggled out loud in pure incredulity at Tanjiro’s Christlike persuasive abilities despite him lacking any charisma. When Tanjiro helped out Kanao in season one, before the show became this giant, corporate, franchise homunculus, even then I thought it was a tad out of character for him to have any genuine charm. It felt like the mangaka wanted to start actually imbuing life into her puppets only to give it up because of whatever was going on in her personal life. So with Tanjiro being “in character” (as the flanderized, empty-smiling husk he is), it made it even more stupid. And this nonsense involves the Hashira, the supposed “good characters.” Laughing my fucking ass off. In terms of visuals, it’s the same as ever. Compared to another Ufotable show from ten years ago I’ve recently been watching, Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, Demon Slayer’s character art is incredibly consistent and impressively displayed, with thick outlines in abundance. While you can criticize the show for lacking unique directorial talent, something Ufotable has been struggling with since losing Ei Aoki in my opinion, the studio’s usual style of 3D storyboards, dynamic camera movement, vibrant color design, and extravagant digital compositing, ends with Demon slayer still looking impressive with genuine artistic demonstrations. You know this already it’s season goddamn four, there’s no reason for it to magically look dogshit at this point even with the limitations of TV animation. Suffice it to say, there isn’t much else to say about Demon Slayer at this point outside of soiling what could’ve been mildly interesting. I’ll keep watching every year because I want to know what’s popular, and every year until it finishes, I’ll keep being underwhelmed. It’s all downhill from here motherfuckers, I’ve not heard anything impressive from the final arcs so it’s just going to be trudging along with more fights until this work gasps its last fancifully depicted breath and we never have to hear about it ever again. It’s so bizarre to have a work, which is one of the defining pieces of Japanese media from this side of the century, be something so absolutely hollow, bland, and uninteresting. I may write something for whatever half-hearted finale we end up getting, but I think this 1200 words I just pumped out is probably all that this series deserves. It’s sad, I’ve had barely any time to watch anime these last two months because I now have consistent employment and dared to have a social life, and the only show from this season I could possibly fit into that schedule, that I spent four hours watching, that I dedicated like three hours to write for, was Demon fucking Slayer of all things. I know, it depresses me too. Have a nice day.
Stark700
06/30/2024, 08:35 AM
Demon Slayer's Hashira Training Arc has been one of the more controversial arcs in the franchise, not because of sensitive content or uncharacteristics elements. No, it's in fact, a training arc. Literally as it says, this 8-episode arc is about training and something you'd probably would be fed up with after just three episodes, let alone 8. While shounen adaptations often have episodes with training, those only span short episodes or even segments. It's uncommon that an entire season is dedicated on training. Suit up because there will be a whole lot of training in the fourth season. Hashira Training Arc didn't start out in sucha predictable style however. From the opening minutes of the first episode, we witness the Hashira doing what they do best: exterminate demons. It leads with Wind Hashira Sanemi Shinazugawa and Serpent Hashira Obanai Iguro doing work and protecting the public. What started as a trailblazing chase ends in a bizarre twist when we see a labyrinth of walls and demons literally spawn out of nowhere. It's a confusing segment that needs more explanation but this season won't have those answers. Flashforward to rest of the episode and we open our eyes to the reality of this arc: Hashira Training. As it says, this is essentially a training arc meaning that everything you see is related, connected to, or associated with training. It's an extended preparation for our main characters to take on the Upper Moon Demons and Muzan himself. Up to this point, it's established that the highest ranking demons are eons above the average generic demons and even the lower ranks. In order to reach the same level, this arc has the cast training in blood, sweat, and tears. The season also explores some of the background storytelling and motivations among the Hashira members, noticably Giyu and Tengen. Each episode also pits Tanjiro, Zenitsu, among others to train in different styles. The season aims for a diverse range of training sessions but let's be honest here, the storytelling all sells the same product. Once you've seen one or two of these episodes, it feels like you've seen them all. Nonetheless, this is an important arc to prepare the cast physically, mentally, and emotionally. However, this season will be a big disappointment if you're seeking for action. Compared to all the previous seasons and even movies, this has the least amount of fighting sequences and direct conflicts. You really should not expect a training arc to have battles on the frontlines. Instead, we got character connections and how some can relate to others based on their past and present experiences. Muzan and his Upper Demons are also plotting behind the scenes as we see glimpses of their characters. There's no doubt this season is preparing for the Hashira to take them on in th their eventual conflict, like events destined to happen. We would be lying to ourselves if we said ufotable didn't do a stellar job. Once again stepping up to the plate to deliver an animation extravaganza, they set the bar this season with quality. Character designs, settings, and emotions are protrayed at the highest quality, similar to previous season. Even if you find this arc itself monotonous to follow, it contains jawbreaking animation and groundbreaking chereography. It truly is a visual feast of the season. Controversy is a word that will be bought up when fans describe this season. It contains 8 episodes but all of it is set up to prepare our cast for their inveitable battles. Even with an extended 1-hour season finale, let me just say that this serve as a prep season. The real meal is up to fans to feast on later.

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen 鬼滅の刃柱稽古編

2024 spring | Episodes: 8 | Score: 8.1 (336186)

Updated every Sundays at 23:15 | Status: Finished Airing

Type: TV

Producers:Aniplex | Shueisha

Streaming: Crunchyroll | Bahamut Anime Crazy | Bilibili Global

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Hanae, Natsuki

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RaChuckie
11/22/2024, 02:37 PM
Ok so I do like this anime and I will watch the last season when it releases either way. I have to say I was a bit disappointed. There was just a lot of training and most of the action was in the last episode and then you are left on a cliffhanger. Although I understand that this will probably make the last season better or maybe I'm just being hopeful they got a lot of things out of the way in this season. But there was so little action. It was all just training it was a little boring to be honest. It was very dragged out but I feellike the story just didn't do it for me like the other seasons. I wish they put more effort into the music it doesn't seem to fit the anime.
Thepokemonmaster
08/13/2024, 08:57 AM
Slow build-up to perhaps some of the most incredible scenes in media history. The fact that most reviews seem to have watched only 4 of the 8 episodes is honestly crazy given the ramp-up in this arc. As if you do that then you are effectivly kneecapping the entire point of watching this season. A season that is, as described, a training arc. As much as I would love non-stop action, it's these slow moments in anime that build up character and motivation within fights. After this season I am substantially more invested in a significant volume of the cast. This season is full ofchill vibes, meaningful interaction and progress. And will be a highpoint for many in retrospect. When you get to the end of the season you'll understand this review.
redsoxspace
07/15/2024, 10:10 PM
This is the lowest score I've ever given to a Demon Slayer season. I still gave it a 7 because it feels unfair to the animators to rank it any lower, and the last episode was good, but other than that this felt like a filler season to me. One problem I've always had with Demon Slayer is the pacing can feel glacially slow sometimes. I've remarked to friends that I think the first season could've been cut in half with how much certain plot-lines were dragged out (the spider demon arc took foreverrr), without too much value added, and the same stands for thisseason. Unlike the first season however, the plot never really progresses forward, and the whole season is pretty much a set-up for the following season. I obviously didn't absolutely hate it since I gave it a relatively high score, but for Demon Slayer it didn't keep the standard I'm used to. If you're a big fan of Demon Slayer, don't let my review deter you, the animation is still fantastic, and there is some good development of some of the Hashira. However for me personally, I was a little annoyed when I finished and it didn't feel like it added anything tangible to the plot-line (save for 1 major addition which I won't spoil). Overall still a solid season compared to other anime, but a disappointment to me in terms of Demon Slayer seasons.
rcrumana
07/11/2024, 09:53 AM
The animation was fantastic as always. Not quite as good flashy as some of the previous seasons, and occasionally the 3d sticks out like a sore thumb, but overall very dynamic and some of the best animation you'll see in the genre. As for the story, this is filler and is paced a little too slow. The whole allure of seasonal anime is better animation and no filler. If I am only going to get 8 episodes in one year I expect them to be well paced, well written, important episodes, and the majority of this season wasn't that. I know this is set upfor an impactful conclusion but I much prefer how that manga treated this part of the story instead of the anime. Furthermore as the show goes on, the character jokes are getting too repetitive for my taste. I want to see slow growth over the course of the series with milestones along the way, not slapstick over and over again until they ultimately do a 180 and overcome their weaknesses. This is ultimately a shortcoming of the manga and the story in general, but it felt like the anime leaned more heavily into it since they were stalling for time.
Zapso
07/10/2024, 10:58 PM
The latest season of Demon Slayer suffers from mediocre pacing, unfunny comedic moments, and mid-tier characters. Most episodes aren't enjoyable to watch as there's nothing going on, with the best ones carried by fight scenes while character development and world-building are non-existent. Like previous seasons, this one has only 1-2 good episodes, with the rest being lackluster. However, the final episode was nothing short of a masterpiece, making the season worth watching. The characters and story are rated at 5.5/10 and 5/10 respectively, the pacing at 4/10, music at 7/10, voice acting at 9/10, and the animation at a perfect 10/10, bringing the overall enjoyabilityto a 6/10.
CyberXane
07/06/2024, 09:56 PM
The last episode made this arc great, though the other episodes were alright. This arc is relatively short and even shorter in the manga. Essentially, the demon slayers are training to become as skilled as the Hashira and for the Hashira to unlock the mark in preparation for the final battle. When I read the manga, this arc felt more like a few chapters of training before diving straight into the final battle. Most of what the anime presented is filler. For instance, the two separate episodes featuring Uzui and Tokito were only two pages each in the manga, amounting to just 2-6 panels though there'snothing wrong with that. The added character development strengthens the viewer's connection to the characters. Also from what I've heard, the creator had to end the series quickly around this time due to IRL stuff with family, which sped up the progression to the final battle. The anime's inclusion of backstory and character development adds in a bit of content to build a connection with the hashira a bit more. Regarding the last episode, it truly stood out. I think I speak for every fan that they are ready for the final battle to begin and can't wait for the upcoming movies. As for the opening and ending themes, they were nothing special to me. They weren't as great as the previous ones, in my opinion. Overall, I give it a 7/10. It's a good setup for the final battle but ultimately it's just a build-up arc.
lenahimesama
07/04/2024, 03:15 AM
Personally, I think we should forget about animating all the sad, serious, gruesome bits of Demon Slayer and turn it into a slice of life anime, like this season was! Just kidding. Phenomenal animation as per usual. We get to spend time with the main characters and the build up before the next arc. Ufotable animates their comedy SO well. Anyone complaining about the lack of action and calling this season "filler" needs only to look at Jujutsu Kaisen to see what happens when you have all action and no character exposition. You end up not caring who lives or dies- no attachment to theplot fodder. Now we can proceed to the next season adequately invested.
nyxnchan_07
07/03/2024, 11:40 AM
Just finished watching the last ep, and i kid you not i an literally shaking. Everything was so beautiful and ethereal. Every single detail,the story line, literally just everything has left me in awe, i am actually speechless how i can't properly express my feelings here at the moment. Ended up crying because it really touched my heart, this is what you call an anime which just leaves you speechless & shaking. I feel so alive rn. If you need to suggest a beginner an anime, this has to be the one. It literally gives you a new perspective, it's seriously so interesting to getto know more about the characters & what motivates them to move forward to fight for their lives after feeling like they have no reason to live anymore. I am so attatched to this, i am surely going to be heartbroken as if my marriage with the loml got called off the moment this anime ends, really going to miss all the characters so much. Truly very excited to see what happens next.
VKBoomsticks
07/02/2024, 05:00 PM
One really good episode does not make a below average season suddenly really good. This season was a training arc where nothing really happened. There some funny moments here and there and character exposition but it really felt like Naruto filler. All of these episodes but the last one are almost parallel to the filler stretches of Shippuden that were pretty forgettable. That’s fine when there’s going to be an entire canon arc of action in between these filler stretches of a weekly anime. But this season is only 8 episodes and almost all of them are like this and one episode feels like itpushes the story forward. It’s kind of an insult to the viewer when their time feels wasted. I saw people saying this could have been a special and that for sure can be case. I think people would like this part of the story way more instead of padding for the final episode. I don’t think the anime has fallen off or anything but this was disappointing.
DeadKitsune
07/02/2024, 12:37 PM
portuguese (english bellow) Eu particularmente curti muito essa temporada. Especialmente o último episódio, que pra mim foi um 10/10. Nos 7 primeiros episódios, vemos Tanjiro treinar com os hashiras. Eu gosto muito dos personagens e pra mim foi divertido, mas nada demais. Se a temporada fosse só isso, eu daria um 7/10. O último episódio mudou as coisas completamente. Simplesmente incrível. O visual é LINDO. As reações dos personagens me deixaram muito animada pro próximo arco, especialmente o Zenitsu. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen - 8/10 english (not really good D:) I really enjoyed this season. Especially the last episode, wich was a 10/10 for me. In the first 7 episodes,we can see Tanjiro training with the hashiras. I really like the characters so it was fun to me, but nothing wow. If this season was just this, i would give it a 7/10. The last episode changed things completely. Amazing. The visuals are BEAUTIFUL. The characters reactions made me get really excited for the next arc, especially Zenitsu. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen - 8/10
cynfest456
07/02/2024, 10:11 AM
This part of the story beiny 8.19 smells like haters are down voting the living hell out of this. THIS IS AN ANIME ADAPTATION. LEAVE YOUR PREJUDICE OF THE SOURCE MATERIAL OUT AND LOOK AT THE PRODUCT BEING PRESENTED We will not, i repeat, we will never see another series get an adaptation like this, and the fans of other battle shonens and mid-sekais are going to have to deal with the fact that your IPs are probably being used as money laundering schemes by the studios at this point. Ufotable just elevated the bar for anime and I'm glad since the early 2010s animation and adaptationhave devolved and it's been glaringly obvious that studios have been producing inferior products when compared to the technology that was available to staff over 10 years. SIMPLY PUT THIS PART WAS PEAK AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE TRILOGY.
tele_fon
07/02/2024, 06:41 AM
As a manga reader, I know this season will be 90% chore and 10% EPICNESS. And damn was I right, but that 10% literally got me in tears of joy and HYPE. It's a season long set-up before the non-stop battle of the finale. This is a watch guide for people who want only the meat: EP 1 Intro to training arc = Good to know to get an overview of the season EP 2-6 The training montage, the same old DS humor, the trauma dump of Hashiras = Skippable (It was better in the manga where you can control the pacing) EP 7 Where things getboiling. You'll want to witness this ep just for Zenitsu, but the last 5 minutes was amazing too. EP 8 THE PEAK = Just holy sh*t! I know Demon Slayer animation always goes hard, but even the snow flake in this ep got me gaping. The details of the setting, the way it portrayed the character's motivation, & the brief fight scene. What got me super emotional was the dialogue showdown. Demon Slayer is a story about generation after generation passing on the baton to accomplish one greater goal. This makes it old-fashion and maybe even corny, but you can't deny that it's epic. I think it goes beyond winning with the power of friendship to making your live on hopes & dreams in other people. The fight not only looks good, but the weight of it never feels hollow. This season is not the best. I wish they include a few more chapters in to make up for the looooong set up. Still, I can't wait for the final arc. Wish they didn't release it in 3 seperate movies, but 1 full season and maybe final movie instead though.😅
234Mannan
07/01/2024, 01:46 AM
Training arcs are some of the most looked down upon stuff in the anime medium. However, this season proves you can actually incorporate these things and add to the story while making a set up for what actually is the finale of an action series. The season is primarily focused on showing the natural progression Tanjiro goes through along with learning about the pillars better. Honestly there are some pacing issues here and there and some minimal flaws but let's be fair, every story has its fair share of shortcomings and honestly why focus primarily on them? In the end I will be mostly talking about the last2 episodes and why that makes this season my fav after the 1st. Demon slayer is about grieving with loss and a large group of people having a single common enemy. We see from various backstories that it was also a matter of who meets whom first. Most demons are unlucky people who met Muzan who is also at most occasions portrayed as the "whisper of the devil" while slayers being people who are either betrayed or lost their loved ones. The ultimate battle between these 2 forces comes down the individual resolves both of these groups have. Often portrayed as super humans or just straight up psychos sometimes even, in this season we get to learn about these ultimate + normal slayers who are actually just normal human beings and how if times were different, they could have lived a normal life. This factor adds to the characterization of the cast in a way since in most cases we don't usually get to engage with such mannerisms of the side characters or the strongest individuals in a shounen series. I won't be mentioning the examples at least but these are some things which distinguishes it from other shounen series. In short, all the things are ultimately setup from season 1 considering the nature of the narrative so far and this season brings it all together in the last 2 episodes setting up the ultimate finale. From the moment Gyomei's story begins to the meetup between the 2 leaders, the anime provides with several analogies using Buddhist beliefs, symbolism and ultimately the clash of ideals between 2 groups of people and that in turn creates the kind of stakes which are rarely a thing in shounen nowadays. There will be action but that action won't be mindless considering the reasons most of them fight for and the battles themselves. And of course, the spectacle itself considering the production. I know people often complain about how "the show is produced by a good studio" which honestly is a complaint I can't wrap my head around... I mean when did having good adaptations became a bad thing... Not to mention the nitpicks though ig I am going to ignore that for now. In short, the character moments, the set-up, the overarching ideologies, symbolism, clash of resolves by 2 groups and ultimately the progression of the characters themselves makes this not only a great set up but honestly a perfect arc before the finale and shows that training arcs can actually serve a greater purpose for an action series. Time for the trilogy and yeah see you guys in well several years. Thankyou for reading and adios :)
MrKessler
06/30/2024, 03:36 PM
This was not good, Demon Slayer already has a terrible problem with character writing, the one redeeming quality is the amazing action, and this season has basically none of that besides the very last episode (which is episode 8). All the episodes not counting the last are the same: Tanjiro goes to a Hashira to "train", every single one of the fodder hashira's look at him in awe for how good he is, Tanjiro doesn't learn anything, leaves for the next hashira. This is probably one of the worst training arcs I have ever seen in anime, it might as well have been filler, Tanjiro doesntlearn anything from this training, its useless. And for those who say episodes like this can build characters up, very little of that is actually done during this arc, the pacing is terrible and the time is very poorly used. Honestly you can just watch the first and last episodes and very little is lost, you're going to save yourself a lot of annoying "banter", specially the scenes with Zenitsu. The last episode is the only praise I can really give this season, it has great action and high stakes, even if the outcome is pretty obvious.
Vizurai
06/30/2024, 02:19 PM
Season 4 of Demon Slayer strays from the typical formula we are used to seeing from the show by now. This season lacks a majority of the action and suspense that we have come to expect. Despite this unusual structure, the show provides yet another interesting experience for the viewer. This season prepares us for the final act of the story by allowing the audience to get better acquainted with its characters, and it executes this masterfully. Throughout the first 7 episodes of this season, Tanjiro spends time training with all of the 8 living Hashira (Including a retired Tengen Uzui). Each encounter is anentertaining experience. We learn more about these characters, and get to enjoy their personalities on full display. The training isn't particularly difficult for our MC, but this is to be expected, as his skills have been honed through multiple encounters with powerful enemies. This arc is much less about the training itself, and more about experiencing the array of characters that are important to the show. I personally found great enjoyment in these episodes, as I was excited to learn more about some of the Hashira who haven't had much screentime to this point in the show. Though the majority of this season is different from the usual show, it is similar in that it still ends with a big and exciting action sequence. The final episode, which was 40 minutes long, seemed to go by at light speed. Everything that this show has been setting up is coming together for a climactic finish. Episode 8 leaves the viewer begging for more. This slower, less action packed season has perhaps the most exhilarating finale of the entire show to this point. I myself am certainly looking forward to seeing what comes next for this story. I thoroughly disagree with the people who claim that Demon Slayer is a show carried by its animation. Its plot, while simple at times, is effective and entertaining. Some characters do not have a lot of depth, but they are almost always enjoyable on screen. Demon Slayer is a masterclass of shonen anime, and this season is no exception to its greatness. The Hashira Training Arc falls just short of some of the show's other seasons, but still sticks the landing beautifully.
Cyrose
06/30/2024, 01:28 PM
Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc was known as the “calm before the storm arc” where all the demon slayers were trained in the mindset to defeat the demon king. Only a few people know why this season and the previous season (Swordsmith Village Arc) was lower quality than the prior seasons. This reason is simple and obvious. Ufotable wasn’t used to make multiple anime adaptations in the same time period. Therefore since they accepted to make Genshin Impact adaptation, the Director of Demon Slayer had to either say goodbye to half of his staff (animators) or they had to cut down on Demon Slayer productionschedule. Either option was a hit back in the expense of Demon Slayer which resulted lower quality. The only way that they could have remedied this situation if they would’ve delayed the release. They chose to do less animation and less detail and that’s what happening. I can also understand that people doesn’t like Zenitsu’s crazy personality, for their satisfaction we are not going to see more crazy screaming. We’re also not going to see smiling Muichiro and all these lovely moments were made as happy memories for the viewers. We all got this warming and friendly vibes in which we had a chance to know more about all the hashiras before things turn serious. Everyone knew the story isn’t that extraordinary or complicated to understand and follow, but still somehow people are getting mad in 2024 that “demon slayer has no story”. Now they are crying for action, because they only watching Demon Slayer for the action. In conclusion, this is a training arc. Ufotable doing multiple anime at a time, and those who really enjoy Demon Slayer (with all its flaws) hopes that people who now let out their hatred, can found themselves enjoy the final with us. For whatever reason they are still watching it six years in. I believe we all watching it for entertainment, even if you hate it or love it. I know that this wasn’t on par with season two, but still Demon Slayer is a gem in the shounen genre. That will receive love for its little details and distaste for its greater mistakes. Either way, all viewers are just wants to see the best cinematic action ever created in the history of anime.. as expected to be. The reputation of this stirring adventure is now in the hands of Ufotable’s team and they better not drop the pen before sun rises. Final Score 6/10 (This is a balance review to the overwhelmingly numerous negative reviews - rants) Thank you for reading! See you all in the theaters!
Chanoyu
06/30/2024, 12:37 PM
It's typical DS, just another season, what to say more about it... Still amazing music, still amazing art and animations, still easy yet fancy story and fights. Final episode just rocks and is definitely giving high hopes for final 3 movies. It's true that this season is more about dialogues and fun and some character development rather than permanent fights like in previous seasons and movies. But personally I really liked it. It just carry over the easy story it develops and makes here some proper character development also with some deeper introduction of some characters we will meet in future 3 movies. It's understandable not everybodyis happy about it but obviously majority of people is satisfied with the outcome. But because it's just 1 slower season taking its time and care, doesn't mean it's a bad season. As far as I see, majority of DS community liked this season and we are just dealing again with some vocal minority trying to shit on this season just because they didn't like it, so that automatically has to mean nobody can like it and everybody who liked it has to be spammed with laugh emoji or such. Do as you please, it really doesn't change the reality, which must be frustrating for some of those individuals :) Season is finished, waiting for a grand finale. It's safe to say that if you are a DS fan and you know the flow of the show, you will most likely like it. Slow pace and more easy story in majority of this season doesn't have to be the right cup of tea for everybody but the stories around Hashiras and entire training is more than enjoyable. If you don't like slowly paced shows/seasons, you can also just try the first episode and then skip to the last one, as much as it was a nice season, it's also safe to say you won't miss much if you'll skip 6 episodes. Take it based on your taste, enjoy it and don't spread childish hate, there just depends on you how much you will or won't enjoy it, nothing more.
Immortal_Anime
06/30/2024, 11:07 AM
Honestly its literally just a training arc. No real plot happens until the last episode as it just sets up for the next season. I know why the author wrote the arc this way but it still felt like we waited for nothing; this entire arc was made just to hype up the next season for the show/next arc. If you are reading this in the future, where this series is completed, then I would watch the first episode and the last 2 episodes of this season and then move on to the next season. No plot happens in between, not even new "moves" orbreathing techniques are shown its just a season of power scaling the characters so people can't complain that they didn't "train" for what happens next season. Overall I would say this season felt more like a slice of life anime than Demon Slayer.
KoraxCatalyst
06/30/2024, 09:37 AM
Season four of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba might be the first time since becoming an anime fan where I watched an entire season of television, and the only real tangible thought I had consistently throughout was “this is a shounen.” Outside of recognizing its target demographic, I felt effectively nothing of what is supposed to be the biggest anime franchise in the world. I’m not the type of character to stand from my intellectual ivory tower where I watch shit like Asatte no Houkou or Koi Kaze, shows that no one has ever heard a fucking peep about, and unilaterally lambast mainstream (shounen) animelike its reality television, I can like this stuff as much as the next guy. However, I also possess the basic faculties necessary to completely disengage from a work because I recognize it doesn’t provide much insight in whatever subject matter it chooses to tackle. Demon Slayer Season Four may be one of the most rote takes on a pre-final boss power up arc you could possibly find in the medium today. It’s so bereft of any kind of serious stakes for most of its run that I’m legitimately surprised they didn’t try to add content like they did for the television release of Mugen Train or something. I really don’t want to be some kind of navel-gazing Demon Slayer hater, especially given that I enjoyed parts of the first season, but at this point I don’t people would even fucking care if I did. Much like My Hero Academia, the ardent support base for KnY has been falling off since season three and for a good (but separate) reason, the story is consolidating itself entirely around Tanjiro, thus depriving the narrative of any kind of serious depth. We are 62 episodes into what will probably be an 80+ episode long television series, and we still have no idea what the backstory of one of its supposed “main characters” are. How the fuck can Inosuke fight!? Who is he? Why is he here? I shouldn’t be asking this question with so little at this stage in the game. The only thing we’ve gotten is that he has a heightened sense of touch, and he can’t be poisoned because “I’m from the mountain” or some bullshit like that? The only facet of a standard shounen manga that Gotouge is even good at writing is the sad backstory, and we can’t even get that. Hell, if you count season 2, we’ve BARELY gotten any Zenitsu or Inosuke in the last like 20+ episodes, and they’re supposed to be the flavor that accentuates Tanjiro’s personality. And because of this, all we get for most of this season is Tanjiro going around to various Hashira and being like “I’m a good little boy :D.” Such incredible drama, literally crying and throwing the fuck up. I know the author was trying to drive a greater point home that Tanjiro is a living ideal that inspires other people in the narrative to push past their limits, but his personality is still foundationally shallow. It leads me to believe this entirely inconsequential trajectory we’ve been on since season three has entirely been the product of whatever was going on in Gotouge’s life back in 2017/18 that lead her to make a mad dash towards the manga’s ending regardless of the consequences that would have on the overall storytelling. In a timeline where God is real, season four should’ve been jumping back and forth between Zenitsu and Inosuke, elegantly depicting their respective fights with their own respective demons. Since Tanjiro has no real character to develop, it is on THEM to compensate for him and develop their own ideas accordingly. Season one created the loose foundations to do it, but the manga clearly failed to capitalize on its own potential, leading to another season lacking any serious intrigue (at least until the final episode where they shoehorn in the beginning of the manga’s final arc). And any of the development we do get this season is just kind of laughable. One of the three characters from the first episode, who’s only been in maybe 4 of the 60 something-odd episodes released so far, completely releases like a decade’s worth of repression and trauma because the main character says one thing? Are you fucking kidding me? I legit giggled out loud in pure incredulity at Tanjiro’s Christlike persuasive abilities despite him lacking any charisma. When Tanjiro helped out Kanao in season one, before the show became this giant, corporate, franchise homunculus, even then I thought it was a tad out of character for him to have any genuine charm. It felt like the mangaka wanted to start actually imbuing life into her puppets only to give it up because of whatever was going on in her personal life. So with Tanjiro being “in character” (as the flanderized, empty-smiling husk he is), it made it even more stupid. And this nonsense involves the Hashira, the supposed “good characters.” Laughing my fucking ass off. In terms of visuals, it’s the same as ever. Compared to another Ufotable show from ten years ago I’ve recently been watching, Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, Demon Slayer’s character art is incredibly consistent and impressively displayed, with thick outlines in abundance. While you can criticize the show for lacking unique directorial talent, something Ufotable has been struggling with since losing Ei Aoki in my opinion, the studio’s usual style of 3D storyboards, dynamic camera movement, vibrant color design, and extravagant digital compositing, ends with Demon slayer still looking impressive with genuine artistic demonstrations. You know this already it’s season goddamn four, there’s no reason for it to magically look dogshit at this point even with the limitations of TV animation. Suffice it to say, there isn’t much else to say about Demon Slayer at this point outside of soiling what could’ve been mildly interesting. I’ll keep watching every year because I want to know what’s popular, and every year until it finishes, I’ll keep being underwhelmed. It’s all downhill from here motherfuckers, I’ve not heard anything impressive from the final arcs so it’s just going to be trudging along with more fights until this work gasps its last fancifully depicted breath and we never have to hear about it ever again. It’s so bizarre to have a work, which is one of the defining pieces of Japanese media from this side of the century, be something so absolutely hollow, bland, and uninteresting. I may write something for whatever half-hearted finale we end up getting, but I think this 1200 words I just pumped out is probably all that this series deserves. It’s sad, I’ve had barely any time to watch anime these last two months because I now have consistent employment and dared to have a social life, and the only show from this season I could possibly fit into that schedule, that I spent four hours watching, that I dedicated like three hours to write for, was Demon fucking Slayer of all things. I know, it depresses me too. Have a nice day.
Stark700
06/30/2024, 08:35 AM
Demon Slayer's Hashira Training Arc has been one of the more controversial arcs in the franchise, not because of sensitive content or uncharacteristics elements. No, it's in fact, a training arc. Literally as it says, this 8-episode arc is about training and something you'd probably would be fed up with after just three episodes, let alone 8. While shounen adaptations often have episodes with training, those only span short episodes or even segments. It's uncommon that an entire season is dedicated on training. Suit up because there will be a whole lot of training in the fourth season. Hashira Training Arc didn't start out in sucha predictable style however. From the opening minutes of the first episode, we witness the Hashira doing what they do best: exterminate demons. It leads with Wind Hashira Sanemi Shinazugawa and Serpent Hashira Obanai Iguro doing work and protecting the public. What started as a trailblazing chase ends in a bizarre twist when we see a labyrinth of walls and demons literally spawn out of nowhere. It's a confusing segment that needs more explanation but this season won't have those answers. Flashforward to rest of the episode and we open our eyes to the reality of this arc: Hashira Training. As it says, this is essentially a training arc meaning that everything you see is related, connected to, or associated with training. It's an extended preparation for our main characters to take on the Upper Moon Demons and Muzan himself. Up to this point, it's established that the highest ranking demons are eons above the average generic demons and even the lower ranks. In order to reach the same level, this arc has the cast training in blood, sweat, and tears. The season also explores some of the background storytelling and motivations among the Hashira members, noticably Giyu and Tengen. Each episode also pits Tanjiro, Zenitsu, among others to train in different styles. The season aims for a diverse range of training sessions but let's be honest here, the storytelling all sells the same product. Once you've seen one or two of these episodes, it feels like you've seen them all. Nonetheless, this is an important arc to prepare the cast physically, mentally, and emotionally. However, this season will be a big disappointment if you're seeking for action. Compared to all the previous seasons and even movies, this has the least amount of fighting sequences and direct conflicts. You really should not expect a training arc to have battles on the frontlines. Instead, we got character connections and how some can relate to others based on their past and present experiences. Muzan and his Upper Demons are also plotting behind the scenes as we see glimpses of their characters. There's no doubt this season is preparing for the Hashira to take them on in th their eventual conflict, like events destined to happen. We would be lying to ourselves if we said ufotable didn't do a stellar job. Once again stepping up to the plate to deliver an animation extravaganza, they set the bar this season with quality. Character designs, settings, and emotions are protrayed at the highest quality, similar to previous season. Even if you find this arc itself monotonous to follow, it contains jawbreaking animation and groundbreaking chereography. It truly is a visual feast of the season. Controversy is a word that will be bought up when fans describe this season. It contains 8 episodes but all of it is set up to prepare our cast for their inveitable battles. Even with an extended 1-hour season finale, let me just say that this serve as a prep season. The real meal is up to fans to feast on later.

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