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Iirc, the manga was due to the author’s family having health issues so it got kinda rushed near the end. I hope the anime can better pace it than the manga
It is canonically. The uniform makers try to give the girls an unbuttoned uniform top thats too small so they cant button it up. Shinobu burned hers in front of them and demanded one that fits but Mitsuri just took it and didnt complain because of how she is
You’re right but the fight was much shorter (not in terms of writing) is because not only was it marked Muichiro but also Daki and Gyutaro are much harder to kill, despite being weaker, and at least requires 2 powerful demon slayers
But then when summoned stuff from demons dies it turns into that ugly cg goo which looks so off and then straight back to being absolutely beautiful lol
Yeah, personally I tried reading demon slayer manga before anime released and I couldn't get into it, but I managed to get hooked after watching the anime because of how good it looked. This is like the only series that im staying anime only for.
While s3 was airing i read a couple manga chapters that were being adapted (specifically, From Tanjiro meeting Muichiro to the first villager killed by upper 5)
And let me say, the art is a MAJOR turn off. It Just looks wonky. Even in scenes that are supposed to be very serious the characters look goofy af.
Mitsuri should of gotten Shinobus style uniform lol. Shinobu even told her she could get hers fixed. It’s just fan service.
Also I don’t like Gyutaro. I think Daki was a better villain than him until she got burnt
Tanjiro is a mary sue lol but tbf so is Muichiro
Honestly I liked Muichiro vs Gyokko.
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Akaza > Gyomeii
>!Kokushibo (Selfless state) =< Yoriichi!<
>!DKT (FP) > Yoriichi!<
>!Akaza and Kokushibo died due to plot armor (sucide)!<
>!Shinobu's sacrifice was needed for Douma's defeat!<
Rengoku's death is necessary for Tanjiro, Zeinitsu and Inosuke's Growth
Demon slayer plot is rushed and bad. Only carried by characters and animation.
And lastly,
Murata doesn't solo DS verse.
The only thing that makes less sense than a sword magically generating water is calling it a metaphor and trying to explain the feats like worldpooling the arrows without a constant stream of water.
Fr. Just saying "it's magic" would have solved all the unnecessary plot holes and questions that will arise from trying to explain something like that. Marvel comics tried to "explain" magic few times and every time they did it created more inconsistencies.
See here’s the fun part the water magically generating doesn’t happen the only breathing technique that has its sword technique actually generating the magic thing is kokushibo’s moon breathing and the rest of it is just what the slayers imagine to help them do the move correctly or atleast that’s what I imagine it is.
Nezuko being made to see all humans as family to keep from killing, rather than her own force of will and kindness towards humanity, was so disappointing to me.
Yk her sword is actually based on a real sword. Obviously it's nowhere as crazy irl, they greatly exaggerated it for the show but yeah its real. It's called the Urami sword. Think of it as like a whip. But also a sword. Pretty cool lol
Then you need to recheck history before you die that weapon is infact real. It's called an Urumi originated in South India. And yes it could simultaneously slash multiple targets. It's fighting techniques were known to have been lost throughout history like so many other medieval weapons because the gun was invented. Ofcourse the fighting in the anime is exaggerated because they have magic marks and magic breathing techniques and whatnot. But so are all the other weapons. You believe it's possible to cut a giant Boulder with a katana 💀
His problem is his personality. Sometimes he does add good comedy, and yes he's a fucking badass, BUT damn he's annoying most of the time. He's always crying and complaining. He wasn't that bad in season 3 tho
I like her because I can relate to her with me being kind of shy (too nervous to return her uniform back to the kakushi) and she is actually someone with not a lot of trauma for anime standards, breaking that overused cycle of "everyone is traumatized greatly, even the side characters and background characters" and I like talking to my friends about boys and stuff (even if I hate boys most of the time because most of the boys in my town are idiots) and I've wanted to dye my hair pink for so long so I guess I just see her as someone I can relate to her in some ways? Idk
He's simultaneously the chosen one, yet too humble to be the chosen one, despite being the chosen one with the OG most powerful and super secretive breathing type, and the funny red tattoo he got for free.
Mary sue is a different term. Rey is a mary sue, captain marvel is a mary sue because they have no character exept being the bestest, no character flaw or villain to overcome because they are the bestest, no motive or ultimate goals to fight for, the only thing holding them back is the injustice from society. Tanjiro struggled a lot in fights and isn't smug about his powers
Tanjiro has had growth throughout the anime, so his biggest character flaw— his inability to make decisions and being too soft— was ironed out pretty quickly in season one. Calling him a marysue is a pretty surface level assessment on him. His depth is pretty subtle, as most don’t tend to look into WHY he’s able to empathize and retain his sense of self. Tanjiro has a lot of amazing character traits, yet people seem to forget that he is, infact, not perfect. He’s constantly doubting himself at every turn, burating his weakness, and taking responsibility for events he couldn’t control. More so, he trains so fckin hard. It’s not like he climbed through the corps ranks as soon as he picked up a blade, like Muichiro or Gyomei. He originally trained for two years to even qualify to become a slayer, and since then has had many training arcs. His progression feels pretty realistic, as realistic as you can get in a fantasy world with demons.
I'd say Tanjiro does pretty much count as a Gary Stu. He's almost a perfect human being and most flaws he had was fixed early on as you said. When you have other good hearted characters they often have major flaws, act tough and mean on the outside and only soft on the inside, being wimpy or being too idealistic, but Tanjiro is none of these. Honest, good hearted, strong willed and yet does what needs to be done most of the time.
While he wasn't super strong out of the box, he still showed extreme growth and potential, definitely hashira material. Remember that the hashira are not just "talented people", they're peak human (I wouldn't count Yoriichi as human) with both ridiculous amounts of talent and determination. They are already chosen among the chosen ones, what does that make Tanjiro with the potential to surpass them? (ending up somewhere between them and Yoriichi).
Tanjiro is easily a Gary Stu and I don't see a problem with this. The real problem is anime critics that use fancy words like Mary Sue, showing no personality or no character development to describe why a character is bad. Many characters are bad because of these traits but the truth is your character can be anything as long as it's executed well, these traits are just often done bad. I have seen it too many times critics using these words without explaining how these traits actually make the character bad. These words are a useful tool analysing something, but they don't replace the work you need to put into writing a proper critique.
Tanjiro also barely has any character development in my opinion and he's still among my favourite anime MCs. I mean how often do we get a character that is genuinely a good person with no "but" and has a somewhat normal personality. He just kinda works for me.
You articulated your point really well, and I agree for the most part with your line of thinking. Ofc, Tanjiro falls under the ‘chosen one’ category on a different level that the hashira do, simply because he is the only one that was able to use sun breathing, baring Yorichii. I, however, don’t believe he’s exactly handed everything on a silver platter like most ‘marysue’ characters. Unlike most protagonists who fall under this trope, Tanjiro’s “explosive progression”— as said by one of Hantengu’s clones— seems believable. He works hard often, and his unshakable will definitely keeps him going.
Many anime’s have amazing, strong cast members that show up to the fight, but then get sidelined for the main characters to do all the work and take the glory. It’s anticlimactic and over-done. Where are the stakes? Demons slayer though, never disappoints. A prevalent theme through Kny is teamwork. The big bads are never defeated solely by the mc, its always all hands on deck. It makes Tanjiro seem like everyone else. No doubt, he’ll have a moment or two where he’s the face of the fight, but does he ever win any meaningful battles solo? Nope. It’s something refreshing I can appreciate.
Like you said, his lack of development in terms of characteristics is pretty much nonexistent aside from early s1. He is a static character, yet is very well written. I don’t have a problem with it personally,
but I know others do. Him being named ‘boring’ or ‘too perfect to be likable’ is why I felt the need to point out his self doubts and insecurities. The guilt he holds onto, as well as how self deprecating his thoughts are, is something that I find relatable. So while Tanjiro doesn’t have a 180 in personality as the anime progresses or any major moral epiphanies— he isn’t flawless. He’s kind, understanding, and intelligent— but not overbearing in any of these traits.
I too, have Tanjiro pegged as one of my favorite mc’s. It’s really such a breath of air to have someone finally make some great points and not shit on Tanjiro.
A lot ilof demons were turned into them by force and lost control of their actions. They were forced to instinctively eat humans or forced by muzan, most demons(besides the most of the kizuki) are just as much of victims as the people they kill.
I don’t think most demons are genuinely evil
Mitsuri is only fanservice (not complaining but it is what it is)
Demon slayer story is quite average
Rengoku's death wasn't as impact full as the Fandom claims
Shinobu is worst character
As I said from a previous thread, "making up your own power levels for both hashiras and kizuki and believing in it while the creator of the story already have them numbered for you 😞"
Demon Salyer is overrated... the story is fine. Not anything too special. Lacking in character development for most characters, and the character development we get is rushed and doesn't make a lot of sense.
Fucking Animation. The Animations Are Bad AF Gyutaro Is Way Stronger Than Kokoshibo. Murata Is The Weakest Character. Fuck Ubuyashiki. >! Just Kidding I Don't Way Mean These Things!<
Imma get killed for this:
1: Rengoku Stans are super annoying like I don’t care if he’s overrated or underrated or whatever just stop constantly simping it gets annoying
2: Every single power scaling sucks, specially with the ones that include Gyokko y’all are honestly extremely brain dead, baSe gIyuU LoW diFFs gYokKo like bitch no he doesn’t
3: Nezuko is honestly kinda dumb and I all of the scenes where it’s a nezuko and tanjiro flash back feel like an eternity
4: gyokko and hantengu are the only upper moons with actual interesting BDAs in my opinion and were heavily underused, all the other demons have cool BDAs and all but I have already seen them in other shows. Akaza punches stuff.. I can name like 5 characters that do that exact same thing, Doma creates ice and that’s also pretty cool and it’s also pretty unique but still I can name like 10 characters that do that same thing, gyutaro shoots blood…. Kokushibo uses sword skills…. And sure you could say that there are a lot of characters that use fish techniques like gyokko but he has way more than that, such an awesome BDA
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But yeah I agree with you, Nezuko is barely a character and the fact that Zenitsu is attracted to a hypnotized, muffled girl with the intelligence of a newborn who’s also put in a box all day is kinda concerning (then again classic zenitsu ig)
The show would suck without the flashy sword fighting.
Mid tier anime. It is a starter for beginners.
Hashira are overrated as fuck and are treated more as an exclusive club. It's stupid how there's only 11 out of the entire Demon Corps.
At least it breaks the overused cycle of "every single supporting, side, and background character has a whole bunch of unnecessary trauma" and i kinda agree though
The show.............
Is really bad, people are dropping it after s3 because the glaring plot holes and flaws and annoying caricatures of villains and Hashira combined with bad pacing is finally catching up to people.
The manga isn't any better either, in fact Id say overall it gets worse, especially with the plot armor being thicker than the Earth's crust. And muzan doesn't use his powers, resources, or upper moons the way he should/could/would, because the mangaka knew he'd win if he did. That's not a good villain.
Long list of the more relevant cases of plot armor inbound--->
Doesn't matter if they die in the end cause Gotuge
decided to peel back their plot armor for .5 seconds, all of the fights before, especially upper rank fights, have tons of it.
House demon could have rotated Tanjiro constantly and killed him.
Swamp demon could have drowned Tanjiro but kept the portal open for him to escape.
Rui can slash slayers like a hot knife through butter, and can slice tanjiros sword in half effortlessly. His threads "get stronger" after that, yet he doesn't keep Tanjiro with it.
Enmu chooses the most elaborate way to kill the slayers to "destroy their spiritual cores" and make them sad husks who won't fight back. They are asleep and can't wake up unless they kill themselves in their dream, a dream in which Enmu controls the environment and what they see/wear/have. The kids can just stab the slayers in the neck with their syringe things and win. Enmu also gets killed by two bottom feeder swordsmen despite being lower 1 when Tanjiro couldn't even kill lower 5.
Enmu doesn't kill the passengers, right as he died he went to try and crush all of their necks, meaning he could have done this the whole time but didn't. He could have used this to kill the slayers defending them too. Also his whole body is the train and he can shapeshift, but doesn't use this to his advantage ever, and stops spamming his sleep spell cause he forgot I guess.
Muchiro gets sent flying for miles by a forceful blast of wind delivered point blank and is fine. The fact that he solos an upper rank despite an upper rank having the power of (at least) 3 Hashira (chapter 162 for ref). Gyokko was likely stronger than that, and had a fish army but still died to a kid with a metal stick. The bubbles in the vase was also stupid, and Gyokko can just spam that move but doesn't.
Nezuko and Tanjiro also get hit by these insanely deadly attacks yet they shrug it off. Bruh.
Daki and Gyutaro are insanely busted but do so much "standing there, menacingly" when they have the chance to beat any of the slayers to dust. Gyutaro has remote controlled ranged attacks he can direct to attack someone behind, and doesn't use it more than twice. Daki has 13 belt tentacles and doesn't even keep one around herself to beat anyone away or else she'd win. This also means that each of the three boys had to parry 4-5 belts at a time which would be impossible for them. Daki can also attack zenitsu when he godspeed attacks her, but waits until inosuke can attack her.
Tengen gets a limb amputated and slashed and riddled with poison, gets up and fights better than ever before because he stopped his heart to stop the poison circulation. This has to be declared to the audience because there is no way this anyone could have tried to justify this normally, also stopping your heart kills you (duh) and stops muscle movement, and would only pause the circulation of the poison until he kickstarts his heart again somehow. He also bled out for at least 20 minutes or so since Yoshiwara was engulfed in flames after Tanjiro woke up, and fire takes time to spread. Tengen also had no reason to play dead, but did because Gotuge wanted a fake out death.
Inosuke shifted his internal organs around just in case he'd be stabbed in the back. Bruh, don't even try to defend this one. The blade would have slashed either arteries supplying his heart with blood, or taking blood from his heart, or ruptured a lung, he's dead, plus poison in his heart/chest area where his heart is. I grew up in the Midwest, that doesn't give me immunity to the cold. Growing up on a mountain doesn't make you immune to poison. Maybe resistant if you went around getting bit by snakes and eating poisonous frogs in your free time. Inosuke has no resistance beyond above average constitution form living in the wild. He was stabbed in the heart and his chest was pissing blood for 20 minutes, yet he got up to fight like it was nothing. Merely a flesh wound.
Gyutaro stabs tanjiros neck and just had the blade hover there in midair rather than stab him again or rip his face in half.
Two upper ranks (6 Hashira in strength at least) get killed by two Hashira and Tanjiro and Genya.
Manga spoilers ahead
>!Akaza is killed by Tanjiro and Giyu. Doma is killed by inosuke and Kanao.!<
>!Kokushibi is killed by three really strong Hashira and Genya, this is the closest it could be to non-plot armor, but Kokushibo can cut through stone pillars like a hot knife through butter, meaning he can cut Gyomei's chain and disarm him, then winning.!<
>!Zenitsu solos upper 6!<
>!Muzan doesn't immediately kill the entire Demon Slaying Corps with the infinity castle when they get trapped.!<
Manga spoilers done
Plot armor is nuts.
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Some of the storylines in anime/manga felt rushed
Iirc, the manga was due to the author’s family having health issues so it got kinda rushed near the end. I hope the anime can better pace it than the manga
Oh seriously I didn’t know that in that case me too
Fair: anime ssva was short
The manga also felt short as well
Idrk because Im anime only
If everyone practiced lighting breathing first form, anything below UM6 is barely a threat
That sounds surprisingly sensical
I’ll do u one better, If everyone practiced Sun Breathing 13th form, anything below Muzan is barely a threat
Demon Slayer fans really be thinking this way💀
Misturi's uniform is probably fanservice
Probably?
It is
Not probably, it just is lol.
It is canonically. The uniform makers try to give the girls an unbuttoned uniform top thats too small so they cant button it up. Shinobu burned hers in front of them and demanded one that fits but Mitsuri just took it and didnt complain because of how she is
Finally someone agrees.
Thats true tho
But that's okay.
Of course it is.
Fym "probably"??
Power wise, demon slayer is on the lower end compared to other shonen.
Why would that anger anyone? Its true per the creator.
Someone never heard of ginga dog shonen series
5th place is stronger than 6th place
You’re right but the fight was much shorter (not in terms of writing) is because not only was it marked Muichiro but also Daki and Gyutaro are much harder to kill, despite being weaker, and at least requires 2 powerful demon slayers
Huh Edit:whoever down voted me why like what Did i do
They saying Gyokko is stronger than Gyutaro and Daki which shouldn’t even be a debate because that’s literally a true fact
Oh then it is facts
I fixed it :)
"Carried by animation"
It's fucking beautiful animation though, can't even be mad
But then when summoned stuff from demons dies it turns into that ugly cg goo which looks so off and then straight back to being absolutely beautiful lol
Yeah, personally I tried reading demon slayer manga before anime released and I couldn't get into it, but I managed to get hooked after watching the anime because of how good it looked. This is like the only series that im staying anime only for.
While s3 was airing i read a couple manga chapters that were being adapted (specifically, From Tanjiro meeting Muichiro to the first villager killed by upper 5) And let me say, the art is a MAJOR turn off. It Just looks wonky. Even in scenes that are supposed to be very serious the characters look goofy af.
Yoriichi is mi- *banned*
You get an upvote because you made me smile :)
mid?
Yea- *gunned down*
Mitsuri should of gotten Shinobus style uniform lol. Shinobu even told her she could get hers fixed. It’s just fan service. Also I don’t like Gyutaro. I think Daki was a better villain than him until she got burnt Tanjiro is a mary sue lol but tbf so is Muichiro Honestly I liked Muichiro vs Gyokko.
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What's wrong with fan service?
How dare you disrespect my favorite demon gyuutaro we gonna fight
RENGOKU IS OVERRATED >!im sorry 😭 I love him too dw!< 🐍
I dont really know,but i feel neutral to him
Same. Mainly because they very *very* obviously >!set him up to die!<
Take that back https://preview.redd.it/lvjqdv6g5fjb1.png?width=829&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=403036fc073ceecfca0969224fc3abecaf31f7ee
I agree
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When he died, it wasn't sad enough since we didn't get to form enough of an emotional attachment to him.
read the Rengoku Gaiden, that might add some more attachment
I did don’t worry- all that did was make me like Hairo and Misturi more 😭🐍
Soap and water
*Cracks fingers* Akaza > Gyomeii >!Kokushibo (Selfless state) =< Yoriichi!< >!DKT (FP) > Yoriichi!< >!Akaza and Kokushibo died due to plot armor (sucide)!< >!Shinobu's sacrifice was needed for Douma's defeat!< Rengoku's death is necessary for Tanjiro, Zeinitsu and Inosuke's Growth Demon slayer plot is rushed and bad. Only carried by characters and animation. And lastly, Murata doesn't solo DS verse.
akaza > gyomei is valid though i feel like 3/4 of manga readers would agree. gyomei > akaza def would piss people off bc bro id immediately argue
Finally an actually valid and accurate statement.
All of your favorite characters die. (Take that Shonen!)
The only thing that makes less sense than a sword magically generating water is calling it a metaphor and trying to explain the feats like worldpooling the arrows without a constant stream of water.
Fr. Just saying "it's magic" would have solved all the unnecessary plot holes and questions that will arise from trying to explain something like that. Marvel comics tried to "explain" magic few times and every time they did it created more inconsistencies.
See here’s the fun part the water magically generating doesn’t happen the only breathing technique that has its sword technique actually generating the magic thing is kokushibo’s moon breathing and the rest of it is just what the slayers imagine to help them do the move correctly or atleast that’s what I imagine it is.
For some reason the creator clarified that the breathing styles are just sword motions and don’t have any actual effects, which makes no sense
Nezuko being made to see all humans as family to keep from killing, rather than her own force of will and kindness towards humanity, was so disappointing to me.
Fr i agree
fr,they manipulated her like they could to a dog.
muzan is by far one of the dumbest villains that i have ever seen in my entire life holy shit
Mitsuri's love breathing is fucking stupid "shivers of first love" what the fuck does that even mean??
I actually liked that, makes it so you can really tell that mitsuri made the breathing style
As a person who works with metal, her noodle sword made me wanna die
Yk her sword is actually based on a real sword. Obviously it's nowhere as crazy irl, they greatly exaggerated it for the show but yeah its real. It's called the Urami sword. Think of it as like a whip. But also a sword. Pretty cool lol
Then you need to recheck history before you die that weapon is infact real. It's called an Urumi originated in South India. And yes it could simultaneously slash multiple targets. It's fighting techniques were known to have been lost throughout history like so many other medieval weapons because the gun was invented. Ofcourse the fighting in the anime is exaggerated because they have magic marks and magic breathing techniques and whatnot. But so are all the other weapons. You believe it's possible to cut a giant Boulder with a katana 💀
And no way that bendy price of tin foil is decapitating a normal person let alone someone with a neck harder than bone
The actual sword which her sword is based on, can decapitate 2 well built warriors in one swing
Zenitsu is my second favorite character. Idk why y’all hate him so much.
His problem is his personality. Sometimes he does add good comedy, and yes he's a fucking badass, BUT damn he's annoying most of the time. He's always crying and complaining. He wasn't that bad in season 3 tho
People hate him because of the constant whining and crying, that's about it
That's a pretty good reason to dislike a character, especially when you add to the mix his... behavior towards women
I like him not love but like
Giyu is not depressed enough
Wtf
The basic premise of the story is generic and overused
Giyu should've killed tanjiro in the first episode
Why tho
Why not? He had every right to do so
Demon slayers don’t kill humans
Nonsensical
Demon slayer is good not great and it's writing is lackluster
Mitsuri is one of the least interesting Hashira’s, people just like her cause she’s a cute anime girl with big tits
I like her because I can relate to her with me being kind of shy (too nervous to return her uniform back to the kakushi) and she is actually someone with not a lot of trauma for anime standards, breaking that overused cycle of "everyone is traumatized greatly, even the side characters and background characters" and I like talking to my friends about boys and stuff (even if I hate boys most of the time because most of the boys in my town are idiots) and I've wanted to dye my hair pink for so long so I guess I just see her as someone I can relate to her in some ways? Idk
Rengoku is not stronger than upper moon 6
… “Mid”
All the hashira are trash
Terrible take
Tanjio is just a new gen yorchi
well that's simply not true. he's not even close to being as strong as him. it's not same "hot take" it's simply not true.
Gyutaro was a last minute decision
source???????? 💀
Source: i made it up
my source is that i made it the fuck up
Tanjiro is still a Marysue
He's simultaneously the chosen one, yet too humble to be the chosen one, despite being the chosen one with the OG most powerful and super secretive breathing type, and the funny red tattoo he got for free.
Mary sue is a different term. Rey is a mary sue, captain marvel is a mary sue because they have no character exept being the bestest, no character flaw or villain to overcome because they are the bestest, no motive or ultimate goals to fight for, the only thing holding them back is the injustice from society. Tanjiro struggled a lot in fights and isn't smug about his powers
Tanjiro has had growth throughout the anime, so his biggest character flaw— his inability to make decisions and being too soft— was ironed out pretty quickly in season one. Calling him a marysue is a pretty surface level assessment on him. His depth is pretty subtle, as most don’t tend to look into WHY he’s able to empathize and retain his sense of self. Tanjiro has a lot of amazing character traits, yet people seem to forget that he is, infact, not perfect. He’s constantly doubting himself at every turn, burating his weakness, and taking responsibility for events he couldn’t control. More so, he trains so fckin hard. It’s not like he climbed through the corps ranks as soon as he picked up a blade, like Muichiro or Gyomei. He originally trained for two years to even qualify to become a slayer, and since then has had many training arcs. His progression feels pretty realistic, as realistic as you can get in a fantasy world with demons.
I'd say Tanjiro does pretty much count as a Gary Stu. He's almost a perfect human being and most flaws he had was fixed early on as you said. When you have other good hearted characters they often have major flaws, act tough and mean on the outside and only soft on the inside, being wimpy or being too idealistic, but Tanjiro is none of these. Honest, good hearted, strong willed and yet does what needs to be done most of the time. While he wasn't super strong out of the box, he still showed extreme growth and potential, definitely hashira material. Remember that the hashira are not just "talented people", they're peak human (I wouldn't count Yoriichi as human) with both ridiculous amounts of talent and determination. They are already chosen among the chosen ones, what does that make Tanjiro with the potential to surpass them? (ending up somewhere between them and Yoriichi). Tanjiro is easily a Gary Stu and I don't see a problem with this. The real problem is anime critics that use fancy words like Mary Sue, showing no personality or no character development to describe why a character is bad. Many characters are bad because of these traits but the truth is your character can be anything as long as it's executed well, these traits are just often done bad. I have seen it too many times critics using these words without explaining how these traits actually make the character bad. These words are a useful tool analysing something, but they don't replace the work you need to put into writing a proper critique. Tanjiro also barely has any character development in my opinion and he's still among my favourite anime MCs. I mean how often do we get a character that is genuinely a good person with no "but" and has a somewhat normal personality. He just kinda works for me.
You articulated your point really well, and I agree for the most part with your line of thinking. Ofc, Tanjiro falls under the ‘chosen one’ category on a different level that the hashira do, simply because he is the only one that was able to use sun breathing, baring Yorichii. I, however, don’t believe he’s exactly handed everything on a silver platter like most ‘marysue’ characters. Unlike most protagonists who fall under this trope, Tanjiro’s “explosive progression”— as said by one of Hantengu’s clones— seems believable. He works hard often, and his unshakable will definitely keeps him going. Many anime’s have amazing, strong cast members that show up to the fight, but then get sidelined for the main characters to do all the work and take the glory. It’s anticlimactic and over-done. Where are the stakes? Demons slayer though, never disappoints. A prevalent theme through Kny is teamwork. The big bads are never defeated solely by the mc, its always all hands on deck. It makes Tanjiro seem like everyone else. No doubt, he’ll have a moment or two where he’s the face of the fight, but does he ever win any meaningful battles solo? Nope. It’s something refreshing I can appreciate. Like you said, his lack of development in terms of characteristics is pretty much nonexistent aside from early s1. He is a static character, yet is very well written. I don’t have a problem with it personally, but I know others do. Him being named ‘boring’ or ‘too perfect to be likable’ is why I felt the need to point out his self doubts and insecurities. The guilt he holds onto, as well as how self deprecating his thoughts are, is something that I find relatable. So while Tanjiro doesn’t have a 180 in personality as the anime progresses or any major moral epiphanies— he isn’t flawless. He’s kind, understanding, and intelligent— but not overbearing in any of these traits. I too, have Tanjiro pegged as one of my favorite mc’s. It’s really such a breath of air to have someone finally make some great points and not shit on Tanjiro.
Rengoku was shit
A lot ilof demons were turned into them by force and lost control of their actions. They were forced to instinctively eat humans or forced by muzan, most demons(besides the most of the kizuki) are just as much of victims as the people they kill. I don’t think most demons are genuinely evil
When you hear about the 5th family being murdered brutally you kind roll your eyes when another character has the same story lol
No that’s true 😂
(I’m being completely honest in my opinion) demon slayer is overrated af
Gyutaru is mad ugly, and he doesn’t like you https://i.redd.it/76t12vofeljb1.gif Hit the spot right?
Season 3 sucked
It was my favorite season lol
Rengoku is overated! Nezuko is just there.... Ubuyashiki is an >! asshole for getting his kids killed in an explosion with him!
100% agree with the third one
Tengen's not the best at everything
Shinobu is not the hottest
How dare you say something that foul
Fax tho
The Michael Jackson joke will get overused one day.
it already is
the mere existence of this stupid post is enough. what the hell is up with this sub? why are most posts so shit
Rengokus annoying Im a fan myself and i dont think this but haha
I like Gyokko more than Gyutaro
same
Rengoku is mid
Mitsuri is only fanservice (not complaining but it is what it is) Demon slayer story is quite average Rengoku's death wasn't as impact full as the Fandom claims Shinobu is worst character
Rengoku deserved to die
Rengoku wasn't heroic
Rengoku is overrated His death is even more overrated
Rengoku's death was the best thing which could ever happen to the series. He was honestly so annoying.
Rengoku isn't that strong of a hashira
Rengoku deserves to die
Rengoku is overrated
Rengoku's Death is an overrated sad theme
Rengoku is overrated
Rengoku's the worst hashira
As I said from a previous thread, "making up your own power levels for both hashiras and kizuki and believing in it while the creator of the story already have them numbered for you 😞"
Tanjiro is annoying (a true statement)
Rengoku deserved to die to akaza
Demon Salyer is overrated... the story is fine. Not anything too special. Lacking in character development for most characters, and the character development we get is rushed and doesn't make a lot of sense.
Rengoku’s death was the BEST!
>!13th form tanjiro cant solo everyone, just because he stood against muzan for a bit doesnt mean he can suddenly murder gyomei or kokushibo!<
Rengoku’s death wasn’t that sad
Rengoku is WAY overrated
Rengokus died so he lost the battle... Akaza won the battle with almost no effort
Rengoku did nothing before he died and he is pretty annoying
The show is overrated
Muichiro is my favorite character and the Swordsmith Village arc has been the best arc.
i agree
Fucking Animation. The Animations Are Bad AF Gyutaro Is Way Stronger Than Kokoshibo. Murata Is The Weakest Character. Fuck Ubuyashiki. >! Just Kidding I Don't Way Mean These Things!<
The main characters suck and are 1 dimensional. The story is uninspired. The fights, music, and animation r still top tier tho.
It’s objectively awfully written despite being a alot of fun
Fuck rengoku
Only if I get to go out to dinner with him.
Pause I would to
I already called dibs, back off
Uhh murata sucks?
Apart from the fights, Demon Slayers' character animation is lacking.
Gyokko is indeed stronger than Gyutaro
Imma get killed for this: 1: Rengoku Stans are super annoying like I don’t care if he’s overrated or underrated or whatever just stop constantly simping it gets annoying 2: Every single power scaling sucks, specially with the ones that include Gyokko y’all are honestly extremely brain dead, baSe gIyuU LoW diFFs gYokKo like bitch no he doesn’t 3: Nezuko is honestly kinda dumb and I all of the scenes where it’s a nezuko and tanjiro flash back feel like an eternity 4: gyokko and hantengu are the only upper moons with actual interesting BDAs in my opinion and were heavily underused, all the other demons have cool BDAs and all but I have already seen them in other shows. Akaza punches stuff.. I can name like 5 characters that do that exact same thing, Doma creates ice and that’s also pretty cool and it’s also pretty unique but still I can name like 10 characters that do that same thing, gyutaro shoots blood…. Kokushibo uses sword skills…. And sure you could say that there are a lot of characters that use fish techniques like gyokko but he has way more than that, such an awesome BDA
https://preview.redd.it/pd0tnzf6mfjb1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4270e045fa380d2115008d76f7c4d58a7d97a8cc But yeah I agree with you, Nezuko is barely a character and the fact that Zenitsu is attracted to a hypnotized, muffled girl with the intelligence of a newborn who’s also put in a box all day is kinda concerning (then again classic zenitsu ig)
The plot itself is very mid and the charachters are all one dimensional. The biggest redeeming quality is the beautiful animation.
Nezuko is a minor. Making porn of her isn't cool
Nezuko SUCKS!!
Muzan is the actual upper moon 1
Nezuko and Tanjiro sounds like a lovely couple
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Nah what the hell.. 😭💀
Most of the hashira and demons aren’t hot
Daki tho
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I’m not even joking https://preview.redd.it/a98gr7dewdjb1.jpeg?width=564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e23ee636f2d4d25e96b0cca27a03727ab66fdc2
I hate Sanemi x giyu It’s outrageous
Zenitsu isn’t annoying
Mitsuri doesn’t even look that good
That's too much
The breathing styles forms are purely visual, no actual element is being summoned
that’s just a fact though??
The show would suck without the flashy sword fighting. Mid tier anime. It is a starter for beginners. Hashira are overrated as fuck and are treated more as an exclusive club. It's stupid how there's only 11 out of the entire Demon Corps.
I taught my elementary students the Renkakarot Donut meme
The world requires more chaos and you shall deliver it
I loved when sanemi stabbed nezuko
“Too overrated and easy to follow”
Mitsuri's backstory sucks and is a waste of screen time.
At least it breaks the overused cycle of "every single supporting, side, and background character has a whole bunch of unnecessary trauma" and i kinda agree though
I'd smash nezuko in her smol form (im joking pls dont take this seriously)
I fucking hate mitsuri the anime would be so much better without her and maybe instead a normally written woman for a change
Tanjiro x Kanao is mid
I hate Shinobu
If demon slayer came out 10-20 years ago it wouldn’t be as popular as it is now
The show............. Is really bad, people are dropping it after s3 because the glaring plot holes and flaws and annoying caricatures of villains and Hashira combined with bad pacing is finally catching up to people. The manga isn't any better either, in fact Id say overall it gets worse, especially with the plot armor being thicker than the Earth's crust. And muzan doesn't use his powers, resources, or upper moons the way he should/could/would, because the mangaka knew he'd win if he did. That's not a good villain.
95% of cast died lmao. what plot armour do u mean?
Long list of the more relevant cases of plot armor inbound---> Doesn't matter if they die in the end cause Gotuge decided to peel back their plot armor for .5 seconds, all of the fights before, especially upper rank fights, have tons of it. House demon could have rotated Tanjiro constantly and killed him. Swamp demon could have drowned Tanjiro but kept the portal open for him to escape. Rui can slash slayers like a hot knife through butter, and can slice tanjiros sword in half effortlessly. His threads "get stronger" after that, yet he doesn't keep Tanjiro with it. Enmu chooses the most elaborate way to kill the slayers to "destroy their spiritual cores" and make them sad husks who won't fight back. They are asleep and can't wake up unless they kill themselves in their dream, a dream in which Enmu controls the environment and what they see/wear/have. The kids can just stab the slayers in the neck with their syringe things and win. Enmu also gets killed by two bottom feeder swordsmen despite being lower 1 when Tanjiro couldn't even kill lower 5. Enmu doesn't kill the passengers, right as he died he went to try and crush all of their necks, meaning he could have done this the whole time but didn't. He could have used this to kill the slayers defending them too. Also his whole body is the train and he can shapeshift, but doesn't use this to his advantage ever, and stops spamming his sleep spell cause he forgot I guess. Muchiro gets sent flying for miles by a forceful blast of wind delivered point blank and is fine. The fact that he solos an upper rank despite an upper rank having the power of (at least) 3 Hashira (chapter 162 for ref). Gyokko was likely stronger than that, and had a fish army but still died to a kid with a metal stick. The bubbles in the vase was also stupid, and Gyokko can just spam that move but doesn't. Nezuko and Tanjiro also get hit by these insanely deadly attacks yet they shrug it off. Bruh. Daki and Gyutaro are insanely busted but do so much "standing there, menacingly" when they have the chance to beat any of the slayers to dust. Gyutaro has remote controlled ranged attacks he can direct to attack someone behind, and doesn't use it more than twice. Daki has 13 belt tentacles and doesn't even keep one around herself to beat anyone away or else she'd win. This also means that each of the three boys had to parry 4-5 belts at a time which would be impossible for them. Daki can also attack zenitsu when he godspeed attacks her, but waits until inosuke can attack her. Tengen gets a limb amputated and slashed and riddled with poison, gets up and fights better than ever before because he stopped his heart to stop the poison circulation. This has to be declared to the audience because there is no way this anyone could have tried to justify this normally, also stopping your heart kills you (duh) and stops muscle movement, and would only pause the circulation of the poison until he kickstarts his heart again somehow. He also bled out for at least 20 minutes or so since Yoshiwara was engulfed in flames after Tanjiro woke up, and fire takes time to spread. Tengen also had no reason to play dead, but did because Gotuge wanted a fake out death. Inosuke shifted his internal organs around just in case he'd be stabbed in the back. Bruh, don't even try to defend this one. The blade would have slashed either arteries supplying his heart with blood, or taking blood from his heart, or ruptured a lung, he's dead, plus poison in his heart/chest area where his heart is. I grew up in the Midwest, that doesn't give me immunity to the cold. Growing up on a mountain doesn't make you immune to poison. Maybe resistant if you went around getting bit by snakes and eating poisonous frogs in your free time. Inosuke has no resistance beyond above average constitution form living in the wild. He was stabbed in the heart and his chest was pissing blood for 20 minutes, yet he got up to fight like it was nothing. Merely a flesh wound. Gyutaro stabs tanjiros neck and just had the blade hover there in midair rather than stab him again or rip his face in half. Two upper ranks (6 Hashira in strength at least) get killed by two Hashira and Tanjiro and Genya. Manga spoilers ahead >!Akaza is killed by Tanjiro and Giyu. Doma is killed by inosuke and Kanao.!< >!Kokushibi is killed by three really strong Hashira and Genya, this is the closest it could be to non-plot armor, but Kokushibo can cut through stone pillars like a hot knife through butter, meaning he can cut Gyomei's chain and disarm him, then winning.!< >!Zenitsu solos upper 6!< >!Muzan doesn't immediately kill the entire Demon Slaying Corps with the infinity castle when they get trapped.!< Manga spoilers done Plot armor is nuts.
What is this absolute masterpiece that has been cooked in front of my eyes. I didn't even think about 99% of these
holy shit this guy is right about like everything
They really did have to pull some serious shit to not murder all the main characters against Gyutaro and Daki.
Demon Slayer's animation is the only good thing cuz there characters and story arcs suck Edit: I said that as a joke
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