Name: Straightforward lore + amazing adaptation + consistent during the whole 2 cour = consider me all aboard the hype train
Item: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Rating: 87
Author: thelastcube

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Straightforward lore + amazing adaptation + consistent during the whole 2 cour = consider me all aboard the hype train · Waifora

[Does contain spoilers]

At first, Kimetsu no Yaiba just feels like another typical shounen anime, and tbh it is that only to an extent, but it does it so well that you just can't ignore it.

The main premise of the anime is pretty simple and straightforward - A really evil antagonist kills the family of a young all-happy and helpful teen, only leaving his younger sister who's now a demon. The teen is now motivated to turn his sister back to human again, are directed by a really skilled dude who's obviously a future pillar, the teen works hard and gets better and better and becoming stronger - pretty typical.

The main star of the show that makes it amazing here is ufotable and their adaptation. Ufotable did an incredible job adapting the manga, from the awesome animation style (I love those wave animations) to the amazing character designs, to the incredible sound effects and osts to literally the best CG in the anime industry rn (ofc, it's ufotable after all) and not only that but keeping the level of production consistent during the whole 2 cour. This adaptation was like a Christmas present for a shounen trash like me.

I absolutely love the character designs of all the Hashiras, plus the character design in general (especially the character designs of some demons). (maybe apart from Tanjirou's family, they're all... a bit monotonous/too alike) and the animation, oh boy the animation.

Spoiler, click to view

Add that incredible animation style with awesome direction and CG and you get masterpieces like episode 19 or literally any moment Zenitsu uses his 1st Form

The lore being straightforward and simple also helps not have stupid tangled and confusing parts in the story, combine that with the sasugafest ufotable provides, and you have this piece of art here.

Further, Kimetsu no Yaiba is among the likes of Samurai Champloo and Baccano for me as it has it's distinct enough of animation style and vibe in general (that a lot of anime do not have, or at least is not that discrete enough to stand out on their own. And honestly the animation style was the reason I started watching this series and I am totally satisfied)

This was surely one of the best anime out there within this season, and easily a S tier for me because I enjoyed it so much