Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen

A mysterious string of disappearances on a certain train has caught the attention of the Demon Slayer Corps, and they have sent one of their best to exterminate what can only be a demon responsible. However, the plan to board the Mugen Train is delayed by a lesser demon who is terrorizing the mechanics and targeting a kind, elderly woman and her granddaughter. Kyoujurou Rengoku, the Flame Hashira, must eliminate the threat before boarding the train.

Sent to assist the Hashira, Tanjirou Kamado, Inosuke Hashira, and Zenitsu Agatsuma enter the train prepared to fight. But their monstrous target already has a devious plan in store for them and the two hundred passengers: by delving deep into their consciousness, the demon intends to obliterate everyone in a stunning display of the power held by the Twelve Kizuki.

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Kamado, Tanjirou Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Agatsuma, Zenitsu Main

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Hashibira, Inosuke Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Kamado, Nezuko Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Rengoku, Kyoujurou Main

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Kochou, Shinobu Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Tomioka, Giyuu Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Uzui, Tengen Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Kanroji, Mitsuri Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Tokitou, Muichirou Supporting

Kawanishi, Kengo Japanese

Kondou, Hikaru Producer

Miyake, Masanori Producer

Takahashi, Yuuma Producer

Fujio, Akifumi Producer

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Jan 20, 2025

Fenixfeather

Recommended

- German translation below -

Story/Pace 20% 8/10
The story is kept simple, it's clear what this season is about. The pacing is good, the season is never boring or stretched out, it picks up considerably and had a very good arc.

Animation 30 % 10/10
The animation is again outstanding, very rarely do you notice the use of CGI, in my opinion it's even better than in the first season. The quality within the season is almost consistently high. The fights are once again a visual work of art in their own right.

Character depth 15 % 8/10
This season offers fewer characters than the first season, but ... you learn a lot more about the protagonists. This is particularly important for the suspense and plot of the season. The expanded character backgrounds make it very easy to root for the characters and understand them even better.

Worldbuilding 20 % 8.5/10
The anime is kept very simple at this point. The arc takes place on a train, and more than one train was not to be expected from the start. However, the anime never seems tied to itself at this point, because if other places make sense, you get to see them here too. The spatial limitations are compensated for by the emotional intensity and grandiose battles.

Music / sound design 10 % 9.5/10
The music is terrific, it underpins the emotions and action perfectly and even better than the first season.

Overall impression 5 % 9/10
A very successful second season. The story may be a little unusual as it is only one arc as the name suggests. But this season was very well developed and detailed in itself, it seems more intense and stronger because it takes more time for itself.


Total = 8.9 (9/10)
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Geschichte/Tempo 20 % 8/10
Die Geschichte ist einfach gehalten, es ist klar worauf sich diese Staffel bezieht. Das Tempo ist gut, die Staffel ist nie langweilig oder gestreckt, sie nimmt deutlich an Fahrt auf und hatten einen sehr guten Spannungsbogen.

Animation 30 % 10/10
Die Animationen sind wieder herausragend, ganz selten merkt man den Einsatz von CGI, meiner Meinung nach ist das noch besser gelungen als in der ersten Staffel. Die Qualität innerhalb der Staffel ist nahezu gleichbleibend hoch. Die Kämpfe sind auch hier wieder Visuell ein Kunstwerk für sich.

Charaktertiefe 15 % 8/10
Diese Staffel bietet weniger Charaktere als die erste Staffel, dafür erfährt man hier deutlich mehr über die Protagonisten. Das ist besonders für die Spannung und Handlung der Staffel wichtig. Man kann aufgrund der ausgebauten Charakterhintergründe sehr gut mit den Charakteren mit fiebern und versteht sie nun noch besser.

Worldbuilding 20 % 8.5/10
An dieser Stelle ist der Anime sehr einfach gehalten. Der Arc spielt im Zug, vielmehr als einen Zug war von Anfang nicht zu erwarten. Der Anime wirkt an dieser Stelle aber nie an sich selbst gefesselt, denn sofern andere Orte Sinn machen, bekommt man diese auch hier wieder zu sehen. Die räumliche Begrenzung werden durch die emotionale Intensität und grandiose Kämpfe wieder ausgeglichen.

Musik / Sounddesign 10 % 9.5/10
Die Musik ist grandios, die untermauert die Emotionen und Action perfekt und sogar noch besser als die erste Staffel.

Gesamteindruck 5 % 9/10
Eine sehr gut gelungene zweite Staffel. Die Story mag etwas ungewöhnlich sein da es sich hier nur um einen einzigen Arc handelt wie der Name schon vermuten lässt. Diese Staffel wurde in sich selbst dafür sehr gut und ausführlich ausgearbeitet, sie wirkt intensiver und stärker weil sie sich für sich selbst mehr Zeit lässt.


Total = 8.9 (9/10)

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 20, 2024

TryingT0L1ve

Mixed Feelings

Here the story starts to get a little more interesting, but the problem is that it's still the same anime, completely non-logical characters, there's no way to feel charisma for any of the characters, because they simply all have an extremely forced personality that seems to have been written for a child, the problem is not just the lack of depth of the characters, but the point is that the characters are so uninteresting that you don't want to know about them, it's like

1- Good character who will do everything to save his sister, has no chance of dying, and will always develop something at ... the right time.

2- Character who doesn't think and just goes forward, his goal is just to fight like an animal

3- Character who wants to marry all women, and has a hidden personality in which he begins to fight well

4- Very nice character who inspires others to fight and says the right words at the right times.

The characters don't break out of these stereotypes at all, but despite that, it's relatively better than the first part.

The graphics are still excellent in my opinion, the sound too, the story develops, getting cooler and cooler, despite being shallow.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 9, 2022

Duny

Not Recommended

I think the 3D animations were horribly out of place among otherwise peak of the artistic animation effects and one of the main characters was mostly one-dimensional, annoyingly larger than life without any backstory suitably explaining why, making me unable to empathize with them for the most of the story. Long shots, scenes and dialogues where nothing really happened.

The fights were, again mostly just plain boring and repetitive.

Story didn't seem very unique or interesting, little to no character development, same old over the top quirkiness that, for the most part, I've found just annoying.

I didn't watch the movie, but I wish I did instead, as ... I assume it'd be more compact and thus more enjoyable than those 7 episodes that seemed too long for the amount of the content present.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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