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Feb 15, 11:40 PM
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Why was the first episode 47 mins. The rest seem to be 26 minute episodes. Was this a creative decision?
Feb 15, 11:56 PM
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AcbSnakeDemon said:
Why was the first episode 47 mins. The rest seem to be 26 minute episodes. Was this a creative decision?

yes, sometimes they do a long episode run specially for Season premieres or finales. Sometimes, it is a creative decision like in Oshi no ko, if they ended the episode after 20 mins, it would have not been able to set up the base for the entire series' plot line. So, stretching it long and ending it at a point that helps create a base and tells people that it is not some happy go lucky story.
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Feb 16, 12:01 AM
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First and last episodes of each Demon Slayer season happen to be an hour long for the sake of prologue and proper pacing and stuff.

Feb 16, 12:01 AM
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It is their choice to make either the premiere or the last episode, sometimes even both, 45-50 minutes long (1 hour slot) to give initial adrenaline boost or to give good a climax. Which also pays off...like in 【Oshi no Ko】, they went with even bigger, 1hr 22min (1½ hr slot).
Feb 16, 12:03 AM
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Subxxxx1 said:
AcbSnakeDemon said:
Why was the first episode 47 mins. The rest seem to be 26 minute episodes. Was this a creative decision?

yes, sometimes they do a long episode run specially for Season premieres or finales. Sometimes, it is a creative decision like in Oshi no ko, if they ended the episode after 20 mins, it would have not been able to set up the base for the entire series' plot line. So, stretching it long and ending it at a point that helps create a base and tells people that it is not some happy go lucky story.

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Feb 16, 12:03 AM
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i think it was necessary to have tht long cuz the follow-up from mugen train was a dramatic approach to feel the loss of Rengoku and impact on his family, more than tht it was a Responsibility of tanjirou to reach his family to express the loss like (armies do) and also Convey his emotions to his family, how he protected them till his Demise.
And his last assignment from regoku to talk to his father about Sun breathing (most crucial thing ) from my perspective it should have been 1hr (47min) .
and also Hype Deserve such long eps to convince the fans
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Feb 16, 12:35 AM
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To set up the season
Feb 16, 12:44 AM
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Reply to Piromysl
First and last episodes of each Demon Slayer season happen to be an hour long for the sake of prologue and proper pacing and stuff.
@Piromysl except season 1 and the tv version of Mugen train.
Feb 16, 3:26 AM
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Can we not waste our time with posts that don’t need to be made.

So it is a longer episode, enjoy it, don’t complain about it.

I find MAL forums posts are getting worse and worse every day

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Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Feb 16, 4:36 AM
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its a common thing to lengthen episodes (ahem rezero) it helps them deepen it and produce it with more content, useless post, really
Feb 16, 7:20 AM

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It's not uncommon to have the first episode of the season longer. Happens a alot.
Feb 16, 7:40 AM
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Here a stack with all the shows it happened.

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25826

To that add episode 1 of Oshi no ko season 1 and Re:Zero season 3 90 min long.
Feb 16, 9:21 AM
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ejleon said:
Can we not waste our time with posts that don’t need to be made.

So it is a longer episode, enjoy it, don’t complain about it.

I find MAL forums posts are getting worse and worse every day

πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚

Or just answer the question like a normal person would 1/10 ragebait



Feb 16, 2:16 PM

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Linx_0 said:
ejleon said:
Can we not waste our time with posts that don’t need to be made.

So it is a longer episode, enjoy it, don’t complain about it.

I find MAL forums posts are getting worse and worse every day

πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚

Or just answer the question like a normal person would 1/10 ragebait

Another time wasting comment … my point went way over your head 🀦🏻‍β™‚οΈπŸ˜…
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Feb 16, 9:42 PM
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ejleon said:
Can we not waste our time with posts that don’t need to be made.

So it is a longer episode, enjoy it, don’t complain about it.

I find MAL forums posts are getting worse and worse every day

πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚

No stupid questions
Feb 17, 12:21 AM

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Sworld30 said:
ejleon said:
Can we not waste our time with posts that don’t need to be made.

So it is a longer episode, enjoy it, don’t complain about it.

I find MAL forums posts are getting worse and worse every day

πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚

No stupid questions

I’m NOT against legitimate intelligent or stupid questions, I’m against laziness and mindlessness.

This person is basically asking everyone else to think for them in this case, because they were too lazy to think for themselves.

That is what I’m against.

“Why is it longer …” because they decided to make it longer, we can’t read minds.
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Feb 17, 1:21 AM
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Same question! And why not add mpore eps instead?
Feb 17, 3:18 AM
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Seems to be a Ufotable thing. They did the same with the Fate series.
Feb 17, 8:33 AM

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Reply to ejleon
Can we not waste our time with posts that don’t need to be made.

So it is a longer episode, enjoy it, don’t complain about it.

I find MAL forums posts are getting worse and worse every day

πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚
@ejleon You could not waste your time by not bothering to read or keep replying to comments here. Just pointless.
Feb 17, 12:39 PM

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@ejleon You could not waste your time by not bothering to read or keep replying to comments here. Just pointless.
@Oongbuh Hm… not sure if you are supporting or criticizing me and my comments, but I’ll just say this …

I like commenting and responding in MAL forums. I have leaned a lot over the years from MAL uses, which improved my understanding of anime, along with learning other things that were not related to anime. It has for the most part been a lot of fun. I don’t think of that as a waste of time.
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Feb 18, 5:46 AM
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cause they ballin and have the budget and backing from licencees to do so.

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