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Aug 4, 2024 6:57 PM
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I really don't understand why make such a short arc into a full season where nothing happens except in the last episode? They even had to fill it all with filler scenes since they didn't even have enough material for a whole season, the result: A terrible and boring season, season 3 was already disappointing in many ways, but with this one they disappointed expectations even more, Ufotable made a bad choice and I don't understand how this season has all this praise, yes episode 8 was fantastic, but a good episode doesn't save a whole bad season
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Aug 4, 2024 7:10 PM
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I agree this season wasn’t to great but I didn’t have a problem with S3 at all. I found it pretty good and not disappointing at all. 🤷🏻
Aug 4, 2024 7:21 PM
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I liked how much they expanded into each hashira, if they made it a movie or only a couple episodes the expanding on those characters would just not be there, but it does feel a little slow and not a lot happens happens, although I don't think, to me at least that made it any worse, I haven't read the maga so I wouldn't know short that arc was there maybe if it was two chapters I would understand the complaints overall I loved watching it, zenitsu is still annoying.
Aug 4, 2024 7:32 PM
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To each their own I guess. I liked this arc more than swordsmith village.
Aug 4, 2024 7:37 PM
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I actually liked this season more than the last one. It’s good to get a break from the constant action for some character moments before the final battle and i think all the trials were really fun to watch. Tanjiro pushing the boulder actually got me hyped too. It was a good season.
Aug 4, 2024 7:41 PM
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Aug 4, 2024 7:55 PM
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yeah i think this couldve been an ova with 2-3 eps, then the movie start is the final part with muzan
Aug 4, 2024 8:21 PM
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For the first few episodes of season III It's tough to judge that Demon slayer is actually a good new gen shonen anime. Feels like it was somekind of filler or something. But holding the 7th and 8th episode is pretty good. And I think it's good to finish a season like that before the final fight begins. Overall 5.7 out of 10 for meh.
Aug 4, 2024 8:26 PM
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I feel like it was necessary, tho

It really goes in depth into each Hashira and it's something I don't think a movie could've done in the same way
Aug 4, 2024 8:41 PM
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filler is only bad when its worse than the manga. The demon slayer manga is so horribly written that any anime original stuff is bound to be make the story better
Aug 4, 2024 8:41 PM
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Sorry you feel that way. It was the complete opposite for me. The expanding of the hashira’s backstories made the season even more interesting and enjoyable. It was short and sweet, leading us nicely into the big finale.
Aug 4, 2024 9:05 PM
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I think it was the weakest season so far except the last 2 episodes, but for me In no way it was boring or bad. It was very entertaining.
Aug 4, 2024 9:37 PM
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Honestly the only reason it’s here is because it’s part of the story. They couldn’t have just skipped it because then there would be a gap in between seasons and we wouldn’t get the hashiras badass but sad backstorys. I agree it’s my least favourite season in all of the show but i do like some aspects of it. Like how the art work is really pretty. The op is good. Getting a backstory of gyomei and giyu was cool and sad at the same time. And we got to see zenitsu and inosuke. We also got to see sanemi and obanais breathing techniques in action. But we didn’t get to see nezuko enough in my opinion.
Aug 4, 2024 11:44 PM

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Eh...it was slightly mid tbh

Aug 5, 2024 1:33 AM
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I personally enjoyed this arc more then the previous arc 😉
Aug 5, 2024 1:52 AM
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it was bad as hell just like last season, I mean we still got some gas in the last episode tho that's the only reason most of the people watch this shit the story was never good tbh
Aug 5, 2024 1:54 AM

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they could have made it an 1.5 hour ova
Aug 5, 2024 2:30 AM

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I dont know man, I enjoyed this season more. It was short yet good. I dont know what you all expected from a literal training arc. I think it worked wonderfully as a season. An ova just wouldnt do for a canon arc of quite possibly the biggest anime airing right now and a movie would disrupt the flow cause Ufotable were always going to make a trilogy for the Infinity castle. Besides, the content wasnt good/big enough for a movie. 2 to 3 episodes wouldnt do for a season either so I think that they made the right decision.

Also lets stop the trolling. The first 2 episode were good, the last two episode were very good. There are 4 episodes in between which has some filler and some slow pacing. I am not a fan of the fillers, especially that paper plane scene but the extra fights were done pretty well. The last episode clearly stood out because of how good it was but that doesnt mean that every single episode prior to it were bad. Ep 8 just overshadows them.
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.

Aug 5, 2024 2:52 AM
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still better than train arc with Rengoku
Aug 5, 2024 3:02 AM

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While I agree this was the worst season I don’t think it had a single bad episode and episode 8 was amazing.

But I still prefer every other season.
Aug 5, 2024 3:59 AM
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Leon888 said:
I really don't understand why make such a short arc into a full season where nothing happens except in the last episode? They even had to fill it all with filler scenes since they didn't even have enough material for a whole season, the result: A terrible and boring season, season 3 was already disappointing in many ways, but with this one they disappointed expectations even more, Ufotable made a bad choice and I don't understand how this season has all this praise, yes episode 8 was fantastic, but a good episode doesn't save a whole bad season

cope + seethe + cry about it
Aug 5, 2024 5:53 AM
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I agree with this so much lol
Aug 5, 2024 7:01 AM
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We finally got to understand these god damn characters and you're mad about it. I'm only mad it took so long.
Aug 5, 2024 7:16 AM
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" Time off " for upcoming movies i guess 🙈
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Aug 5, 2024 7:54 AM
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Leon888 said:
I really don't understand why make such a short arc into a full season where nothing happens except in the last episode? They even had to fill it all with filler scenes since they didn't even have enough material for a whole season, the result: A terrible and boring season, season 3 was already disappointing in many ways, but with this one they disappointed expectations even more, Ufotable made a bad choice and I don't understand how this season has all this praise, yes episode 8 was fantastic, but a good episode doesn't save a whole bad season

well theu could have blend it togheter with s3 but like this they make more money u cant really blame them for that
Aug 5, 2024 8:42 AM
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I actually liked this season more than the last one. It’s good to get a break from the constant action for some character moments before the final battle and i think all the trials were really fun to watch. Tanjiro pushing the boulder actually got me hyped too. It was a good season.

i agree with ya bro
Aug 5, 2024 8:50 AM
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Yeah. It was not a good season but it was better than last season. This was a build up for the movies and last ep was a glimpse of what is going to happen.
Aug 5, 2024 8:55 AM
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First episodes didn't really have anything special for me. After Obanai's training things started getting more interesting.

It wasn't terrible, just okay. Felt more like filler episodes though. Definitely my least favourite season (excluding the last episode + gyomeis backstory, and maybe the part of sanemi and genya).
Aug 5, 2024 9:05 AM
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a lot was set up this season that will be relevant later(won't spoil obv). also, what else would you have wanted? to skip this arc and suddenly everyone would be stronger? the whole point of this season was around training to develop the curse mark which will pay off later. i feel like a lot of anime viewers have short attention spans and just want constant action.
Aug 5, 2024 9:22 AM

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Swordsmith village arc was a masterpiece imo, although it only had fighting scenes per usual but every scene in those fights outdoes any previous season of the show so I don't know why everyone is hating on it. Hashira arc was a let down though. I kinda liked how they focused more on the timeline and plot rather than the fighting scenes so it's a good buildup for what's coming next but it would've been better off as a movie.
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Aug 5, 2024 9:24 AM

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Theanimeman9 said:
a lot was set up this season that will be relevant later(won't spoil obv). also, what else would you have wanted? to skip this arc and suddenly everyone would be stronger? the whole point of this season was around training to develop the curse mark which will pay off later. i feel like a lot of anime viewers have short attention spans and just want constant action.

8 episode season just to explain how the hashira got somewhat stronger by that random mark (they barely even got it) is just too much. it could've just been a 1.5 hour movie
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Aug 5, 2024 9:29 AM
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skywatt said:
Theanimeman9 said:
a lot was set up this season that will be relevant later(won't spoil obv). also, what else would you have wanted? to skip this arc and suddenly everyone would be stronger? the whole point of this season was around training to develop the curse mark which will pay off later. i feel like a lot of anime viewers have short attention spans and just want constant action.

8 episode season just to explain how the hashira got somewhat stronger by that random mark (they barely even got it) is just too much. it could've just been a 1.5 hour movie

there are more set ups that will pay off in the trilogy movie. like why zenitsu was locked in, the Shinobi stuff etc. I've read the manga and this season was important. also you can't win with anime fans it seems. if you show a few episodes of training with set ups and character development, back stories etc they lose interest and want action, but if you don't they question why the characters are suddenly stronger.

tell me: what do you think can be cut from this season? and don't say something vague like training sequence made shorter.
Aug 5, 2024 9:34 AM
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yeah, they should have made this a movie and for Infinity castle arc they should have made a series of 24 + ep. well having movie is not bad either bcuz we'll have chance to watch in big screen.
Aug 5, 2024 11:32 AM
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tbh I am not going to cry for free content. the Anime is almost over so let's enjoy it slowly like AOT.
Aug 5, 2024 11:33 AM
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Leon888 said:
I really don't understand why make such a short arc into a full season where nothing happens except in the last episode? They even had to fill it all with filler scenes since they didn't even have enough material for a whole season, the result: A terrible and boring season, season 3 was already disappointing in many ways, but with this one they disappointed expectations even more, Ufotable made a bad choice and I don't understand how this season has all this praise, yes episode 8 was fantastic, but a good episode doesn't save a whole bad season

Tbh I prefered this last season to season 3. This season was boring except for the last episode but nothing terrible, It was just ok for me, but season 3...omg. I've never felt so insulted since Tokyo Ghoul: re anime, WTF. Thought the writing couldn't get worse than in season 2 but my god, I was so wrong. Hope the movies will be great because that last episode was hype, but knowing this series I don't have high hopes(except from the increíble animation Ufotable has delivered in this anime so far).
Aug 5, 2024 2:02 PM
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Nothing happened? You probably watched just openings.
Aug 5, 2024 3:20 PM

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3/10 Slayer….


Sorry, it’s just a bad joke I make after IGN’s ridiculous review. This season was good imo.
Aug 5, 2024 3:42 PM
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Honestly, I liked it, especially the last episode.
I think it was the best episode in this anime so far, and maybe one of the greatest i have ever seen. But overall i think the all other seasons were better
Aug 5, 2024 4:31 PM
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the animations are on another level..
Aug 5, 2024 5:59 PM
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I love that this season gave more insight into the characters. We got some good backstories, continuous character development from previous seasons (see Tanjiro and Muichiro’s brotherly bond) and we got to see these kids actually being kids and having fun (before the inevitable heartbreak and drama we all know is coming).
Sure this season didn’t have as much action, but the scenes that were there were beautifully animated as always, and what they lacked in action they made up for in story.
I get people come to this series for the action and the animation, like what you like, but it doesn’t hurt to let the characters breathe for a bit before the next arc.
Aug 6, 2024 4:10 AM
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Only thing good in general is colors and animation, the story itself is mid
Aug 6, 2024 4:26 AM

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skywatt said:
Theanimeman9 said:
a lot was set up this season that will be relevant later(won't spoil obv). also, what else would you have wanted? to skip this arc and suddenly everyone would be stronger? the whole point of this season was around training to develop the curse mark which will pay off later. i feel like a lot of anime viewers have short attention spans and just want constant action.

8 episode season just to explain how the hashira got somewhat stronger by that random mark (they barely even got it) is just too much. it could've just been a 1.5 hour movie

there are more set ups that will pay off in the trilogy movie. like why zenitsu was locked in, the Shinobi stuff etc. I've read the manga and this season was important. also you can't win with anime fans it seems. if you show a few episodes of training with set ups and character development, back stories etc they lose interest and want action, but if you don't they question why the characters are suddenly stronger.

tell me: what do you think can be cut from this season? and don't say something vague like training sequence made shorter.
@Theanimeman9 i don't think cutting scenes is the right thing to do nor have i implicitly said that in the previous post, i just believe merging it with other seasons or making it a movie is best for the story building.
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Aug 6, 2024 4:29 AM
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skywatt said:
@Theanimeman9 i don't think cutting scenes is the right thing to do nor have i implicitly said that in the previous post, i just believe merging it with other seasons or making it a movie is best for the story building.

thats reasonable, perhaps this season joined with the 1st movie to make a full season. I guess I just misunderstood your stance. this season does have important set ups but the pay offs are in the next parts which is your issue with it.
Aug 6, 2024 5:31 AM

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They had no choice because we immediately forget anime when it finished airing. Kimetsu would have finished already if they seriously created the anime.
Aug 6, 2024 6:03 AM
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you're not wrong, it is definitely the worst season of the show yet, but that's just because this season was mediocre. It wasn't really supposed to highlight what's happening in this season, it was more of a way to set up a smooth transition for what's to come next, what better to do that with than a short training arc?
Aug 6, 2024 6:09 AM

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Wasn't bad, I like it when there are some less stressful episodes between the big fights.
Aug 6, 2024 3:15 PM
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I don't understand how it is possible that this series has 8/10..
Bro in one ep is 5min walk with Muzan, and Nothin' new for story.. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE.. It's year 2024 And we have fillers.. + the film would be enough, but the hashira Arc is one volume...
Aug 6, 2024 9:59 PM
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I'd say previous was worse and 2nd being the best out of four.
Aug 6, 2024 10:47 PM
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DS has been going down in quality and a decline in interesting plot since the Entertainment District. This in particular has proven it's overrated by the general community, not something I usually want to say about a series. This Arc was in no way close to an 8 or above an 8.
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Theanimeman9 said:
a lot was set up this season that will be relevant later(won't spoil obv). also, what else would you have wanted? to skip this arc and suddenly everyone would be stronger? the whole point of this season was around training to develop the curse mark which will pay off later. i feel like a lot of anime viewers have short attention spans and just want constant action.

This is a really bad training arc imo and it does set up some things I presume. I didn’t read the manga so I can’t say for sure. But the worst part about this training arc was the training. Like what the hell was all that? Hashira training but the Hashiras didn’t really train people most of the time. The one that contributed the most was the snake Hashira when he trained Tanjiro because there we really saw him participate in the training and making him practice something that seems useful. But let’s not talk about what would even be the benefits of this training for all the other demon slayers that were attached and they didn’t get a chance to train and probably will die very fast since yeah no shit, they were attached and didn’t actually get to train. The Stone Hashira training was for them to stay under a waterfall and push a giant boulder. The Stone Hashira didn’t seem to do much in helping them train tho and what would even be the point of doing that. Is there really going to be a pay off to that specific training? (Don’t answer that, no spoilers). The Stone Hashira only showed up to Tanjiro after he completed the training to tell him his backstory and never did he appear while Tanjiro was training, you know so he could actually train people in the Hashira training. The whole point definitely was not around training to develop the curse mark since it only was mentioned in the beginning and we haven’t seen any kind of progress using the marks from anyone in this season as far as I remember.
Everything they did as a training in the training arc seem like the basic stuff they already do every chance they get when they train. Training their muscles, endurance, reflexes, etc. That’s a very lame training arc. Take example on Naruto. In his training arcs, he learns to do the rasengan, the rasen shuriken, to control the nine tails chakra. This is all relevant for future battles since we can see that he learned something new. The equivalent of that for Demon slayer would have been to show them learning to use new breathing techniques or master the ones they already got. Like when Tanjiro used the lightning or fire breathing in season 1, 2 and 3 which kind of came out of nowhere because we didn’t see any training for that and he just was able to use all that because he is the main character. Now they get a whole training arc, a perfect occasion to show him obtain those kind of powers and it just got wasted. That’s so stupid and now talking about it so much makes me hate this season even more for the potential it had and they just made it the worst training arc ever. No you can’t blame it on people’s short attention spans. You can enjoy this season for the set up and the backstories I guess but the main point is supposed to be about training in this arc and it was a complete failure as a training arc
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