Blair Loveday
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba is one of my favourite anime series of recent years.
The story is interesting, the characters are as insane as they are compelling, and the animation is next level. After the excellence that was the Mugen train movie and series, I was very ready for more. So I was keen as to check out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc on Bluray.
Tanjiro and the gang go to the Entertainment District with the super talented demon slayer Tengen.
In order for them to blend in, they need to dress as girls to work in some of the houses. Here we discover a gnarly demon who is causing many women to go missing in the district. The initial half of the series starts a little slow. It does the silly name thing as the very muscular men try to pretend to be women. It has its moments where it is funny, and the mystery is interesting as it unfolds, but the second half of the series is where it really kicks off.
It turns out there isn’t just one demon here. As the build up to the final fight takes place we start learning more about the mystery of the demon’s presence in this area. She is much stronger than expected and so is her partner. I don’t want to spoil it as there are a couple of amazing little twists here. The final fight goes through a series of stages as our heroes are properly challenged. We get to see Tanjiro develop a lot as a Demon Hunter, we get to see his sister Nezuko unleash with her demon abilities, and fortunately Zenitsu spends the whole fight in his asleep mode so he is a total badass in the fight. After the final fight we even get some backstory about the demons which I really enjoyed.
Demon Hunter has always had fantastic animation. The attacks that use elements are animated with thick lines that make it absolutely pop on the screen, but this fight is next level. Throughout the fight are animations and scenes that look more like the high budget scenes you see in anime movies. Once this fight started I really struggled to stop and go to bed. It’s a cracking and engaging fight that makes every bit of build up worth it!
Entertainment District Arc might be the most engaging Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba series yet. The chill silly first half builds up to an insanely excellent second half with animation that deserves the Bluray quality to really appreciate on your TV.
