Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen

What was this? What was the point of this season? When there's only a substantial episode and a half at the end, what was the point of me watching this season? I sat through almost all of this season consisting of Tanjiro being praised for being a protagonist and a bland one, for only the last two episodes being worth watching. One cannot fathom how this isn't rated like a 6, it's the definition of filler for the sake of filler. Nothing is interesting until the very end and once you get to that point you're left feeling, why couldn't you condense all of this into an hour and a half special or something? It would actually be worth someone's time that way. This was originally going to be given a one, but because the last couple of episodes were worth watching, it's been boosted it to a 3 to indicate that this had the potential to be worth watching at some point, until whatever production committee thought this was a good idea to extend into 6 episodes of blah and like an episode and a half of actual content. Altogether, this series has fallen off insanely hard. Hopefully, the movies bring that magic back, and looking at the last episode that may be possible.

Demon Slayer's Hashira Training Arc has been one of the more controversial arcs in the franchise, not because of sensitive content or uncharacteristics elements. No, it's in fact, a training arc. Literally as it says, this 8-episode arc is about training and something you'd probably would be fed up with after just three episodes, let alone 8. While shounen adaptations often have episodes with training, those only span short episodes or even segments. It's uncommon that an entire season is dedicated on training. Suit up because there will be a whole lot of training in the fourth season. Hashira Training Arc didn't start out in such a predictable style however. From the opening minutes of the first episode, we witness the Hashira doing what they do best: exterminate demons. It leads with Wind Hashira Sanemi Shinazugawa and Serpent Hashira Obanai Iguro doing work and protecting the public. What started as a trailblazing chase ends in a bizarre twist when we see a labyrinth of walls and demons literally spawn out of nowhere. It's a confusing segment that needs more explanation but this season won't have those answers. Flashforward to rest of the episode and we open our eyes to the reality of this arc: Hashira Training. As it says, this is essentially a training arc meaning that everything you see is related, connected to, or associated with training. It's an extended preparation for our main characters to take on the Upper Moon Demons and Muzan himself. Up to this point, it's established that the highest ranking demons are eons above the average generic demons and even the lower ranks. In order to reach the same level, this arc has the cast training in blood, sweat, and tears. The season also explores some of the background storytelling and motivations among the Hashira members, noticably Giyu and Tengen. Each episode also pits Tanjiro, Zenitsu, among others to train in different styles. The season aims for a diverse range of training sessions but let's be honest here, the storytelling all sells the same product. Once you've seen one or two of these episodes, it feels like you've seen them all. Nonetheless, this is an important arc to prepare the cast physically, mentally, and emotionally. However, this season will be a big disappointment if you're seeking for action. Compared to all the previous seasons and even movies, this has the least amount of fighting sequences and direct conflicts. You really should not expect a training arc to have battles on the frontlines. Instead, we got character connections and how some can relate to others based on their past and present experiences. Muzan and his Upper Demons are also plotting behind the scenes as we see glimpses of their characters. There's no doubt this season is preparing for the Hashira to take them on in th their eventual conflict, like events destined to happen. We would be lying to ourselves if we said ufotable didn't do a stellar job. Once again stepping up to the plate to deliver an animation extravaganza, they set the bar this season with quality. Character designs, settings, and emotions are protrayed at the highest quality, similar to previous season. Even if you find this arc itself monotonous to follow, it contains jawbreaking animation and groundbreaking chereography. It truly is a visual feast of the season. Controversy is a word that will be bought up when fans describe this season. It contains 8 episodes but all of it is set up to prepare our cast for their inveitable battles. Even with an extended 1-hour season finale, let me just say that this serve as a prep season. The real meal is up to fans to feast on later.

Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc was known as the “calm before the storm arc” where all the demon slayers were trained in the mindset to defeat the demon king. Only a few people know why this season and the previous season (Swordsmith Village Arc) was lower quality than the prior seasons. This reason is simple and obvious. Ufotable wasn’t used to make multiple anime adaptations in the same time period. Therefore since they accepted to make Genshin Impact adaptation, the Director of Demon Slayer had to either say goodbye to half of his staff (animators) or they had to cut down on Demon Slayer production schedule. Either option was a hit back in the expense of Demon Slayer which resulted lower quality. The only way that they could have remedied this situation if they would’ve delayed the release. They chose to do less animation and less detail and that’s what happening. I can also understand that people doesn’t like Zenitsu’s crazy personality, for their satisfaction we are not going to see more crazy screaming. We’re also not going to see smiling Muichiro and all these lovely moments were made as happy memories for the viewers. We all got this warming and friendly vibes in which we had a chance to know more about all the hashiras before things turn serious. Everyone knew the story isn’t that extraordinary or complicated to understand and follow, but still somehow people are getting mad in 2024 that “demon slayer has no story”. Now they are crying for action, because they only watching Demon Slayer for the action. In conclusion, this is a training arc. Ufotable doing multiple anime at a time, and those who really enjoy Demon Slayer (with all its flaws) hopes that people who now let out their hatred, can found themselves enjoy the final with us. For whatever reason they are still watching it six years in. I believe we all watching it for entertainment, even if you hate it or love it. I know that this wasn’t on par with season two, but still Demon Slayer is a gem in the shounen genre. That will receive love for its little details and distaste for its greater mistakes. Either way, all viewers are just wants to see the best cinematic action ever created in the history of anime.. as expected to be. The reputation of this stirring adventure is now in the hands of Ufotable’s team and they better not drop the pen before sun rises. Final Score 6/10 (This is a balance review to the overwhelmingly numerous negative reviews - rants) Thank you for reading! See you all in the theaters!

One really good episode does not make a below average season suddenly really good. This season was a training arc where nothing really happened. There some funny moments here and there and character exposition but it really felt like Naruto filler. All of these episodes but the last one are almost parallel to the filler stretches of Shippuden that were pretty forgettable. That’s fine when there’s going to be an entire canon arc of action in between these filler stretches of a weekly anime. But this season is only 8 episodes and almost all of them are like this and one episode feels like it pushes the story forward. It’s kind of an insult to the viewer when their time feels wasted. I saw people saying this could have been a special and that for sure can be case. I think people would like this part of the story way more instead of padding for the final episode. I don’t think the anime has fallen off or anything but this was disappointing.

8 episodes, with two of them being 40 minutes long, that could have easily been condensed to half the time or less. I'm not going to talk about character depth, or how the show is as thin as a sheet of paper—because that's clearly not what it's aiming for, and that's something you can tell from the start or even mention the blatant sexism, for the same reason. My complaint this time is that, even knowing all of i said before, the series still managed to surprise me again with how useless its scenes and dialogues are, leading absolutely nowhere. It’s not even a presentation arc; they introduce a few things, but that’s it—there’s no further exploration, even though there was more than enough time for it. The last episode could’ve easily been the fourth, or even the third, with the whole training sequence done in a single episode and that’s it—because does it relevant or add anything important? No. It doesn’t even useful to show how our protagonists strive or grow. That already happened through their numerous encounters with the enemy throughout the series. That’s why they even stand out during the training sequences—because they basically don’t need them.

Before the last episode, I thought I was finally done with Kimetsu no Yaiba. Do not take this to mean that I loved the last episode, because I did not. It was simply another droplet of the things I like about the series, after the absolutely famine-inducing drought that was the rest of the season. And now I am on the hook to watch the continuation. Again. This is something Kimetsu no Yaiba does, repeatedly, and I cannot help but feel there is something abusive about it. Being at or below the line of acceptability for a long time, then when you are about to leave, then and only then, giving you something good, and you are back in line for more. I don't think I like that. As my feelings on this season are inextricably linked to what I think of the rest of the series, I suppose I will give short summaries of that, as a kind of background. The first season I liked, but not without reservations. The story was simple and far from fresh, but it worked. Some of the humor segments were... forced? Weird? Not funny, anyway, and they made a couple of characters way less impactful. But yeah, over all I liked it. Mugen Ressha-hen was pretty much as good, except the comedic timing was worse. I also really liked Rengoku. Yuukaku-hen was largely a disappointment. I still sort of enjoyed it, but I really disliked Uzui, and at this point, the issues that had been there all along started bleeding through the cracks in the shiny facade. The lack of character development made it feel more and more stagnant, and everything became dumber and dumber. I'm still happy I watched it, and there were a couple of really good scenes, but at that point I could see where this was going. Downwards. Then we have Katanakaji no Sato-hen. Oh, boy. This one sort of jumped the shark, for me. I didn't like Kanroji, and I didn't like her stupid weapon. Uzui's weapon was also stupid, but this one I actually find intellectually insulting. What's the point in there being a difference between demons and demon slayers if anything goes, either way? Was not the point that the demons are more powerful, but their nature of not working together is what keeps the balance of power as it is? I know the demon slayers have done plenty of supernatural things before this, but this is, for some reason, the point where I could no longer suspend my disbelief. I also did not like the demons (they sucked as much as their cg effects), and with everything else making me upset, I became unable to keep Tanjirou's internal monologue from wearing on my nerves like a rusty cheese grater. The fancy, flashy finale also did nothing for me, though this was perhaps because of everything that preceded it. The only things I really liked were that one episode about Tokitou, because Tanjirou did not get to shout at his legs to move, or whatever, and Haganezuka. That guy is great. Over all I did not hate Katanakaji no Sato-hen, though it might sound like it, but it was a close call whether I would watch the next season or not. And that brings us to Hashira Geiko-hen. Here we go. What are the things I like about Kimetsu no Yaiba? The cool action scenes, especially the emotionally charged ones. The few flashes of good character writing, unfortunately usually found in flashbacks. Tanjirou's relation to his mostly dead family, and his reason for fighting. Cool demons doing wacky shit. Now then, what happens if we take away all that for the majority of a season, and just have a marathon of shallow character interactions with all the Hashira and tons of faceless goons who are only there to point out how amazing Tanjirou is? Nothing good. Of course, I understand why, mechanically, this part is here. It's so a lot of them can die in the final fight, or at least to manufacture stakes so you care when they almost die. It's a way of, without anything actually happening, pointing out that, yes, they all still exist. Now, this could be... well, I hesitate to say fine, but it might not be hateful. Unless, of course, all of the things you dislike are still there. Especially the now very common segments of deformed "comedy". I did not like those. In all honesty, there are a couple of good moments, but they are drowned in a sea of rusty, dirty, rabies-contaminated cheese graters. But, I hear you say, what about the last episode? Did you not say something almost, sort of, nearly positive about it? Here's the thing, right? The last episode is flashy, most of it is well made, and I did like it. But, and hear me out here, production values aside, it's not really anything special. And the Kibutsuji walk (you'll know it when you see it) does not work for me. That scene is set up so it reinforces what you already think of Kibutsuji, and as an antagonist, I have always thought him serviceable, but never impressive. That scene felt like a waste of time. Also, as an aside, this arc is supposed to be about the Hashira teaching and training others, so why are they all so horribly terrible teachers? Funnily enough, I think the only one who was any good at all is Kanroji, and she still can not escape from being a deformed bit character. I thought Urokodaki was an awful teacher in the first season, but that was probably supposed to be funny, so I didn't really think too much about it. But now I sort of have to wonder if this is what the original author thinks teaching is. Are Japanese schools even more terrible than I thought? Whatever. Let's run through this in a more categorical summary kind of way. Story: Before the last episode, there is not much of one. Characters: They are static, and interactions feel stilted. The only one I really liked is Himejima (though his weapon is also stupid). Art and animation: Good in the last episode, but before that it's a mixed bag. Sound and music: It's pretty good. Voice acting: Technically good, but held back by the script. In the end, I will give Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen a 5/10 score. It might just be the sunk-cost fallacy coming into play, but I did not hate this thing enough to stop watching, so I have to believe it is worth something. On the other hand, I would also not recommend it to anyone. Watch at your own peril. Thanks for reading, and have an above 5/10 day.

Season 4 of Demon Slayer strays from the typical formula we are used to seeing from the show by now. This season lacks a majority of the action and suspense that we have come to expect. Despite this unusual structure, the show provides yet another interesting experience for the viewer. This season prepares us for the final act of the story by allowing the audience to get better acquainted with its characters, and it executes this masterfully. Throughout the first 7 episodes of this season, Tanjiro spends time training with all of the 8 living Hashira (Including a retired Tengen Uzui). Each encounter is an entertaining experience. We learn more about these characters, and get to enjoy their personalities on full display. The training isn't particularly difficult for our MC, but this is to be expected, as his skills have been honed through multiple encounters with powerful enemies. This arc is much less about the training itself, and more about experiencing the array of characters that are important to the show. I personally found great enjoyment in these episodes, as I was excited to learn more about some of the Hashira who haven't had much screentime to this point in the show. Though the majority of this season is different from the usual show, it is similar in that it still ends with a big and exciting action sequence. The final episode, which was 40 minutes long, seemed to go by at light speed. Everything that this show has been setting up is coming together for a climactic finish. Episode 8 leaves the viewer begging for more. This slower, less action packed season has perhaps the most exhilarating finale of the entire show to this point. I myself am certainly looking forward to seeing what comes next for this story. I thoroughly disagree with the people who claim that Demon Slayer is a show carried by its animation. Its plot, while simple at times, is effective and entertaining. Some characters do not have a lot of depth, but they are almost always enjoyable on screen. Demon Slayer is a masterclass of shonen anime, and this season is no exception to its greatness. The Hashira Training Arc falls just short of some of the show's other seasons, but still sticks the landing beautifully.

Weebs are simple people. Give them some amazing animation and sound in beautifully rendered fights for a shounen battle series and they are happy. Mix in some memorable character designs with enough personality to not bore or piss off the audience and you are almost guaranteed a popular hit series. I get it. Most people got into anime from a popular shounen battle series, myself included, and enjoy the spectacle it provides. I do too. But there is a certain bare minimum of quality to the story and the characters I need to not roll my eyes and laugh at how stupid what I am watching is too. Ufotable's godly production values don't compensate for an arc that was almost entirely boring filler that could have been either skipped entirely or summarized over an episode or two. This is one of the worst cash grab anime seasons ever and to see so many people unironically give so many high scores for such a waste of our time is honestly kind of depressing. I'm sorry, but Giyuu's backstory sucked. Between the stupidity of the issue and the ease of resolution, I was left laughing by the end of it. The Shinazugawa family drama was also not properly explored enough for me to care. Don't worry though, it will get explained later in a flashback during the movie trilogy! Same as every other character whose backstory hasn't been covered yet! Why waste time covering that now in a filler filled season when we can spend most of our time on training montages with mob background characters that nobody will remember or care about? Himejima's background was the only one that didn't suck, but if you haven't seen the backstory on a character yet you can expect to see it in a flashback during the upcoming movies when they are close to death, as is the norm now for this series. It is easier to overlook the weaknesses in a series like this when it focuses on the fights. Unfortunately, since this a training arc, the issues with worldbuilding, plot holes, characterization, etc. all become more stark without the distraction of sakuga. Since you cannot turn your brain off and enjoy the nonexistent sakuga, you are left stewing in boredom and disappointment. You could honestly probably skip everything but the last 2 episodes and it wouldn't impact your understanding of the story or the characters in the slightest. That's a pretty damning indictment of this season. Having said all of that I don't want you to misunderstand, I'm not some dedicated Demon Slayer hater. In fact, I read the entire manga after being intrigued by the first season and enjoyed it quite a bit. But we gotta have a little bit more self respect as weebs and not give this cash grab the praise it doesn't deserve. Thank you for reading.

This really shows how weak of a writer the author is. The instant the story stepped out of his comfort zone of Set up dramatic villain Set up dramatic supporting cast Battle mooks while supporting cast has negative traits Learn their backstory and befriend them Use said backstory to elaborate on main cast and make them stronger Beat the villain and show their backstory to make them more interesting Everything just becomes a snooze fest. Time spent with the characters just able to exist showed that none of them are interesting, all of them are cardboard with no further depth past their literal first introduction. Not to mention how physically painful seeing how the women are written is. "Oh yeah these women are awesome! they know how to cook! WOOOW" With no further characterization. Like just don't include them if you don't want them to be there. The authors interest in bringing back characters from the start of the show for this portion also just comes off strange because they aren't really acknowledged. Despite the love for flashbacks theres basically nothing ever added by them. Like theres a giant boulder that represents the conclusion of the training journey and it looks and is framed nearly the exact same as the boulder from the start of the story. But then there is no connection at all, no acknowledgement, no flashback. Like what? That's such an easy homerun to call back to.

Graphics/visuals : great, better than blacksmith village arc but behind entertainment district. (10) Story : The most useless arc in this series. if u want to watch this, i recommend you to just watch the first and last episode. that's all you need to know (0) sound : good, but there is nothing get me the excitement like final battle in season 2 or the train. (8) Character : What???????. The other members of the demon slayer corps besides tanjiro, zenitsu, the pig head and hashiras are so weak and useless. Tanjiro, pig head, and zenitsu are the lowest and newest members, but somehow only they are able to graduate from the trainings (2). but i like the changing trait of zenitsu in the end, finally he is not annoying anymore (+2) = (4). Entertainment : Nothing (0). What do I want to enjoy? the enjoy point of KNY is fighting scene, but all the battles in this season are stopped in the middle of the fight, like tanjiro vs ex-hashira ninja, ginyu vs wind bakugo, 3 hashiras battle, tanjiro vs fog hashira, very disappointed. but the muzan battle is very cool (+5) = (5). *the muzan walk is exaggerate and annoying. and its absolutely just a milking attempt from ufotable. but I won't score that. total score : (27/50) = 5.4

As a manga reader, I know this season will be 90% chore and 10% EPICNESS. And damn was I right, but that 10% literally got me in tears of joy and HYPE. It's a season long set-up before the non-stop battle of the finale. This is a watch guide for people who want only the meat: EP 1 Intro to training arc = Good to know to get an overview of the season EP 2-6 The training montage, the same old DS humor, the trauma dump of Hashiras = Skippable (It was better in the manga where you can control the pacing) EP 7 Where things get boiling. You'll want to witness this ep just for Zenitsu, but the last 5 minutes was amazing too. EP 8 THE PEAK = Just holy sh*t! I know Demon Slayer animation always goes hard, but even the snow flake in this ep got me gaping. The details of the setting, the way it portrayed the character's motivation, & the brief fight scene. What got me super emotional was the dialogue showdown. Demon Slayer is a story about generation after generation passing on the baton to accomplish one greater goal. This makes it old-fashion and maybe even corny, but you can't deny that it's epic. I think it goes beyond winning with the power of friendship to making your live on hopes & dreams in other people. The fight not only looks good, but the weight of it never feels hollow. This season is not the best. I wish they include a few more chapters in to make up for the looooong set up. Still, I can't wait for the final arc. Wish they didn't release it in 3 seperate movies, but 1 full season and maybe final movie instead though.😅

very meh arc While the training arc is kind of cool and there are good moments all throughout, all in all, its kind of boring. The last episode does get you hyped for the next arc though, but that's kind of the problem in itself, the next arc doesn't come out for some time. So this arc: while probably great in the grand scheme of the story, was overall, kind of like a giant beach episode where nothing really happens, except the setup for the next arc. Great animation still and tanjiro is still the goodest of boys, and it does do some character development here and there, not a bad arc but there was nothing of significance that happens until the last episode.

4. And that's on a good day. I'm confident that you could skip the entire thing except for the last one episode - which will most likely be recapped or rehashed in some for in the continuation - and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF VALUE WOULD BE LOST. The 7 episodes of training arc hasn't even contained any actual training. I don't think I can name a single memorable thing from 140 minutes of the season. There was no character building, no setting up, no deepening the bonds, scraps of Hashiras backstories (not even that interesting for the most part). If you value your time in the slightest, you should straight up skip to the last episode. Compared to what I've watched, MHA training arcs are a masterpiece.

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen is the worst season of Demon Slayer, if you can even call it a season. There is no plot, no fights, and no Nezuko (the crux of story). I just don't get it. The eighth episode is good, but it is completely disconnected from the previous 7 episodes. Pushing rocks and fighting with sticks is not why I tune into this series. Red District arc is very close in airtime compared to Hashira training arc, and I cannot unsee the Red District arc. It was a masterpiece, done in a very short time. Hashira Training arc is trash, done in that same amount of time. Why do things this way? This is just one of those bizarre decisions we see in anime production sometimes, unfortunately marring the series. This should have been condensed and presented as a 1-hour prologue to the trilogy, nothing more. That being said, I'm excited to see another Ufotable trilogy. Animation 9/10 - Its Ufotable, the last episode was great, but can't say the same for episode 1-7. Sound 10/10 - This series continues to have incredible sound design. Story 1/10 - They train, and then episode 8 ups the ante, too little too late. No conflict involving Nezuko, she is just gone from the series. Bizarre story telling if you ask me. Characters 7/10 - We get some introduction to the Hashira, and minor backstory, but it's all disposable to my brain. No Nezuko, no Nezuko training arc. She is the most important character to the story, and she got 5 seconds of screen time. I do enjoy the Hashira though. Enjoyment 6/10 - Of course I didn't hate it as a whole, I was just expecting more from a series that delivers more often than not. Is this something you need to watch? No. Watch episode 8, get rid of the fluff.

This was not good, Demon Slayer already has a terrible problem with character writing, the one redeeming quality is the amazing action, and this season has basically none of that besides the very last episode (which is episode 8). All the episodes not counting the last are the same: Tanjiro goes to a Hashira to "train", every single one of the fodder hashira's look at him in awe for how good he is, Tanjiro doesn't learn anything, leaves for the next hashira. This is probably one of the worst training arcs I have ever seen in anime, it might as well have been filler, Tanjiro doesnt learn anything from this training, its useless. And for those who say episodes like this can build characters up, very little of that is actually done during this arc, the pacing is terrible and the time is very poorly used. Honestly you can just watch the first and last episodes and very little is lost, you're going to save yourself a lot of annoying "banter", specially the scenes with Zenitsu. The last episode is the only praise I can really give this season, it has great action and high stakes, even if the outcome is pretty obvious.

Ok so I do like this anime and I will watch the last season when it releases either way. I have to say I was a bit disappointed. There was just a lot of training and most of the action was in the last episode and then you are left on a cliffhanger. Although I understand that this will probably make the last season better or maybe I'm just being hopeful they got a lot of things out of the way in this season. But there was so little action. It was all just training it was a little boring to be honest. It was very dragged out but I feel like the story just didn't do it for me like the other seasons. I wish they put more effort into the music it doesn't seem to fit the anime.

Very good anime, third or fourth season, I don't remember well, a season that leaves everything ready for the last season or movie. It is known that death and destruction is coming. I didn't read the manga or anything but damn good things are coming. The only thing I don't like is that Tanjiro is still such a good guy, you have to be more of a son of a bitch. As always ufotable giving a hell of an adaptation, very good animation and soundtrack. Good power progression between characters En español: Muy buen anime tercera o cuarta temporada no me acuerdo bien, una temporada que deja todo preparado para la última temporada o película. Se sabe que se viene la muerte y destrucción. No leí el manga y nada pero la puta madre se viene cositas muy buenas. Lo único que no me gusta es que tanjiro siga siendo tan Bueno tipo tenes que ser mas hijo de puta. Como siempre ufotable dando una adaptación del carajo, muy buena animación y banda sonora. Buen progreso de poder entre personajes

The way my jaw is on the ground. Seeing everything come together is so satisfying. And the animation is so beautiful, as always. I love how this show is consistently exciting, and it always delivers. My favorite season is still the entertainment district arc, but this definitely met my expectations! I’m seeing some people pooing on this arc, for whatever reason. But I appreciate that it gets right to the point. You really feel that this arc is the beginning of the end, and it’s setting up the ball for the last arc. I have so many questions now, but so many have been answered. Seeing more about the Hashiras. Learning more about Ubuyashiki and the lengths that he will go to in order to protect this family he’s built. The trio getting back together and motivating each other to be better than they were. It all adds up to what makes me love this anime so much. Yes, this arc is shorter. But I prefer focused storytelling over something that meanders on and on with no direction. Everyone is reaching the height of their character arcs, and I’m so excited to see how it all lines up in the end. The next season can’t come soon enough!

Kimetsu no Yaiba is the perfect anime to watch while eating some popcorn. It doesn't require you to concentrate, it doesn't demand deep understanding, just enjoy the different cinematics. In this arc, this definition couldn't be more accurate. It literally relies on training the Pillars, and getting to know their tragic stories (which generate almost no empathy in the viewer due to their brevity). Still, the characters are charismatic as always, and it's a sensible transitional season for the storm that will come later, by including elements like vestiges and omens just starting the season, plus by emphasizing the importance of the training, it makes the seriousness of what's next in the plot stand out. Really, I can't not recommend it, because despite my dislike for the basics, you have a good time without needing to think too much, perfect for a quiet night watching Tanjiro face the training of different Pillars, making you see his skills for future battles. If you don't like Kimetsu at all because of its very basic story or any other aspect how did you get to this season?

The calm before the storm. The show takes a little break of the action to get to know the characters better, which in a storytelling point-of-view, helps a lot the story, by making the next arc that more impactfull, and even if it doesn't need it, also contradicts the dumb haters who say "it's just battles". As it is known right now, the next arc will be a trilogy of very action-packed movies, and this season was the perfect build up for that. We know that Muzan is gathering his forces and that the Demon Slayer corps are only now getting wins agaisnt the upper moons and still need more training, especially the lower ranks ones. It takes time to do the needed backstories that were missing, characterization, character interaction, character development, and also a bit of their day-to-day life. Essentially this arc did everything that needed to do, it expanded some needed parts of the original manga, making it a perfect adaptation, the comedy was there, Tanjiro's personallity is a joy to watch, the animation was amazing when it needed to be, the last episode was a masterpiece and that last music was *chef's kiss*. For all that it deserves the score given, even if it wasn't battle focused, because the movies will be and I can't wait for them.