A satisfying conclusion, with an interesting development.
Muzan's motivations are perfectly clear, now that we know he's just Kars.
I wonder if Nezuko's sun immunity is at all tied to her refusal to drink human blood.
A satisfying conclusion, with an interesting development.
Muzan's motivations are perfectly clear, now that we know he's just Kars.
I wonder if Nezuko's sun immunity is at all tied to her refusal to drink human blood.
They fooled me at first with the Nezuko flashback flagging her death, and I was impressed that they could possibly kill her off... Of course it was a fake out. The random retconned powerup was fairly eye rolling and ruined a good chance for a meaningful character death, but what annoys me most in hindsight is that this immunity would have been so easy to foreshadow at all and not make this so unsatisfying. Even a small mention of her blood mutating by doctor demon would have been enough. This reeks of an unplanned story change. I've heard the ending of the manga was rushed, and maybe this development was the beginning of it.
Either way, this does serve as a good paradigm shift and thrust some more urgency on the story, now that both sides have a defined goal.
Overall though, this was easily the weakest arc yet, and hopefully a low point for the entire series, because it really felt like it was just going through the motions for most of it. I wanna be hyped for Kimetsu again.
Don't understand the complaints about Nezuko's power. Every demon's powers are different. Resistance to a weakness could easily be one of them. And it almost singlehandedly gives purpose to the rest of the series.
But then the fake out wouldn't have worked. They obviously wanted you to think Nezuko could actually die.Originally Posted by neflight86
That should have been obvious back when they introduced a 12 person boss squad, then right afterwards, deleted 4 of them. As if the writer went "Fuck it, I'm not writing all those characters."
I wonder if Tanjiro will be promoted to Hashira now that he's killed an Upper.
Nezuko's immunity feels fine to me, but trying to explain why less points in intelligence equates to immunity or other powers later may be challenging.
It's other inconsistencies that get me more than anything else. Like when Genya said that he's getting burned by Nezuko's Demon Art because he drank demon blood before. Nezuko's Blood Art was never specified as being anti-demon specifically though - it just burns.
edit: oooh, turns out in the spider arc it was mentioned that Nezuko's fire only burned the spider dude and his thread but it didn't touch Tanjiro at all. Interesting. I just thought she managed the AOE well.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It just seems like Nezuko is special because her sense of protection for loved ones exceeded her own sense of self. It's not like other demons can just copy it. It is special to her because she is that selfless.
Peace.
I'm talking about a mention even back in s1 when visiting the doctor; just a little vague forshadowing of the possiblity Nezuko's basic rules could be different to make the fake out seem less manipulative.
Every demon dies in the sun. Nezuko looks like she is dying in the sun. Surprise; it doesn't work on her! Inconsistency in core mechanics when there is no foreshadowing or attempt at it makes what could be powerful moments arbitrary and... unsatisfying. Nezuko 'dying' isn't what's important in that scene; it's that both of them thought she would die and the sacrificial choice was made anyway. Simply cutting to a perfectly fine Nezuko next scene with no groundwork is akin to a 'psyche'! Cutting heads and sunlight are the two constants. Uppers bend the head rule to help distinguish them; fine. Breaking the sun rule should not have been done so lightly is my beef. I like the focus of objective it adds to the story, but that doesn't excuse the writing from feeling sloppy.
They could've even foreshadowed it in this season, not previous seasons, but they didn't.
Peace.
That WAS a bit weird, that we didn't get to see the transfer from burning, to being fine. But again, I assume that was to make the fakeout land.
I would expect it was like she was all charred up, but then her burned skin would flake off and she'd be fine underneath.
At first, I thought she was just straight up cured. Till I noticed her eyes.
I noticed her teeth first.At first, I thought she was just straight up cured. Till I noticed her eyes.
edit: Oh, and I seem to be running into a huge number of Demon Slayer spoilers this week, mainly on youtube and facebook. Dunno if it's the algorithm deciding that I like this (I don't), or whether it's just people deciding to just publish stuff. Either way it's annoying as hell.
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Tue, 06-20-2023 at 04:28 AM.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
A friend of mine suggested that what could have been a cool twist is if the sunlight actually cured her as a result of her not having consumed human flesh for so long. That would have been a bittersweet mixture of getting her 'back' from certain death, but still 'costing' the group something (no more Nezuko fighting power).
I mean, wouldn't the obvious solution have been to shrink down enough to hide witihn her clothing? Even smaller than usual, THAT was foreshadowed by literally fighting an upper demon who's the size of a gnome!
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Next arc's adaptation confirmed.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Heh, I was thinking "lotta Hashira for one arc" then the title appeared and I was all, "Ah, that makes sense."
I went and counted, and if we include Rengoku, that's around 9 Hashiras that we have this generation. If they've all had to kill a 12 Kizuki to become one, and the upper 6 haven't been killed in recent years, then the lower 6 would have been killed nearly twice over now as part of the 9 Hashira's promotions.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Since they're making a whole arc out of Hashira training, I wonder if all 5 of the "new gen" characters(Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Genya and Kanao) are going to be participating.
Also just realized they never revealed to us what Genya's super sense was. Maybe it's taste? Because of the eating demons thing? Also, it's the only one left.
I'm not sure that Genya is Hashira-material enough to deserve a special sense. He is a level above pleb, and has a name plus a uniform that isn't default, but he felt pretty underwhelming. He tanked a lot, but he didn't look like he had the moves.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Well, he passed his test along with Tanjiro and Kanao. So I'm assuming they're thematically linked.
Yeah, not having a breathing style impedes his ability to have interesting fights.
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