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I never understood how Demon Slayer turned into this massive sensation.

I mean, it's a perfectly fine, decently written, if slightly generic shounen series, with excellent production value. Beyond that, I don't see the hype.

does anyone feel like this anime's excessive publicity is going to bite itself or something bad will happen? This reminds of "your name" and Shinkai expressing some concern for the disturbing obsession people took with his film.

I never understood how Demon Slayer turned into this massive sensation.

I mean, it's a perfectly fine, decently written, if slightly generic shounen series, with excellent production value. Beyond that, I don't see the hype.

kinghumanity wrote:

I never understood how Demon Slayer turned into this massive sensation. I mean, it's a perfectly fine, decently written, if slightly generic shounen series, with excellent production value. Beyond that, I don't see the hype.

Kinda answered your own question there. Given the immense popularity of shows like Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach, decent but not-overly-ambitious shonen fighting anime with good animation and too many episodes is what the vast majority of people (kids? young boys?) want. MHA and FMA are a little less generic but follow a similar formula.

I don't really understand it either, and this particular show's weirdly dogmatic early fanbase turned me off to it a while ago, but it's not a new paradigm or anything. Not all shows in its vein are so successful, obviously, but once one of them accumulates enough fans it becomes The Show Everybody's Watching and its popularity explodes.

Often, something with a tried and true formula, with it's own little unique spins, executed well, can and does work. Which is why many try to imitate it, but few succeed.

kinghumanity wrote:

I never understood how Demon Slayer turned into this massive sensation. I mean, it's a perfectly fine, decently written, if slightly generic shounen series, with excellent production value. Beyond that, I don't see the hype.

Kinda answered your own question there. Given the immense popularity of shows like Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach, decent but not-overly-ambitious shonen fighting anime with good animation and too many episodes is what the vast majority of people (kids? young boys?) want. MHA and FMA are a little less generic but follow a similar formula.

I don't really understand it either, and this particular show's weirdly dogmatic early fanbase turned me off to it a while ago, but it's not a new paradigm or anything. Not all shows in its vein are so successful, obviously, but once one of them accumulates enough fans it o becomes The Show Everybody's Watching and its popularity explodes.

kotomikun wrote:

kinghumanity wrote: I never understood how Demon Slayer turned into this massive sensation. I mean, it's a perfectly fine, decently written, if slightly generic shounen series, with excellent production value. Beyond that, I don't see the hype. Kinda answered your own question there. Given the immense popularity of shows like Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach, decent but not-overly-ambitious shonen fighting anime with good animation and too many episodes is what the vast majority of people (kids? young boys?) want. MHA and FMA are a little less generic but follow a similar formula. I don't really understand it either, and this particular show's weirdly dogmatic early fanbase turned me off to it a while ago, but it's not a new paradigm or anything. Not all shows in its vein are so successful, obviously, but once one of them accumulates enough fans it o becomes The Show Everybody's Watching and its popularity explodes.

The music and animation alone makes the show amazing. The fight scenes are great and the characters are interesting. Muzan, the upper moons and the pillars plus the character development is great too

As for the movie, the animation and music is better than any anime movie that has ever hit theatres. Seriously, just look at the most recent trailer. Only date night movies can compare but it’s from the same company.

I’m not into mangas since I don’t like reading. But this manga I binged in a full day. It was that good. Not happy with the ending but still an amazing show

kotomikun wrote:

kinghumanity wrote: I never understood how Demon Slayer turned into this massive sensation. I mean, it's a perfectly fine, decently written, if slightly generic shounen series, with excellent production value. Beyond that, I don't see the hype. Kinda answered your own question there. Given the immense popularity of shows like Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach, decent but not-overly-ambitious shonen fighting anime with good animation and too many episodes is what the vast majority of people (kids? young boys?) want. MHA and FMA are a little less generic but follow a similar formula. I don't really understand it either, and this particular show's weirdly dogmatic early fanbase turned me off to it a while ago, but it's not a new paradigm or anything. Not all shows in its vein are so successful, obviously, but once one of them accumulates enough fans it o becomes The Show Everybody's Watching and its popularity explodes.

The music and animation alone makes the show amazing. The fight scenes are great and the characters are interesting. Muzan, the upper moons and the pillars plus the character development is great too

As for the movie, the animation and music is better than any anime movie that has ever hit theatres. Seriously, just look at the most recent trailer. Only date night movies can compare but it’s from the same company.

I’m not into mangas since I don’t like reading. But this manga I binged in a full day. It was that good. Not happy with the ending but still an amazing show

#918673 wrote:

kotomikun wrote: kinghumanity wrote: I never understood how Demon Slayer turned into this massive sensation. I mean, it's a perfectly fine, decently written, if slightly generic shounen series, with excellent production value. Beyond that, I don't see the hype. Kinda answered your own question there. Given the immense popularity of shows like Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach, decent but not-overly-ambitious shonen fighting anime with good animation and too many episodes is what the vast majority of people (kids? young boys?) want. MHA and FMA are a little less generic but follow a similar formula. I don't really understand it either, and this particular show's weirdly dogmatic early fanbase turned me off to it a while ago, but it's not a new paradigm or anything. Not all shows in its vein are so successful, obviously, but once one of them accumulates enough fans it o becomes The Show Everybody's Watching and its popularity explodes. The music and animation alone makes the show amazing. The fight scenes are great and the characters are interesting. Muzan, the upper moons and the pillars plus the character development is great too As for the movie, the animation and music is better than any anime movie that has ever hit theatres. Seriously, just look at the most recent trailer. Only date night movies can compare but it’s from the same company. I’m not into mangas since I don’t like reading. But this manga I binged in a full day. It was that good. Not happy with the ending but still an amazing show

I mean, I feel that the character development for a ton of the Pillars plus the villains was seriously under developed. It was fine for what it was but if you actually look at the amount of backstory and scenes every character gets, its not much. Muzan was also a bit of an underwhelming villain in the end. The Other upper moons, especially Akaza were all better done