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Demon Slayer Complete Box Set: Volumes 1-23 with Premium by Koyoharu Gotouge
3 reviews
zoloft_lesbian's review
adventurous
emotional
sad
fast-paced
3.25
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Terminal illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, and Death of parent
shelbyslifer's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
What a beautiful series! Hands down a favorite. Brilliant storytelling. Punches you right through the heartstrings and then heals and goes right back for more. Wonderful characters and incredible messages throughout
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Vomit
Moderate: War, Kidnapping, Classism, and Confinement
jenny_d's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
So I have a theory that anyone rating this specific boxed set is going to rate it very highly. If you have it, you probably already love it, and are thus going to ignore the flaws.
I adore Demon Slayer. If anyone came up to me sand said it was trash, I might physically fight them.
Wowzers does it ever have some issues.
I'm not talking about the problematic shit. (There is a bit. It has not affected my rating.)
I am talking very specifically about the author not believing that the audience can think for themselves.
Demon Slayer has one of the worst cases of telling-not-showing that I've ever seen in my life. As in fully spelling out exactly what is going on to the reader in a way that detracts from the imagery. This is most obvious in the Mugen Train arc, but occurs at points throughout the series. The audience does NOT need things spelled out for them all the time. If I hadn't watched the Mugen Train movie before reading the manga, I may well have dropped the whole manga right there specifically because of the author's lack of trust in the audience to figure things out for ourselves. Later on in the manga, the author relies pretty heavily on telling the rest of the story in text at the end of each chapter. Honestly, as good as the art is, I feel like this may have done better as a light novel.
Now.
All that said.
I still think the overall story arc is an excellent example of its type, and I encourage anyone who loves a heroic shonen story to at least try reading it. It has comforted me in difficult times, and it's made me laugh and cry and feel hopeful. The ending was exactly what I expected, and also exactly what I wanted. I adore it. I hope that the show continues to do the story justice.
I adore Demon Slayer. If anyone came up to me sand said it was trash, I might physically fight them.
Wowzers does it ever have some issues.
I'm not talking about the problematic shit. (There is a bit. It has not affected my rating.)
I am talking very specifically about the author not believing that the audience can think for themselves.
Demon Slayer has one of the worst cases of telling-not-showing that I've ever seen in my life. As in fully spelling out exactly what is going on to the reader in a way that detracts from the imagery. This is most obvious in the Mugen Train arc, but occurs at points throughout the series. The audience does NOT need things spelled out for them all the time. If I hadn't watched the Mugen Train movie before reading the manga, I may well have dropped the whole manga right there specifically because of the author's lack of trust in the audience to figure things out for ourselves. Later on in the manga, the author relies pretty heavily on telling the rest of the story in text at the end of each chapter. Honestly, as good as the art is, I feel like this may have done better as a light novel.
Now.
All that said.
I still think the overall story arc is an excellent example of its type, and I encourage anyone who loves a heroic shonen story to at least try reading it. It has comforted me in difficult times, and it's made me laugh and cry and feel hopeful. The ending was exactly what I expected, and also exactly what I wanted. I adore it. I hope that the show continues to do the story justice.
Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Chronic illness, Animal death, Body horror, Murder, Toxic relationship, Classism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, and Violence
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