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Demon Slayer Complete Box Set: Volumes 1-23 with Premium by Koyoharu Gotouge
2 reviews
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.
Content Warnings
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
nataku31's review
adventurous
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
For all the hype surrounding this series, the manga is something of a letdown. There is not a lot of character develoment, the plot is one-dimensional, the characters are not very interesting and the ending was predictable. I think the only thing I could say this series has going for it is strong fight sequences.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, and Body horror
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