They could never make me like you, Zenitsu.

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Animation is good and all but i swera to god everytime i heard Zenitsu in my ears i thought of jumping off of the window. The coward who never overcomes his cowardness. The annoying who never stops being annoying. He had such a potential for growth and yet continues to be overpowered, not dealing with his issues and never truly growing. Even after watching the movie, i can't say if i am disappointed or just not surprised. It's sad to say i fully dropped kimetsu only because of him (which is not completely true, but he did have the biggest impact on the decision) as i could see the anime being good, had he not been there or had actually been a good character.

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Maybe i should have started with the manga, maybe not being able to hear his SCREAMING voice every 2 seconds would have helped, but i think i would have fallen under the "where's his growth?" question again. I wish he'd be conscious while fighting, even if eyes closed so he can focus. I wish they'd made him overcome his own issues (even if not toning down the screms, i think i could have lived with that if they actually developed his character).

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Maybe also i'm just not the demographic (even if i do love many shonen), as i can tell many characters are very childish sometimes. For some reason still, he's the only one truly pissing me off. Many characters are a bit one dimensional, but i think he's by far the one that i cannot excuse to be so unthoughtfully written.

For exmaple, Inosuke's another character that feels very... bland? I don't even know how to describe it. It's fine to have a character be a comic relief, just... do it well. Don't constantly repeat jokes or get the character barely any screen (only letting him show to be "funny"), as it gets bothersome and a bit underwhelming. You can almost predict how thing's will go down as soon as you have both Zenitsu and Inosuke on the screen.

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In order for this review to not be only a Znitsu rant, i'll just point out a few smaller issues i have with the series. I have heard of endgame ships. I don't know how they fully develop them, but they all felt weird for some reason. Backstories are all so dramatic, at some point it feels like too much. I won't dive in the fan service matter but it bothers me a bit. Too much talk, too little showing - I feel like kimetsu treats the viewer like a dumb little kid who needs everything explained to them in words, and that takes away from the immersion for me.

Maybe i was just also expecting more, given the amount of glazing the show receives, who knows. Unfortunately, this will always be that one show i wish i could enjoy as much as others, but that will always bother me as soon as i think about it.

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