Review of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen/Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc Review Story (7/10) Good More Specifically (7.75/10) Good+ The story within this arc was straight forward and good. They start off the first quarter or so of the episodes seg-waying from the Mugen Train Arc and the repercussions of it into this season and arc's main location within the Yoshiwara Entertainment District. They spend about two or three more episodes setting up what the issue is within this location and after that it's basically high octane fights to the end of the arc. From a story standpoint this isn't anything to brag about, it stillfollowed the formula of a Demon Slayer story, go here fight demon, see demon's backstory and attempt to make the audience feel bad for the life the demon (or demons in this case) had to live when they were human and that's it. I would say in regards to that formula you could say this is my favorite iteration of it the series has done so far but that's probably because unlike the previous attempts this was more than 2-3 episodes, so it was just a longest version essentially. Nonetheless the pacing of it all even though it was the longest version of it was still very tight, solid and satisfying.
Art and Animation (10/10) Outstanding
Ufotable once again proves that they are not to be challenged. MAPPA does give it their best, especially lately but the in regards of constantly and 100% of the time producing top tier quality in both artstyle, animation and even the usage of cg within the mix, No one is touching Ufotable. They proved it in their Fate adaptations countless times before and Demon Slayer is right beside it at this point. If this anime will be remembered for anything you damn well can bet it'll be because of the efforts Ufotable injected into this adaptation. One can easily say that without them this series's adaptation would have never have reaches the heights of success it has reached to any degree. And the reason I say this is because before their adaptation outside of one shout out by Yoshihiro Togashi (which no one bat an eye when he did anyway) nobody was checking for the manga and it was sitting at like a 7.5 at best here on MAL. Now it's currently above an 8 or so after and that's because of it's stellar anime adaptation. I'm sure haters of Demon Slayer feels it has no right looking this good and that's definitely debatable if you felt your series probably got done dirty when Demon Slayer gets gods over at Ufotable animating it.
Sound (10/10) Outstanding
Another category I will give my high regards to. The sound effects were dope, the voice acting (JP VA at least) for all the character new and old all felt like they brought the energy and most importantly to me the music for the opening and ending both done my favorite anime opening/ending singer 'Aimer' who killed it in both areas.
Characters (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.50/10) Good
The characters in this section were good. I could just leave it there and you'd probably be satisfied because you know there isn't too much to be said about the characterization and/or character development when it comes to this series. I wouldn't call it bad or amazing, it's just good. If I were to dive any deeper into this section I'd probably give credit to Inosuke, because when they first reached to the Yoshiwara Entertainment District and he was given his role in his respective house, he did showcase a side of himself I was unaware he had. This was a more calm and serious version of him that was showcased as he tried to figure out where the demon was hiding within the house. Although it didn't last too long and he tore the whole damn place apart shortly after as far as I remember, the fact that he showcased it to some degree to begin with at all is why I giving him credit. The two demon's at the end arguing at each other was good characterization between them as they started to turn on each other as well. So I'll say in comparison to content previous it was just a smidget better, just a smidget.
Enjoyment (9/10) Great
More Specifically (9.75/10) Great+
Other than the start which for setup purposes is understandable (and I didn't even start this season right away, I waited for about half of it to release before I went in and binge it up to being caught up which was a good decision on my part) this entire season for the most part was a blast to watch and the pretty colors had be in awe till the very end, I'd assume at this point that why we all watch this series, it's for the pretty colors, let's keep it real. Nonetheless, it's definitely the most enjoyment I've gotten from this series thus far.
Overall (9/10) Great
I've heard that this Entertainment District Arc is considered the best arc in the entire series and I can see why. It was well paced, straight forward and when it got going it was none-stop action till the end (even though the last episode was mostly your typical flashback portion for the demons it was still one of the better and/or best iteration of it yet). Unfortunately and additionally I also heard that it's all downhill from here according to manga readers. And I wouldn't be surprised if that's true and a decent amount of people fall off of the series after this point but with Ufotable behind this you can expect a lot of people still to stick it through for the top tier art style, animation and pretty colors. With all that being said Entertainment District lived up to it's hype nonetheless, it was a great watch.