Review of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

When the first season of Demon Slayer came out, I felt (and wrote) it was a show that was generic and deeply flawed yet to an extent entertaining and had the potential to improve, since then there have been a couple of sequels to this series, both of which have been a bit more impressive. Mugen Train is definitely peak Demon Slayer (So far, I haven't read the manga) for me, although it started off a bit slow, I thought the dream sequences were very haunting and the rest of the film capitalized on a nice concept and made it a fun watch which endedon a very interesting and emotional plot point. The way it ended set the stage for more interesting face offs in the future, and so I was looking forward to the next season - Entertainment District Arc. The opening couple of episodes were very promising, I was instantly hooked to the setting of the show and the nature of their mission, I loved the humor and funny dynamic between the lead three and Tengen Uzui and I thought the show was playing to its strengths, the demon slayers were infiltrating a place with specific tasks to find the demon and Uzui's wife, there was a lot of potential for writing mystery and exploring this world and its inhabitants, I would have liked for more of this, for the protagonists do more detective shit and interact with more characters there and see how things go down with twists and turns, but the way it plays out, it all just got over so soon, the mystery was not just predictable but also unraveled itself in a very blunt and boring manner, in just about 4 episodes or so they got this out of the way, the rest of the season was just pure action, which in this show has it's own pros and cons. The battles are mostly entertaining, if nothing else they at least worth watching for their flashy animation and overall making, the stakes are high and so is the tension, can all the good guys make it back in one piece? Also there was a twist in the middle of the fight that I quite liked, but other than that these battles do have issues with pacing and can feel quite repetitive and exhausting, almost every episode of the battles you see Tanjiro doing his best, falling down, having an flashback or a dream where a family member asks him to get up, getting back up and repeating the same inner monologue over and over again and then fighting or unlocking a new power even though he shouldn't even be walking, by defying all logic and what not simply because he's the protagonist, the plot conveniences used by the writer are numerous. The show did end on a high, despite a chunk of the finale being "another sad demon back story" that I had to sit through thanks to Tanjiro's talk no jutsu, I get it every demon has a sad back story, I don't think they particularly add much and they even come off as lazy, it did end on a high with an explosive climax to the battle and once again sets the stage for the anime to go in an interesting direction, Personally for me, Demon Slayer after two seasons and a movie has still not addressed most of my problems with it, but it remains to be enjoyable while capitalizing on its strengths. Looking forward to season 3.