#demon slayer textpost

[nagitosstolenhand]

some upper moon textposts. love these stupids

[multifandomnonsense]

Kept coming across posts like this and I had to

[reallybadknymemes]

Something actually happened

[froggos-are-superior]

[hauntedbythenarrative]

Demon slayer + tumblr textposts

[vellialavellious]

her cunty witch hat and crippling sense of self-loathing have captivated me

[sapphickocho]

Renkaza + Textposts

[alternatimsnowfall]

I swear on my life, and I know for a fact that Gyomei gives the most god-tier hugs and cuddles. And I need to sit on his lap, because it would fix me

[smeekssneaks]

headcanon that everyone that was fighting in the entertainment district arc AT LEAST developed tinnitus, if not suffering hearing loss to some extent. (exception: tengen)

this being said, tengen’s hearing was shot down JUST enough decibels to reduce his hearing to that of a normal persons

[kaiserkisser]

Tanjiro: You know, not every problem can be solved with a sword.

Inosuke: That's why I carry two swords.

[nagitosstolenhand]

more upper moon textposts. i still love these stupids

[brightgreendandelions]

i'm indecisive

[reallybadknymemes]

It should be legal to grab the kasugai crows out of the air and scream at them

[the-kennsterrrr]

So I’m watching Mugen Train

[hauntedbythenarrative]

Douma + tumblr textposts

[hisui-cotton]

When I’m engaging with anime discussion it’s hard sometimes to know what I want to talk about. Is it the technical aspect? Is it the art? Is it the story? I don’t know. There’s a very overview aspect, where I enjoy a little bit of every part of it coming together to make something so cohesively. Then sometimes it’s purely a single aspect of the show that keeps my attention. It’s strange and honestly it just vibes with me that I may never know. But today I want to talk about some of things in anime or manga that I think are part of why I watch it so often. Moments where I understood that I liked what I was watching and know others could as well. Not a lot of spoilers ahead ahead but I’ll try to point out titles before hand or add a note beforehand so if you see something you’ve wanted to check out/are watching, you can go in without worrying too much.

When it comes to anime and manga I’ve found myself very torn in keeping up with stuff or starting and looking for new things. In all of that there is something really noticeable that I just don’t have the time to watch something that doesn’t hook me in the first 2 episodes or is just some mainstream thing everyone will just gush an meme over. I have really wanted something that people aren’t really talking about but I am sure there are viewers for. Something with a nice solid story, a wild vision or just…something that knows what it is. I think a few years ago we were all really impressed and invested in the idea that anime was such a high quality medium but there were a lot of shows that just weren’t that, they had dull writing and weren’t consistent in quality. I doubt it has to do with genre writings and is likely more a result of the lull people were feeling in quarantine. More recently though I feel theres maybe too many good ideas. I find myself really interested in watching more shows because they have great premises but instead I only give time to the ones that are solid from the start. Even then it’s not always possible…I have yet to watch Ao even though it’s definitely been a solid release in the last year.

But opposite there's interesting ideas going out that are not getting explored to the full extent they should be. There’s something highlighted in most heightened recent animes where the time for detailed animation action, movements and hyper movement is reserved but it doesn’t feel like the rest of the time is used to convey the power of the writing as well. It’s hard to explain that extending time for action is super understandable but it’s done in a way today that leaves no time for the a well toned story to be placed. Not everything gets lost but it doesn’t have the same impact it could if the story was better balanced to consider the role action plays to a story. Jujutsu Kaisen has struck this balance really well but Chainsawman left it leaning a little more to action in my opinion (as an example). The perfect balance of this was in the first season of Demon Slayer in the Spider Forest. People still see those fights and understand the story developments from such a deeper place than having just had an action fight with a post-explanation or a talking fight. They used every bit of motion, dialogue and visual symbol to enhance the storytelling behind that fight. Thats really why it blew up the way it did. People could see the story in the fight even without knowing a thing about what was happening. It connected even deeper with people who HAD been watching. There’s so much difference in that usage that has been lost in a lot of the other shows I try to watch but can’t get into. They are going in for the epic visuals and fights/story elements or they’re leaving some portion of the quality on the table to instead cash in on the audience that will just follow.

So why do I still find myself wanting to be an anime fan if I have so many gripes and questions with how anime or it’s adjacent parts handle storytelling and animation quality? Because all of that doesn’t make the watch of the show bad. Wanting something more out of a story is not a negative reflection of the material that came out but is a part of my creator mentality trying to understand the production decisions. Theres something to be learned about how someone chooses to engage in the way they adapt or create a series. It’s really something that I enjoy as an adult and artist. There’s a lot of times I’ll let myself just enjoy a series but make a note to myself about moments or reasons I enjoyed something. Likewise I’ll let myself enjoy something until I encounter something I didn’t care for and then try to figure out why I didn’t care for it. It’s an aspect where I really enjoy learning from what I interact with.

I haven’t completed the chainsawman anime, nor jujutsu kaisen’s, even though they connected with me a lot as manga. yet I still really appreciate the way that the anime were handled. Following the breakout success of Demon Slayer it doesn’t surprise me how much of a handle on the anime community and productions that fight scenes have had over the last 4-ish years. Even in productions that don’t necessarily need a focus on fights have really good fight scenes sometimes. Because they’re just so cool. Currently I’m watching Frieren and while there haven’t been a lot of fights throughout the show, the ones they are doing right now are really good. They aren’t as absolutely wacked out as the shonens are but they’re still really powerful. Action is a great way to showcase the difference an anime can do things compared to a manga. With manga’s color limitations and paneling structure, action has to be comprehensive and understandable otherwise it’ll lose the reader. In anime there are a lot of ways to showcase the changes in a fight or fully explore the extent of it’s impact. Theres a lot to be showcased in the different mediums that can really change the dynamic of story.

For example…I thought that “I was reincarnated into a spider” was a lot more horror than comedy. I thought it took a lot of what was kinda humorus, kinda seriously. But when the anime came out I was surprised and amused that no, it was all humor (mostly). That was pretty refreshing. Especially since it was the one isekai I actually enjoyed (aside from some of the villaness ones) over the last few years. I think that if I hadn’t watched the anime then I probably wouldn’t have realized the humor aspects the way they were shown. I’m serious. Theres times where I read something a certain way and I can’t unread it that way so having the anime literally rewrite that by adding voice, movements and etc, really made it worth watching in that sense. It gave me a lot to think about in how I watch adaptations of manga I’ve read.

Speaking of Frieren (a bit ago) that’s something else really appealing about anime. Sometimes the the action isn’t the focus and that still leaves an extremely lasting impact. The wonderful atmosphere and emotional value of the story feels really good. Plus it just looks PRETTY! All the characters have great acting animation even in really subtle ways. Not to mention the great voice acting performances to really bring it all together. It is definietly a series that knows what it is, what story it wants to tell and is doing it’s best to embody that throughout it’s production. Those are the other parts of anime I really enjoy. If you’ve ever needed to just take a moment and be able to get away, there are so many anime that are great at bringing you into what they are about in a really positive way. Slice of Life, adventures, sports, action. They all have something new to bring you into what they are.

And you know… sometimes thats the funnest part of watching anime. You get to go along with some outrageous or silly story and not worry about it. It’s just good entertainment. Theres a lot more I want to say about it but I think it’s easier to use primary examples with spoilers or visuals which I’ll save for another time or topic. Afterall I like anime. I’ll definitely be talking about it PLENTY in the future.