Kimetsu no Yaiba Collab – Episode 8: Enchanting Blood.

Another Demon Slayer collab post is up! This time, we do some (very late) flower-viewing and appreciate us some gore…

…Yes, it is possible to do both in the same post.

The Zodiac Room

It’s again my turn to post the collab… and I’ve broken a promise that I set last time to let you guys know what’s up… Something that Aria has no qualms about reminding me. BUT I WILL MAKE AN EXPLANATION POST! I promise! Anyways, in the meantime, we may be a little behind (partially my fault but mostly Ply’s fault so just blame him) we’re getting around to some progress.

The intelligent and thoughtful Aria

The super awesome and famous Moya

And the struggling yours truly.

The other one opted not to participate because he’s lazy.

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What are your general thoughts on this episode?

Much fun, such wow. Yushiro and Tamayo make good additions to the cast, although it seems Gotouge really likes angry bois.

Tamayo’s character certainly adds depth to the whole demon vs. human conflict. She also introduces us to more technical sci-fi aspects of what…

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Demon Sayer Corps: Kimetsu no Yaiba 5 – Interlude Chat

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The Moyatorium

Unsurprisingly behind we are. A reminder of who’s who and updates from everyone:

• Purple = Aria (Works ahead on all the episodes and is actually on track. Good job!)
• Green = Plyasm (“Life is the same as always,” “nothing noteworthy.” Guess we can’t expect much from that…)
• Blue = Astral (Fresh out of the surgery room, let’s slice him some hospital patient apples)
• Red = Me (Graduated and pessimistic, procrastinates from everything)

1. What are your general thoughts on this episode?[Mandatory]

After the high, the show has to come down somewhere…and it went down about here. Not to say that Kimetsu no Yaiba is bad – after all, it’s consistently great, so its lows are still comparatively high compared to what I’ve seen of most of its competition.

It conveyed the plot that it should and did so in a satisfactory way.

Another fantastic episode. The animation just keeps blowing…

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