Demon Slayer has dominated the world of anime fans for a couple of years now, as it takes its time in telling the story of a basic battle between good and evil. Now the show is entering its final chapter, and it’s taking it to theaters with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle. It’s not exactly a catchy name, so let’s stick with calling it Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle.
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is a two and a half our long epic, which picks up where the anime’s last episode left off. The Demon Slayer Corps lured its archenemy Musan (a guy who looks a lot like peak Michael Jackson) into a trap. The Demon Slayers’ best warriors leap towards him and are about to strike, when Musan turns the tables and opens a portal into an alternate dimension.
Demon Slayers fall into the Infinity Castle.
This chapter of the story begins with the entire Demon Slayer Corps falling into an endless series of buildings and levels, infested with thousands of demons. They immediately go to work on doing what they do best, and so does Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle.
As the story progresses, it adheres rigidly to the previously established anime format. That’s both a strength and a weakness.
Upper Rank 3 prepares to battle.
Characters engage demons in battle. These battles take place in spectacular fashion, with every detail shown and carefully analyzed from every angle. If someone is killed, whether they’re good or evil, we get a long flashback to the life they led before becoming a warrior. Then it’s on the next.
Because of where the story is now, that formula has become even more rigid. Inside the Infinity Castle, there’s no time or room for breaks where characters hang out and converse, or get involved in silly training montages. It’s battle, flashback, battle, flashback. There’s no quarter asked or given, and thus no room for anything else.
Zenitsu faces down an old foe in Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle.
It’s satisfying, but also a lot to handle in one sitting. The best battle of this movie is also its shortest, involving Zenitsu facing off against an old foe and, for the first time, revealing a new move.
Watched as one, continuous movie, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle feels even longer than its already long run time. Splitting it up and watching it at home might actually be the superior way to experience this chapter of the long-building series.
Shinobu battles Upper Rank two.
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is the first of a trilogy of movies, meant to wrap up the anime’s story. But in the series’ context, it’s actually a middle chapter. It’s not the beginning of something or the conclusion. So nothing is resolved by the end. I don’t think anyone expected that to happen going in, and that’s fine. Whether this chapter works depends mainly on what happens in the next two.
As it stands, it’s not as good as the best we’ve seen from Demon Slayer. The Mugen Train arc and the Entertainment District Arc are still the anime’s high points. But Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is by no means a disappointment. It’s exactly what Demon Slayer fans have wanted, as a way to gas up on their journey to the final battle with Musan.
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