Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji

Not that we aren't getting some great moments here and there, but man are they dragging this out. The stakes don't feel that high either which doesn't help. Definitely the weakest season so far with the blandest antagonists.

Im left wondering if this is more of a setup season so Tanjiro can get his sword fixed because clearly the ones who're here to shine this time around are the Hashira. That's not a bad thing but I feel there are too many flashbacks between the climactic battle that cheapen the fights. Not to mention the Love Hashiras backstory was really bleh and I feel like they could've done something much more interesting for her like they did the Mist one.

All in all, I hope the second half of this season is much better (I'm assuming we're getting another 12 or so episodes?). Really want it to finish strong!

This is my favourite episode of this season by now, ufotable did a great job of showing how strong is mitsuri (unlike the manga that it didn't showed that until the last moment of the whole show).

Her past was well portrayed, making the audience symphatize with her even if it is the less tragic back story of all the hashiras among with rengoku's back story ( funny because rengoku was mitsuri's master).

But also making her love breathing a visual masterpiece combining dancing and elegance.

We are in finale ride of this and I know that ufotable will elevate the final episode to the next level so a lot of people can be satisfayed as always.

This season hasn't been too bad considering how poorly paced/written the source material is. The first episode was an incredible experience (for the first 23 minutes at least) and then we got a series of poorly stretched meh storytelling that goes to show how being repetitive, even as a shonen, ends up costing a lower audience conversion. I feel for people who hopped on the bandwagon after an insanely well produced season 2 to be let down and bored for this season. I hope the finale delivers, at least to the point where it keeps the audience hooked for what's to come next. Season 4 onwards is probably peak shonen and I can't wait to see how great ufotable does!

As for this episode and the last few (except a cheeky ep5 tanjiro level up), it's been an absolute snoozefest.

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