Things have never been worse for our merry band of characters. Will anyone come out alive from Demon Slayer Season 2 Episode 10, or is this it for at least some of them? Let’s find out in this review!
Demon Slayer Season 2 Episode 10 Overview
One of the most popular anime of our time, Demon Slayer, is back on our screens with the Entertainment District Arc. The newest series follows the 7 episode retelling of the Mugen Train Movie, which you can read all about here. The arc follows Tanjirou, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, aided by the Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui. They travel to Yoshiwara red-light district to hunt down a demon terrorising the town.
Ufotable is the studio behind Demon Slayer’s anime adaptation, and Haruo Sotozaki will direct the series. It is to be noted that only the first episode was a double-length episode, followed by standard episodes in the future. You can read our review of the Mugen Train movie while you’re at it or our review of the ninth episode of this arc if you’d like. The episode is also known as Kimetsu no Yaiba Yuukaku-hen Episode 10 in original Japanese.
– Demon Slayer Entertainment District Arc Episode 10 Review does not contain spoilers –
Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba Season 2 Episode 10 Review- When The Going Gets Rough
If you were disappointed by the latest season of Demon Slayer only having 11 episodes, you certainly aren’t alone. The first season was two-cour and ran for the length of two entire anime seasons. We did get the Mugen Train movie and anime between the two seasons, and while the movie was great, the anime was a cash-grab and didn’t need to exist. In fact, it probably wouldn’t have existed if the studio planned to cover more than the Entertainment District arc this time. They probably realised that the public would be disappointed by a short season, so they did the Mugen Train anime as a buffer between the seasons.
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Whatever the reason, the fact remains that the next time we visit this anime, it will be the last time for a while. There has been an unofficial tradition among many shows to make the second-last episode the most hard-hitting and spectacular one of the entire season. This allows them to put the best and most demanding material towards the end, so they have more time to work on it, alongside building up the hype for as long as possible. In the case of Demon Slayer, they managed to make that episode among the best the show has ever had.
Demon Slayer Red Light District Arc Episode 10 should be discussed in the same tone as Episode 19 of the first season. They both feature the conclusion of a spectacular battle that the show had been building towards for a while. Both are tremendously animated by perhaps the best studio of this kind in the world right now. Both feature a great emotional arc for Tanjiro and Nezuko, aided by all the side characters who have been with them their entire journey.
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Demon Slayer Season 2 Episode 10 was even better than Episode 19 in several metrics, especially the side characters. The villains this time around, Gyutaro and Daki, are leagues better than the spiders we had then. Zenitsu and Inosuke were involved in both battles, but they are significantly better here than they were there. However, the biggest factor that makes the latest episode better was the cinematic parallel between Tanjiro and Nezuko and Daki and Gyutaro.
The show utilised the sibling narrative perfectly and drew the right conclusions at the right time. The dots that it cleverly placed throughout the latter half of the season were connected and resulted in a satisfying manner, including an incredible confrontation between Gyutaro and Tanjiro. The episode was very grim and exceptionally bleak at points, but it is what the narrative asked for at this particular moment. That should also result in the conclusion being even more spectacular and eventful, making one’s mouth water just for thinking about it. This is all anyone can say without spoiling anything, but it has already been monumentally hard. It was phenomenal, and that’s all.
Verdict
Demon Slayer Season 2 Episode 10 beautifully and effectively demonstrated everything that makes this series so high quality and popular. It is probably too early to call this the best episode of the show so far, but it is certainly close enough to have a shot.
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