Moral of The Story: Kimetsu No Yaiba (Demonslayer)
Before I get to the point, I wanna tell a lil story about why I decided to make this project in the first place. I was initially inspired by my senior to write down every single movie I watched in a year. That was a year ago and the result shows that I watched over 200 movies including TV shows that has like 10 seasons and 20 episodes each, so let’s just say I spent 2020 hell a lot in front of the TV. Entering 2021, I reflect on that and thought that it was such a waste of time, I don’t really get anything out of it. So I got an idea to write down an article for each movies to improve my writing skill, my English, detailing skill and overall to have an excuse to discuss about the movie with anyone, everyone.
I’m not good at giving scores so I’m not gonna do that. But I definitely recommend you to watch this anime. And so here it goes, the first article for the first movie/story (or maybe book, let’s just see) I finished in 2021.
P.S If you haven’t read the entire comic, i suggest for you to stop reading this. [01]
This series has so much twists and turns throughout the entire show. Since the very beginning, I knew I was doomed to get hooked. The visuals? Gorgeous. The characters? Compelling. The story? Captivating. The comedy? Uncanny. Entertaining? Immensely. Emotional attachment? Down to the core. And I don’t know about you, but I got a Harry Potter vibe from the story based on the character and how the story goes, and God knows how much I love Harry Potter.
Let me elaborate.
Usually, the cliche to this kind of story is that there’ll be thick romance for the main character — what i meant by ‘this kind of story’ is an adventurous fictional story type, and we found from the very first episode that that’s not the case, which i love. The main character’s arc, Kamado Tanjirou, mainly focused on his self-improvement as a demonslayer to save her sister, Nezuko, that got turned into a demon.
Speaking of Tanjirou himself, he’s the ultimate protagonist. He has a hero complex, an overly goody-two-shoes, guy next door type, and basically the light to every other character’s life. And to me, he’s not a Mary Sue (a term used to describe a fictional character, usually female, who is seen as too perfect and almost boring for lack of flaws), if anything he’s the complete opposite. He’s basic, nothing special of him, except he’s own determination to do better, be a better person, and to just never quit however bad things get. Much like Harry Potter. Both Tanjirou and Harry gets help, always. Both Tanjirou and Harry are nothing, compared to other characters (Dumbledore for Harry, Yoriichi for Tanjirou), but their legacy helped both main characters to achieve the victory. Also, both Lord Voldemort and Kibutsuji Muzan, as the main antagonist of the story, really feared of death and think really highly of power and immortality above all else.
Lastly, of course, the ending. Everyone that criticized Harry Potter’s epilogue haven’t seen Kimetsu No Yaiba’s. I mean, at least Harry Potter’s epilogue still showed how the characters’ life after the final battle. Kimetsu No Yaiba, on the other hand, showed the reincarnation or the descendant of the characters’ life. I was fully blown by this.
The big difference to the Harry Potter tho, is that Kimetsu No Yaiba really shows every other character’s arcs and background story, so not entirely focused on Tanjirou. I have a love-and-hate relationship upon this fact.
There are so many questions and holes in the story that kinda left me unsettled. Like, what exactly makes Nezuko and Tamayo free from Muzan’s power? What the hell did Yoriichi did after he got banished — did he not look for Muzan? After Yoriichi’s death, why didn’t Muzan showed himself to the world — why wait 300 years? What’s with this blue spider lily and that doctor? Why in the world is everybody so freaking young? Poor Kokushibo (Yoriichi’s twin, 1st upper rank demon), why did he not get closure by the end of his death? How could Nezuko and Tanjirou overcame the sun? Why didn’t the previous Kamados (Tanjirou and Nezuko’s ancestors) joined the demonslayer? And so much more.
But I love the moral of the story tho.
It teaches you about hard work, to never give up. You weren’t born as a genius? Fine. You weren’t strong? Fine. You weren’t privileged? Fine. What’s important is everything you do after to change that.
It’s about the reality that you can’t really live alone. You need other people. You can’t do everything on your own. When life gives you an opportunity to walk on your journey with someone, cherish it. Don’t take them for granted. But note that you also can’t rely on other people completely cause it ain’t healthy.
It’s about how to always being kind to others won’t hurt nobody. I personally get super inspired seeing Tanjirou from beginning to end, how warm-hearted he is but also awkward, not a genius, has temper, etc. Like, he’s not perfect, he’s human. Being kind is a choice we have to make every single day. And so he inspired and touched so many people’s lives by his kindness, that’s very enlightening.
And a whole lot more from each character’s arc.
Thank you so much for reading all the way through. I’d like to apologize if there’s a mistake in grammar, or I missed out a detail on the story, or anything at all. Be sure to read my other articles. If you have anything to say, critics, suggestions, or whatever it is, just DM me on my instagram Alivia Davied.
