Infinity Train Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train

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Aug 28

Infinity Train Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)

After really enjoying the first season of Demon Slayer I was keen to see how the premise and characters would work under the constrictions of a film.

And there was definitely a lot I liked about the main storyline, a nice progression of obstacles for Tanjiro, some good tension (especially on the train itself), but I finished the film with two responses above all.

First, would Infinity Train have been poorer without the side plots following Zenitsu and Inosuke?

Quite clearly, some of their scenes bring brief moments of levity, but for me they didn't offer enough overall. (However, that doesn't mean I think that they didn't work at all either).

Secondly, by the end, most of the drama had transformed into melodrama for me. Which in and of itself isn't always bad thing necessarily, but I think here, with Kyōjurō and especially for his last scenes, it was all just drawn out too long.

I still enjoyed Infinity Train overall and just like during season one, the use of colour was pretty dazzling – even if the subtler moments were just as distinctive.

I reckon you should watch this (if you haven't already, of course) before beginning the Entertainment District Arc, since there is some great follow-up in terms of Tanjiro's emotional state, things that are mostly missing from the movie (of a necessity perhaps).