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The one thing that Dan Da Dan does better than Demon Slayer ever did [Popverse Jump]
If every one has a tragic backstory, then does anyone really have a tragic backstory?
For the past six years, Demon Slayer has been one of the biggest names in anime. With four seasons and the highest-grossing movie in Japanese box office history, it is fair to say that it is a cultural phenomenon that extends well beyond the anime itself. However, there is another demon-hunting anime out that is hitting a lot of the same notes as Demon Slayer. I am not saying that Dan Da Dan is a better anime than Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, but I am saying that the way it gives its demons their tragic backstory works much better.
Demon Slayer’s penchant for giving nearly every major demon that Tanjiro kills an element of tragedy has become so much a part of the series’ DNA that it is almost predictable at this point. The moment their head gets chopped off, the pacing of
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