Here you should not wait for dizzying plot twists, which at once change the direction of the whole story, reveal some terrible secret or introduce a new side to the conflict in the desire to rewrite the rules of the game. The story and setting are unpretentious, so someone will definitely find it uninteresting. Also, fighting and unique art are frankly modest in the first quarter. What made manga for me is a few meritorious principles that separate it from the vast majority of competitors in the genre.

Firstly, the main character is Tanjiro. Its peculiarity is in the emotional maturity due to the origin: his compassion does not turn into complete naivety, he knows his limits, does not consider himself special and is not afraid to rely on others, also realizes his mortality, which is also a rarity for shonen manga. On the one hand, this deprives him of constant development, on the other hand, the plot is built up to the beat, his character gives new facets to the events that take place, noticeably affects other characters who are developing quite well or at least open up from new sides. The main thing is that the author does not turn the manga into a show demonstrating the coolness of the years, which further emphasize his usual character and gives rise to the second feature.

Most of the battles are based on team interaction, and there are few moments where 1 character came out and corny defeated a demon many times superior to him. This move gives more weight to minor characters and emphasizes the power of demons, making the fight with them more exciting.

Thirdly, the character system itself is very well-structured, there are practically no extra faces that were added as if to demonstrate the author’s design decisions (they, by the way, are not bad here, they all seem to be memorable and do not look like a circus troupe). In addition, everyone has their own story and some psychological depth that helps make the interaction of the characters enjoyable, with good humor and a small amount of vulgarity.

Finally, the tragedy, almost any battle senen is a typical example of the so-called power fantasy, where the main character gradually becomes the strongest and due to strength, as well as friendship and love, all problems are solved. In other words, they give the impression of controlling their fate, that is, as long as a person is virtuous and capable, he will succeed. The beginning of the Blade already abandons this illusion, and later the author will repeat over and over again that there will always be one winner in the struggle of man against the world. The presence of death adds stakes and emotional stress. In general, this and special attention to family circumstances give the manga an interesting themed cocktail.

What is the result? This is a good manga, which was lucky to become wildly popular. You should not wait for a revolution from her, but she is able to beat off a couple of evenings for reading.