The Bagel Man (w/ Jam)

Jam and Bagel sold seperately

[bigmanwiththejam]

I'm not sure how popular of an opinion this is, but with the direction they took the pacing of Demon Slayer it makes me miss the first season and how the story was handled. I've always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with the franchise. The writing is barebones at best and straight up thoughtless at worst, with the irony being that the more you like the show the more frustrating it is to watch it.

The first season felt like it had multiple plot threads going on, with different fights and bits of worldbuilding here and there. We learned about different characters at a moderate pace, and overall things happened at a digestible rate. I feel as though the later installations of the series lack that along with becoming a "one-trick pony" type series that only does one thing. Most of the series has played out like a series of movies. It's been to the detriment of the story as a whole, to the point where personally I feel like Demon Slayer has strayed a shocking amount away from what it was once before.

The whole reason Tanjiro became a Demon Slayer was to turn his sister human again, but I feel that easily gets lost when there is nonstop fighting and not nearly enough down time. What little breathing room the plot gets ends up feeling either pointless or as just a way to buy time for the next battle. So many characters have been introduced yet I have a hard time really describing them outside of like a single trait. Characters that are incredibly key to the plot often end up either hardly showing up or are showcased in such a vague way that I'll even gaslight myself into giving the characters more depth than they will ever get in canon. Which is awful, since you can really tell at certain points that there are good ideas there. They just never use or even show them to us in the actual story.

The biggest crime of this series by far is never rewarding the audience by allowing the viewer to get to spend time with the characters. One-off moments from ages ago or placed inappropriately in a flashback during the middle of the fight is far from enough to get people invested in the character and who they are. It's thanks to that this fandom feels so incredibly split and divided on what stories are trying to be told within Demon Slayer.

I'll shut up about it for now, there is a lot more to be said but I feel like I'm just rambling on at this point.

[drowninnoodles]

I didn't give Vaggie a cross over her eye because I just think it means she doesn't have an eye. But I think it looks pretty good

[bigmanwiththejam]

Shipping wars? I'm still trying to figure out if the things on Alastor's head are actual ears or just little hair things...

[gia-is-fangirlin]

Dad behavior. Iruma also acting like an excited son, too uuugh they're so cute I love their familial bond so much 🥺💜

[bigmanwiththejam]

If Beeber and Nenette don't become recurring side characters, then what's the point?

[bigmanwiththejam]

MAIRIMASHITA! IRUMA-KUN SEASON 3 LET'S FUCKING GO-!!!!!

[wicked-asmodeus]

"Iruma-kun, Iruma-kun, Iruma-kun" I chant into the mirror at 4am- it then appears tomorrow- Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Season 3

[bigmanwiththejam]

Typically, I'm the most impatient person about waiting for big plot progression. I can't even begin to describe how many times I would drop something for months at a time or even entirely just because it felt like nothing was happening.

"Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun" literally made me the biggest sucker and hypocrite on the planet. I could literally read about any of the cast doing literally anything and I'd eat it up. The characters and storytelling is just that good.

But, I never imagined that I'd love the Evidol arcs as much as I do. Kerori is someone I unironically resonate with a lot, which is probably the thing I least expected going into it. The humor is really on point and the way the characters bounce off each other and also add to other key themes that already exist in the story is the cherry on top. Kerori and Iruma have developed into a unique dynamic the really cements itself outside of Iruma's typical relationships with others, and all of the narrative decisions are super fun, and on brand.

I don't know, Evidol arcs go brrrr-

[bigmanwiththejam]

Chapter 248 is a fucking banger. You wanna know what I mean? Guess you gotta read it over again....please.

[bigmanwiththejam]

Beloved people of Tumblr.com, I propose to you this...

Thirteen Crowns.

Guess what? Thirteen students in the misfit class.

That is all.

[bigmanwiththejam]

Nothing like reading "Mairimashita Iruma-kun" over again, and seeing every panel of Kiriwo during the Batra Festival arc. You see it, and you know everytime that he smiles that this motherfucker is like, "I can't wait to blow this hellhole to smithereens-"

[a-small-tired-lonely-potato]

Hi! I've seen some of your posts about mairuma and from other fandoms. I got curious to know what your opinion is on Mairuma in general. you write a lot! That's amazing. I'm not asking for long answer that can consume a lot of your precious time but I'd love to know who your favourite character (s) is, favourite ships, theories, arcs, expectations and any such things in regarding mairuma. Thanks in advance ☺️

allowing me the option of a long answer was a mistake. hope u like reading cuz im bouta word vomit.

Okay let's do this.

So my opinion/s on Mairuma, let's start with the main boy himself.

Like most anime protags, he is selfless and kind, which is nice. But unlike most anime protags, he is like that for a very unique reason.

Iruma in and of himself is kind, that's just who he is, an inherent part of him. But selflessness isn't. Selflessness isn't a choice for Iruma, it's something that he believes is expected of him at all times. He doesn't know any better, he truly believes that if it comes down to him or anyone else, Literally anyone else takes priority. No matter WHO that anyone else might be.

And I love the show because while it's nice that Iruma is kind and selfless sometimes, almost everyone in the show tells him in one way or another, that it's okay, and needed, for him to be selfish sometimes.

His teachers scold him for not calling them when he's in trouble, Azz-Azz tells him how important he is all the time, and I don't really have to tell you how down his Grandpa is for selfishness sometimes.

Now that I think of it, it's not even really selfishness, it's simply knowing his own worth.

Funnily enough, Iruma himself believes that people need to learn to say no, he meets Clara and tells her he doesn't need her to give him things for him to be her friend, and a true friend wouldn't need that.

The very first time Iruma asked Azz-Azz for something, he asked him to help Clara, to talk to the demons that were bothering her, so he knows it's okay to need to put yourself first, he just can't apply that to himself because of past trauma, and that's just such a new and fresh take, I couldn't help but love this series.

And initially, I started watching the series because I saw a clip of when Iruma first met Sullivan.

And I'm a sucker for found family troupes, and Slightly-Kidnapped family sounded pretty funny so I decided to watch an episode.

And the more I watched, the more I loved. I was hooked!

The suspense of having to keep his human origins secret?

The "I beat you up so now we're friends" happening accidentally and being taken in a hilariously literal way??

The encouragement to strive towards a Goal???

More and More of the Misfit Class getting introduced until we could instantly recognize them and their individual personalities and seeing them each as having a place in the show????

The best Girl Clara Valac?????

THE CHARACTER GROWTH?!?!?!?

It's absolute perfection!!!!

I'm so excited for more! And it has a way of me both wanting more and being content with what I've got.

I want to know the backstory and I'm okay if this just continues to be Iruma's story without delving to deep into what happened with the previous demon king.

I want to see the prophecy completed and I'm okay if that happens to not be Iruma.

I want to see Iruma's scumbag parents get their comeuppance and I'm okay if we never see them again because they're not important to Iruma anymore, he's left them in the past where they belong.

You could ask me about almost any character and I could give ample reason as to why I LOVE them so much!

In fact, do! Tell people to send their fav in and I'll ramble for as long as I can! There is 1 exception to this rule but what are the chances they get sent in? lmao

My favorite Ship? To be perfectly honest? I don't really ship anyone, I think it's because they're all kids rn and I'm more into platonic relationships, but I don't dislike most of the ships I've seen.

The only one I see as a ship would probably be Balam-Sensei and Eggy-Teach.

They're just the IT couple of Bablys.

My favorite character is Andro M. Jazz.

Big brother types hit me where I live, I always wanted a big brother like that, instead I got five different flavors of Andro M. Rock. -_-

Jazz's Big Brother complex is one of the cutest fucking things I've ever seen my GOSH! I love that out of all the demons in the Misfit class, he's the big brother of the group, followed by Gaap and then Iruma as decided during the after party scene.

I love all the Misfit Class though, send me Your fav and I can expand upon thusly.

Theories? Only one, Alikred is the Previous demon king Derkila, either his soul, his magic, or actually all of him that's been sealed away in the Ring of Gluttony.

I mean come on, his name is literally Derkila spelled backwards. In the anime, he and the demon king have the Same FREAKING VOICE ACTOR! So either it's him or he's one hell of a fanboy. Which I can respect.

Also I love that we as the fandom have Eiko Oni as the Stand-In for what would happen if any of us ever met anyone in the show, God bless her Bi Soul, we're proud to have her in our ranks.

I feel like that's too much rambling and don't wanna make you wait any longer, so I'ma cut it off here, but know this.

I can go on.

Thank you for asking! Hope this wasn't too much. PEACE OUT!

[wormbus-art]

And the grass where you lay left a bed in your shape

[bigmanwiththejam]

Okay so, I feel like the whole "we we're cheated out of Snake vs. Adam" thing has already been said enough. BUT-... CAN WE TALK ABOUT SHADOW FOR A SECOND???? My boy was living his best life making sure to do his manager proud, and then he gets plot-sniped out of the tournament by a guy with a baseball bat???? I mean- I get it but I'm still mad >:(

While I'm not trying to claim that the ending didn't do a fine job at closing out the season, even with the limited twelve episodes they got, it feels like we could've gotten a better send off for all of the main and supporting cast through the tournament. Hell, even Miya, a character that also got put on the sidelines for the sake of the tournament arc's progression got a bit of a follow up on aspects of his character through Reki's arc! I would've taken a Miya vs Shadow match up if it meant that neither of them would get immediately rolled by Tadashi (aka Mr. I-taught-Adam) for the sake of seeing visibly how they've grown over the course of the season. We are only told through Reki as he watches them (in Shadow's case competing against way inferior opponents) that they have gotten much better.

As a side note for Miya, they literally put him up against Tadashi. He lost, understandably (given what was established in Tadashi's prior race), only for Tadashi to drop out the tournament all together! It's crazy!!!

From a logical standpoint, it's clear that they simply had to condense everything in order to get to the final race between Adam and Langa. It was cool! I liked it a lot! What we got was ultimately fun, but afterwards when I watched back I felt like Shadow in particular was left incomplete in particular. He never got as much development as Miya, and he didn't need it. But it felt as though he didn't get to participate in the finale where it would've made SO MUCH sense.

I haven't read anything I said over, so there might be a few inconsistencies here and there, but ultimately this is just a random thing I've been thinking about since I've finished the first season about a week back. I had a lot of fun with the show between all the shenanigans and drama, but if we didn't only get twelve episodes then imagine what other things we could've gotten that we missed out on! And with the confirmation of more content being on the way, I can't wait to see if we can see some of that and and even more with where season 1 ended off! This fandom stays winning dude, at least I feel like it.

[tadashikikuchi]

any scene with ainosuke and kiriko. call that mlm & wlw hostility

[liquidcatt]

‘Look Pim, I know it’s our job to help this guy and everything, but I think this guy’s a lost cause. He’s obviously made up his mind. Why don’t we just cut our losses and get out of here?’

[aro-ainosuke]

Tadashi 🤝 Ainosuke 

projecting onto queer teens instead of talking to each other.