Of course, Demon Slayer wrote these character endings to maximize emotional impact or make room for more cast members, which are common reasons why stories treat some characters so roughly. That being ...

Berlin: "Your Name" filmmaker Makoto Shinkai's protégé, Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, delivers a feature debut that fails to bring its audience along for the ride, both in terms of animation and story.

Naruto does have some skippable filler arcs and some medium-tier arcs, such as the Gaara rescue sequence early in Naruto Shippuden, but the best arcs are another story. Five particular story arcs in ...