The best episodes of Demon Slayer
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- 01
Amid the wreckage from the buildings destroyed by the destructive attacks of Daki's Belt, Tanjiro awakens. Zenitsu is trapped under the rubble and Inosuke has been impaled by Gyutaro's scythe, while Uzui has lost an arm and his heart has stopped. As Gyutaro taunts Tanjiro by calling him a disgrace, all seems hopeless until...
- 02
Hinatsuru's use of wisteria poison leaves Gyutaro momentarily vulnerable, but Tanjiro and Uzui's attacks fall just short. Using his Blood Demon Art, Gyutaro vanishes from Uzui's sight only to reappear assaulting Hinatsuru. Tanjiro and Uzui attempt to save her, but they are thwarted by Daki's Belt.
- 03
As the fierce battle draws to an end, Tanjiro and Uzui behead Gyutaro just as Zenitsu and Inosuke behead Daki. But then, Gyutaro unleashes a devastating Blood Demon Art, burying the city in rubble. When Tanjiro awakens, he joins Nezuko and Zenitsu, only to find Inosuke and Uzui on the brink of death from Gyutaro's poison...
- 04
Tanjiro has finally slashed Enmu's neck with the help of Inosuke. The tremors from the train flipped it over the rails. As silence deepens a mysterious figure approaches from behind.
- 05
Akaza continues to offer Rengoku the chance to become a demon to improve his skills. Rengoku refuses his offer and is trying his best to keep up with him. The fire Hashira has one goal:to protect his comrades even if it costs his own life.
- 06
During the boulder training, Tanjiro is able to move the boulder thanks to Genya's training advice. However, Tanjiro has used all of his power to do so and he is saved by Himejima after he collapses. Himejima, moved by Tanjiro's genuineness, begins to talk to him about his past...
- 07
Something More Important Than Life
Every time Kyogai, the master of house, plays his tsuzumi, the room spins and Tanjiro struggles. Debilitated by the fractured bones he sustained in his previous battle, Tanjiro tries to fire himself up as he desperately fights on, but he is overwhelmed by Kyogai's Blood Demon Art. Will he find a way to slice off Kyogai's head?
- 08
After the Mugen Train incident, Akaza visits Muzan Kibutsuji. Guided by a crow, Tanjiro Kamado heads off to the Rengoku residence to convey Kyojuro Rengoku's last messages to his father and little brother. Tanjiro's group return to the Butterfly Mansion.
- 09
As Nezuko rushes to aid Tanjiro during a critical moment, her appearance begins to gradually take on a demon form as she sustains Daki's attacks. Nezuko is able to overpower Daki as her demon form accelerates; however, she turns her attention to innocent bystanders injured during the battle and charges towards them. While Tanjiro attempts to restrain Nezuko, Daki draws near...
- 10
Uzui battles furiously, taking on both Daki and the other demon who emerged from her body, Gyutaro. But he's gradually losing strength due to the poison from Gyutaro's scythe. Just then, Inosuke, the sleeping Zenitsu, and Tanjiro, who's managed to get Nezuko to sleep, all come rushing to Uzui's aid...
- 11
During a silent night when the moon shines, Kagaya finally meets Muzan Kibutsuji, who appears at the Ubuyashiki Mansion. Kagaya is staying alive day-by-day through his steadfast desire to defeat Muzan, while Muzan dreams of eternity. What will these two, bound by a continuous thousand-year fate, talk about?
- 12
At Giyu Tomioka's urging, Tanjiro heads for Mt. Sagiri with his sister Nezuko who's been turned into a demon. During the night, Tanjiro catches the smell of blood from inside a temple. He enters, thinking that someone might be hurt, only to come upon a man-eating demon. When the demon attacks, Tanjiro manages to fight back with his hatchet, but the demon's strength is overwhelming. Just as the demon is about to finish him off, Tanjiro is saved by none other than...
- 13
The Demon Slayer Corps... An organization that's been hunting down demons since ancient times. Sakonji Urokodaki starts training Tanjiro for Final Selection, the test for joining the unit. Navigating a mountain riddled with booby traps, dry sword swings, waterfall immersion and breathing techniques... A year later, Urokodaki informs Tanjiro that he has nothing more to teach him, and gives him one last hurdle to overcome in front of a giant boulder.
- 14
To pass Final Selection, one must survive for seven days on Mt. Fujikasane where demons captured by the Demon Slayers have been imprisoned. So begins the battle for survival between the young swordsmen and the demons. Armed with the breathing techniques and stances he'd learned from Sakonji Urokodaki, Tanjiro slashes demon after demon. His two years of training have not gone to waste. But just then, a morphed demon appears out of nowhere.
- 15
It was two demons named Tamayo and Yushiro who came to Tanjiro's rescue. Using the "Eyeblind" spell, Tamayo guides Tanjiro and Nezuko to her house. There, through his conversation with Tamayo, Tanjiro learns that there is a way to return demons to human form. Just then, two demons in pursuit of Tanjiro locate the house and unleash a furious assault...
- 16
Tanjiro and Inosuke face off against the Father Spider Demon of Mt. Natagumo. Tanjiro unleashes an attack, only to get hurled away by the demon's overwhelming power. Landing near a river, he comes upon the young demon Rui torturing the Sister Spider Demon. When Rui calls their bond of terror and hatred "a family's bond," Tanjiro is enraged. So begins the battle between Rui and Tanjiro.
- 17
When Rui assaults him with his Blood Demon Art, Tanjiro braces himself for certain death. As his life flashes before his eyes, he suddenly remembers his father's dance, the kagura, and unleashes a new, non-Water Breathing attack. Hinokami Kagura Dance. Knowing that he'll be receiving a simultaneous blow from the demon, he uses his new move to slice off Rui's head. As Tanjiro crawls towards Nezuko, who lies on the ground, riddled with wounds, someone appears before him.
- 18
Upon arriving, Mitsuri comes to Tecchin, the chief of the village, and finds out all of his guards have been defeated.
- 19
A Connected Bond: Daybreak and First Light
As Mitsuri holds off Zohakuten, Tanjiro, Nezuko and Genya use this time to chase after Hantengu's main body. The three manage to find the tree ball that Hantengu is hiding in, but when they slice it open, they find that it is completely empty. Hantengu makes a run for it again, and Tanjiro and the others continue chasing him. Seeing Hantengu running about, Genya snaps and hurls a tree at him, and Nezuko jumps at him!
- 20
It is the Taisho Period. Tanjiro Kamado is living a modest but blissful life in the mountains with his family. One day, when he returns from selling charcoal in town, he finds his family slaughtered in pools of blood after a demon attack. Tanjiro rushes down the snowy mountain with the sole survivor, his sister Nezuko, on his back. But on the way, Nezuko suddenly snarls, turning on Tanjiro
- 21
Their next destination is to the north-northwest. Tanjiro and Nezuko head towards Mount Natagumo with Zenitsu and Inosuke. This mountain is covered with spider webs and is swarming with innumerable spiders. Leaving the cowering Zenitsu behind, Tanjiro and Inosuke head up the mountain where they run into fellow Demon Slayers entangled in spider webs.
- 22
The battle with Enmu continues as Inosuke, Zenitsu and Rengoku awaken from the spell. Tanjiro and Inosuke try to pinpoint the demon's weak spot, while the others focus on protecting the passengers in the train.
- 23
Realizing Zenitsu is now missing, Tanjiro and Inosuke re-arm and look for signs of the demon. Tanjiro goes in alone and is confronted by Upper Rank Six.
- 24
After their battle with the Upper Rank Six siblings, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and Nezuko are found by the Kakushi. In the Infinity Castle, Muzan Kibutsujisummons the remaining five Upper Rank demons – Akaza, Upper Five Gyokko, Upper Four Hantengu, Upper Two Doma and Upper One Kokushibo. He admonishes them for their failure to kill the Ubuyashikis and find the Blue Spider Lily. When Gyokko provides new information, he is sent on a joint mission with Hantengu. While Zenitsu and Inosuke are summoned to individual missions, Tanjiro continues his rehabilitation. When his swordsmith Hotaru Haganezuka refuses to forge him a new sword, Tanjiro is told to meet him at the Swordsmith Village to discuss the matter in person. He arrives with Nezuko and meets the village's chief, Tecchin Tecchikawahara, who reassures Tanjiro he will bring Hotaru back to build the sword. Tanjiro is later shown to the village's hot springs where he meets the Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji, who is initially dejected after being ignored by an unknown person. While in the hot springs, Tanjiro encounters Genya, the Wind Hashira Sanemi Shinazugawa's younger brother and fellow Demon Slayer, who refuses Tanjiro's hospitality and storms off. At the village, Mitsuri hints at Tanjiro about a "secret weapon" hidden somewhere that can make him stronger and bids farewell to the siblings. The next day, while searching for the weapon, Tanjiro finds the Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito in an argument with someone and sees that seemingly with them is a man from his dreams.
- 25
Aren't You Going to Become a Hashira?
Muichiro is trapped in water by Gyokko's Blood Demon Art. Tanjiro and and his comrades have successfully severed the necks off the four demons, but they realize that they cannot be defeated this way.
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