agoodwintv - Demon Slayer 4 Discussion Thread

Me too please!!!!!!

Hank Fuller

2024-07-19 02:45:47 +0000 UTC

Just sent you a DM 😊

Alex G

2024-07-18 15:35:38 +0000 UTC

Hey Alex I just joined, may you please send me the last episode of demon slayer?

Shantel

2024-07-18 15:22:15 +0000 UTC

Is it true that the end will be 3 movies?

Leonardo Rivas-Micoud

2024-07-10 09:56:07 +0000 UTC

Alex may u send me the last 2 eps of Demon slayer?? I can't find em

F6MiSH x

2024-07-05 15:01:22 +0000 UTC

That's awesome. I think that works on a very practical, non metaphysical level, with or without taking "gods" as literal creatures or what have you.

Alex G

2024-07-05 01:28:05 +0000 UTC

Looks like season 5 will just be one (multifaceted) fight. Talk about taking a page out of Dragonball.

Arakis

2024-07-04 20:46:51 +0000 UTC

I'm torn on the movies thing, tbh. The cynical part of me says they are doing it for the money, and I'm sure that's part of it, but I also can't help but think that it's a compromise? Like, the choice was between a longer wait until the final longer season, the hype potentially dying down in that time, and a shorter overall lifespan for the KnY Anime. Or a movie every year, a prolonged relevance for the Anime (three more years for each movie and potentially a fourth for the TV release, I imagine) and a buttload of money, and they chose the latter. I also think Mugen Train flowed better as a movie compared to the episodic re-release, so I'm cautiously optimistic they made the right decision here? We'll see.

kingafreund

2024-07-04 17:15:24 +0000 UTC

Next will be movies bc the cash and production is good, the down side would be the gap/break they will need to give the movies the justice they deserve I think. I greatly enjoyed these reactions! Gets me through the week sometimes

Emman Reed

2024-07-04 12:17:39 +0000 UTC

Alex isn't the type to just gawk and fan-scream at the absurd animation, but for this series in particular, I often think of the perspective of young aspiring animators and artists (some students in Japanese classes) sitting there stunned at what's possible and just letting the eye candy soak in, haha. I think, in terms of the long-term influence of this series, it will be really interesting to see whether or not any studio including Ufotable would be willing or able to go all in like this going forward. Anyway, obviously there was lots of Buddhism lore packed in here. I don't want to bore people too much with details, but I do think the Ubuyashiki version of Buddhist lore is interesting. (First of all, the name 'Ubu-yashiki' itself means "mansion of (re-)birth", and the word "Master" is O-yakata-sama, but pronounced identically to "oya-kata-sama" which would mean honored parent, and both of those are probably intentional, but I digress) There's a LOT of diversity within Buddhism globally on the question of whether or not there is any divine justice or any retribution for evil and causing suffering. It ranges anywhere from an almost nihilist "no" to forms where various deities take direct action sending evil-doers to hell or having them reincarnated as beings further away from breaking the cycle of suffering and attaining nirvana, etc. Ubuyashiki seems to espouse a view common in so-called Shinbutsu-shuugou or the combination of Shintoism and Buddhism. The line about the "dragon and tiger waking up" is word for word taken from the old saying 竜の鬚を撫で虎の尾を踏む (petting the dragon's whiskers and stepping on the tiger's tail) that means doing something so bad that the spirits feel compelled to intervene. The key, though, is that while on earth (since hell or at least purgatory exists in this thinking), punishment or retribution is delivered not through divine acts but rather in the form of Gods enabling certain humans to do almost superhuman things and take action themselves. In other words, the Gods don't act directly; they give the push that other humans need to act on their behalf, even though they would normally remain neutral in human affairs.

Ryan

2024-07-04 07:42:38 +0000 UTC

I'm honestly shocked at how short the series is.

Alex G

2024-07-04 06:41:32 +0000 UTC

Just watched the finale 4x8. Gonna write some notes for it. Teehee What do you mean you didn't know this was the finale?? The Taisho-era secret from 4x7 ended with Tanjiro saying 'next the finale episode, the hashira Unite' come now sir. The walking is definitely long lol. In the manga I only recall him walking for a bit before appearing in front of them making for a much more terrifying reveal. The anime has a bunch of suspense while he walks, while in the manga it's much more of a surprise imo. In case you forgot, 'The man you turned into a demon in Asakusa' that Tamayo referred to is from season 1 when Tanjiro first meets Muzan. He scratches some guy and that guy becomes a demon who Tanjiro tries to hold down while Muzan walks away. Thats when Tamayo/Yushiro find him and help him. The infinity castle arc was confirmed recently to be released in a trilogy of movies. I'm a little conflicted. It's a lot of content to be adapted into movies, and depending on how far apart they release the movies, the cliffhangers can kill the hype, since the movies chronologically happen concurrently within one night. However, it'll be good to see movie-level animation for the whole arc since The infinity castle arc is Demon Slayer's version of JJK's Shibuya incident, where EVERYTHING goes down I'm sure the movies will do well, and if the Mugen train movie is anything to go by, they will release it as episodes as well, hopefully but idk. I am cautiously optimistic lol

Nathaniel Wanner

2024-07-04 03:19:39 +0000 UTC

I sincerely love how out of the loop you are. “Finale?! Nobody told me!!!” 😭

bl0odm1st

2024-07-04 01:58:46 +0000 UTC

And with that, the final battle of Demon Slayer has begun. Unfortunately the fight in the Infinity Castle is going to be done as a trilogy movies so the wait is going to be considerable for each one. 66 chapters they have to cover for three movies. Get ready for pain.

Matthew Richson

2024-07-03 23:54:59 +0000 UTC

I will send it out in about 8 hours :)

Alex G

2024-07-03 15:34:38 +0000 UTC

Where do I find the link for the last episode of season 4?

Zero

2024-07-03 14:49:55 +0000 UTC

Just to make sure, have you checked your DMs?

Alex G

2024-07-02 02:32:13 +0000 UTC

I need more Gyomei time!

Alex G

2024-07-02 02:31:38 +0000 UTC

I need the full reactions to these episodes so bad bruh

The Angry Jew

2024-07-01 08:32:19 +0000 UTC

In episode 7 you mentioned the Michael Jackson walk that lasted like 7 minutes was probably really famous in the manga, but I'm pretty sure it was only like 2 panels long and was extremely sudden haha. Ufotable just went crazy with it.

Calamity

2024-06-30 08:45:18 +0000 UTC

Btw, Manga readers, did we know the Gyomei traitor kid was Zenitsu's shitty sempai?! I'd recognize that choker anywhere, but this revelation caught me completely off guard! Did I just forget, or did they incorporate side info from the author here? Speaking of Gyomei, I really feel that moment. Like, knowing something intellectually, but still feeling a certain type of way about it? He knows in his head that that's just how children work and that it was unfortunate circumstances, but it still hurt deeply enough to fundamentally change him into a distrustful person. I kinda wanna see more about him bonding with Genya and the other Hashira despite that? That must have taken him a while... And then, bam, that ending, man! I can't make up my mind about that excessive mist around him? Was it just for the atmosphere, was he cloaking his presence with it? Or was the house magically warded, and it's a visualization of him beaking through the wards? Next week is going to be amazing, I can't wait!

kingafreund

2024-06-26 17:19:09 +0000 UTC

You know, I think you're right that seeing Tanjiro do it and beating him to it are factors in Inosuke pushing the boulder, but I think there's more to him picturing tempura specifically. Coz those are linked to that old lady from the Wisteria Mansion and the girls from Butterfly Mansion, they are the ones making tempura for him. So I think his real motivation is living up to the expectations of the people who have shown him kindness and a desire to protect them (since we know he always gets all warm and fuzzy when people are nice to him). Looks like Zenitsu also found his motivation, but so far it's not working out for him... he seemed to have been smashing his head against that boulder in vain... quiet Zenitsu scares me. When you don't realize how comforting the screaming was until it's gone... (I'm getting Daiya no Ace flashbacks, help!)

kingafreund

2024-06-26 17:04:14 +0000 UTC

it does feel like in the gyeomei baackstory where the little girl was reporting to the police and people who came, that she just didn't have the ability to punctuate. Idk tho

Emman Reed

2024-06-26 14:19:25 +0000 UTC

(Slightly unrelated, but... I also didn't recognize he was blind until this episode, but I do remember quite well that one of the first if not the very first line Gyomei said about Tanjiro/Nezuko was calling them both 見すぼらしい 'misuborashii' or "unsightly / painful to look at." I thought that was an odd line at the time, and I guess it makes more sense now.)

Ryan

2024-06-26 02:26:04 +0000 UTC

4x7, 6:25 -- the "inflexible, obstinate boy" writing has a little more going into it. It says "atama kachi-kochi shounen" which means "young man with a very hard head," so a little play on words with Tanjiro's forehead being both literally and figuratively 'kachikochi.' "Shounen" (少年) is somewhere between "boy" and "man." The only thing I can think of right now though is that it's what All Might calls all of the U.A. guys, haha.

Ryan

2024-06-26 02:06:55 +0000 UTC

So, was him sitting in the fire last time just how these two visualized his intensity and didn't actually happen, or...? Hey, Murata, long time no see! I'm so proud of him for making it this far! Thanks for the breakdown, I do understand it better now. So it's both mental and physical training. Hm, no idea about the mark stacking. Like, I thought the mark was supposed to be a marker for your absolute peak condition, without limiters? And this training is Tanjiro trying to access that state on demand, rather than just sometimes acidentally hitting it in the height of battle, so it'll be actually useful? But man, that moment was great! I got actual full-body shivers when he said "set your heart ablaze!", beautiful! Not sure if Zenitsu is crying because he's proud or freaked out about it, though. I can't decide what Gyomei's deal is: Like, is he just absorbed in his own training/world? Is he not great at teaching, so you have to do what Genya did and essentially steal the wisdom for yourself by observing and copying him? (If so, no wonder Genya is his Tsugoku, apparently they are a weirdly good fit?) Or is there a secret fourth stage that you only unlock once you catch his attention, which is coming next week? Curious.

kingafreund

2024-06-20 22:13:29 +0000 UTC

That's usually the obstacle. I did try to attend church here once but it was a lot of "you'll go to hell if you don't join our specific sect" stuff.

Alex G

2024-06-20 13:00:18 +0000 UTC

Meh, haha. I think you've already gotten all you're going to really gain from it, but obviously as an outsider I'm pretty biased. I think there are some very fascinating ideas, narratives, and life lessons, but then there's the actual religion part of things and I struggle with that. I'm still put off by the same things you've mentioned for FMA etc., and the dogma and corporatism of organized religion is more generally off-putting, but I guess I would be hypocritical saying not to try something.

Ryan

2024-06-20 12:52:08 +0000 UTC

I totally did forget Genyas backstory until a painful moment during editing when I looked it up on YouTube 👉👈 Taking turns not being tied up makes sense, that hadn't even occurred to me lol. Obenai and Mitsuri seem like a very odd pairing but I guess it's the opposites attract thing. Tough act to follow after Rengoku

Alex G

2024-06-20 10:14:44 +0000 UTC

Very cool, thank you! I was wondering if Nenbutsu just meant a mantra.. Did I miss a translation somewhere? Reading this comment, I think maybe I should actually take the time to learn about Buddhism. I think I was initially put off from it because I was hearing only the trickled down stuff (I feel like Buddhism was a big trend for a few years there) without actually going to the source.

Alex G

2024-06-20 10:11:07 +0000 UTC

Just watched 4x5 and 4x6 yayayayay So I'll put notes here for any questions/concern you seem to throughout the eps and try to answer. 4x5 Mitsuri’s training is def short, I was expecting a full episode like with Muichiro. I have a headcanon that Ufotable just hates Mitsuri cause she never gets extra love. Muichiro, Tengen, Obanai all had extra scenes but Mitsuri’s section was just what it was in the manga, which was 2 pages long. Mitsuri and Obanai have a soft romance hinted at since season 3. Mitsuri got her green socks from Obanai, and Mitsuri blushed in 4x1 when Obanai asked her how she was doing. It’s hard to tell tho since Mitsuri is nice to everyone, but I think it can be surmised that she actually has a crush on Obanai too. Classic dark/emo boy with sunshine and rainbows girl. The implication with Obanai’s training is that you’re trained one-on-one, then he ties you up when you’re not being trained if you’re not doing well enough, so he might take people down to train them one-on-one like he does with Tanjiro. We just don’t see it cause we don’t care lol. It’s funnier to think that they just spend the whole day tied up. Obanai’s wiggly sword skills is derived from his breathing style, Serpent Breathing. As we know he’s the only person who knows it. Like other specialty Hashira who develop a breathing style to fit them specifically (Love, Sound, Insect, etc) I think you forgot Sanemi and Genya’s backstory. Refer to ep 3x6. TLDR their mom turned into a demon, killed the whole family, Sanemi killed the mom, Genya saw the aftermath and didn’t understand cause he was a child and called his brother a murderer even though Sanemi was trying to protect them. Genya wanted to apologize for that. 4x6 Upper 4 was little dude, yes, but he dead now, so Nakime took his place. She was not 12 kizuki at all until now, but she was always present cause she controls the Infinity Castle. You’re pretty spot-on with the Repetitive Motion thought process. Tanjiro in particular is thinking about his loved ones, while chanting (in his head I guess since outwardly he’s just screaming) ‘Set your heart ablaze.’ Gyomei and genya chant the nenbutsu and then I imagine think about their tragic backstories because obviously The end credit thing with him looking at the mother/child isn’t meant to be creepy lol, it’s just he sees a loving family and it makes him cry. I’m pretty sure that’s all it is lol

Nathaniel Wanner

2024-06-20 06:10:28 +0000 UTC

4x6 28:30 -> viewing the totality of suffering in its depth and yet becoming able to act within that state so that you can improve the chances of others escaping despair. Yes, congratulations, you have essentially independently discovered the core tenet of Pure Land Buddhism, haha. Namu Amida Butsu. :) And just in case someone might want it, some language nerd comments about the Japanese references: - Namu Amida Butsu = I surrender myself to Amida Buddha (essentially the Buddhist analog to the patron saint of mercy). People within that sect of Buddhism chant that mantra repetitively in order to remind themselves of Amida's example, since the historical figure of Amida was said to have achieved precisely what Alex laid out at the end of the episode, and therefore serves as an example for us of that "high ceiling" and the hope that comes with it. - "Nenbutsu" is just the word for a mantra or chant. I suppose it was important to the author that Tanjiro remained non-denominational and completely uncontroversial, haha. - "Chototsu moushin," subtitled as 'Comin' through' is Inosuke's mantra because, obviously, he's an illiterate mountain God, so that's his most powerful lesson. - "hanpuku dousa" (which they translate as "repetitive motion") indeed doesn't necessarily refer to a physical motion. It's just any act that you take over and over again until, just like Alex said, you don't need to go through the act to access everything you needed from it. - The word everyone calls Tanjiro isn't precisely the same as the normal word for "Mom." They call him 'ofukuro,' (as opposed to 'okaasan' or 'okaa' when they think about their literal mothers) which is the mother equivalent of how people call their father "my old man" ('oyaji' as opposed to 'otousan'). The word 'ofukuro' is (usually...) a term of endearment (...one salient exception would be Killua), but it's less lovey-dovey / childlike. I'm not sure if we have a word for that in English, but I bet there's something.

Ryan

2024-06-20 05:17:20 +0000 UTC

"Tanjiro just has this way of attracting the loudest people-" Zenitsu immediately literally screams in his face That made me laugh so hard, the timing lol!

Wolfy Fiorini

2024-06-16 05:53:18 +0000 UTC

You are correct to be excited for Gyomei's training, he is by far the biggest focus of this arc in the book and my favorite of the Hashira. Also considering that we have 3 more episodes left, it is safe to assume he will have his own episode

Jackson perez

2024-06-14 01:31:57 +0000 UTC

I totally forgot their backstory until later, which made for some painful editing 😅 Maybe we'll come back around to his training

Alex G

2024-06-12 01:08:50 +0000 UTC

Funny to come back to this after episode 5 😂 I think that's what most of us were expecting

Alex G

2024-06-12 01:06:05 +0000 UTC

Iguro's training was cool! I appreciate that he feels fair, despite his personal dislike of Tanjiro. He's really growing on me. I do wonder though, do they always get tied up like that, or was that a Tanjiro-special? Like, does he normally just take you on without that added pressure? Was it a punishment for the failures that just happened to coincide with Tanjiro's arrival? I wanna know! I also like how we get a sense of the different experiences our Final Selection Five have with this training: Tanjiro had a late start, but sort of breezed through until Iguro, who was a challenge, but still managable in a week. Then he had to skip Sanemi for personal reasons. Inosuke apparently made it to the Stone Pillar without issue, while Zenitsu got stuck at Sanemi and seemingly had to skip with Tanjiro because he got dragged into the fight? Both of those feel right, Inosuke lives for this kind of thing, but if Stone Hashira is some sort of mental training as assumed, then I could see him struggle with that. And knowing Zenitsu, he probably aced Mitsuri's training, but we also know he doesn't do well with Spartan instruction. He's not as motivated about training as the other two in general, but maybe they'll pull him along, now that they are all together. I feel like Genya probably did the basic stuff like Tengen and Mitsuri, but since he's not really a swordsman, maybe he skipped Muichiro and Iguro? And Kanao is nowhere to be seen, so she presumably breezed right through all of them. Maybe she's training with Giyu, now that he's participating? Or trying to wheedle some training out of Shinobu, even though she isn't? Fun stuff!

kingafreund

2024-06-12 00:59:36 +0000 UTC

Well, thanks for reminding me why you're the worst, Sanemi, I had almost forgotten. We did actually get their backstory last season, I think also Episode 5, maybe? Or maybe not, but it was def the one that aired on Mother's Day, I vividly remember that! It was Genya's perspective though, so it is kinda hard to say how Sanemi truly feels about it. Something that just hit me rewatching this: How in the hell did Genya figure out that eating Demons temporarily gives you a demon like physique?! Like, how desperate do you have to be to try that (maybe coz he's no good with a sword, like Rengoku's little brother?)? Or was it an accident? I'm super curious. I got the sense few people know about it, probably another Master-approved exception? But man, that was super intense! Even more so, because I had completely forgotten about all of this, it caught me totally off guard! Also, what do we think he's training, exactly? He's the only one I can't figure out. Pain endurance?

kingafreund

2024-06-12 00:42:13 +0000 UTC

I'm starting to get attached to the redshirts. This whole thing was a terrible idea! Some of these designs are just memorable enough that I will be able to recognize them during the final battle... I can see it now, when they inevitably get slaughtered next season, I'll be bawling my eyes out over guy who won the paper airplanes contest in his village, and I'm gonna be all "no, not guy who got jumpscared on patrol!" and such. Speaking of, that was a lot of eyes! I'm so glad she can only search for Nezuko at night, that gives us some wriggleroom at least. Looks like she's checking out the Hashira, probably coz she assumes one of them would be stationed as Nezuko's guard? This episode felt both kinda random and really beautiful. Of course you managed to get philosophical about paper airplanes, that's what I'm here for! I'm looking forward to Mitsuri's training too, kinda feels like a reward right now, doesn't it? "Congrats on surviving Tegen and Tokito, now have a Mitsuri to lift your spirits a little! Coz the ones after her are not gonna be nice either! But hang in there!" ;)

kingafreund

2024-06-06 20:56:12 +0000 UTC

As Jackson perez said, the Taisho Era truly is when paper airplanes would have been new and exciting in Japan. Gotooge (the author) seems to have done a lot of research on the era, which is nice. They also, though, seem to have a lot of nostalgia for that time, which I have mixed feelings about. It's a little, "ahh, the good ole' days, when we lived without widespread electricity, origami was a popular hobby, we believed that cold water, overeating, and concentrated willpower was enough to heal any non-fatal wound, we had secretive villages with networks of alliances and quirky practices throughout the countryside, we comported ourselves with humility and noble purpose, butter and pancakes were wild and crazy new concepts, and we pronounced "1-2-3" at the start of races as "hi-fu-mi." So sad that kids these days miss out on all that." Gotooge doesn't always shy away from some of the uglier parts of the era, like sexual slavery, the intense class divide and military corruption, rampant STDs, and high infant mortality, but I think sometimes it's (inevitably) selective. Like, the misogyny is sometimes mentioned as in the Entertainment District, but sometimes it's just unacknowledged in the background, like how the Demon Slayer Corps grunts are all young men. Religious persecution of Buddhists by the government and military is totally glossed over; if anything, the Sound Hashira's mantras and other Buddhist images are portrayed as accepted "deeply Japanese"..... I don't know. I'll stop my soapbox speech there, but the mix of really cool historical insights (like S4Ep1 talking about the many abandoned castles attracting squatters, which was a real thing) and occasional historical revisionism is definitely an interesting part of this series.

Ryan

2024-06-06 18:47:56 +0000 UTC

It takes place in the early 1920s, it’s also why genya has a shotgun which wasn’t invented till World war 1

Jackson perez

2024-06-06 14:07:15 +0000 UTC

Lol you're right! 🤣

Alex G

2024-06-06 12:47:05 +0000 UTC

Wait a minute… how do they know what an airplane is??

bl0odm1st

2024-06-06 12:05:23 +0000 UTC

The paper airplane scene is a nice reminder a lot of these slayers are kids and in most cases had disrupted childhoods. Something as simple as stopping and throwing around paper airplanes for a while probably means a lot to them.

Jackson perez

2024-06-06 02:54:37 +0000 UTC

Demon Slayer goes slice of life… it has no effect!

bl0odm1st

2024-06-06 01:12:30 +0000 UTC

Very excited to see UFOtable adding so much to this season, I’m assuming at this point we’ll get an episode with Tanjiro being with all the Hashira. Hope to build out those relationships before the plunge

Jackson perez

2024-05-28 21:21:02 +0000 UTC

The struggle on your face between being proud of Tanjiro and pitying all the poor red shirts who have to compete with him, pfft! You know, looking at what they did this episode I'm starting to see how they will make a season out of what was only a handful of chapters in the Manga. Demon Slayer is one of the rare occasions where I'm really enjoying Anime original content. Maybe because the Manga is so focused? I was totally ready to grant the story more breathing room/downtime, but I also respect that the author had a vision and didn't try to drag things out? So yeah, for once, I actually appreciate the Anime taking some time to flesh out some things. I guess, having the benefit of hindsight also helps... Regarding Tanjiro, I imagine he'll stop breezing through once he reaches the unfamiliar Hashiras. Some (looking at you, Sanemi!) are probably still somewhat hostile and I got the impression the traing was in order of difficulty (the first couple are supposed to be the basics, stamina, sword fundamentals, flexibility). So yeah, I'm expecting the last three to be the most challenging.

kingafreund

2024-05-28 20:38:15 +0000 UTC

A few interesting details in Episode 3: almost all of the food that they've eaten so far has been vegetarian or perhaps including fish, which is not a coincidence. Up until the end of the Taisho Era, eating pork or beef was extremely rare for a variety of mostly religious reasons, and the taboo concerning "unclean" meats remained for many decades after the bans were officially removed. The Meiji administration still pushed eating red meat, though, because they believed it would help make up the gap in average height and body weight between their soldiers and people in Western European armies. They were so concerned with strengthening the Japanese Imperial military in whatever ways they could that they made very public shows of the Meiji Emperor eating beef to try to dispel any social resistance to eating it. So, while nowadays people think of "wagyu" as a time-honored Japanese tradition, eating wagyu as a luxury is a very distinctly modern trend. The "gyokuro" tea that Tanjiro drinks at 13:00 is indeed a luxury type of green tea. If you go to a tea house or tea field, there are lots of different tasting experiences you can do to learn the various different types of green teas and their different tastes and properties. Gyokuro is indeed said to have healing properties, but I don't think there have been many empirical studies backing that up.

Ryan

2024-05-28 06:20:33 +0000 UTC

Imagine retiring without having 3 hot wives to bang... couldn't be me.

bl0odm1st

2024-05-28 02:43:18 +0000 UTC

This could easily be an overreaction but so far this arc is really making me wonder how all these guys passed Final Selection. So far we’ve seen the results of 2 selections: Tanjiro’s where the only people to survive were basically prodigies (Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Kanao, Genya), then also Giyu’s test were Sabito basically put the entire group on his back. You would think the people who passed Final Selection would be at least close to that level of talent, but this arc is showing that the vast majority of the Demon Slayer Corps are way worse. Barely any of the ones we see even know breathing forms.

Deiondre0

2024-05-28 02:21:56 +0000 UTC

Exactly what I was looking for too, She was talking about herself not the crow (she is the demon, the crow is just a talking crow)

MagnusVD

2024-05-23 21:57:33 +0000 UTC

me checking the thread to see if anyone talked about how the crows aren't demons (the misinterpretation of the invitation from Ubuyashiki to Tamayo). I'm met with essays that I don't have the willpower to read. Good luck to Mr.Goodwin and getting through this thread haha. Really enjoying all the reactions as of late!

Emman Reed

2024-05-23 08:33:28 +0000 UTC

This is all just total speculation but I got the sense that Himejima had a more birds eye view on the situation than others. As for what he did... no idea except that it obviously paralyzed them for a bit

Alex G

2024-05-23 02:09:13 +0000 UTC

See, I think there probably was no conversation at all? I think he just left without explaining himself, because to him, it's obvious that he's a fraud. Meanwhile, of course the others would care, if they knew what was going on with him, but I think they have no idea, judging by their reactions, they likely don't know that he has imposter syndrome? At best, they seem to think him weird, at worst, they probably think he is uncaring and has a superiority complex? I think Giyu has trouble communicating. So far, the only people who seem to get him are the Master, Tanjiro and Tengu-Mask-Teacher. Here's hoping he'll improve in that regard this arc. But speaking of the storming out, what do you think Himejima did, exactly? Like, was that a very loud clap? It looked a little like gravity power is usually visualized, but I think he's the stone pillar, so I don't know if that fits together...

kingafreund

2024-05-23 01:46:03 +0000 UTC

In hindsight I'd like to see the conversation that occurred between Giyu and the Hashira when he attempted to storm out. It increasingly makes sense why Tanjiro was asked to help 😅 But in the light of the real reason, it doesn't seem that the Hashira are uncaring about Giyu. They might just not know how to deal with him, but I'm not sure

Alex G

2024-05-23 01:18:29 +0000 UTC

That's really cool to think about in connection with Nezuko

Alex G

2024-05-23 01:15:48 +0000 UTC

The thing I'm most looking forward to is fighting Akaza. I think it has to be Tanjiro, but seems like just about any Hashira would fit there given the fact that it seems like was universally adored and respected.

Alex G

2024-05-23 01:13:53 +0000 UTC

Not out of left field Sabito to suckerpunch me right in the feels! And it was right there, too, the haori pattern was an obvious connection! I'm always floored when we get flashbacks and the character has a totally different vibe in them then we're used to. Giyu used to laugh?! It's Shinobu all over again! It still always hurts me to think about her imitating her sister... Speaking of, I was surprised at her reaction. Like, what do you think she's angry about? Not participating? Residual animosity, coz she's thinking about her nemesis? I thought she was mad at having to collaborate with Tamayo, but at the same time, I would have thought dealing with Nezuko all this time would have made her a little more receptive to the idea of working with a demon? So maybe not? Btw, if she was participating, what kind of training do you think she would have given? And what is Giyu going to offer? Anyway, great commentary as always, I missed you! I'm looking forward to my weekly dose of Goodwin, now that KnY and MHA are back. And as usual, I'm super impressed that this episode managed to be both hilarious and incredibly emotional, no one does it quite like Demon Slayer!

kingafreund

2024-05-23 01:11:58 +0000 UTC

Oh, right, and the marks! Yeah, I agree, seems to me like they are moreso a result of overcoming your limits in an intense battle to the death and chasing after them by raising your temperature is probably doomed to fail. Also, the wrong thing to focus on. Like, the three who got them weren't even aware of it at the time. Just wait for the inevitable big battle guys, I'm sure you'll be fighting for your lives plenty! ;)

kingafreund

2024-05-22 23:40:38 +0000 UTC

Good to be back! I missed these. Question: How do you guys interpret what the crow said about following Yushiro during the day? Yushiro = sun immunity confirmed, or is that a mistake? It sounded like it, but they are making a big deal out of Nezuko being the only one who has it, so that can't be, right? I knew you'd love this arc, so much training and Hashira, your two favorite things! Gotta say, Snake and Wind are growing on me against my will, that opening was super cool! Also, I'm starting to see why the other Hashira don't like Giyu. I don't think it's what he meant, but it sure sounded like he felt superior, and him sitting out... Let's just say, I think I understand now why Giyu's word wasn't worth all that much back when the Hashira were first introduced to the concept of Tanjiro and Nezuko. Looks like he is the black sheep, so why would they listen to him? Not that he usually explains himself well anyway...

kingafreund

2024-05-22 23:33:50 +0000 UTC

Yeah so after seeing your reaction to the first episode it seems you’ve maybe misunderstood the situation with the demon slayer core up until now. The only time we’ve seen the core members struggle was against 12 kizuki. For example against the spider demons in season 1, the core was given wrong information about the strength of the demon there, and when they found out what was happening, two hashira were sent. Also all slayers must pass final selection meaning they are at least skilled to kill regular middling demons. There was a point in the first hashira meeting in season 1 that the overall quality of the core had declined because the hashira were so busy that training events couldn’t happen, Gyomei says this episode that “hashira have never had time to train anyone but out of Tsugukos”. Now that Muzan is consolidating his forces and waiting for something, the demon slayer core has the time to undergo large training sessions with everyone. Hopefully this made sense

Jackson perez

2024-05-20 11:33:11 +0000 UTC

Goatmei

Jackson perez

2024-05-18 22:54:48 +0000 UTC

I think you'll be happy with this arc and the upcoming arcs. Everything you said was on point. This arc is great for really digging into these characters and how they feel about the current situation and their motivations.

Jackson perez

2024-05-18 22:54:37 +0000 UTC

My appreciation for Alex's roasting of the Demon Corps organization grows with every episode. :) 43:50 On the Master's struggle and how he is "Not clinging to one's life over all other things," (as an anime-only) that's exactly how I interpret it. I've said before that I think Demon Slayer seems to play out like the author's thesis on Buddhist philosophy, and in particular "Jouto-shuu" or "Pure Land Buddhism." I think that's especially evident at 43:06 when Amane tells the master that his children and the Corps are continuing on "for the sake of your ardent desire." In Japanese, the word Amane uses for "desire" there is "higan" (悲願), which is the word used to describe Buddha's desire to save humanity and achieve transcendence or nirvana (which is also pronounced 'higan' in Japanese, and written 彼岸). In the very broadest terms possible, typically Buddhists achieve nirvana by removing ourselves from our selfish desires to cling to a life that Buddhist teachings say is inherently full of suffering, and instead aligning ourselves with a higher purpose beyond our mortal existence. Two more ways that plays out (as I see it): - The Spider Lily flowers that Muzan believes will help him achieve true immortality are called "higan-bana" in Japanese. Muzan is literally searching for his 'higan.' - Nezuko overcame the threat of the sun at the precise moment when she essentially yeeted Tanjiro off of her, physically and metaphorically throwing off her attachment to the world of the living in both the sense of her connection to Tanjiro and her desire for self-preservation, in order to complete the grander mission of saving people from the threat of evil.

Ryan

2024-05-18 22:46:37 +0000 UTC

Except it's "sh-tark" the way they say it in the show, right? That works less well, I think.

Ryan

2024-05-18 22:26:34 +0000 UTC

This arc is one of my favorites from the book. So much character work and team building to look forward too. Also the finale will be absolutely insane

Jackson perez

2024-05-18 21:19:39 +0000 UTC

If they're going the route where this turns into a full on war, it'd be really cool if we got more focus on the red-shirts actually being effective against hordes of low-level demons!

Wolfy Fiorini

2024-05-18 10:27:17 +0000 UTC

Can't wait for this arc! Some things that I wanted to clear up since it's easy to gloss over: - The demon slayers do train their swordsmen. It's been mentioned that the quality of the trainers ~and~ recruits have gone downhill. We can assume that previously there was a higher standard for entry - Why haven't the hashira done training before? They simply have no time to do anything but fight demons. The only reason they can do it right now is that Muzan seemingly has called all the demons to home base (haven't read the manga, just guessing) - We've really only seen the red-shirt demon slayers get destroyed by the 12 kizuki. Though we haven't really seen it on display, each of the swordsmen in the corps had to be strong enough to survive for a week in a forest infested with demons, so they probably do pretty well against 98% of demons, just not the 12 story / miniboss demons. - The mountain arc where the most red-shirts die really was just an intel issue. If they had known before-hand that the demon was super powerful, they would have sent hashira right away instead of so many scrubs. Now at the point we are at in the story, with the level of demons we're going up against, they really are just meat shields hahaha. But it's not the corps fault, they really are trying to keep them alive!

Wolfy Fiorini

2024-05-18 10:25:50 +0000 UTC

can't wait, demon slayer is always a treat with Goodwin

Emman Reed

2024-05-18 08:31:12 +0000 UTC

Now that there’s only 3 upper moons left, are there any specific Hashira you’d really hope to see go up against any specific upper moon?

Reid Dawson

2024-05-18 06:25:30 +0000 UTC

Stark Saturday 👀

Deiondre0

2024-05-18 05:35:02 +0000 UTC

Because I'm so interested in the stone hashira and what he's about, that's probably what I'm anticipating the most. Tengen I think will also probably be cool if that happens cause of their preexisting connection

Alex G

2024-05-18 04:27:53 +0000 UTC

That's great actually, maybe I'll do that just for the alliteration

Alex G

2024-05-18 04:26:23 +0000 UTC

Frieren Friday, Slayer Saturday

Anya Mcghee

2024-05-18 04:18:15 +0000 UTC

which hashira are you looking forward to see tanjiro (and friends) train with the most?

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2024-05-18 03:01:20 +0000 UTC

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bl0odm1st

2024-05-18 02:44:01 +0000 UTC

The stone hashira for sure

Alex G

2024-05-18 02:34:50 +0000 UTC

Frieren ends in a few weeks so I will do my best until then!

Alex G

2024-05-18 02:33:53 +0000 UTC

You think the schedule will be able to sustain 3 HXH vids a week with 2 Frieren vids and Demon Slayer returning along with MHA? I’m not sure when the MHA dub releases either though 🤔

bl0odm1st

2024-05-18 02:31:26 +0000 UTC

What hashira are you most excited to see more from? Mines snake guy

Big Fuze

2024-05-18 02:25:02 +0000 UTC

Aghhh... Yeah Frieren Saturday doesn't have the same ring to it. I'll try for next Frieren Friday

Alex G

2024-05-18 01:22:52 +0000 UTC

I can’t believe you’ve done this to my Frieren Friday…

bl0odm1st

2024-05-18 01:01:58 +0000 UTC

Kawaii Demon

Jasmine Tea Enjoyer

2024-05-18 00:56:47 +0000 UTC

Hi :)

Alex G

2024-05-18 00:52:59 +0000 UTC

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Jason Serrano

2024-05-18 00:47:00 +0000 UTC

Demon Slayer 4 Discussion Thread

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Me too please!!!!!!

Just sent you a DM 😊

Hey Alex I just joined, may you please send me the last episode of demon slayer?

Is it true that the end will be 3 movies?

Alex may u send me the last 2 eps of Demon slayer?? I can't find em

That's awesome. I think that works on a very practical, non metaphysical level, with or without taking "gods" as literal creatures or what have you.

Looks like season 5 will just be one (multifaceted) fight. Talk about taking a page out of Dragonball.

Next will be movies bc the cash and production is good, the down side would be the gap/break they will need to give the movies the justice they deserve I think. I greatly enjoyed these reactions! Gets me through the week sometimes

I'm honestly shocked at how short the series is.

I sincerely love how out of the loop you are. “Finale?! Nobody told me!!!” 😭

And with that, the final battle of Demon Slayer has begun. Unfortunately the fight in the Infinity Castle is going to be done as a trilogy movies so the wait is going to be considerable for each one. 66 chapters they have to cover for three movies. Get ready for pain.

I will send it out in about 8 hours :)

Where do I find the link for the last episode of season 4?

Just to make sure, have you checked your DMs?

I need more Gyomei time!

I need the full reactions to these episodes so bad bruh

In episode 7 you mentioned the Michael Jackson walk that lasted like 7 minutes was probably really famous in the manga, but I'm pretty sure it was only like 2 panels long and was extremely sudden haha. Ufotable just went crazy with it.

it does feel like in the gyeomei baackstory where the little girl was reporting to the police and people who came, that she just didn't have the ability to punctuate. Idk tho

That's usually the obstacle. I did try to attend church here once but it was a lot of "you'll go to hell if you don't join our specific sect" stuff.

"Tanjiro just has this way of attracting the loudest people-" *Zenitsu immediately literally screams in his face* That made me laugh so hard, the timing lol!

You are correct to be excited for Gyomei's training, he is by far the biggest focus of this arc in the book and my favorite of the Hashira. Also considering that we have 3 more episodes left, it is safe to assume he will have his own episode

I totally forgot their backstory until later, which made for some painful editing 😅 Maybe we'll come back around to his training

Funny to come back to this after episode 5 😂 I think that's what most of us were expecting

It takes place in the early 1920s, it’s also why genya has a shotgun which wasn’t invented till World war 1

Lol you're right! 🤣

Wait a minute… how do they know what an airplane is??

The paper airplane scene is a nice reminder a lot of these slayers are kids and in most cases had disrupted childhoods. Something as simple as stopping and throwing around paper airplanes for a while probably means a lot to them.

Demon Slayer goes slice of life… it has no effect!

Very excited to see UFOtable adding so much to this season, I’m assuming at this point we’ll get an episode with Tanjiro being with all the Hashira. Hope to build out those relationships before the plunge

Imagine retiring without having 3 hot wives to bang... couldn't be me.

Exactly what I was looking for too, She was talking about herself not the crow (she is the demon, the crow is just a talking crow)

This is all just total speculation but I got the sense that Himejima had a more birds eye view on the situation than others. As for what he did... no idea except that it obviously paralyzed them for a bit

That's really cool to think about in connection with Nezuko

The thing I'm most looking forward to is fighting Akaza. I think it has to be Tanjiro, but seems like just about any Hashira would fit there given the fact that it seems like was universally adored and respected.

Goatmei

I think you'll be happy with this arc and the upcoming arcs. Everything you said was on point. This arc is great for really digging into these characters and how they feel about the current situation and their motivations.

Except it's "sh-tark" the way they say it in the show, right? That works less well, I think.

This arc is one of my favorites from the book. So much character work and team building to look forward too. Also the finale will be absolutely insane

If they're going the route where this turns into a full on war, it'd be really cool if we got more focus on the red-shirts actually being effective against hordes of low-level demons!

can't wait, demon slayer is always a treat with Goodwin

Now that there’s only 3 upper moons left, are there any specific Hashira you’d really hope to see go up against any specific upper moon?

Stark Saturday 👀

Because I'm so interested in the stone hashira and what he's about, that's probably what I'm anticipating the most. Tengen I think will also probably be cool if that happens cause of their preexisting connection

That's great actually, maybe I'll do that just for the alliteration

Frieren Friday, Slayer Saturday

which hashira are you looking forward to see tanjiro (and friends) train with the most?

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The stone hashira for sure

Frieren ends in a few weeks so I will do my best until then!

You think the schedule will be able to sustain 3 HXH vids a week with 2 Frieren vids and Demon Slayer returning along with MHA? I’m not sure when the MHA dub releases either though 🤔

What hashira are you most excited to see more from? Mines snake guy

Aghhh... Yeah Frieren Saturday doesn't have the same ring to it. I'll try for next Frieren Friday

I can’t believe you’ve done this to my Frieren Friday…

Kawaii Demon

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"Tanjiro just has this way of attracting the loudest people-" Zenitsu immediately literally screams in his face That made me laugh so hard, the timing lol!