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May 14, 2023 9:26 PM
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Gabu-sama said:
Amazing episode once again, with a nice bit of backstory to boot.

I also feel like people are ignoring a crazy new reveal: Tanjiro has just used SEVERAL Hinokami Kagura techniques in a row and doesn't even appear tired. His fights against Gyutaro and Yoriichi-0 seem to REALLY have powered him up.
Yeah, some people just like to ignore the fact that Tanjiro is really improving as a demon slayer and then whenever he does a big move or gets out of a tight situation people just call it an asspull.
May 14, 2023 9:36 PM
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The animation and the portrayal of the character.
May 14, 2023 9:49 PM

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¡¡¡ What a great episode !!! Suspense, suspense...
May 14, 2023 10:21 PM
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Genya's VA did SO good. Absolutely amazing episode, almost cried. 10/10
May 14, 2023 10:52 PM

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Damn, what a cliffhanger they let for us in this episode
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May 14, 2023 11:14 PM

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Does anyone feel the fight is too easy? Or just because tanjiro is OP. And yea yea, it's logical to let genya pursue the main demon instead of tanjiro who cut the necks of 4 clones. Should have swapped ya know, that way tanjiro with his sense of smell can easily locate and cut the neck of that little stuart demon
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May 14, 2023 11:31 PM
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Cliffhanging like that should be a crime.
May 15, 2023 12:09 AM

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probably my least favorite episode of this season so far. I despise the trope of delaying an important moment and inserting a backstory. Why not do it when Genya is not about to get stabbed? As for Genya's backstory, it was sad but not any more hard-hitting(to me) than the myriad of backstories we've seen in this show.

Helltaker said:
I really hate when they inset flashbacks in the middle of a fight.
Looks like I'm not the only one who had a problem with it. Demon Slayer does that a lot. For me, it's fine to do that when the characters are running or doing something unimportant but inserting it during a life-or-death moment is just annoying and usually indicates that the character that is in a pinch won't be dying.
samsince04May 15, 2023 12:13 AM


𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊. - 𝑅𝑒𝒾 𝒦𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶



May 15, 2023 1:05 AM
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Probably not the best episode to air on mother's day

I know it's your typical tragic backstory, but still, damn. All your younger siblings killed in front of you by your own beloved mother who turned into a demon, then seeing her corpse before your older brother who killed her. Probably was just as bad for Sanemi, who was the one who had to kill her. Speaking of Sanemi, he could easily be the most interesting of the Hashira with such a backstory as this. 

As for Genya, I'm glad that just like Bakugo and some others, he isn't just some angry loud-mouthed dude. With this episode, you truly do feel sympathetic for him. Is he alright though? He be looking like swiss cheese. Characters in demon slayer have suffered wounds nearly as bad. He's probably fine. 

Saw the thread beforehand stating why it made no sense how Tanjiro was fast enough to come cut off the anger demon's hand even though Genya was right there and still wasn't fast enough to get out of the way. That's fine though, I'll allow it; it's demon slayer, after all. We got a character who can move his body organs around. Relativity of speed is high irrelevant in demon slayer and in shounen in general. But then, when Tanjiro was about to get impaled by the sad(?) demon, that time HE couldn't move out of the way in time, and yet Genya who was further away was able to get behind him in time to be the swiss cheese shield. Huhh?? Jk, I'll still allow it. You kind of just have to allow everything to get the most out of demon slayer.

On a side note, I have always loved when the back of a demon slayer is in a shot: "DESTROY"

Good episode. I was touched by Genya and Sanemi's backstory. I'm not a manga reader, but I hope Sanemi has a scene or two, or more, in this arc. Also rip Muichirou. Another week of holding his breath and being stuck in water.


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May 15, 2023 1:12 AM
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still waiting for love hashira to get in action
i'm sick & tired of waiting
will she even fight upper rank?
May 15, 2023 1:44 AM
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on mothers day...😭
May 15, 2023 2:02 AM
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𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔? 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙱𝚛𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚝🤣🤣. 𝙷𝚄𝙷, 𝙸 𝚁𝙴𝙵𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝙴𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚅𝙴 𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚈𝙰 𝙳𝙾𝙴𝚂𝙽'𝚃 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙽𝙶𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝙾 𝙷𝚄𝚁𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚃𝙸𝙽𝚈 𝙼𝙸𝙳𝙶𝙴𝚃. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑. 𝙾𝚑 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝚜𝚘 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊'𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘'𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚊 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚆𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍? 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚍. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐😲😲🤨🤨.
May 15, 2023 2:46 AM
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Damn, they fucking nailed it. Animations are outstanfing. VA is quite good. When it comes to genya's backstory, it's a little bit painful to watch.
May 15, 2023 4:13 AM
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bro genya is only human
May 15, 2023 4:13 AM
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bro genya is only human after all
May 15, 2023 4:24 AM
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Animation/Music/Soundtrack Backstory Overall Perfect Episode I give it 10/10
May 15, 2023 4:37 AM
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Gen'ya backstory is similar to Tanjirou's one but even more tragic :/ That's horrible how he must felt after realizing what his brother went through to kill their mother that became a demon while all the other siblings died... though for the current fight seeing him full of holes is cursed
May 15, 2023 4:52 AM

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Well, there you have it, the reason this guy is an Upper Moon somehow, a small mouse-sized human hiding in the bushes. Must say though, considering how close the stick was to Genya's neck, the speed at which Tanjiro blitzed the lightning guy was something else.




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The_Black_B3ast said:
𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔? 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙱𝚛𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚝🤣🤣. 𝙷𝚄𝙷, 𝙸 𝚁𝙴𝙵𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝙴𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚅𝙴 𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚈𝙰 𝙳𝙾𝙴𝚂𝙽'𝚃 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙽𝙶𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝙾 𝙷𝚄𝚁𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚃𝙸𝙽𝚈 𝙼𝙸𝙳𝙶𝙴𝚃. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑. 𝙾𝚑 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝚜𝚘 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊'𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘'𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚊 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚆𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍? 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚍. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐😲😲🤨🤨.

He has clearly become part-daemon or some thing to try and make up for his lack of breathing. 
May 15, 2023 4:56 AM
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wow i forgot about that Demon ngl.

Genya backstory was so sad.

Bruhh that nasty cliffhanger made me screaming "COME ON!!"
May 15, 2023 4:58 AM
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𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔? 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙱𝚛𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚝🤣🤣. 𝙷𝚄𝙷, 𝙸 𝚁𝙴𝙵𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝙴𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚅𝙴 𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚈𝙰 𝙳𝙾𝙴𝚂𝙽'𝚃 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙽𝙶𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝙾 𝙷𝚄𝚁𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚃𝙸𝙽𝚈 𝙼𝙸𝙳𝙶𝙴𝚃. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑. 𝙾𝚑 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝚜𝚘 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊'𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘'𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚊 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚆𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍? 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚍. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐😲😲🤨🤨.

He has clearly become part-daemon or some thing to try and make up for his lack of breathing. 
yeah, that is clear but my statement doesn't change that if he had a breathing style he would be much stronger. Same with Nezuko if she was allowed to ingest blood.
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I really hate when they inset flashbacks in the middle of a fight.
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Damn, Genya has a sad backstory too huh
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May 15, 2023 5:55 AM

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This episode felt pointless, I don't care about this other dude and his soppy backstory or his quest to see his big bro, why wasn't Tanjiro, who's able to both locate and cut the main body, doing exactly that instead of stopping halfway through his search so this other dude can have his moment?
Just like why didn't they keep chopping the injured emotions instead of letting them regenerate, it completely deflated the grand finale of episode 5.
Not like I'm here for the story, I'm here for the animation and this episode was meh in that regard.
May 15, 2023 6:02 AM
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The Emotion on this episode is so well done and the cliffhanger to not likable at all but it's okay, flashback and backstory of the two brother's was so emotional.
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Tanjiro and Genyu are similar in a way, as both of them had their families decimated by the demons, although in this case, Genyu was present at the family home when his mother, transformed into a demon, killed off all of his younger siblings, apart from his older brother, Sanemi, who was able to kill her off. With so much going through his head at the time, it's understandable that he would say those words that he would regret later on.

So it was interesting to see this flashback at the time where Genya thought he would be beheaded himself by one of the Hantengu clones. It felt like one of those "life flashes before your eyes" moments, hence flashback. It's not the best timing, but just like the flashback in the previous season, I don't think there's a better place for it, to be honest. In the end, I don't mind it, so there's no need to get worked up over it. ^^;

Either way, Tanjiro was working himself hard to spot the original Hantengu, who was now VERY tiny and was running around in a bit not to get killed off, whereas Genya, after putting his body on the line to save Tanjiro from a brutal attack, was doing his best to stop the other Hantengu clones from getting to Tanjiro. It's a tough fight, but it's really good to see the team chemistry between the two, along with Nezuko as well.

Overall, this was another solid episode. The pacing is slow at times, but it's not a demerit when its done pretty well. =)
May 15, 2023 6:37 AM
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Damn, another great ep filled with action and emotion. Learning about Genya and his brother was super interesting.

Tanjiro is a beast man!! He seems sooo strong rn. And tbh sometimes this #5 rank demon seems weaker than the #6 rank dude, just based on speed and strength alone.

Genya must have some kind of special body. Perhaps he’s half-demon. Or maybe when he got slashed by his mum he got some of her blood in him? Dunno

Bummed it ended on that cliffhanger 😂
May 15, 2023 7:08 AM
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Hmm Genya back story. Darn he is like hybrid demon.
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Demon slayer does the action really well. Here again they make you wonder what's gonna happen and do a really good job with putting the battlefields together. Genya's backstory was pretty interesting. At least a more interesting character than Tanjiro lol. 
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Sad how we are waiting a whole week to see the characters talking...in naruto language talk no jutsu for more than half the episode. Dissapointing is not enough to describe this episode... Show us the fight, then show us the background. Getting people hyped then all of a sudden backstory...noone cares at this point. Another anime going down the same road as the rest. If i hadn't progressed this far i would a hundred percent drop the anime. It's come to a point where all we see is epic graphics for 3minutes and 15 minutes or so backstories. Show the damn fight and either introduce the characters before or later.
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Really happy Sanemi's voice actor can still do high pitch voices like he did in the mid 2000's lol.

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But do they always have to end the episode at the best moment?
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Vindicater said:

He has clearly become part-daemon or some thing to try and make up for his lack of breathing. 
yeah, that is clear but my statement doesn't change that if he had a breathing style he would be much stronger. Same with Nezuko if she was allowed to ingest blood.

I can see at some point, in a dire situation situation maybe, Tanjirou offering Nezuko some of his blood to boost/buff/heal her during a difficult fight (maybe against Muzan?).
May 15, 2023 1:23 PM

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Hmm... this episode felt... dull? I didn't enjoy watching those slow motion action sequences with chaotic choreography that much. The best bits took place in the second half. Tanjiro's aid was done cool.

The best part of this episode was Genya's backstory that also featured Sanemi, making the latter feel not as much as an asshole as he had felt like during the Pillar Meeting.

What else? Genya's design after powering up (?) looked great, so did Hantengu in his tiny form running through the forest.
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Feels like Genya has a similar backstory like Tanjiro. Is he like Nezuko since he doesn't seem to eat and talked about unable to heal his head? Or is he like a hybrid daywalker?

People keep saying that he’s a hybrid, but I think he’s a demon like Nezuko. Maybe by the end of this season he’ll give Nezuko some tips that’ll allow her to be more human like and finally drop the muzzle; then maybe she’ll be having more dialogue.
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youcif said:
LegitPurpose said:
Feels like Genya has a similar backstory like Tanjiro. Is he like Nezuko since he doesn't seem to eat and talked about unable to heal his head? Or is he like a hybrid daywalker?

People keep saying that he’s a hybrid, but I think he’s a demon like Nezuko. Maybe by the end of this season he’ll give Nezuko some tips that’ll allow her to be more human like and finally drop the muzzle; then maybe she’ll be having more dialogue.
Maybe her first dialogue is a love confession for Mitsuri.  [font="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Avenir Next\", Avenir, Helvetica, sans-serif"](^་།^)[/font]
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Again, amazing animation and audio.
Bro, the absolute BALLS that Genya has to just straigt up block a hole punching attack like that, just wow. We didn't really see a lot of Nezuko fighting.
Also we didn't really get something new regarding Muichiro Tokito. Neither did we get to see where Mitsuri Kanroji is right now. The end a cliffhanger as usual. Didn't really expect Hantengu to be so small. I just hope he dead for real now.
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Muichirou still trying to get out of that ability.
More of a focus on the backstory of Genya.
With an ending like that I already can't wait to get into the other episode.
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It doesn't seem like they want to give the animators rest, look at the fps with which they animate this beauty for God's sake, but above all things, poor Genya who left him like Swiss cheese
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youcif said:
The_Black_B3ast said:
yeah, that is clear but my statement doesn't change that if he had a breathing style he would be much stronger. Same with Nezuko if she was allowed to ingest blood.

I can see at some point, in a dire situation situation maybe, Tanjirou offering Nezuko some of his blood to boost/buff/heal her during a difficult fight (maybe against Muzan?).
Yeah that is a good point. I can see that happening as well. 
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Genya looking like Swiss Cheese, can he really survive??
His backstory was really sad, but ain't they all.
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I guess the greatest enemy in an episode of Kimetsu is still the ending credits 🤣
May 15, 2023 8:15 PM
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awful episode
why is protagkun able to use his fire powers so easily and quickly? makes no sense. also more dialogue from lighting guy how great protagkun is, evolves quickly, and his skills are off the charts. useless and garbage writing

don't even understand why tanjirou doesn't go after the 5th demon instead of letting american style breathing hold the demons off since he has a keener sense of smell, but also is tanjirou a dog lol

what a useless flashback, 0/10
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So Genya is a demon then? No manga spoilers but he doesn't seem human. If so, it doesn't make sense that Tanjiro hasn't sniffed him out, not to mention all the other demon slayer corps.
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Very bad pase this episode.
Also i dont know why but this upper demon 4 seems very weak even compared to upper demon 6 sister and for some reason the upper 5 is so much more threatening.

I hope it gets better.
May 16, 2023 1:57 AM

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Good ep! The little demon dude running was the funniest shit I've seen in a while XD
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The demons are too overpowered, it's like cheating, especially this time.
Here you need too many game mechanics to beat them for good.
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not my boy Genya 😭
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oh man Genya looked like cheddar cheese holes...tsk tsk tsk
friggin cliffhanger!
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