They have explained a bit of why the backstories of people becoming demon slayers are mostly tragic and similar in Season 1 during the Hashira annual meeting . Its hard to recruit people to become demon slayer if they dont have the deep motivation other than monetary or like Mitsuri wanting to be useful to people because she has special talent i.e. bring especially strong and nimble as its a really dangerous job.
They explain the sheathing thing in one of the post credit thingys. I don't know if it was already shown. But if you see it, there is no more wondering. You are welcome.
15:25 He's not literally saying "he's in the zone" in the Japanese dialogue. He just said that his condition is really good at that moment for some reason. Probably cause he just awakened his mark.
14:15Because Oda got a talent for connecting the backstory to the current events of the arc, and you see how the characters overcome their trauma . In demon slayer, it's like here is a very depressing back story. Anyway, let's get back to the fight.
About Muichuro and his brother. I have 2 theories. First, I agree with you, that he was actually the cruel brother and his kind brother saved him. Or second, he never had a brother, that it was a manifestation he made up to help him survive. His amnesia shows he's already suffered from mental damage, I think the loss of both his parents forced him to need to grow up, so he created a 'stronger' version of himself that would look out for him.
@@houseofactionIkr. The author couldn't make it clearer. It's not a mystery, or unsolved question, or anything like that. He's just trying to invent a conspiracy out of thin air.
@@houseofactionIKR. The author couldn't make it clearer. It's not a mystery, or unsolved question, or anything like that. Even Muichiro who already got his memories back here said it himself that he saw his brother dying before him. What kind of low media literacy you need to have to try and invent a conspiracy out of thin air like this.
Strange theory... It sounded like that demon came there looking for a fight and was disappointed. That was NOT a random Encounter that was a HIT. Muzan Is actively trying to eradicate every drop of the sun breather bloodline. The woodcutter branch of the family tree was known because the master's wife was there actively recruiting.. Remember, Tokito is still younger than Tanjiro, and became a Hashira in 2 months. If you think about it, with his memory loss, he adopted Yuichiro's mannerisms because THAT was the behaviors he "witnessed" wearing HIS OWN FACE, so obviously those behaviors were "his" in a broken memory. Batman mode, Deadpool style 😎👌 Oh, you took offense to that.... Let me tell you how I really feel 😏👌 Tokito giving Gyokko the Full Kenobi.... He will never have to worry about the sun again cause he just got too much shade thrown. 🤣 Tanjiro... my boi.. You are not Eren Jaeger, that is not an acceptable tactic. PROOF! 🫡 " Thick thighs save Lives !" Mitsuri rolled in so hard she even got the SAO soundtrack... 😁👌 (And you know if anyone is going to defeat "tentacle powers are OP" it has to be the Love Hashira ♡) 35:13 You very much misunderstand poison. Not all poisons are "instant kill" even if they are lethal over time. Not being killed by poison does Not mean you are unaffected by poison.... Being incapacitated or severely debilitated is a significant factor of the poison being present with real impact and plot relevance. Yes, Muichiro "in the zone" can tough it out and solo an upper rank... but he IS NOT in "the zone" anymore. Tengen WAS DYING of Gyokkos poison, so was Tanjiro, so was Inouske, and ONLY Nezuko's Blood Demon Art was able to purge it. Of course there was no tragic backstory for the demon. Our boy Tanjiro was not there to witness or empathize with him.. You get no redemption you just get a [sick burn.] Just like Enmu the train-slug. Muichiro IS Is stronger now than either Tengen or Rengoku... The boy is a direct descendant of the sun breather and you just saw him manifest his mark of the Chosen Ones... the others are "Just" Hashira, And he has been here training to get stronger. Genya might be happy with the boomstick Sawed off double barrel, But he really needs to look into some 'Murica imports ALL OF WHICH AROSE DURING THE TAISHO ERA (1910-1926)... 1911 .45 ACP, Thompson SMG, Browning .50 cal HMG... Let's show these demons what the roaring twenties were all about. 😁👍
@paratil2566 Nitpick much? When you're dealing with a family tree over a 1000 years old it is as near as you can get. It's also only what the anime openly stated. It's the direct bloodline in any case.
@@johannesbowers7467 Well if you're going to state "the boy is a direct descendant of the sun breather" it's factually incorrect. Maybe don't be wrong?
@houseofaction thank you both for your Manga Spoilers. That is not the point. Muichiro is an actual member of the Sun Breather Bloodline. Tanjiro is not. Wars have been fought in this world over less of a lineage connection. The Anime Only position is limited to what has been told to us so far. Yes, Demon Slayer is FULL of "unreliable narrator" untruths and half truths, but the POINT that a bloodline connection factually exists for Muichiro and does NOT for Tanjiro is well established.
11:58 I mean, “be better demon slayers” as a motivation makes sense as to why the Hashira are the best of the best demon slayers. Their singular focus grown out of the tragedy of their traumatic backstories makes sense. I think the arc of most of them involves either being changed by the empathy of Tanjiro (ie Tokito) or Tanjiro being changed by some aspect of them (ie Rengoku). I’m reminded of hard core vampire slayers like Blade that for a large portion of their life all they have is The Hunt and the drama comes when that changes. Not every vampire hunter has as much room in their life for hijinks as Buffy…
I was also not quite sure what they were going for with the Twin. Personally I took it as: When he lost his memories he became like his asshole twin, and when he regained his memories he became his optimistic self again.
this arc really loses me with how not dangerous the upper ranks feel. last arc we had a pair of demons that almost killed all of our team AND destroyed an entire town, but here we've only seen these upper ranks kill a small handful of people between them, and then we get muichiro killing one whilst barely breaking a sweat. and i get that muichiro is meant to be WAY stronger than tengen, but it just feels vert unfulfilling as a viewer to see that de-escalation of danger.
I generally agree with that take, felt very underwhelming especially after the Entertainment District Arc. But i did see a comment that changed my view just a bit on how the upper moons should be approached and made season 3 a little less underwhelming for me: The upper ranks aren't only ranked in strength but usefulness, loyalty and intelligence. Gyutaro was way stronger and had more bloodlust than probably all the demons (i havent read the manga so idk) but he may have lacked intelligence and usefulness since he just recided the the entertainment district for hundreds of years. Gyokko may not have been as strong but he was loyal, and smart. So smart that he discovered the village that had been kept a secret from demons for centuries! This makes me feel just a little less judgemental towards upper 4 and 5 but in the end i still feel like they could have been a bit more scary and dangerous.
Actually the author said that they had the intention in the manga, to make the effects not real and just visualisation for the readers. But they also said that in the anime everyone can decide for themselves, because the figths are a little different and those effects have a different ... effect on the viewing. Everyone just likes to forget the second part...
Yeah you hitting the Demon Slayer burnout. The show is fun to watch sure but there is barely any depth to it really. It’s a very generic battle shonen.
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They have explained a bit of why the backstories of people becoming demon slayers are mostly tragic and similar in Season 1 during the Hashira annual meeting . Its hard to recruit people to become demon slayer if they dont have the deep motivation other than monetary or like Mitsuri wanting to be useful to people because she has special talent i.e. bring especially strong and nimble as its a really dangerous job.
They explain the sheathing thing in one of the post credit thingys.
I don't know if it was already shown. But if you see it, there is no more wondering. You are welcome.
15:25 He's not literally saying "he's in the zone" in the Japanese dialogue. He just said that his condition is really good at that moment for some reason. Probably cause he just awakened his mark.
14:15Because Oda got a talent for connecting the backstory to the current events of the arc, and you see how the characters overcome their trauma .
In demon slayer, it's like here is a very depressing back story. Anyway, let's get back to the fight.
I think the series has inplemented the backstories pretty good. Though with this season, it could be the weakest of that.
Shaku is a traditional Japanese measurement of length, a little shorter than a foot (11.93 inches, according to google)
26:01 I mean, if Clarus is open to a cosplay, Mitsuri Kanroji would get some clicks
About Muichuro and his brother. I have 2 theories. First, I agree with you, that he was actually the cruel brother and his kind brother saved him. Or second, he never had a brother, that it was a manifestation he made up to help him survive. His amnesia shows he's already suffered from mental damage, I think the loss of both his parents forced him to need to grow up, so he created a 'stronger' version of himself that would look out for him.
your theory is not a theory its a hypathesis and its objectively wrong. the manga has confirmed he had a brother
@@houseofactionIkr. The author couldn't make it clearer. It's not a mystery, or unsolved question, or anything like that. He's just trying to invent a conspiracy out of thin air.
@@houseofactionIKR. The author couldn't make it clearer. It's not a mystery, or unsolved question, or anything like that. Even Muichiro who already got his memories back here said it himself that he saw his brother dying before him. What kind of low media literacy you need to have to try and invent a conspiracy out of thin air like this.
34:27 👀 😬 everyone who is caught up
Inosuke is my favorite character and every minute he’s not on screen is a minute more that I long for his brand of insanity
Strange theory... It sounded like that demon came there looking for a fight and was disappointed. That was NOT a random Encounter that was a HIT.
Muzan Is actively trying to eradicate every drop of the sun breather bloodline. The woodcutter branch of the family tree was known because the master's wife was there actively recruiting..
Remember, Tokito is still younger than Tanjiro, and became a Hashira in 2 months.
If you think about it, with his memory loss, he adopted Yuichiro's mannerisms because THAT was the behaviors he "witnessed" wearing HIS OWN FACE, so obviously those behaviors were "his" in a broken memory.
Batman mode, Deadpool style 😎👌
Oh, you took offense to that.... Let me tell you how I really feel 😏👌
Tokito giving Gyokko the Full Kenobi.... He will never have to worry about the sun again cause he just got too much shade thrown. 🤣
Tanjiro... my boi.. You are not Eren Jaeger, that is not an acceptable tactic.
PROOF! 🫡 " Thick thighs save Lives !"
Mitsuri rolled in so hard she even got the SAO soundtrack... 😁👌
(And you know if anyone is going to defeat "tentacle powers are OP" it has to be the Love Hashira ♡)
35:13 You very much misunderstand poison. Not all poisons are "instant kill" even if they are lethal over time. Not being killed by poison does Not mean you are unaffected by poison.... Being incapacitated or severely debilitated is a significant factor of the poison being present with real impact and plot relevance. Yes, Muichiro "in the zone" can tough it out and solo an upper rank... but he IS NOT in "the zone" anymore. Tengen WAS DYING of Gyokkos poison, so was Tanjiro, so was Inouske, and ONLY Nezuko's Blood Demon Art was able to purge it.
Of course there was no tragic backstory for the demon. Our boy Tanjiro was not there to witness or empathize with him.. You get no redemption you just get a [sick burn.] Just like Enmu the train-slug.
Muichiro IS Is stronger now than either Tengen or Rengoku... The boy is a direct descendant of the sun breather and you just saw him manifest his mark of the Chosen Ones... the others are "Just" Hashira, And he has been here training to get stronger.
Genya might be happy with the boomstick Sawed off double barrel, But he really needs to look into some 'Murica imports ALL OF WHICH AROSE DURING THE TAISHO ERA (1910-1926)...
1911 .45 ACP,
Thompson SMG,
Browning .50 cal HMG...
Let's show these demons what the roaring twenties were all about. 😁👍
Muichiro is not a direct descendant of the sun breather, he's a descendant of his brother
@paratil2566 Nitpick much? When you're dealing with a family tree over a 1000 years old it is as near as you can get. It's also only what the anime openly stated. It's the direct bloodline in any case.
@@johannesbowers7467 Well if you're going to state "the boy is a direct descendant of the sun breather" it's factually incorrect. Maybe don't be wrong?
@@johannesbowers7467 direct would require him to be the sun breathers direct descendent he isn't he is the sun breathers indirect descendent
@houseofaction thank you both for your Manga Spoilers. That is not the point.
Muichiro is an actual member of the Sun Breather Bloodline.
Tanjiro is not.
Wars have been fought in this world over less of a lineage connection.
The Anime Only position is limited to what has been told to us so far. Yes, Demon Slayer is FULL of "unreliable narrator" untruths and half truths, but the POINT that a bloodline connection factually exists for Muichiro and does NOT for Tanjiro is well established.
Love from Belgium 🇧🇪♥️
Goodluck on the next arc.
They actually specifically showed how Mitsuri sheaths her sword at the post credit scene of episode 5
11:58 I mean, “be better demon slayers” as a motivation makes sense as to why the Hashira are the best of the best demon slayers. Their singular focus grown out of the tragedy of their traumatic backstories makes sense. I think the arc of most of them involves either being changed by the empathy of Tanjiro (ie Tokito) or Tanjiro being changed by some aspect of them (ie Rengoku). I’m reminded of hard core vampire slayers like Blade that for a large portion of their life all they have is The Hunt and the drama comes when that changes. Not every vampire hunter has as much room in their life for hijinks as Buffy…
I was also not quite sure what they were going for with the Twin. Personally I took it as: When he lost his memories he became like his asshole twin, and when he regained his memories he became his optimistic self again.
The recap for the last episode was because it was shown in theaters.
my headcannon is she inserts and wraps the sword and when its not dangling, the wrapped sword is a normal katana shape like an encased streamer
The anime shows it in one of the post credit animations for this season.
this arc really loses me with how not dangerous the upper ranks feel. last arc we had a pair of demons that almost killed all of our team AND destroyed an entire town, but here we've only seen these upper ranks kill a small handful of people between them, and then we get muichiro killing one whilst barely breaking a sweat.
and i get that muichiro is meant to be WAY stronger than tengen, but it just feels vert unfulfilling as a viewer to see that de-escalation of danger.
I 100% agree! The Demons being gimmicks is kind of a drain after how seriously they had to take the oiran and her brother
I generally agree with that take, felt very underwhelming especially after the Entertainment District Arc.
But i did see a comment that changed my view just a bit on how the upper moons should be approached and made season 3 a little less underwhelming for me:
The upper ranks aren't only ranked in strength but usefulness, loyalty and intelligence.
Gyutaro was way stronger and had more bloodlust than probably all the demons (i havent read the manga so idk) but he may have lacked intelligence and usefulness since he just recided the the entertainment district for hundreds of years.
Gyokko may not have been as strong but he was loyal, and smart. So smart that he discovered the village that had been kept a secret from demons for centuries!
This makes me feel just a little less judgemental towards upper 4 and 5 but in the end i still feel like they could have been a bit more scary and dangerous.
@@papasmjordeig the ranks are definitive levels of POWER
Can only describe the fish as unpleasantly Squelchy
Muichiro is the Sass Hashira
Actually the author said that they had the intention in the manga, to make the effects not real and just visualisation for the readers. But they also said that in the anime everyone can decide for themselves, because the figths are a little different and those effects have a different ... effect on the viewing.
Everyone just likes to forget the second part...
Tokito is him that’s why the upper demon seems not that strong.
1 shaku = 0.30303 meter
"is this demon sexy now?" im gonna say no tbh
Yeah you hitting the Demon Slayer burnout. The show is fun to watch sure but there is barely any depth to it really. It’s a very generic battle shonen.