Isn't it the kanji for "hate", or which one do you mean? "hate" and "monk" are similar, but the first radical on the left is different, spirit radical for "hate", leader radical for "monk" (radical naming convention by how I learned their names).Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
You're asking why the badguy just doesn't start out the fight in his final form? Have you never shounened before?
CR has it subbed as "hate".
I've watched the previous 2 arcs. Both the train-upper and the entertainment-upper (both sister and brother) were frighteningly strong from the beginning.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
You're right. I misread it.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
This arc is missing threat and menace from these upper demons. They are both being taken lightly right now to no consequence. Hatred is engaging in sophistry with Tanjiro while Vase Face is getting clowned by a regular human and has to verbally remind us that he could kill him easily if he really wanted to. What are these chunni battles?!?
I'm not sold on their power at all, and that makes this boring by Demon Slayer standards. Not to worry, though. Every shounen has one or two weak arcs, so I'm hopeful this can turn around next season... but I've given up on this being a worthwhile fight until a hashira dies.
Explanation of the absorption felt like filler, but the breathing scene was well done.
The "I can't stick a blade through, but I can stick my head in" scene?Explanation of the absorption felt like filler, but the breathing scene was well done.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I feel like the guy from the last arc should have been #4 instead of #6. That way, these 2 would only be considered a greater threat because there's 2 of them.
The only thing that permeates seemed to be air; I don't think the kid got his head in.
True. It seems I really didn't watch this episode properly.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Episode 8
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The end almost made it look/sound like the one handed twin brother survived and is the Hashira.
Kinda confusing to use inner monologue scenes with the same voice for both twins, while he was fighting and while the guy has a "breakthrough".
Yeah, I thought they traded places at the beginning of the final monologue. I'm still slightly annoyed that Breathing technique pedigree is still being ignored (as in they won't explain how he learned Mist Breathing) but I think my expectations are slowly aligning now to the fact that it won't be consistently happening.
The whole "mark" thing is also inconsistent now. At first it looked like Tanjiro got it due to his use of First Breathing, but Muichiro has developed something "similar" through gaining his memory, guts, talent and resumably being a descendant of the First Swordsman - but he does not perform First Breathing as far as we know.
I'm also enjoying Kanroji's eyecandy a lot more in the OP/ED than I thought I would.
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If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It's possible that "First Breathing" is not actually related to the specific style being used, and is more of an enhancement.
Aren't they both descendants of the same family line?
Mist Hashira's father has the same eyes as Tanjiro and his crow also mentions that he is a direct descendant of the guy who invented the first breathing style.
Maybe the mark is related to just the bloodline. Or it's related to demon-slayers in general, considering all the breathing techniques are sub-techniques of the first one. Maybe it's a "I'm in the zone" thing.
They look a little different as well. Mist Hashira's is a bit more "flowy" and reminds me of clouds.
Mist Hashira was stated to be a direct descendant.
Tanjiro's flashback suggests that he is not blood related. Tanjiro's ancestors (Sumiyoshi) were rescued by the First Breathing dude, and in gratitude they asked if they could pass First Breathing's family name because he has no heir.
First Breather then says:
-no need, those who master their technique will end up "in the same place" anyway..
-he failed to protect what's important to him
-his name is worthless
I guess from rewatching that, it's he's actually saying that if you strive to get good / improve your swordsmanship/breathing technique, you'll eventually arrive back to the peak - which is what he discovered as First Breathing.
Also, despite the claim that he has no heir, perhaps he thought his offspring was dead when they were actually alive - thus Muichiro. That or the wife just lied to Muichiro so they'd train with her, and all he had was raw talent. If it's the latter, he's never had a chance to demonstrate it though, so they shouldn't know about that unless he IS from the line of swordsman.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
They missed a great opportunity to turn the whole backstory on its head and reveal at the end that the angry, bitter twin was the survivor and that would have better aligned with his starting personality of 'don't bother to help others'.
As it was, I'm starting to lean toward all of the breathings getting similar as they are mastered, or approach the first or perhaps one true sun breathing?
In hindsight, it is at least a little interesting that this Hashira is so green. He obviously hasn't been in a prominent position or life and death battles for long as evidenced by how easy he loses his cool from a little poison and trash mobs. Due to that, I'm willing to assume he's the weakest Hashira currently and that makes this clown battle a little more tense against the number 5 demon with his own brand of autism.
Episode 09
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Well... looks like both these demons are going to get wiped by the Hashiras. Muichiro's story had nearly zero tension for me because I couldn't really guage the power of either party or feel that involved with them.
I could actually feel how screwed Tanjiro was against the dragon, but Kanroji is about to blast that thing away with a Magical Girl kind of flair.
Interestingly, Pots wasn't going to die from just being beheaded. He was regenerating. Dicing him was what ended up doing it.
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If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
What a shit episode. Yes, Kanroji in action was nice, but that was only the very end.
These two demons are so lame and so are their fights. Muichiro doing his comic relief-face all the time ruined the last bit of tension. And Tanjiro fighting a 5-headed fantasy dragon is just too lol to be taken seriously.
This has been the worst arc of the series and I want to punch all the people that hyped it up as "the best season". wtf
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I don't see how that guy was ranked higher than #6.
Exactly. Vace got chunni'ed hard and it makes his rank a joke.
That fight just means Muichiro is stronger than Sound dood after his soul-finding, memory recovery, gene revival, and using his all to the point he can't move after the fight.
I think it was a struggle the whole time, even if it seemed to have ended as a surprise to the 5th ranker himself. If the demon decided to play it safe and prolong the fight, which is common sense for any demon vs human fight, Muichiro would be dead. The demon's arrogance killed him.
Peace.
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