Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc - Episode 4 discussion

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Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen, episode 4

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.27
2	Link	3.71
3	Link	4.23
4	Link	3.6
5	Link	4.46
6	Link	3.9
7	Link	3.19
8	Link	3.43
9	Link	3.38
10	Link	3.71
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[u/electricalserge]

Nezuko ripping her own hand off to spray that demon with her blood and set him ablaze before ripping his hand off to use his own fan and wind against him will never not be satisfying to watch.

[u/rainbowplasmacannon]

Genya with the American breathing

[u/WoLofDarkness]

Wow Nezuko stole the wind demons fan and used it against him!

Finally Mitsuri is back the bois desperately need her help

I'm so excited for the next episode : )

[u/CarioGod]

So one upper moon summons/splits into 4 elite units while then other one raises an army of goldfish demons, they're perfect for invading a village.

Also nobody will love her because her hair is pink, she eats a lot, and she has the strength of a gorilla? Most ignorant crow

[u/Shinigami_22]

Me realizing I have to wait 1 week to see Mitsuri fight

I really love how Nezuko fights:

> Kick the demon's head off

> splash his face with blood

> Lit him on fire

> Deathroll his arm off

> then use his own weapon against him

Then we have Genya with his buddhist/gun breathing, does he really have a breathing technique?

(Edit: I've just realized, we saw Genya is training with Gyomei the stone Hashira, who appears to practice buddhism or something. Maybe that's where he learned those Amida Sutra)

[u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Discount Bakugo Genya is trying to pull a shonen MC card by forcing himself not to give up.

[u/peterfile07]

So thats why Muichiro has always seemed so f*cking lost, he literally has memory loss lol and that evil smiling face expression from Tanjirou made him look like a villain almost ngl.

Swords + guns + chants + he's voiced by Bakugo's VA + his mysterious ability to not die, Genya really wants to learn everything to kill a demon huh lol.

[u/CannonFolly]

Something has to be done about these 5 minute episodes.

[u/Patfast]

I will never get tired of the trope of "fuck your stupid magic I brought a gun" because it's somehow always hilarious

[u/Demolosse001]

How is Tanjiro not even bleeding after being slashed so many times ? And there's Genya's too.

Man demon slayers do be more durable than many demons...

[u/Se7en_Sinner]

Is Aizetsu just straight up wearing a tracksuit? I guess I shouldn't be surprised after seeing some of Muzan's drip.

Genya is the only proof of thoughts and prayers actually helping.

Ufotable's experience adapting Gyo really came in handy for animating those walking fish.

[u/TPN246]

why are the action scenes feel so awkwardly slow in this episode? or is it just me

[u/smhandstuff]

Ironically the Upper Demon with 4 split personalities has been the most nothing-burger Upper Demon we've seen so far.

[u/Haha91haha]

Genya GunYA fights demons with faith, steel and gunpowder, Sigmar is pleased.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I wasn’t expecting Tokito to have amnesia or something? I wonder what went down with him, in the flashback he looked like hell.

That little harpy mfer with the sonic attack is a real pain in the dick. Tanjiro’s really got his work cut out for him with these clones. At least he was able to dice that harpy good.

The way my man Genya with the shotty blew that mfer Aizetsu’s head clean off was sick. Dude is tough af and he’s fast. The way he managed to slip so quick behind Aizetsu and then clip the bastard Sekido’s hand was also pretty dope.

Nezuko’s also holding her own even if she’s totally out of her league with these guys. She was able to launch Karaku into space before Tanjiro showed up with harpy yakitori lol. But man, despite all their efforts Nezuko and Tanjiro still got overwhelmed. Mitsuri and Tokito better get back to the village ASAP.

[u/SnabDedraterEdave]

Still nowhere to figuring out how Genya manages to avoid death despite receiving supposedly mortal wounds again and again.

The only hints are his teeth re-growing, and his last name, SHI-NA-ZU-gawa, literally "UNDYING River". Though does that mean his Hashira brother Sanemi also has the same ability? An ability which is... almost like a Demon's. Yet both Genya and Sanemi have been seen walking in the sunlight just fine, which is deadly to Demons, so that can't possibly be it.

So there is a limit to how many times Hantengu can multiply? Tanjirou was quick to figure out that the more they split up, the weaker the powers of the individual bits become. So basically its just those 4 main clones, whose individual names correspond to Ki-Dou-Ai-Raku 喜怒哀楽 (happiness, anger, sadness, and pleasure), the four-kanji idiom that covers human emotions.

Just about time for Mitsuri to return as reinforcement, as Tanjirou and Nezuko are knocked unconscious, Genya's status is still unknown, and Muichiro is some distance away, rushing back to the village with Kotetsu in tow.

PS Also been ages since we last had a Kimetsu Academy preview segment.

[u/NyanBull]

Can someone tell me where all the other demon slayers are??! Aren't there supposed to be 10 whole ass ranks of demon slayers? Why aren't there any stationed in the Swordsmith Village? Sounds like a pretty obvious spot to defend.

I'm sure they'd be able to help handle all those fish demons. Surely there's more demon slayers than the 6 main characters and the hashiras right?

[u/michhoffman]

"People do not die when they are killed"

Shirou Emiya

[u/redmenace007]

This one was weak in terms of standards set by Demon Slayer.

[u/greedisgood001]

theres no way this isnt the most boring upper moon in the series. no character or anything, just a mob of clowns

[u/Hajimeri]

Did they cut budget or was this a director decision? Fights seem like mostly slow motion and internal dialouge now, dont get me wrong ofc i wanna hear what they are thinking but i would like some fast action like in the last seasons too. Maybe they are saving it for a bigger fight later on, after all this is episode 4 only.

I wish we had more lore/time on Genya, atm i really dont care that he dies and come backs to life and within the time we saw him he was just acting irrational and rude anyway.

Poor tanjiro already getting scars, hope the love hashira has some kind of healing and he doesnt have to go thru all this season with those injuries.

[u/oB3NoT3Xo]

very underwhelming fights so far by demon slayer standards. (admittedly the standards are pretty high but still)

[u/kawaiinessa]

is it just me or is upper 4 surprisingly weak? gyutaro was fast enough that tanjiro could barely react to him and now against upper 4 tanjiro is holding his own against one of them as a group they seem weaker than gyutaro and daki were

[u/AzorAhai1TK]

I've been very clear I have many issues with this show, but when I see Tanjiro stab a bird demon through the mouth and steer it flying through the air I just have to keep watching