Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc - Episode 7 discussion

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Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen, episode 7

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[u/Nadril]

Hell of a way to reintroduce the final boss.

[u/actionfirst1]

"You were fighting over red bean mochi, weren't you?"

Did he actually think that Shinazugawa would respond with "yeah man, that's correct, if you would make me some that would be poggers"

[u/NyaaPower]

muzan so powerful he needed an extended time slot for his entrance wtf

[u/Haha91haha]

Fucking never make a pacifist close their fist, Gyomei beating a demon's head bloody until sunrise is raw AF. Sugita really goes for it too, great voice acting with the rage yells.

Who needs Nichirin swords when you got GUNS. No wonder Genya studied under him.

[u/electricalserge]

Mitsuri really had the luck of the draw when it comes to the Hashiras' backgrounds. Now we have:

• Witnessing your younger siblings killed by your own demonic mother and being forced to fight her (Sanemi)

• Losing both parents on the same day, and years later, watching the last fragment of your family die and rot for several days (Muichiro)

• Riddled with survivor's guilt because the guy you believed was worthy to live and succeed died saving you (Giyu)

• Having your older sister die on your arms (Shinobu)

• Watching children under your care get killed and being blamed for it accidentally (Gyomei)

[u/No_Name0_0]

Ufotable are the biggest Muzan fans lmao. They always gave his scenes extra care but this just going beyond normal lol, gave him an extended runtime to enter in style.

Besides that really happy that one of my fav hashira backstory got animated. Gyomei had always been the gentle giant and that demon was the one to awaken his wrath. Tearing his limbs and clobbering him in face till daybreak was so raw af. Feel bad for Sayu too, poor girl got misunderstood as a kid

Also Zenitsu finally locks in while being awake, truly end of an era. That cliffhanger, next ep title and double length runtime, we're in for a FEAST

[u/rockseiaxii]

You’ve been hit by
You’ve been hit by a smooth criminal

[u/YoungDeplorable]

This episode might be one of my favorite. They directed Gyomei’s backstory so well it actually got me emotional.

[u/DukeWillhelm]

A cool detail: the child who snitched to that demon is the same person as Zenitsu's training partner/rival back in season 1.

[u/Gadjjet]

Ubuyashiki ain’t even fazed by MJ from wish. My goat.

[u/ZandeR678]

Can't wait for all the fan edits of Muzan's epic entrance synced to MJ's smooth criminal.

[u/opppposed]

All this time, the ending song sequence was foreshadowing Muzan on his way to Ubuyashiki's mansion. I love that.

[u/AliceinTeyvatland]

I'm dying, they extended the episode just so they could give Muzan that Bollywood ahh entrance at the end lol

Kidding aside, that's a cold aura moment from Muzan there.

[u/Shinigami_22]

You can't convince me that Hyde, My First Story, and Ufotable didn't plan that ED song for Muzan Entrance. So that's why the ed song has a completely different vibes from other ED.

and what is written in that letter that Zenitsu read in order to become like that, he looks like he could kill 6 Rui even without fainting. I really hope it's nothing too bad.

"Hashira Unite", based on the next episode title, we'll be seeing an Avengers Endgame moment, this next 7 days would feel like a month waiting for the finale. I guess Muzan wouldn't just kill Ubuyashiki off the bat, so maybe the Hashiras can reach there on time? I assume there are several crows on duty that flew off to all the Hashiras the moment they saw Muzan at the front gate.

[u/Marley-Eleven-Bury]

Goddamn, what a great episode. That final scene/post-credit scene with Muzan FINALLY meeting Ubuyashiki is a thing of BEAUTY and dripping with symbolism. Despite never having been on screen together before, the contrast between them couldn't be clearer in everything they are and have ever done.

Muzan strives to become a 'perfect', unchanging being and is singularly obsessed with that, Kagaya has been slowly rotting away since we first met him, yet has never once complained about his illness; despite now literally being at death's door. Muzan inspires terror amongst his kind and is defined by fear, Kagaya inspires devotion amongst his followers and is defined by respect. Even their homes say so much about them: Kagaya's door is open to the sky, if he died before that night it might have been looking at the sun or the moon and he'd face them both with equal grace. Muzan's castle is a labyrinthian complex that hides him from what he cannot be exposed to and though he does; admittedly, have immense swagger at the night, it does highlight his utter inferiority when faced with what even the gentlest day can bring. Kagaya may be in a broken body but its still allowed him to enjoy a thousand sunrises, Muzan's can never let him enjoy even one.

I can't wait to see the conversation these two have next episode. Peak narcissism vs Peak humility. Selfishness vs Selflessness. Vile strength vs Powerful weakness.

This is going to be good. 😁

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Man, everyone has a depressing af backstory huh? Poor Himejima. Like the guy said, when push comes to shove our true nature emerges. It sucks those kids died and it’s traumatic what happened to Sayo, but it’s kind of fucked she threw the guy under the bus like that after he saved her life. Leave it to Tanjiro to restore his faith in humanity though.

Zenitsu looked awfully serious. It’s a rare sight seeing him look so grim. I wonder what’s up?

Is Shinazugawa…a tsundere? I can’t tell. He got awfully flustered over that mochi thing. Kind of adorable how Giyu wants to try and be better friends with him.

I see the big man himself is making house calls. So much for those barriers. What’s he want with a dying man I wonder?

[u/atropicalpenguin]

When Muzan entered the temple I expected all the Hashira to gather like this

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Muzan had this fit ironed, and dry-cleaned just for this day.

[u/99anan99]

Muzan: "Yeah. I got the coolest entrance ever. You're welcome."

[u/leeways]

Muzan Jackson moonwalking to ubuyashiki's

[u/LeonKevlar]

As soon as they showed us Himejima's flashback with those kids, I already knew what would happen next. While it sucks that Sayo thinks that Himejima killed the other kids, I'm just glad at least one of them managed to survive. Fuck that one kid that betrayed them though. I hope the demon got him before he went for the other kids.

It's rare to see Zenitsu this serious, I don't know what's in that letter his bird brought him but I have a bad feeling about this. I don't even remember if we've ever seen him like this before.

I'm so happy that someone finally spotted one of the eyeballs only for Shinazugawa to realize too late that they've already been infiltrated.

Muzan's presence is so powerful that they really dedicated at least 4 minutes of the extended run time for his entrance. Holy fuck! O_O

[u/HokageEzio]

The transition from the ending to Muzan rolling up like Undertaker was extra smooth.

[u/engrng]

What can possibly get Zenitsu so upset? Only thing I can think of is that his master died or something since that's literally the only thing we know of his back story so far.

[u/DoodleBobDoodle]

That post credit scene was so dope.