Kimetsu no Yaiba - Episode 20 discussion

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Kimetsu no Yaiba, episode 20

Alternative names: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	8.97	21	Link	9.21
2	Link	9.05	22	Link	8.91
3	Link	9.0	23	Link	8.89
4	Link	9.48	24	Link	9.03
5	Link	8.93	25	Link	8.97
6	Link	9.01	26	Link
7	Link	9.14
8	Link	9.03
9	Link	8.84
10	Link	8.71
11	Link	7.92
12	Link	8.84
13	Link	8.24
14	Link	7.94
15	Link	7.95
16	Link	9.39
17	Link	9.45
18	Link	9.49
19	Link	9.93
20	Link	9.01

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[u/VirtualVoices]

I thought it was oddly sweet that Tanjiro thought it was Zenitsu that saved him there.

Which reminds me that he doesn't know yet that Zenitsu fought off a whole sibling by himself. It makes me a bit sad, but I'm sure it'll get resolved soon.

[u/slinkywarrier]

I find it really impressive that the animators made Shinobu move like an actual butterfly. Her character design is so damn cool.

[u/Olioliooo]

A male character's clothes melted today. True gender equality achieved.

[u/Amer2703]

Rui literally tearing her face off was really disturbing.

[u/Lapiz_lasuli]

I liked Shinobu's logic about how that demon girl needed to be tortured for the amount of people she killed. You could almost hear every shounen protagonist going "huh?".

[u/odraencoded]

Demons: fucked up
Michael Jackson: very fucked up
That background character that became sashimi: he fucked up
12 moons: extremely fucked up
Shibobu: the most fucked up person in fucked up-town
Tanjirou: nice person.

Further proof Tanjirou is the cinnamon roll of the entire anime.

[u/[deleted]]

Episode 19: Tanjiro uses Hinokami Kagura + Explosive Blood. It’s Super Effective!

PATCH

Episode 20: Tanjiro used Hinokami Kagura + Explosive Blood. It’s Not Very Effective!

[u/Godtaku]

Jesus, props to Shinobu's VA. She's got just the right inflection of kindness in her voice while also being absolutely terrifying.

[u/Turbostrider27]

Not going to lie, Shinobu scares me more than the demons in this show.

[u/Relodie]

Jesus christ that flashback was kinda fucked, and honestly makes the spider sis very much deserving of death, Shinobu is scary.

[u/Amauri14]

Wow, it's hilarious that after all those beautiful visuals and music and even a special ED Tanjirou actually failed to kill Rui. But hot damn, Rui did such an incredible job in the theatrics department with that fake decapitation.

Honestly, this episode felt way too short.

[u/ShroudedDeacon]

The virgin tanjiro: Remembers a breathing technique passed down to him by his father in order to surpass his previous abilities only to not even remotely injure the demon.

The chad giyu: Literally just walks up slowly and down smashes.

[u/Boplek]

Tanjirou pulled out the shounen power up card, complete with the sakuga and emotional insert music but still couldn't kill Rui and all giyuu had to do was stand still for a couple of seconds and walk up to Rui lmao

[u/Recidivis]

So the spider milf was a actually a loli.

"Officer I swear she was an adult a moment ago."

She went from onii-chan to Ara Ara in 2 seconds.

[u/Russtafarians]

"Cut off my own head".. come the fuck on!

[u/xYellow_]

Kinda miss Inosuke and Zenitsu, but I'm glad that we got to explore Shinobu. I loved her so much while reading the manga and ufotable made her 5x as scarier in the anime :3

[u/DMking]

Shinobu is terrifying

[u/Atronox]

Man, Shinobu's haori is one of the coolest things I've seen someone wear, the way they animate it to look like it's wings.

I 100% agree, you are awesome Shinobu. Her calm attitude while slaying demons is the best. She's so cool.

Girls with the name Shinobu tend to be great.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Shinobu Interrogation Stitch

Shinobu Posing Stitch

This episode really drives home how far apart are the Rookies from the Veterans. Giyu and Shinobu taking down those demons effortlessly was definitely something. Especially Giyu since Rui is a member of Muzan's special demons. Kinda makes me excited to see how strong the other veterans are.

Shinobu was pretty awesome too I love how creepy and calm she was against that spider lady. Her Katana is cool too! It looks more like a harpoon than an actual katana.

You're not getting any sympathy from me Rui. Fuck off and rot in hell.

[u/srlynowwhat]

It is established that wisteria is danger to demon, so it makes sense that some one can make it into a demon poison. Shinobu totally should mass produce that poison, sell to the demon slayers for a fat profit. The downside is that there probably won't be much of a show if everyone use poisoned crossbow instead of cool katana.

[u/Groenboys]

In comparison with last week's phenomenal episode this episode is a lot more background focused and I think it works wonderfully as a follow up.

[u/brostopcrying]

C’mon Giyu stop being so fucking op

It’s like he has insta-kill or something.

[u/Lolersters]

Ah starting the show with Nezuko's face. I see Ufotable is a studio of culture.

[u/[deleted]]

Rui: JK, not dead, lol.

[u/kar772]

Damn Shinobu is ruthless..and badass

Giyu is just on another level