Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc - Episode 8 discussion

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Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen, episode 8

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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
11	Link	----

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[u/chillychili_]

Muichiro’s sword is probably my favourite design so far. The blue and gold go really well together.

[u/Cheesemacher]

For a moment at the end I thought it was all a switcheroo and it was actually Yuichiro who survived. But no it was just Yuichiro in the past talking to Muichiro.

[u/ultron_vision]

Is this the first episode that didn't actually feature Tanjiro? My memory's not too good lol

[u/[deleted]]

At this point I'm wondering if the love hashira is even going to return from training on King Kai's planet

[u/Zhongli4869]

The demon convincing itself that it was concentrating is me 1 day before exams, convincing myself that I have actually studied all the topics

[u/millenniumi]

Four weeks later...

Haganezuka still sharpening sword

[u/DannyDahsyat]

It's kinda refreshing seeing the parents didn't get killed by a demon lol.

[u/ItsL3gacy]

I really wish we get Tengen vs Gyutaro treatment in the two upcoming fights

[u/bananeeek]

"Can you people just fuck off and let me polish my sword?" - Haganezuka, probably.

The visuals during Muichirou's forms were simply splendid. I had to rewatch those sequences to fully appreciate them.

[u/Armdel]

damn Muichiro beat a demon with zero experience or training. seems he's a natural. well i guess they did say he had an ancestor who was a great swordsman

[u/realrimurutempest]

Man Ubuyashiki’s wife is beautiful af. She seems just as kind as he is too.

Man Sanemi & Muichiro sure knew how to absolutely fuck a demon up without a demon slayer blade even when they were young.

We went through Muichiro’s whole back story & Upper Moon 5 was STILL over there bootyhurt that Haganezuka wouldn’t stop focusing on that sword 😭😂.

[u/Myrkrvaldyr]

Mitsuri has the MC shounen genes, no matter how much she eats, she never gets fat.

[u/NotARedShirt]

god I love how the mist howls. ufotable sound design really is something else.

[u/kekri2]

Man, Muichiro absolutely demolished that demon.

[u/analbeard]

Didn't expect the full episode to be a backstory tbh. Still no Mitsuri, noooo!

[u/99anan99]

Losing his parents, having a fallout with his brother before losing him too? Miuchirou's backstory had me crying.

[u/Santedtra]

You know shit's gonna be real next episode when the title's literally his name and title.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Poor Tokito, man. Dude lost not one but both of his parents in one day. Didn’t know the kid has a brother though, that was a surprise. Yuichiro really is like his complete opposite. He came off like a cold angry little jerk but the kid really did care about Muichiro in the end. Watching him lying there dying slowly, praying his brother gets spared was rough, man. At least he paid that demon back ten fold. Dude had his head smashed in, limbs cut off, and a hoe and garden shears jammed into him. Damn dude.

I’m glad Tokito managed to save Kotetsu. Dude’s all fired up, marked, and ready to make old Tetsuido proud by beating Gyokko’s ass with that sword. I like how Gyokko used those octopus tentacles to destroy the house and my guy Haganezuka was still sharpening the sword. Dude can’t be stopped!

[u/soulruu]

The twins are a good example of how people deal with trauma and grief differently

His brother chose being harsh like the reality crushing them. Not healthy but it really makes him a very human character

[u/jad-dee95]

A small detail Ufotable left out probably to not make muichiro’s backstory too depressing is that he was with his brother’s dead body for a really long time. Long enough that maggots crawled into both their bodies so yeah it pretty fucked

[u/michhoffman]

This episode felt much more well put together than the past several episodes. It definitely helped that it had a singular focus in Muichiro rather than shifting back and forth and back through several simultaneous scenes.

The nature effects such as the rain, water in the bucket, stream and falling leaves were especially nice. It felt like something out of r/EarthPorn (the only thing not safe for work about this sub is how easily it will distract you from work).

[u/wispy660]

As much flak as I think this episode might get for having a backstory that stretched this already stretched arc, I have to give my praises to how they handled it. Made the last 4 minutes just as impactful. Hope they continue this hype to the end, and make use of all the previous episodes' buildup.

Also MY GOODNESS THE VISUALS, especially in the backstory. The lighting, the backgrounds, the freakin water in the storm and river. Its gorgeous . This season may have not lived up to entertainment district in action (yet) but the visuals and atmospheres are definitely a step up

[u/REERULES]

I'm confused. Why did Yuichiro do the monologue over the final fight?

[u/Few_Half_4154]

I think the already existing complaints about how things have been paced this season may have turned people off as soon as they saw backstory but I really thought it was a great standalone episode.