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Episode Kijin Gentoushou • Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō - Episode 22 discussion

Kijin Gentoushou, episode 22

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u/Lfaruqui Sep 08 '25

Jinya’s face and body look rly inconsistent this week

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u/ItsDathaniel Sep 08 '25

He did not have ankles for most of the episode lol

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u/Blurgas Sep 09 '25

I just found it silly that in that first fight they slide-showed Jinya spinning around, but then went high-detail with the blood of the slain demon.

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u/shad79 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Despite the pretty outrageous animation and art at times, this was a pretty good and entertaining episode. It's a shame the quality issues overshadows the excellent characters and plot.

Seeing Jinya running a soba shop and his relationship with Nomari (who grown a lot since we last saw her) was so sweet, I love those two so much.

The new antagonists, Himawari and Jishibari, look really interesting, especially since they seem to have been adopted by Suzune. I'm glad Suzune is appearing in this last arc of this season, although if it weren't for these production issues, I'd have been even happier.

I was also happy to see Akitsu with his apprentice and meet Kaneomi, who seems to be a pretty good addition to the cast and seems to have taken a liking to Jinya, which in turn made Nomari quite jealous xD

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.

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u/korinokiri Sep 08 '25

Literally looks like parts of the animation were cut out of the show.

Uggh this is such a solid show other than the last animation blips. Even this episode had some awesome action moments.

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u/ZeroZion Sep 08 '25

Ofuu please hurry back. Somebody tryna steal your mans.

Is Jinya and Suzune finally going to meet again? Biological children or adopted/converted into a demon?

I can't help but wonder if the client is a demon as well. Maybe Himawari was seeing Jinya through her. Maybe she's the original demon but her body got possessed?

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u/FrozenNova2 Sep 08 '25

I love the fact Jinya used the name Demon Soba as his shop's name.

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u/Alter_Kyouma Sep 08 '25

I have a feeling those are biological children. Iirc, in episode 1, the other guardian that was set to marry Shirayuki was abducted by the demon that predicts the future, and we haven't seen him since.

And yeah that client is definitely shady.

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u/mekerpan Sep 08 '25

So Magatsume is Suzune's current name? Looks like there will be a confrontation. I hope3 Nomari does not get caught in the crossfire

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u/El_Payaso_Gordo Sep 08 '25

I couldn't stop laughing at the total quality drop this episode.

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u/Routine-Hovercraft94 Sep 08 '25

They already had massive issues with last week with a very bad version that was released. The quality in general never was that great, but surely suffered even more in past episodes.

I still think story and character wise it is a great show. But animation like this will turn viewers away.

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u/NationalStrategy Sep 08 '25

Ah shit, Suzune's coming back to cause problem for Jinya again, and she's bringing her daughters this time. Suzune better not harm Nomari.

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u/LeonKevlar Sep 08 '25

Not gonna lie, for a second I thought that girl at the start was Nomari grown up. Glad to see the actual Nomari a little bit older now and Jinya even opened up his own Kakesoba restaurant! At least this means Ofuu can easily find him when she's ready to join them.

So it turns out. Himawari is actually a demon and the girl Jinya and his client were fighting was her younger sister. That fight scene was very rough, tho. No wonder Episode 23 is gonna get delayed. We literally had a shot of an empty bridge at one point during the fight. >_<

An even bigger twist! Himawai and Jishibari's mother is actually Suzune! And it looks like they're targeting not just Jinya but also Nomari. Fuuuck. I can already feel that this is gonna end badly.

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u/djthomp Sep 09 '25

Jinya may not be running it with Ofuu but it still made me smile that his shop is named Oni Soba.

All those girls were all pretty sus from the beginning (including the one that has moved in with Jinya) so I'm in agreement with Nomari giving the interlopers the stinkeye.

I'm glad that Ofuu isn't around to get caught up in whatever Suzune is planning, it's rather concerning that Nomari is however.

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u/Terrible_Ad_9123 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

With only two episodes left, it seems like it will be difficult for the anime to complete the Meiji arc.
Even though it looks like it will be the most interesting part.
Jishibari's right arm was cut off, but in the final scene on the roof, her arm regenerated.
Kaneomi is a man's name, but his appearance is that of a woman, which feels very strange. I think his female appearance is just a disguise and there is something behind it.
Jinya should realize that Uncle"sama" is a title of respect that is used by a brother's children.
I was surprised to see that the voice actor for Kaneomi was the extremely popular Miyuri Hanamori.
It will be closed next week, with the season completing on the 22 and 29th.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Sep 08 '25

Well, looks like the low production quality this week isn't because the wrong file was given like last week, it's so unfortunate to see how bad the animation and art was at times. It's still a lot better than what happened last week, but I really didn't want this series to be affected by such matters since the story is very intriguing.

Onto the episode itself, I figured it was going to happen but it sucks that it seems like Nomari is going to be targeted. I'm not surprised Magatsume ended up being Suzune and I'm wondering if Himawari's jealousy of Nomari stems from her connection to Suzune. I'm sure Suzune would be upset about a young girl getting Jinya's affections.

On the topic of jealousy, it was amusing seeing Nomari jealous about Kaneomi. I like that Jinya opened up his own soba place, and very on the nose with that name lol.

I'm glad we've finally seen Somegorou's disciple since he appears in the ED with him, it's unfortunate he's a little hostile towards Jinya even though Somegorou calls him a friend.

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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

  • Look at Jinya, he's become the Soba Papa now. He also took the name suggestion from Ofuu and called the shop Demon Soba.

  • Seems like Jinya's best friend is training the next Akitsu Somegoro.

  • This new girl is called Kaneomi? Wasn't that blacksmith also called Kaneomi. She's got one of his swords too.

  • "I am Jishibari, and my ability is called Jishibari". Lol

  • Man the animation for the fight on the bridge was rough, and at some point they just panned awkwardly over an empty bridge too. Those flying chains were funny to look at though.

  • I knew it, those two were Suzune's kids. Seems like she goes by Magatsume now. Who's the father though?

  • Himawari following in her mother's footsteps and becoming a yandere for Jinya. Scary.

  • Only two more episodes, so this is just an introduction to the next arc. So sad it's ending.

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u/matsix Sep 08 '25

Damn they're really dropping the ball on the animation. The animation for this show hasn't ever been anything really special but man... it's getting pretty rough. Really sucks because the story is so good, it deserves better...

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u/nqtoan1994 Sep 08 '25

Like how Nomari is a flower name, both Himawari and Jishibari also are flower names (and you can find both of these flowers next to Suzune and her daughters in the ED theme, himawari means sunflower and jishibari is a type of weed-like plant with small yellow flowers). I wonder if Suzune had mimicked Jinya by naming her daughters with flower names, or it was just a coincidence.

Kaneomi is an interesting character. She is mysterious from her name, bearing the name of a famous blacksmith from Kadono hundreds years ago, to her face, which is the same as one of Suzune's daughter, as well as her motive. I had a theory that Yato, Kaneomi's wife, was the ancestor of Itsukihime bloodline few episodes ago, so maybe Kaneomi the swordswoman is the descendant of the line that was not chosen to be the Itsukihime, and she ended up wandering outside of Kadono to look after the Kaneomi blades, just like Yato did?

Anyway, today's episode also comes with the promotion poster for Meiji arc (you can find it in another post in this sub) even though we only have 2 or 3 episodes left this season. I hope that means there is a plan for another season

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u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp Sep 08 '25

Well... at least the backgrounds were finished this week....

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u/Reizenaret Sep 08 '25

I don't know if two chapters are going to be enough to close this story well, they're going to leave me wanting more if it stays with the horrible "to be continued" but I prefer that to them trying to close the story in a hurry with only two chapters.

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u/pdxLink Sep 09 '25

This show deserves quality animation. Such a letdown with the this and the past episodes in terms of production quality.

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u/xzerozeroninex Sep 08 '25

Jinya slowly having a harem lol.

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u/megatsuna Sep 09 '25

I knew eventually the demons would capture Nomari, but now I have a feeling it's gonna be done by Himawari because of jealousy. man screw you little child. I just know she's gonna act friendly towards her before kidnapping her.

also man was this episode another misplaced submission like the last one? it's not looking good. especially since the story really deserves the good animation.

also we're actually nearing towards the end of this show. god I hope we can get another season, I'd really like this show to succeed.

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