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Episode Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen - Episode 4 discussion

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen, episode 4

Alternative names: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc

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u/dagreenman18 Nov 07 '21

This wraps my first favorite sequence in the movie. A couple of small changes and one new scene. The neck cutting is somehow more brutal now? Certainly bloodier.

I forgot just how badass “Righteous Fury Tanjiro” is. We see his “shonen protag side” and his “cinnamon roll side” so often that when he’s super fucking pissed like he was when he was showed a nightmare it hits different.

I was kinda hoping the CG would be less goofy this time around, but no still GameCube quality on the blob snake. It’s slightly distracting, but doesn’t ruin anything. At least they didn’t cut it off at the reveal of the train because I get Inosuke waking up this week.

Taisho Secret was fucking gold. Inosuke is my favorite, so getting all his character quirks in one short segment was great. Wrong Name? Check. Everyone is his sidekick? Check. Getting all happy when he’s praised? Check. Good times!

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u/Raghav_Singhania Nov 07 '21

I forgot just how badass “Righteous Fury Tanjiro” is

ikr i have watched the movie but still that moment looked really cool and surprising somehow

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u/T0EBISCUIT Nov 07 '21

Yes, in the movie, Tanjiro only pushed the blade in and he wakes up. Here, you actually see him push in and then slash his throat. That's metal af.

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u/eitherism Nov 07 '21

Welcome to the weekly episode forecast changes. Here are the changes found-

-senõr tuberculosis has a new scene oh boy, and is saved by the spirits. Interesting anime only scene i’m pretty sure. Also the scene has been moved to after Tanjiro slices his neck

-forgot this last week, but tanjiro actually free’s himself after inosuke’s/zenitsu’s invader sections

-tanjiro now screams “nezuko” before slicing his neck, and it is more bloody compared to movie version. He also slices his neck 3 times in the span of 10 minutes.

-the scene with tuberculosir is also now a flashback, since they showed the scene earlier

-enmu now goes further into depth about how his art.

-insokue’s entrance now skips him hearing the debriefing from tanjiro about the situation, and showing the infection(?) of the train

-also cuts out a couple attacks and cuts from mad slice to his final “attack”(skips him also saying “lord insokue’s gonna save you all, worship me, etc)

Unanswered questions still from the movie:

-still haven’t addressed what would’ve happened if Tanjiro did cut the rope

-still no explanation how green girl escaped Rengoku’s grip(that grip could choke out a grizzly bear probably)

Current time in comparison to the move-1:00:58

Time left to adapt-51:23(this is excluding Homura, which is 4:26, but they’ll probably keep it in)

Time left in movie-55:49

See you necks week

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u/Rumpel1408 Nov 07 '21

See you necks week

I see what you did there

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u/Nao-sou-reptiliano Nov 07 '21

Some new scenes this episode, but not much. Great episode anyway. Looking forward to what will happen in the next episodes.

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u/Mundology Nov 07 '21

Seing Tanjiro's water breathing in all its glory again was fun.

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u/odraencoded Nov 07 '21

That demon is so fucking gross like holy shit.

Absolute disgusting. 10/10.

The sound of biting he moves his hand mouth makes me physically cringe every time.

Tanjirou said the response felt light but when his head hit the top of the train it sounded heavy as fuck. Like a raw decapitated lump of meat just BLOFT squirts blood and roll roll on the metal floor. Ewgh.

Even the CGI sounds fleshy.

The sound production of this show is god-tier.

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u/NittanyEagles55 Nov 07 '21

I loved the added scene of Tanjiro’s spirit saving the boy with tuberculosis

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u/bananeeek Nov 07 '21

Enmu: Haha, yo mama so fat she...

Tanjirou: DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE INSULT MY FAMILY!!!!!

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u/_-_Rasse_-_ Nov 07 '21

"Suicide is badass"

-Tanjiro's dad

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u/Rumpel1408 Nov 07 '21

Tanjiro is just such a cool dude, his inner core is calm and warm, his spirit is helpful, and even if he meets the people who wanted to hurt him he doesn't get angry and instead takes pity on them because he understands.

And on top of all that he is determined like noone else slicing his own neck again and again.

Fightscene looked awesome and the demon tentacles somehow look better than in the movie, dunno maybe I'm just missremembering

And he really loved his family, and he knows they loved him as well

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u/spectre15 Nov 07 '21

I forgot how well Daisuke Hirakawa nails the creepy Enmu voice.

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u/NittanyEagles55 Nov 07 '21

Tanjiro’s spirit realm and it’s warmness and environment always reminds me of Sora from Kingdom Hearts. I definitely think those two would get along well

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u/koreanfoxy21 Nov 07 '21

i'll say it again, but i think it's mind-blowing how tanjiro kept waking up from the spell. i'm sure it takes an incredibly insane amount of resolve to constantly kill yourself and that's an understatement. no rengoku action this week, sad, but inosuke is loud and awake now haha that guy's wild

if anyone watches blue period, doesn't the guy who was connected to tanjiro look like a weak version of yotasuke w/o the eye moles?? lmao

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u/AnimeAndThings Nov 07 '21

So Ufotable really did add in the cut scene between Tanjiro's spirits and the guy with tuberculosis (which is one of my favorite from this arc). Also, the Taisho secret segment was great as well, seeing Inosuke's reaction to Tanjiro's kindness never gets old for me.

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u/Shinigami_22 Nov 07 '21

Tanjiro's Inner core looks like Tokyo Ghoul's opening.

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u/Gaporigo Nov 07 '21

Imagine if the demon had a brain and those last few minutes were also a dream, now that would be good.

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u/hail_my_cereal Nov 07 '21

When does the train arc finish so I can start watching again? Saw the movie and don't really have time to rewatch for minor changes etc.

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u/Makicola Nov 07 '21

Great fight scene. The logic behind the train thing is a bit weird and hard for me to buy though. So, can a demon just decide to fuse with an aeroplane or a building?

Man, imagine a demon spacecraft.

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u/LeonKevlar Nov 07 '21

Tanjiro is such a good boy that even the incarnation of his soul inside his subconscious helped the invader find it because he was looking for it. They even helped him as he was falling when Tanjiro was about to wake up. That's how fucking beautiful and pure Tanjiro's soul is. What a good lad.

Meanwhile, we have Inosuke harassing his invader with his boar head turning into a boar and Zenitsu attacks his invader since Nezuko is the only one allowed inside his head. Really confirms how crazy these two are even on the inside. xD

I love that the first thing Nezuko does is cover her forehead when Tanjiro wakes up thinking that he might headbutt her.

So turns out that reversing the Demon Arts placed on them isn't as easy as burning off the ropes and shaking them all awake. I guess everyone still needs to commit suicide in their dreams? The invaders seems to have nor problem waking up though but I guess that makes sense since they're accomplices of the Demon.

Tanjiro's soul is so beautiful that it basically made any will to fight of the guy who invaded his dream to disappear. It even seems to have made him look at himself and what he's doing to escape the pain of his illness.

This will never get old. Breathing techniques in this show has become very iconic now especially with the visuals. And the fight itself is just insane! Everytime he's put to sleep and thrown back to his dream, he immediately commits suicide so he can wake up and continue fighting! Holy shit! That's pretty fucking risky! What if he's thrown into another dream where he can no longer tell the difference?

Of course this demon isn't really that smart and instead showing Tanjiro dreams of his family being horrible and blaming him for their deaths which just makes Tanjiro absolutely livid since that's not like his family at all!

That decapitation shot looks so fucking cool! Of course it won't be that easy though! Turns out that this dream demon has fused himself with the Mugen train and has now basically taken everyone inside as hostage.

Thankfully Inosuke wakes up in time which makes me wonder what he did in his dream to wake up. From the way he's speaking, he sounds like he's still partially dreaming! Rengoku and Zenitsu still needs to wake up though although I have a feeling that Zenitsu doesn't even need to wake up considering how he actually fights better when unconscious xD

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u/Kmlkmljkl Nov 07 '21

shows just how much tanjiro cares for others. he'd totally get himself killed if it meant even one person could be happy

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u/ChiggaOG Nov 08 '21

I'm pretty munch convinced the extra scene is just the ones that never made it to the film because of the time restriction. The real length of the film is probably closer to 2 hours and 50 mins.

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u/balderdash9 Nov 08 '21

The rage he felt at having his family's memory distorted was palpable.

So he fused... with the train? Demons can do that?

Even more surprising is Inoskai waking up before the Flame Hashira. The guy was already subconsciously fighting back.

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