22 Mar 2022
demon slayer ep3-4: i wouldnt leave nezuko alone with the d@#k mask guy (ta2)
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demon slayer s1e3-4
i wouldnt leave nezuko alone with the d@#k mask guy
03/21/2022
e3 : sabito and makomo
summary:
This episode has a lot going on.
It opens with an info dump further explaining demons and demon slayers, which goes a little something like this(see notes). After that we are back with Tanjiro and Urokodaki where we learn the process of becoming a Demon Cop. First, you have to be instructed by a trainer, of which Uro is but one of many. Secondly, if your trainer deems you worthy you are sent to a final selection where you must survive to become a full fledged member. Tanjiro is getting well underway with that.
As a side note here, evidently Nezuko is in some kind of demon coma. Tanjiro is doing a lot of journaling in this ep with entries addressed to her, whether for when she wakes up or more likely when/if he manages to make her human again. Anyyyywayyy.
Tanny boy is just getting straight up dominated Manuel Ferrara style by Uro in the training. The traps on the mountain obstacle course are getting deadlier, the lessons are getting more abstract, the subject matter more difficult to master.
We are introduced to something called “total concentration breathing™” which is explained with a bunch of mumbo jumbo but it’s essentially kaio-ken from dragon ball. Evidently, Urokodaki has a technique called water breathing, and there’s like different forms of it but we don’t really get into that in the episode. Guess they’re gonna spoon feed us that one.
After six months of this intense training, Urokodaki leads Tanjiro to a secluded glen in the middle of which is a large boulder. Uro informs his apprentice that in order to be sent to final selection Tanjiro will have to slice this volkswagen size stone in half with his sword. After one slice Tanjiro realizes he doesn’t have what it takes.
Enter Sabito and Makomo, two dreamlike masked and vacced mysterious siblings that emerge from nowhere to dispense valuable information. Sabito shows up first, spars with Tanjiro and promptly beats the fuck out of his shit. All the while, he derides and belittles Tanjiro’s failure to master anything that Uro-kun has taught him.
After getting his shit pushed in by Sabito, Tanner is laying in this forested glen beset by ennui when a little shawty (Makomo) shows up to give his some much needed words of encouragement. While Sabito just beat his shit in and spit in his eye, Makomo lays out a game plan to get him up to speed.
Flash forward six more months. Tanjiro is ready. He squares up with Sabito again and this time gets the upper hand immediately slicing his opponent’s mask right in half. Suddenly, the siblings disappear, seemingly pleased, leaving Tboy befuddled when he realizes that maybe the boulder was the fox mask he was trying to slice the whole time.
Because that’s what happened. The siblings were gone and the boulder was cleft in twain.
notes:
2:20 - the demon slayer corps consists of several hundred members and is not affiliated with the guberment in any way (very based all governments are evil). The corps has been around since ancient times but there leader is a mysterious Gus and no one knows who it is (allegedly).
the demons on the other hand, they feed on humans. They are possessed with rapid healing and can even regenerate limbs in the blink of an eye. Some allusions are made to demons that can shape shift and others that possess “otherworldly” powers. A note is made here that no one knows when and where they first appeared. Finally, we find out that they can only be killed by sunlight or by decapitation with a special sword.
total concentration breathing helps healing and balance. They go into it how it works twice but it’s all a bunch of mumbo jumbo and basically it just lets demon slayers get as strong as demons if they can master it.
final thoughts:
This episode definitely...
