The Worst Episodes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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5.9/10(30 votes)
#1 - Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito
S4:E96/4/2023
Armed with his memories, Muichiro feels powerful and invincible, convinced that the demonic fifth moon has no chance against him.
Director:Akihiko Uda
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Akihiko Uda
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6.0/10(30 votes)
#2 - Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji
S4:E106/11/2023
Tanjiro, Nezuko, and Genya are struggling through an arduous battle against Zohakuten and his five tree dragons. They are forced to fight defensively against the tree dragons using the four emotion demon's powers, and Tanjiro is swallowed by one of them amidst the fight. Just as Tanjiro is close to meeting his demise, Mitsuri arrives in the nick of time and rescues him. And now, Mitsuri faces off against Zohakuten to rescue the captured Nezuko and Genya...!
Director:Yuji Shimizu
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Yuji Shimizu
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6.9/10(22 votes)
#3 - I Even Ate Demons
S5:E56/9/2024
After completing Mitsuri's training, Tanjiro heads to train with Iguro. When he arrives at the training site, Iguro is waiting for him, visibly angry. Will he be able to complete this horrifying training where he'll have to fix his sword skills?
Director:Hideki Hosokawa
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Hideki Hosokawa
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7.1/10(3954 votes)
#4 - Thank You, Tokito
S4:E44/30/2023
Hantengu's head is slashed by Muichiro and he splits into two clones. Muichiro is blown away by Karaku. Tanjiro, Nezuko and Genya are stunned when the clones split into more clones. Muichiro rescues Kotetsu from a Goldfish Demon.
Director:Hideki Hosokawa
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Hideki Hosokawa
Writer:Unknown
7.2/10(5800 votes)
#5 - Tsuzumi Mansion
S1:E116/15/2019
Tanjiro's next destination, according to his Kasugai Crow, is to the south-southeast. On the way, Tanjiro runs into his fellow Final Selection survivor, the swordsman Zenitsu Agatsuma. Tanjiro has a hard time dealing with Zenitsu's passive attitude as they head deep into the mountains. They encounter two children whose older brother was taken away right in front of their house. There, Zenitsu hears the sound of a tsuzumi ringing out from somewhere.
Director:Shuji Miyahara
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Shuji Miyahara
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7.2/10(3862 votes)
#6 - A Sword From Over 300 Years Ago
S4:E34/23/2023
Tanjiro begins his training with Yoriichi Type Zero and is pushed to the limits by Kotetsu's relentless coaching and extreme training. Through this experience, Tanjiro masters a new skill of predicting where the opponent's next move will hit by using his sense of smell. During his training, Tanjiro lands a blow on Yoriichi Type Zero and ends up destroying it, but a sword from over 300 years ago appears from inside...
Director:Ken Nakazawa
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ken Nakazawa
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7.2/10(22 votes)
#7 - Fully Recovered Tanjiro Joins the Hashira Training!!
S5:E35/26/2024
After talking with Tanjiro, Giyu is able to overcome his past self and decides to join the training. Meanwhile, Tanjiro's wounds have healed enough to join the training, and heads to his first training with the former Hashira, Uzui.
Director:Takashi Mamezuka
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Takashi Mamezuka
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7.2/10(19 votes)
#8 - The Strongest of the Demon Slayer Corps
S5:E66/16/2024
Tanjiro and Zenitsu head to Himejima's training site deep in the mountains and reunite with Inosuke and Murata. Tanjiro first starts the training by being hit by a waterfall but struggles with the coldness and weight of the water.
Director:Ken Nakazawa
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ken Nakazawa
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7.3/10(4782 votes)
#9 - Infiltrating the Entertainment District
S3:E212/12/2021
After Tanjiro visits the Rengoku residence and meets Kyojuro's younger brother, Senjuro, to deliver Kyojuro's last message, Tanjiro spends his days training and completing missions. One day, he returns to the Butterfly Mansion to find Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui, attempting to take Aoi and Naho away on a mission against their will. Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke offer to go on that mission instead, and they head to their next destination - the Entertainment District.
Director:Takashi Suhara
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Takashi Suhara
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7.3/10(3764 votes)
#10 - Bright Red Sword
S4:E55/7/2023
Tokito continues advancing through the forest and finds Mr. Kanamori. As soon as they arrive at the work hut in the middle of the forest, they are welcomed by Gyokko. Meanwhile, Tanjiro continues his fight against Hantengu.
Director:Takuya Nonaka
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Takuya Nonaka
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7.3/10(3713 votes)
#11 - Aren't You Going to Become a Hashira?
S4:E65/14/2023
Two simultaneous fights continue, Tanjiro, Nezuko and Genya against Hantengu and Tokito against Gyokko. Genya began to show a demonic form. Tanjiro asks him to look for Hantengu's real body, but memories of the past begin to plague Genya.
Director:Seiji Harada
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Seiji Harada
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7.3/10(23 votes)
#12 - To Defeat Muzan Kibutsuji
S5:E15/12/2024
The Hashira, Sanemi and Iguro, along with their comrades head to an abandoned castle on top of a mountain for a mission, while Tanjiro is being treated at the Butterfly Mansion for the wounds he suffered at the Swordsmith Village. Later on, the Hashira gather at the Ubuyashiki Mansion to hold a Hashira meeting, where Muichiro reveals how the marks manifested. In an effort to strengthen the entire Demon Slayer Corps from the bottom up, the Hashira Training begins...
Directors:Takashi Suhara, Shinya Shimomura
Writer:Unknown
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Directors:Takashi Suhara, Shinya Shimomura
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7.3/10(22 votes)
#13 - To Bring a Smile to One's Face
S5:E46/2/2024
After completing training with Uzui, Tanjiro visits the Tokito residence next. The Demon Slayer swordsmen who have already started the training are dispirited by Muichiro's intense training and harsh words. Tanjiro hears the swordsmen discussing if there's anything they can do about it...
Director:Seiji Harada
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Seiji Harada
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7.3/10(20 votes)
#14 - Stone Hashira Gyomei Himejima
S5:E76/23/2024
Tanjiro was struggling with Himejima's tasks. Now he finally manages to move the boulder after receiving advice from Genya, whom he meets by chance. With this breakthrough, will Tanjiro be able to overcome Himejima's rigorous training?
Director:Akihiko Uda
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Akihiko Uda
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7.5/10(5626 votes)
#15 - The House With the Wisteria Family Crest
S1:E147/6/2019
After a desperate fight to the death, Tanjiro prevails over Kyogai. He exits the house to find Zenitsu who had escaped earlier. But it is then that he sees the strange circumstances before him... The battered Zenitsu holding the box containing Nezuko in his arms while the man in the boar's head mask stands in the way with two Nichirin Swords drawn.
Directors:Shuji Miyahara, Haruo Sotozaki
Writer:Unknown
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Directors:Shuji Miyahara, Haruo Sotozaki
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7.5/10(4050 votes)
#16 - Yoriichi Type Zero
S4:E24/16/2023
Tanjiro intervenes during an argument between a pillar and an apprentice blacksmith and learns of the existence of an amazing training method.
Director:Akihiko Uda
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Akihiko Uda
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7.5/10(23 votes)
#17 - Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka's Pain
S5:E25/19/2024
Kagaya's Kasugai Crow suddenly appears in front of Tamayo and invites her to the Demon Slayer headquarters — even though she is a demon. Meanwhile, after receiving a letter from Kagaya at the Butterfly Mansion, Tanjiro pays a visit to Giyu, who is not participating in the Hashira Training. At first, Tanjiro is rejected by Giyu but patiently continues to try to talk to him. Giyu, who gives in to Tanjiro's persistence, begins to share the reason why he won't participate in the training.
Director:Yuji Shimizu
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Yuji Shimizu
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7.5/10(33 votes)
#18 - The Hashira Unite
S5:E86/30/2024
During a silent night when the moon shines, Kagaya finally meets Muzan Kibutsuji, who appears at the Ubuyashiki Mansion.
Directors:Haruo Sotozaki, Seiji Harada, Yuji Shimizu
Writer:Unknown
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Directors:Haruo Sotozaki, Seiji Harada, Yuji Shimizu
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(5215 votes)
#19 - Rehabilitation Training
S1:E249/14/2019
The injured Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke are sent to the home of the Insect Hashira, Shinobu Kocho, for treatment. Two weeks later, Tanjiro and Inosuke start rehabilitation training. But the drills are brutal, and they find themselves broken in spirit. Unaware of the grueling regimen, Zenitsu joins them late and is visibly enthusiastic in front of girls, but...
Directors:Akihiko Uda, Shuji Miyahara
Writer:Unknown
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Directors:Akihiko Uda, Shuji Miyahara
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7.7/10(6699 votes)
#20 - Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki
S1:E24/13/2019
At Giyu Tomioka's urging, Tanjiro heads for Mt. Sagiri with his sister Nezuko who's been turned into a demon. During the night, Tanjiro catches the smell of blood from inside a temple. He enters, thinking that someone might be hurt, only to come upon a man-eating demon. When the demon attacks, Tanjiro manages to fight back with his hatchet, but the demon's strength is overwhelming. Just as the demon is about to finish him off, Tanjiro is saved by none other than.
Director:Haruo Sotozaki
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Haruo Sotozaki
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7.7/10(5169 votes)
#21 - Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri
S1:E259/21/2019
Tanjiro, who's undergoing rehabilitation training at the Butterfly Mansion, works hard to keep up his Total Concentration Breathing techniques all day long. Though at first, he's helpless against Kanao, a swordswoman in his class who's training him, he slowly but surely begins to make some headway. Seeing Tanjiro devote himself to training every single day, Zenitsu and Inosuke resume training as well, but...
Director:Shinya Shimomura
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Shinya Shimomura
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7.8/10(5457 votes)
#22 - Mount Natagumo
S1:E157/13/2019
Their next destination is to the north-northwest. Tanjiro and Nezuko head towards Mount Natagumo with Zenitsu and Inosuke. This mountain is covered with spider webs and is swarming with innumerable spiders. Leaving the cowering Zenitsu behind, Tanjiro and Inosuke head up the mountain where they run into fellow Demon Slayers entangled in spider webs.
Directors:Yuki Ito, Shinsuke Gomi
Writer:Unknown
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Directors:Yuki Ito, Shinsuke Gomi
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7.8/10(5297 votes)
#23 - Hashira Meeting
S1:E239/7/2019
Ubuyashiki, the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, finally appears before Tanjiro. He tells him that he will allow Tanjiro and Nezuko to join the Corps. But the Hashiras are unable to accept this decision right away. The Wind Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa, slashes his own arm and taunts Nezuko with his blood, trying to get her to show her true colors as a demon.
Director:Ken Takahashi
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ken Takahashi
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7.9/10(6098 votes)
#24 - My Own Steel
S1:E55/4/2019
When day breaks, there are only four swordsmen left standing after the seven-day battle. The guides who greet Tanjiro and the other survivors explain the Demon Slayer Corps system. All four are issued uniforms and Kasugai Crows as messengers, after which they must select the ore for their own Nichirin swords. After gazing hard at each lump of ore, and using his keen sense of smell, the one Tanjiro chooses is...
Director:Takashi Suhara
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Takashi Suhara
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7.9/10(5951 votes)
#25 - Swordsman Accompanying a Demon
S1:E65/11/2019
Tanjiro is now clad in the uniform of the Demon Slayer Corps. His Nichirin Sword on his hip, and Nezuko, now awake, in a special box made by Urokodaki on his back, he heads out for his first assignment. A town to the northwest where girls have been vanishing nightly. There, Tanjiro meets Kazumi, haggard with worry after his girlfriend's been abducted. Though he does catch the scent of a demon nearby, there's just no demon in sight. Tanjiro is sure that a demon is behind this sinister incident...
Director:Takuro Takahashi
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Takuro Takahashi
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