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After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 4 Episode 9 - Mist Hashira: Muichiro Tokito
    6.6/10(42 votes)

    S4:E9

    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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  2. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 4 Episode 10 - Love Hashira: Mitsuri Kanroji
    6.6/10(42 votes)

    S4:E10

    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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  3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 4 Episode 4 - Thank You, Tokito
    7.1/10(4955 votes)

    S4:E4

    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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  4. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 11 - Tsuzumi Mansion
    7.2/10(6868 votes)

    S1:E11

    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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  5. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 3 Episode 2 - Infiltrating the Entertainment District
    7.2/10(5756 votes)

    S3:E2

    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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  6. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 4 Episode 3 - A Sword From Over 300 Years Ago
    7.2/10(4846 votes)

    S4:E3

    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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  7. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 4 Episode 5 - Bright Red Sword
    7.3/10(4738 votes)

    S4:E5

    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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  8. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 4 Episode 6 - Aren't You Going to Become a Hashira?
    7.3/10(4685 votes)

    S4:E6

    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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  9. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 5 Episode 5 - I Even Ate Demons…
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    S5:E5

    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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  10. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 5 Episode 3 - Fully Recovered Tanjiro Joins the Hashira Training!!
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    S5:E3

    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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  11. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 5 Episode 4 - To Bring a Smile to One's Face
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    S5:E4

    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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  12. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 14 - The House With the Wisteria Family Crest
    7.5/10(6654 votes)

    S1:E14

    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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  13. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 4 Episode 2 - Yoriichi Type Zero
    7.5/10(5050 votes)

    S4:E2

    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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  14. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 5 Episode 6 - The Strongest of the Demon Slayer Corps
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    S5:E6

    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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  15. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 24 - Rehabilitation Training
    7.6/10(6206 votes)

    S1:E24

    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:Shuji Miyahara, Akihiko Uda
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 5 Episode 1 - To Defeat Muzan Kibutsuji
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    S5:E1

    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:Shinya Shimomura, Takashi Suhara
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 5 Episode 2 - Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka's Pain
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    S5:E2

    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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  18. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 2 - Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki
    7.7/10(7903 votes)

    S1:E2

    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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  19. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 25 - Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri
    7.7/10(6152 votes)

    S1:E25

    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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  20. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 12 - The Boar Bares Its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps
    7.8/10(6712 votes)

    S1:E12

    Inside the house, where the rooms spin each time the tsuzumi is played, Tanjiro gets separated from Zenitsu Agatsuma. Without Tanjiro by his side, Zenitsu is overcome by fear and despair as he takes Shoichi through the house. Meanwhile, Tanjiro meets the master of the house, the tsuzumi-playing demon, and an odd-looking man wearing a boar’s head mask.

    Director:Masaru Takeuchi
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 15 - Mount Natagumo
    7.8/10(6484 votes)

    S1:E15

    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:Shinsuke Gomi, Yuki Ito
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 23 - Hashira Meeting
    7.8/10(6305 votes)

    S1:E23

    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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  23. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2 Episode 2 - Deep Sleep
    7.8/10(5492 votes)

    S2:E2

    Tanjiro's group, fresh from completing their training at the Butterfly Mansion, head to their next mission, the Mugen Train. There they rendezvous with Rengoku, who arrived ahead of them. Tanjiro is overwhelmed by the always-energetic Rengoku, Zenitsu is frightened by the prospect of facing demons as usual, and Inosuke is immensely excited by the sight of the huge machine. But on this train loaded with passengers, a new battle is about to begin.

    Director:Toshiyuki Shirai
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 5 Episode 7 - Stone Hashira: Gyōmei Himejima
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    S5:E7

    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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  25. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 1 Episode 5 - My Own Steel
    7.9/10(7219 votes)

    S1:E5

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mist Hashira: Muichiro Tokito" is the worst rated episode of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba". It scored 6.6/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Akihiko Uda and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/4/2023. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Love Hashira: Mitsuri Kanroji".