The new TV anime series “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Pillar Training” was broadcast on Fuji TV on the 12th. After the broadcast, a retrospective cut of the first episode was released on ufotable’s official X.
In X, you can see the scene where Fushigawa and Iguro fight together. Nezuko says, “Welcome back” to Zenitsu, and Zenitsu gets excited when he says, “Welcome back.”
Fans reacted by saying, “Nezuko’s “Welcome back!” has too much destructive power! I understand Zenitsu’s feelings.” “Nezuko-chan is so cute… Zenitsu-kun is so excited; his eyes are sticking out so much that I think he will notice them.” “Zenitsu, you’re too excited about Nezuko. “LOL”, “Zenitsu’s reaction is almost the same as me, an otaku who gets excited and screams at Oshi’s talk”, and “He burst out laughing.”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Pillar Training Edition” is an episode that takes place between volumes 15 and 16 of the original comic. It tells the story of Tanjiro and his friends receiving training from the highest-ranking swordsmen and pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps to become even stronger. Ru.
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” is based on the same manga, serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from February 2016 to May 2020. It is a famous work that has sold over 150 million copies.
The story is set in a world inhabited by man-eating demons during the Taisho era. Tanjiro Kamado, a boy whose family was killed by demons, sets out to return his sister Nezuko, a demon, to a human and avenge the demon that killed his family—a story about joining the Demon Slayer Corps and going on a journey.
The first season of the TV anime was broadcast from April to September 2019, and it gained popularity and became a social phenomenon. The movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train”, which connects to the final episode of the anime, was released in October 2020 and became a massive hit with domestic box office revenue exceeding 40 billion yen, and the movie will continue from December 2021.
The second season of the TV anime “Yukaku Edition” depicting the world was broadcast. The third season, “Swordsmith’s Village,” a continuation of the second season, was broadcast in April 2023.