The fourth episode, “Tonight” of the new “TV anime” Kimetsu no Yaiba “Yukaku Hen” of the anime “Kimetsu no Yaiba” based on Koyoharu Gotouge’s manga is Fuji. It was broadcast on TV at 11:40 pm on December 26, and the average audience rating (household) was 7.4% (Video Research survey, Kanto area). In the same story, a mouse character, Mukimuki Mouse, appeared and became a hot topic, such as entering a trend on Twitter.
“Yukou Hen” is the story after the movie version of the movie “Theatrical Version” Kimetsu no Yaiba “Infinite Train Edition” (directed by Haruo Sotozaki), whose cumulative box office revenue exceeded 40 billion yen for the first time in the history of Japanese movies. Kamado Tanjiro and his friends infiltrate the demon-inhabited Yukaku and Uzui Tengen, the sound pillar of the demon slaughter corps.
“Kimetsu no Yaiba” is a story about Kamado Tanjiro, whose family was killed by a demon, leaving to return his younger sister, Nezuko, who mutated into a demon, to a human being. The original was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” (Shueisha) from 2016 to 20, and “TV animation” Kimetsu no Yaiba “Tanjiro Kamado Ritsushi Hen” was broadcast from April to September 2019, in October 2020. “Theatrical version” Kimetsu no Yaiba “Infinite Train Edition” has been released.