Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc – Ep 5 Review
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This was arguably the most entertaining episode of Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc. It’s features protagonist Tanjiro Kamado going through the rigorous training of not one, but three unhinged Hashiras! So it starts with the exuberant Mitsuri Kanroji, the bubbly Love Hashira with bright pink and green hair, who had earlier fought alongside Tanjiro and the others in the Swordsmith Village Arc against upper ranking demons.
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Ominously titled “I Even Ate A Demon”, episode 5 of Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc begins with Tanjiro receiving a cheery-warm welcome from Mitsuri Kanroji, before he gets to face her crazy flexibility coaching with other junior corps members. After Kanroji, it is Serpent Hashira Obanai Iguro, who gives Tanjiro a mean-spirited welcome, ensuring he has a hard time under his tutelage. “I just arrived and he totally hates me,” the poor boy exclaims through nervous sweat as Iguro stares him down. But he’ll soon learn Iguro isn’t even half as cut-throat as the next trainer!
This edition packs a lot of comedy, is fast-paced, and thoroughly entertaining. Fans finally get to see Zenitsu Agatsuma, who happens to be one of my favorite characters in the series, so I was totally thrilled despite his very brief—but hilarious as always—screen-time. Even in his brief scenes, Zenitsu is mostly depicted in an exaggerated Chibi-style animation because almost all his scenes are funny as hell, so the animators portray him in comically distorted postured instead of in his regular form.
Surprisingly, there are no signs of demons or Muzan Kibutsuji in this chapter at all. However, Wind Hashira Sanemi Shinazugawa appears in the second half of the episode and treats his juniors just as badly as a demon would, if not worse. Sanemi is mean to the point of being cruel, making his part of the training both amusing and nail-biting, since he doesn’t even care if his training method and temper end up killing sub-plot. Apart from his mean nature, Sanemi’s subplot also delves into his stormy relationship with his younger brother Genya.
With lots of familiar characters and back-to-back fights (as part of the training), episode 5 of Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc was a fun segment. The climax ends with a teaser of the next Hashira waiting to take Tanjiro Kamado under their wing, and it looks like things are going to remain difficult for him. But at least he has Zenitsu by his side!
You can stream the series on Netflix, CrunchyRoll and JioCinema.
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