Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer)

We are due for one more big shout in the next arc.

So there a databook of Kimetsu no Yaiba, from that we learn couple of thing:

- There are 9 pillar slots since the word have 9 stroke in Japanese

- Requirement for pillar position is that: kill 50 demons and 1 moon

- Tokitou like origami ( kinda hard now since he lost 1 hand )

-The pillars actually pretty wealthy since Ubuyashiki let them manage the land and business of his family in their region.

Excuse me, just writing a quick notice to raise awareness of a subject I saw in some entries in the series page, regarding the Breath of the Sun, please those who have written Breath of the Sun and Hinokami kagura / Dance of the Fire God as the same thing, stop and inform yourselves a little better, they are not the same thing, as of 169 chapters of the series and the July 2019 Databook has explicitly told that the Dance is vaguely connected to the Breath of the Sun, a subject that the author has yet to fully explain but she has made clear the Breath of the Sun is one thing entirely above what the Dance has shown, tropers should not write it as if Tanjiro has actually used the Breath of the Sun in any stance within the 169 chapters available as I write this comment.

Also, I have seen people mistaking Tanjiro and Nezuko as being descendants from the Sun users, same as Muichirou Tokitou, that is not true either, the Kamado family are descendants of Sumiyoshi, a good friend of the famed Sun user who almost defeated Muzan, but they are not family, whatever makes the Kamado family special comes from something other than being blood related to the family of Breath of the Sun users, that has yet to be revealed.

Just got through the Swordsmith's Village arc, and while I have quite a few thoughts about the series, for now I'll save them until I'm fully caught up and just say this:

Friendship ended with Harem Head Ninja Dude, Mitsuri Kanroji is now my favorite pillar.

Though the Breath of the Mist is the coolest technique.

And Inosuke is still my favorite character.

Strongest Pillar vs Strongest Moon continues

Chapter 170 spoiler: Nonononononono

Me: Want the cast to live after the war

Wani: everyone who have the mark won't live pass 25

That could be Kokushibo bullshitting

Edited by Envyus on Aug 15th 2019 at 9:03:18 AM

Villains Never Lie and all...I don't think Kokushibo is the type to BS. He's been very no nonsense thus far.

Plus he have no reason to lie, he gain and lost nothing by telling the truth.

Fun theory about the relationship between the Dance of the Fire God and the Breath of the Sun I found in the Ko Y Wiki:

Base on the translation of chapter 170, Koku seem to be upset that people with great skill ready to die and lets those skill be forget. Seem like his motivation is that he don't want to die and waste all the technique he has created. If Koku and the first Sun user aren't the same person, it kinda create a nice contrast between them, one faced death with dignity and entrust his skill to later generation( the doll, his sword and the Dance) while Koku can't accept that his technique will be forget overtime and cling to life to preserver it.

Edited by BattleRaizer on Aug 18th 2019 at 12:07:06 AM

So kokushibou just got a new sword and is about to use his demon art. The two pillars that have been fighting him have only managed to scratch him once. How is he going to be defeated?

It will almost certainly involve some Heroic Sacrifice, judging by how things have been going.

Hello there, Kimetsu no Yaiba fans.

I brought up an issue here, in the "spoiler policy violation" thread. Basically, the page Characters.Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba The Demon Killing Corps organizes characters by whether they're active, retired, or dead. This means that merely looking at a folder can result in major spoilers (I was looking for whether a certain trope applied to someone in the anime, and ended up learning that they end up dead later in the manga before I even opened a folder).

I don't really see what's the purpose of even organizing characters that way. Wouldn't it make much more sense to have them ordered by when they made their first appearance, or alphabetically, or literally any criteria that isn't a huge spoiler just from looking at where a character's folder is?

Since I'm currently an anime-only watcher (I plan on reading the manga once the current season ends), I don't think I'm up for the task of re-ordering the characters, so I figured this was the best place to find people who are caught up to the manga and who could help with this problem.

I'd thought that myself, and ran into the same spoilers for Rengoku and Kocho. Granted, looking into the folders inevitably yields the same result, but at least you have to open the folders first.

I also question labeling the page pillars when we have an official English term in Hashira, but one thing at a time.

…I came to complain since I was spoiled Shinobu's death while looking up another character's name a few minutes ago, but I'm not the first one to fall into this trap apparently.

So yeah, this needs to be reorganized. Spoilers are not allowed in the character descriptions, they shouldn't be in the arrangement of the pages either (at least as much as possible).

Edited by Lyendith on Sep 7th 2019 at 1:05:53 PM

Same here, same death spoiled. No point in the page telling you if the characters are alive or dead at all, so maybe that should be changed.

I like Pillars, because it seems as much a description as a name for the position too me, and the Pillars are what holds the Slayers up so to speak.

BTW took the liberty of changing the names from "deceased pillars" to "inactive pillars", while merging it with "retired pillars" so as to be less obvious why they're inactive.

Same for liking the fan term Pillars

Holy crap, the way the battle keeps evolving through the combatants is incredible. Just how many techniques does the First know?

Please don't die Tokito

Edited by vicarious on Sep 7th 2019 at 11:35:51 AM

I like Pillars, because it seems as much a description as a name for the position too me, and the Pillars are what holds the Slayers up so to speak.

The point I'm making isn't about which term is preferred, it's about the fact that Hashira is currently the official English term used in the official English translation of the manga (and, I think, the anime subtitles) and that the wiki, as a general rule, uses the official English terms and translations where applicable. There's been more than a few Ask The Tropers threads on it for other series, at any rate.

Also, a bit of a lighter fun: Kanao chasing Nezuko set to Super Mario World

Edited by sgamer82 on Sep 7th 2019 at 11:16:00 AM

New spoiler about UM 1:

- He confirm to be elder brother of the First Breath of the Sun user. He seem to upset that he became demon to not die due to the mark but his brother, who have the mark still live to his old age. their last duel end with the Breath of the Sun user slash his neck easily but die due to old age, so Koku never got any closer.

So anyone else finds it very difficult to remember the names of the characters in this series?

It's not because they're unmemorable, that's for sure, but their names never seem to dig roots in my mibd for some reason.

I remember those with more simple name and the main group while Pillars and the Moons name is a mix bag, i can correctly name Shinobu,Rengoku, Uzui, Rui, Daki and Hantengu. The rest just really complicate for me to remember so i just call them by their title.

I think it's just you. I don't think it's hard to remember Kensaburou and friends' names.