Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’s Hashira Coaching Arc has simply completed, performing because the prelude to the top. There’s an issue over its pacing (particularly that it streeetches out what’s a quick part of the manga regardless of comparatively little supply materials), however I’d prefer to put that apart to speak about what I feel is an important second from the season—one which highlights a core side of the primary antagonist, Kibutsuji Muzan.
Within the closing episode of the Hashira Coaching Arc, Muzan confronts the pinnacle of the Demon Slayer Corps, Ubuyashiki Kagaya, who’s bedridden and never lengthy for the world. The eternally youthful Muzan mocks Ubuyashiki for his bodily deterioration, just for Ubuyashiki to talk about Muzan’s obsession together with his personal immortality. The demon slayer chief juxtaposes this obsession with the driving animus of the Demon Slayer Corps: although it might encompass mortals, their collective will to defeat the demons lives on. In distinction, the demons rely completely on Muzan for his or her continued existence. If he perishes, so too will they.
There lies the inherent opposition between the group construction of demon slayers vs. demons. Muzan has created a system the place he alone holds all of the playing cards, going past even probably the most tyrannical despot. And never solely does he view his minions as property, he’s unwilling to cede any diploma of energy to them if it isn’t underneath his full management. Whereas Ubuyashiki’s followers come to respect him for his compassion and dedication, the demons cower in abject worry of Muzan as a result of they’re nothing with out him. The Demon Slayer Corps legacy carries on, and never merely by means of childbirth. As an alternative, it’s achieved primarily by means of instructing and elevating the subsequent era to be higher.
The distinction between Ubuyashiki and Muzan comes all the way down to selfishness. It’s the boss who expects everybody to be at their beck and name, the narcissistic parental determine who calls for their kids hearken to them simply because, the political chief who passes legal guidelines to profit themselves relatively than their residents. It didn’t must be the case that toppling Muzan ends the demons, however the man set it up that manner, mistakenly believing his weak point to be energy. As we now await the ultimate film trilogy to conclude Demon Slayer, I’m serious about seeing how this all performs out.
