Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Season 3 Episode 4 Recap & Review

Emotions Running High

Episode 4 of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 3 begins with Tokito Muichiro, the Mist Hashira, killing the fish minion by slashing its vase which is created by Gyokko, the potted demon. Kotetsu hugs him and cries as he thanks him for saving him.

Tokito tries to leave but Kotetsu tells him that Kanamori is also being attacked as he is trying to protect Haganezuka while he fixes the 300-year-old blade. Kotetsu begs him for help and Tokito suddenly hears Kagaya Ubuyashiki in his head telling him that he will soon find himself. In a flashback, Tokito is gravely injured and has lost all of his memories.

As a temporary resolve, Ubuyashiki tells him to just continue living which leads to his current apathetic self. However, he tells him that even the slightest thing can trigger and bring back his old memories. Tokito takes Kotetsu and starts running towards Kanamori but he is unsure if he is doing the right thing by leaving the village undefended.

Elsewhere, Tanjiro accidentally cuts the clone of Urogi, the winged demon and regrets it as the demon splits into two more clones. But he realises his attack is weaker as each clone is an emotion like joy and the more they are split, their power dwindles. As Urogi attacks, his clones disappear and Tanjiro realises he cannot turn into infinite clones and there’s a limit. But the young slayer is unable to stop Urogi as he keeps attacking lest he slashes him into more clones.

Meanwhile, Nezuko is trying to stop Karaku, the pleasure clone with the maple-leaf fan while Genya is bleeding from being stabbed by Aizetsu, the sorrow clone’s spear. Sekido, the anger clone is irritated with Karaku and wants him to finish Nezuko off, but he keeps messing with her.

As for Aizetsu, as he tries to remove his spear, he is shot in the head by Genya, but he just regenerates. As he finally pulls out his spear, Genya chants the Amida Sutra and jumps up as he tries to kill Aizetsu. Both he and Sekido are shocked that Genya is still not dead. Aizetsu kicks Genya to another room but he refuses to die as he keeps chanting and points his gun at the demon clone.

Seeing the chaos, Karaku is excited to join the fray and he just kicks Nezuko in hopes of killing her. But she kicks him back and using her demon blood art, she uses his own fan to blow him away. Shocked, Sekido stabs her in the neck with his staff and attacks her with lightning.

Meanwhile, Tanjiro is still trying to figure out a way to defeat Urogi and help Nezuko and Genya. He pretends to run away and as Urogi attacks, Tanjiro stabs him in the mouth. He uses the clone’s body as support to fly back to the house and Sekido is surprised. He tries to attack Tanjiro with lightning but the slayer stops it with Urogi’s leg.

Tanjiro then slices Sekido’s tongue as he figures out that the clones regenerate more slowly if their tongues are damaged. But just as he takes out the staff holding Nezuko down, Sekido heals quickly and attacks. Nezuko blocks it but just then Karaku appears and attacks. The Kamado siblings fall through the floor and black out as Karaku laughs that he can finally kill them for good. 

Meanwhile, the rest of the villagers sound the alarm to alert everyone of the attack. The swordsmiths try to attack the fish minions but seem to be losing. At that moment, Mitsuri who had been assigned to a nearby district, runs to their aid, guided by her crow.

In the epilogue, we get a Kimetsu Academy story. Mitsuri is 19 and an art student who wants to make people happy with her paintings. As she wonders when she will find the man of her dreams, her plushie says that no one will like her as she is a glutton and too powerful. She isn’t deterred as she continues to make her paintings. But oblivious to her surroundings, we see that she is extremely popular among the boys in the academy.

The Episode Review

Every fight sequence in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 3 just keeps getting better and better. The clones are such a fun new addition as it is seen that they each represent an emotion. Depending on their emotion, it also connects back to their powers and personalities such as Karaku who uses a fan and is always relaxed while the angry Sekido is always irritated and uses a straightforward lightning staff as his weapon.

Even the new slayers are so cool. While Genya and Tokito didn’t really leave much of an impression in the previous seasons, they definitely have backstories that are worth exploring. Genya is out there being pretty much immortal while Tokito spacing out is not his personality but the result of some huge incident.