Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc has been giving one strong episode after another. With the first two episodes setting a strong foundation for an otherwise short arc, the third makes it a mission to develop on exactly that. As usual, Ufotable is going above and beyond for their animation no matter how significant or insignificant the scenes may be.

Sanemi and Obanai | Credit: Ufotable

While the third episode doesn’t have a lot going for it, given the lack of content, the animation studio sees it as not a limitation but an obstacle made to pass with ease. Episode 3, Fully Recovered Tanjiro Joins the Hashira Training!!!, dives into Tanjiro’s time with Tengen Uzui. One limitation every fan knew about when going into this season, was the lack of content in the manga. Ufotable takes this opportunity to instead give them more anime original content.

Demon Slayer and Originality

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