Akihabara News (Tokyo) — In the seventh episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Tanjiro completes his first assignment as a demon slayer and is immediately sent on his second assignment where he encounters the demon that killed his family.
The episode picks up with Nezuko stomping on a demon’s head. The demon dodges her attack and flees underground. Tanjiro tries to protect his sister before realizing that she does not need to be protected. She is just as strong as he is because she is a demon.
Tanjiro leaves Nezuko to protect Kazumi and the girl the demon tried to kidnap. He travels underground pursuing the demon and he manages to kill two of its manifestations. The third and final manifestation appears above ground and fights with Nezuko, managing to injure her before Tanjiro reappears and defeats it completely.
Before he kills the demon, Tanjiro inquires about Muzan Kibutsuji, the demon that killed his family and turned his sister into a demon. The defeated demon reveals that he is too afraid to talk about Kibutsuji. When the demon tries to run away, Tanjiro kills it.
Nezuko falls asleep to regain her strength after being injured. As Tanjiro begins to head home, his Kasugai Crow assigns him another task in Asakusa, Tokyo.
Tanjiro arrives in Asakusa and seems flustered by the bustling city. He heads to a quiet spot to have dinner. As he sits down to eat the udon that he bought from a small food truck, he catches a familiar scent. It makes him drop his food and sends him into a state of panic.
He takes off in pursuit of the scent, which is similar to the one that was left behind after his family was killed. Tanjiro weaves through the crowd and finally catches up to the demon. It turns out to be Muzan Kibutsuji.
Before he unsheathes his sword, he notices that the demon is carrying a human baby that refers to him as “father.” Moments later, his wife shows up, also human. Tanjiro spirals into confusion, and so many questions run through his mind as he sees this demon with a human family. Kibutsuji has successfully disguised himself as a human.
Kibutsuji then discreetly scratches a passerby as a distraction. The episode ends with the passerby turning into a demon and attacking his own wife.
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