Akihabara News (Tokyo) — In the twenty-first episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Rui’s backstory is shown, while Tanjiro tries to protect his demon sister from the other demon slayers.
The episode begins with Rui’s childhood. He is shown to be weak and almost completely bedridden as a child due to an illness. Muzan Kubutsuji takes pity on the child as he thinks it is no way for hm to live. He turns Rui into a demon so that he can have a strong body.
Rui’s parents are devastated by the change and one day when Rui kills a person they decide to take matters into their own hands. Rui’s father tries to kill him in his sleep. In response, he kills both his parents. Kibutsuji convinces him that its his parents fault for not accepting him the way he is.
Rui tried to forge a familial bonds his entire life as a demon and failed to do so miserably. As his demon body disintegrates, he reaches out towards Tanjiro and Nezuko for comfort. Tanjiro could smell the little demon boy’s grief and held him as he died. His soul finally reunited with his parents.
The Hashira Shinobu Kocho appears out of nowhere to attack Nezuko, as she is a demon. Giyu Tomioka stands between them and prevents her from doing so. He instructs Tanjiro to run away with his sister as he holds off Shinobu. She warns him that his actions go against the corps rules.
Before Tanjiro can make it out of the mountains, he is stopped by another demon slayer. She knocks him unconscious. As she is about to kill Nezuko, the Kasugai Crows announce loudly that Tanjiro and Nezuko are to be taken to the headquarters alive.
The episode ends with Tanjiro all tied up and waking up in front of a large group of Hashiras.
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