Akihabara News (Tokyo) — In the twentieth episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Tanjiro fights a losing a battle against Rui, but is saved by Hashira Giyu Tomioka.
The episode begins with Tanjiro collapsing from the injuries and the energy it took for him to unleash his attack against Rui, whose decapitated body lays lifeless on the ground.
He crawls towards Nezuko who was also injured. As he makes his way towards her, he smells blood and realizes that Rui is not dead. The body walks up to him with the head in his hand. He tells Tanjiro that he had removed his own head before Tanjiro could slash it.
An angry Rui unleashes his most powerful Blood Demon Art against Tanjiro to kill him.
Just as the threads corner Tanjiro, Giyu the Hashira steps in to save him. He commends Tanjiro for holding his own thus far. He counters all of Rui’s attacks with ease. Giyu then uses the eleventh form of water breathing to slice his neck before Rui could respond.
Meanwhile, Rui’s demon sister goes on a rampage to kill all the demon slayers remaining on Mount Natagumo.
She recollects how she became a part of Rui’s pretend family. He helped her when she was surrounded by demon slayers and donated some of his blood to make her stronger, forcing her to join his family.
She crosses paths with Murata and immediately attacks him, but is stopped by another Hashira, Shinobu Kocho. The high ranking demon slayer says that she needs to be punished for all the people she has killed, and kills her using poison.
Tanjiro once again crawls out and drapes himself over Nezuko to protect her. In his final few breaths, Rui craves the genuine sibling connection between them that he never managed to provide for himself.
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