Akihabara News (Tokyo) — In the third episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Tanjiro continues his training to become a demon slayer and meets a mysterious pair of helpers.
At the beginning of the episode, trainer Sakonji Urokodaki explains to Tanjiro that the demon slayer corps is ancient in its origins, numbers “in the hundreds” of members, and is not recognized in any official capacity by the government.
Tanjiro’s training is intense and painful, but gradually he grows in strength and skill.
It is only after a year that Urokodaki tells Tanjiro that his training period is complete. He leads him to a large boulder and says that if Tanjiro can cut it in two, then he will allow him to enter the “final selection” process whereby Tanjiro might be accepted as a demon slayer.
After six months of futile efforts to cleave the boulder with his sword, Tanjiro receives a visit from the cat-masked Sabito and Makomo, previous students of Urokodaki, who continue his training.
It takes another six months–two years of training in total–before Tanjiro is finally able to split the stone, and Sabito and Makomo disappear into the mist.
There is not much advance in the plot of the story in this episode. It’s point is establish just how long and hard Tanjiro had to train in order to gain his opportunity to become a member of the Demon Slayer Corps.
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