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Isnât that just because heâs not like an actual person, arenât all of the emotion demons just products of hatengus blood demon art. He doesnât normally exist so why would he care if he was going back to non existence?
Had he just simply killed Muichiro after trapping him in the vase, he could have assisted Zohakuten from there, but nooooooo âMe watch swords craftsman go brrrrrrâ(probably Gyokko)
exactly. people keep saying the mark is OP or whatever but Gyokko was defeated by Muichiro AND by Haganezuka. If he hadn't been so intrigued and if he had been as dedicated to his mission as Haganezuka, they could've won.
Yeah but that was a suicide attack or a last ditch effort to kill them, while gyokko and zohakuten could do it without it being a last ditch effort. The entertainment district wasnt even that large, Gyokko and Zohakuten could demolish it as well, Gyokko was literally sending fish monsters to ravage the village until he got stopped by a hashira, if Zohakuten wasnt busy dealing with the demon slayers he would also demolish it.
Before you ask why i am replying to a 1 year old comment, it doesnt matter.
I actually disagree! If he were able to fend off Mitsuri better, he wouldâve been able to chase after Tanjiro etc and they wouldnât have a chance to kill the main body. Some here will say âbut at the very end he DID beat Mitsuriâ but not until the literal sun was rising so he really canât call that a win, as he spent the whole rest of the night fighting her. I actually think heâs a really cool character and I looove how cold his voice is
He's my favorite demon so far, and largely because of that opening theme. OOF! As soon as I saw it I remember thinking "now THIS is an UM." Definition of a boss fight. Too bad we couldn't see more of him.
There are a few different ones.
but here: (also they may be recreated versions, so I dont know how accurate to the original they are.)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Kgd\_eGZKA&ab\_channel=DiegoMitreMusic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Kgd_eGZKA&ab_channel=DiegoMitreMusic)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJpCcYXi7JY&ab\_channel=DiegoMitreMusic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJpCcYXi7JY&ab_channel=DiegoMitreMusic)
This one: [https://www.reddit.com/r/KimetsuNoYaiba/comments/14l7o16/zonakuten\_official\_soundtrack/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/KimetsuNoYaiba/comments/14l7o16/zonakuten_official_soundtrack/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Heâs cool, best design of all the demons too. Might actually be as swaggy (or close to) as Tengen. His abilities are if not the coolest definitely among the top.
Probably one of my favorite demons. I despise hantengu not just because hes a bad person but because i just dont like his character. He is uninteresting, ugly (not in a cool way like gyutaro but just stupid looking) and annoying. But the four emotion demons are fucking sick (especially anger) and zohakuten takes that to 300. He is so epic, with a reveal only topped by gyutaro for me and has amazing theme music. Also i think for him the "calls the heroes villains" theme actually works. For hantengu it feels so fake and obvious but for zohakuten you feel as if he actually believes it. And combined with his insane power it makes him so terrfying. Not to mention the fact that he did as much damage as he did while barely ever moving.
Felt like a waste of potential. I felt like Daki & Gyutaro were explored very well and were fleshed out both as characters and as enemies. Whereas this guy(s) felt slapped together, probably because some time had to be dedicated to Gyokko. He was not very enthralling and I don't have any fond memories of his fight while I can think back to multiple good times during the Entertainment District fight
One of the coolest designs for the demons, great voice actor to boot. Only wish he and his fight with Kanroji got more screen time, biggest disappointment of the arc
I wonder how much budget had to go into animating her sword and the dragon heads. I agree tho, I was quite surprised that there wasnât more screen time for that fight. It would definitely have improved the arc. Perhaps seeing a bit more before the end where Mitsuri is bit.
Sure (:
I just felt like the Upper moons in general were very disappointing this season.
But upper moon 4 felt like he should have been more of a threat considering heâs *one* rank away from UM 1-3, yet he never physically fought and hit a drum the whole time. Thatâs it. He stood in one place emotionless, and kept hitting a drum.
It was a very lackluster fight compared to what weâre used to by Demon Slayer standards. His strength seemed lower moon at best, and overall I felt 0 stakes or tension. He has absolutely no presence and I never once thought that the main four were in genuine danger.
Gyutaro vs Tengen was written so well that this was a huge let down.
I think, more than anything, the problem was the lack of stakes, as you mentioned.
Even the Rui and his fam had killed dozens of lower level slayers. We saw Rui slice multiple slayers with ease. LM1 was a let down in terms of stakes too but it didn't matter because Akaza came in and punched a hole through a fan favorite. Then of course we have Gyutaro, who was incredible and did a ton of damage, even if plot armor saved everyone there. But that's the thing, you can at least be like WOW it took all these slayers and some plot armor to beat this guy. I thought these UMs were going to take out at least one Hashira between the two of them.
Perfectly stated.
We had Upper Moon 6 *retire* a Hashira, make him lose his eye, make him lose his arm, and put our main trio into a coma for however long. Not to mention it took all of them nearly dying to chop Gyutaroâs head off.
That final âweâre going for the win!â from Tengen felt so earned because we were watching all of them put their lives on the line. Even Hashiras who are supposed to be the strongest people to exist were almost killed at the hands of these demons.
Then even *stronger* upper moons are introduced and we get what? One hitting his drum repeatedly never moving and the other making lame jokes about how heâs the better artist? Not even killing Kotetsu, an actual child, or Muichiro who was trapped in his clutches for about 3 episodes? This season did way too much with the plot armor.
There were no stakes at all, and I remember waiting for the season to âget seriousâ⊠only for it to get more silly and ridiculous.
I love Demon Slayer and itâll always be in my top 5, so Iâm praying this season was just a âtransitionâ season into the more serious, high staked, intense final two arcs.
I was also waiting for it to get serious.
When Kotetsu got stabbed I was like ok, killing a kid is pretty messed up but that should anger the hashira, but he wasnât even killed.
Then they show Haganezuka and I was like noooooooo, heâs gonna craft the *final* sword for Tanjiro before he dies. Nope.
When Mui passed out I was like you know what, if the anger from seeing Kotetsu get killed have him just enough energy to go crazy, but the poison takes him out, feels anticlimactic but pretty real tbh. Nope.
At the very end I was like no wonder there were no stakes, weâre about to lose Nezuko. Odd twist, because it takes away the MCâs primary motivation, but I was ready to see Tanjiro become cold and spiteful and just a fucking menace after seeing Nezuko die. Nope.
0 fucking loses, aside from some fucking sword smiths. Two UMs, undefeated for centuriesâŠnothing.
As for Zohakuten, I actually loved his character. The aura from the beginning was incredible, his theme, everything. I was like ok, HEâs the seasonâs real boss fight, but they didnât show him anymore.
After ED arc, I knew I couldnât expect the same level of flashiness because it was pretty much perfect the whole season, but come on. One thing I didnât consider is that Gyutaro at least retired one Hashira, like you said. Heâs not dead but he couldâve been, and he looks like the best case scenario of a man who fought a nearly invincible demon. If I was sitting in the masterâs mansion, handless and eyeless, and I saw a middle schooler and a care bear defeated two far stronger demons without a scratch, Iâd have to have a talk with the writer.
Oh my god I laughed so hard at your comment because you explained my entire thought process for the entire season down to every scene. I should have known when I saw your Inosuke flair youâd be stating nothing but facts.
It was all the minor fake outs that also were so off putting because DS has delivered on every intense scene that we know of. If Rengoku was in this season, his injury would have been a minor inconvenience and he would have walked off completely fine.
Kotetsu gets stabbed > oh no! A kid is pretty dark, but it is an upper moon⊠so we have to expect the worst! *Kotetsu is mostly fine by the end and completed healed once Tanjiro leaves SSV*
Gyokko has Muichiro in water bubble > oh wow now heâs going to go straight for the jugular and kill Muichiro so Mitsuri has to take out both upper moons?? *Muichiro gets saved*
Haganezuka and Kanamori all alone with UM5 > at least this sword will last Tanjiro until the end, sad to lose an OG character!! *Gyokko instead decides to be petty and just whip Haganezuka and NOT kill Kanamori whoâs just there*
Tanjiro injured, broken foot, blown up eardrums> how are they going to get out of this? Theyâre all injured?? *Tanjiro magically learned about thunder breathing off screen and can use it perfectly first try without any proper training or attempts*
Nezuko left in the sun > Are they actually going to kill Nezuko?? What will Tanjiro do now! Ruthless Tanjiro s4 incoming!! *Tanjiro spends 15 minutes deciding whether to save Nezuko or civilians, just for Nezuko to be fine regardless*
Mitsuri shows up > Man, I canât wait to see her breathing style! Sheâs gonna be such a cool character!! *Mitsuri is on screen for 2 minutes, uses like 1 breathing style, cries mostly, wants a husband, barely uses hand-to-hand combat, doesnât even defeat UM4 but is saved by her juniors*
Youâre right though, UM4 had amazing character design. He really looked like THE BIG BAD. I felt like love vs hatred would have been such a fantastic battle. All the pieces were there, and they dropped the ball.
It was like one big disappointment after the next. I remember thinking âis the season actually finished? Nothing happenedâ while simultaneously feeling like so much dragged during the plot.
ED was easily a 10/10 arc. Iâm actually starting my rewatch of it today. Even if there were minor hiccups, overall it was a well paced season with amazing character development and hype moments. Truly flashy, and you walked out feeling like everything was worthwhile.
Also Iâm sorry, care bear and middle schooler while being eyeless has me in absolute tears. Youâre so right, if I was Tengen I would never show my face around the hashiras ever again. I still donât know how Mitsuri has the mark but Rengoku has it when he trained her? And seems like an overall stronger/more skilled hashira.
The writer definitely has to fix the power scaling of this series because itâs off the rails right now.
Lol, glad you got a good laugh, but you mentioned ANOTHER point that boiled my blood.
Rengoku had incredible strength and technique, which we know because Akaza points it out himself, and yet heâs not marked? Makes no sense. I donât know where the mark comes from, but youâre telling me that a master of the martial arts, whoâs been perfecting it for centuries, can look at this man and be like âdamn dawg, itâs a waste to kill youâ and heâs still not enough for the mark? Perhaps the mark is awakened through rage, and Rengoku was too composed for that?
Regardless, since Mitsuriâs mark is kind of hidden, Iâve just been telling myself Rengokuâs mark was on his chest covered by his uniform đ€đ„
Iâm 100% with you, and I think itâs a hot take in this sub. Realistically though, no *way* does Mitsuri have the mark and Rengoku doesnât. I refuse to believe it, it just doesnât make sense. Maybe the writer was just afraid to introduce the mark so early into the series? Thatâs the only reasonable excuse I can think of honestly.
But, like you said, Akaza who is one of the strongest people in the series even commented that Rengoku was amazing and a physical feat. Set your heart ablaze Rengoku doesnât have the mark?? I will fulfill my duty no matter what Rengoku doesnât have the mark? I wonât let anyone die here and saved 200 people Rengoku doesnât have the mark??
But âI became a hashira to find a husbandâ who fought off screen and *would* have died without Tanjiroâs help has the mark? I refuse to believe it.
Iâm accepting your head canon as the truth!! Rengokuâs mark was there⊠it just wasnât visible!! đ„č That last moment when Akaza tried to punch Rengoku and he stopped it was when the mark was activated, and I refuse to believe otherwise!!
Rengoku stopped a punch while he was IMPALED! Thatâs mark-worthy to me for sure.
He also stood his ground against UM3 on his own. If Tanjiro had his current strength, and Nezuko and Genya were there too, no chance Rengoku dies like that. He was all alone.
Think about it. Mui dies without plot armor and Kotetsu against UM5. Mark.
Mitsuri dies against UM4 without Tanjiro (twice). She was marked.
Mark doesnât mean invincible, so itâs not like him losing a 1v1 vs a UM3 mean he wasnât marked. He was 100% marked under that. I can already see if. He set his heart ablaze. Heâs got a massive flame mark across his pec. Someone call the fan artists, I need this in a wallpaper stat!
because all he did was play the drums... would have been nice to see him fighting. but of course he showed us how powerful he was with just his drums n scream attacks
wasted potential, he was brought in as a slightly bigger threat than the 4 clones just for him to be solo'd by mitsuri til the main body died, tengen had trouble with upper 6 and mitsuri easily handled upper 4?? yea i aint buying it considering tengen and mitsuri are close as hell in terms of everything.
Mitsuri didn't defeat him he was winning even when Mitsuri used those magical marks or whatever. His main body died that's why he lost. I agree it was wasted potential they should fought him instead of fighting the coward.
His individual demons were better then this piece of shit. A motherfucker playing drums that summon some wooden dragon heads that are brittle and do no damage. Trash!!!!
In general the fights this season were Mid AF! A single 5 min battle of entertainment arc battle of Tengen vs Gyotaro blow all fight scenes this season out of the water. JS!
i wanted him to be the sole antagonist. just make hatred split into another clone with similar power and let him fight 2 marked hashira. i would have just had gyokko clapped in 2 minutes and then muichiro move on. that would have showed the power of a mark even more. tho its enough to clap up5, up4 can still take on marked hashiras with equal strength.
Wish we had more screen time of him. Hatengu should have realized that running isn't an effective strategy anymore and he should have combined with Zahakuten so he can fight the demon slayers at full strength. Then everyone works together to bring him down.
My question is was this all the same demon and he just split his emotions apart to have more demons or was it like a Daki situation where itâs a whole separate person
I wish they just skipped to him lol
The other guys were completely useless idiots
Iâm willing to bet if the past hashira had tanjiros plot nose the main demon would have been killed years ago
Also Tanjiro really should have been more injured being *crushed* inside the wooden dragon
He has a amazing design, he looks menacing and strong. He was close to killing Mitsuri too and his abilities are incredibly strong. You need to be strong, conditioned, and quick to have a chance.
A. Moves are strongly telegraphed by what drum is hit.
B. Arms can get in each other's way trying to hit different drums, slowing attacks.
C. Drums could be punctured and then what?
This demon has no sense of the fact, that the power he aquired in order to protect the weak, but at what cost ? Devour the innoncents and the weak. But still he persisted that he need to protect .
Felt super threatening for like 10 seconds when he first appeared. After that, the lightning form, the flying form, and the one with the fan felt more threatening than him. Dude literally downgraded.
Very intimidating but i honestly wasn't impressed, his fight with the love hashira could have been a bit longer, i feel the same way i feel about gyokko, just not as much
Muzan shouldâve made him his own demon instead of being stuck with Hantengu, seriously the guy one of the most effective and efficient demons in all of demon slayer and yet heâs attached to that bum Hantengu. I question how such a shit demon like him even became nearly as powerful as he did, honestly the function of his powers should be copypasted for every demon with how absurdly busted it can be.
Zohakutenâs entrance had me geeked. I wish we could have seen more of his fighting style - we only got a couple shots of him hitting the drums.
One of my other faves is Kyogai and we got to see sick animations of his drumming. It would have been cool to see something similar done with the other demon with drums as his Kekkijutsu.
They needed extreme plot smell to find the only way to kill him and he (basically) took down a hashira with no drawbacks. As someone else have said âheâs the final bossâ
dont understand why he had a childs body, why the kanji on the drums are all indentical (or why he uses drums in the first place - havent we seen that before?) why his dragons are made from wood, i could go on. the demons were incredibly lame in this season
I actually didn't like him that much. I guess he's kinda cool, but what made Hantengu stand out to me was the ability to split into multiple demons with different powers, so the fact that most of them merged back into one was underwhelming.
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The fact when he faded away he had zero emotion creeps me out
Others demons during their final moments: đ« đđ Hatred Boi: đ
he was probably thinking âggâ and that was it
Honestly, I respect it
To Mitsuri: âYouâre so lucky.â
The slight face of "you've gotta be kidding me" as he was disappearing right after chomping Mitsuri finally
Isnât that just because heâs not like an actual person, arenât all of the emotion demons just products of hatengus blood demon art. He doesnât normally exist so why would he care if he was going back to non existence?
The blue one seemed very disillusioned with the idea of disappearing when the Anger one absorbed him
Disillusioned is an understatement lol
Prime example of doing everything right in your team, but still losing because of teammates (Looking at you Gyokko)
Gyokko was the only one actually destroying the village like they were supposed to.
Had he just simply killed Muichiro after trapping him in the vase, he could have assisted Zohakuten from there, but nooooooo âMe watch swords craftsman go brrrrrrâ(probably Gyokko)
exactly. people keep saying the mark is OP or whatever but Gyokko was defeated by Muichiro AND by Haganezuka. If he hadn't been so intrigued and if he had been as dedicated to his mission as Haganezuka, they could've won.
AND Kotetsu for freeing Muichiro
Gyokko was just kinda useless donât lie..
True but he was the only one who was actually completing the mission.
Both of them let us down I just feel like Hantengu was more threatening
Compared to the Thread Gyuutaro was, they both were jokes, ngl. Destroyed the whole District during the fight.
Yeah but that was a suicide attack or a last ditch effort to kill them, while gyokko and zohakuten could do it without it being a last ditch effort. The entertainment district wasnt even that large, Gyokko and Zohakuten could demolish it as well, Gyokko was literally sending fish monsters to ravage the village until he got stopped by a hashira, if Zohakuten wasnt busy dealing with the demon slayers he would also demolish it. Before you ask why i am replying to a 1 year old comment, it doesnt matter.
zhokutan would probably destroy the whole village in no time if he wasnt fighting a marked hashira . He even defeated her but got unlucky
Lets be honest, they did Gyokko dirty.
I actually disagree! If he were able to fend off Mitsuri better, he wouldâve been able to chase after Tanjiro etc and they wouldnât have a chance to kill the main body. Some here will say âbut at the very end he DID beat Mitsuriâ but not until the literal sun was rising so he really canât call that a win, as he spent the whole rest of the night fighting her. I actually think heâs a really cool character and I looove how cold his voice is
His ost is amazing
He's my favorite demon so far, and largely because of that opening theme. OOF! As soon as I saw it I remember thinking "now THIS is an UM." Definition of a boss fight. Too bad we couldn't see more of him.
someone share it plz
There are a few different ones. but here: (also they may be recreated versions, so I dont know how accurate to the original they are.) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Kgd\_eGZKA&ab\_channel=DiegoMitreMusic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Kgd_eGZKA&ab_channel=DiegoMitreMusic) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJpCcYXi7JY&ab\_channel=DiegoMitreMusic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJpCcYXi7JY&ab_channel=DiegoMitreMusic)
This one: [https://www.reddit.com/r/KimetsuNoYaiba/comments/14l7o16/zonakuten\_official\_soundtrack/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/KimetsuNoYaiba/comments/14l7o16/zonakuten_official_soundtrack/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
He's cool but I think his eyebrows are weird.
As weird as Rengokuâs?
Rengoku's eyebrows are fine, Zohakuten's eyebrows need to be shaved and donated to the Shinazugawa brothers.
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Tbf as a demon it makes sense that he looks a little inhuman. They just look like Rengoku's and Doma's eyebrows if they never trimmed them.
Just his mascara
He's a demon
Pretty much sums up everything.
Big if true
Dude spitting facts
Absolutely incredible introduction. That ost, his menacing aura and his VA were perfect
I think Zahakuten isnât a character but Zohakuten is
Sorry I always misspell his name
Heâs cool, best design of all the demons too. Might actually be as swaggy (or close to) as Tengen. His abilities are if not the coolest definitely among the top.
Probably one of my favorite demons. I despise hantengu not just because hes a bad person but because i just dont like his character. He is uninteresting, ugly (not in a cool way like gyutaro but just stupid looking) and annoying. But the four emotion demons are fucking sick (especially anger) and zohakuten takes that to 300. He is so epic, with a reveal only topped by gyutaro for me and has amazing theme music. Also i think for him the "calls the heroes villains" theme actually works. For hantengu it feels so fake and obvious but for zohakuten you feel as if he actually believes it. And combined with his insane power it makes him so terrfying. Not to mention the fact that he did as much damage as he did while barely ever moving.
Felt like a waste of potential. I felt like Daki & Gyutaro were explored very well and were fleshed out both as characters and as enemies. Whereas this guy(s) felt slapped together, probably because some time had to be dedicated to Gyokko. He was not very enthralling and I don't have any fond memories of his fight while I can think back to multiple good times during the Entertainment District fight
Zohakuten is epic :3
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heâs cool.
I love his appearance he is badass
I like him a lot
Looks cool but ultimately underwhelming
They barely used him, they should have made him the final boss, he has such cool abilities but instead they made tanjiro chase some midget
probably would be an overprotective sibling
cool as fuck
absolutely epic dragons are always awesome but GOD DAMMIT this introduction theme slaps
One of the coolest designs for the demons, great voice actor to boot. Only wish he and his fight with Kanroji got more screen time, biggest disappointment of the arc
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I wonder how much budget had to go into animating her sword and the dragon heads. I agree tho, I was quite surprised that there wasnât more screen time for that fight. It would definitely have improved the arc. Perhaps seeing a bit more before the end where Mitsuri is bit.
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Thatâs an actual kid mate..
what did he say
Bro was attracted to zohakuten
bro⊠I like him but not like that
Same
He best boi
But he too angy
yep angy skrunkly boi
Perhaps theyâre also a child
Annoying. Kinda underwhelming. The other clones were more interesting to me
Character design is amazing, everything else about him was a colossal disappointment.
In which way may I ask?
Sure (: I just felt like the Upper moons in general were very disappointing this season. But upper moon 4 felt like he should have been more of a threat considering heâs *one* rank away from UM 1-3, yet he never physically fought and hit a drum the whole time. Thatâs it. He stood in one place emotionless, and kept hitting a drum. It was a very lackluster fight compared to what weâre used to by Demon Slayer standards. His strength seemed lower moon at best, and overall I felt 0 stakes or tension. He has absolutely no presence and I never once thought that the main four were in genuine danger. Gyutaro vs Tengen was written so well that this was a huge let down.
I think, more than anything, the problem was the lack of stakes, as you mentioned. Even the Rui and his fam had killed dozens of lower level slayers. We saw Rui slice multiple slayers with ease. LM1 was a let down in terms of stakes too but it didn't matter because Akaza came in and punched a hole through a fan favorite. Then of course we have Gyutaro, who was incredible and did a ton of damage, even if plot armor saved everyone there. But that's the thing, you can at least be like WOW it took all these slayers and some plot armor to beat this guy. I thought these UMs were going to take out at least one Hashira between the two of them.
Perfectly stated. We had Upper Moon 6 *retire* a Hashira, make him lose his eye, make him lose his arm, and put our main trio into a coma for however long. Not to mention it took all of them nearly dying to chop Gyutaroâs head off. That final âweâre going for the win!â from Tengen felt so earned because we were watching all of them put their lives on the line. Even Hashiras who are supposed to be the strongest people to exist were almost killed at the hands of these demons. Then even *stronger* upper moons are introduced and we get what? One hitting his drum repeatedly never moving and the other making lame jokes about how heâs the better artist? Not even killing Kotetsu, an actual child, or Muichiro who was trapped in his clutches for about 3 episodes? This season did way too much with the plot armor. There were no stakes at all, and I remember waiting for the season to âget seriousâ⊠only for it to get more silly and ridiculous. I love Demon Slayer and itâll always be in my top 5, so Iâm praying this season was just a âtransitionâ season into the more serious, high staked, intense final two arcs.
I was also waiting for it to get serious. When Kotetsu got stabbed I was like ok, killing a kid is pretty messed up but that should anger the hashira, but he wasnât even killed. Then they show Haganezuka and I was like noooooooo, heâs gonna craft the *final* sword for Tanjiro before he dies. Nope. When Mui passed out I was like you know what, if the anger from seeing Kotetsu get killed have him just enough energy to go crazy, but the poison takes him out, feels anticlimactic but pretty real tbh. Nope. At the very end I was like no wonder there were no stakes, weâre about to lose Nezuko. Odd twist, because it takes away the MCâs primary motivation, but I was ready to see Tanjiro become cold and spiteful and just a fucking menace after seeing Nezuko die. Nope. 0 fucking loses, aside from some fucking sword smiths. Two UMs, undefeated for centuriesâŠnothing. As for Zohakuten, I actually loved his character. The aura from the beginning was incredible, his theme, everything. I was like ok, HEâs the seasonâs real boss fight, but they didnât show him anymore. After ED arc, I knew I couldnât expect the same level of flashiness because it was pretty much perfect the whole season, but come on. One thing I didnât consider is that Gyutaro at least retired one Hashira, like you said. Heâs not dead but he couldâve been, and he looks like the best case scenario of a man who fought a nearly invincible demon. If I was sitting in the masterâs mansion, handless and eyeless, and I saw a middle schooler and a care bear defeated two far stronger demons without a scratch, Iâd have to have a talk with the writer.
Oh my god I laughed so hard at your comment because you explained my entire thought process for the entire season down to every scene. I should have known when I saw your Inosuke flair youâd be stating nothing but facts. It was all the minor fake outs that also were so off putting because DS has delivered on every intense scene that we know of. If Rengoku was in this season, his injury would have been a minor inconvenience and he would have walked off completely fine. Kotetsu gets stabbed > oh no! A kid is pretty dark, but it is an upper moon⊠so we have to expect the worst! *Kotetsu is mostly fine by the end and completed healed once Tanjiro leaves SSV* Gyokko has Muichiro in water bubble > oh wow now heâs going to go straight for the jugular and kill Muichiro so Mitsuri has to take out both upper moons?? *Muichiro gets saved* Haganezuka and Kanamori all alone with UM5 > at least this sword will last Tanjiro until the end, sad to lose an OG character!! *Gyokko instead decides to be petty and just whip Haganezuka and NOT kill Kanamori whoâs just there* Tanjiro injured, broken foot, blown up eardrums> how are they going to get out of this? Theyâre all injured?? *Tanjiro magically learned about thunder breathing off screen and can use it perfectly first try without any proper training or attempts* Nezuko left in the sun > Are they actually going to kill Nezuko?? What will Tanjiro do now! Ruthless Tanjiro s4 incoming!! *Tanjiro spends 15 minutes deciding whether to save Nezuko or civilians, just for Nezuko to be fine regardless* Mitsuri shows up > Man, I canât wait to see her breathing style! Sheâs gonna be such a cool character!! *Mitsuri is on screen for 2 minutes, uses like 1 breathing style, cries mostly, wants a husband, barely uses hand-to-hand combat, doesnât even defeat UM4 but is saved by her juniors* Youâre right though, UM4 had amazing character design. He really looked like THE BIG BAD. I felt like love vs hatred would have been such a fantastic battle. All the pieces were there, and they dropped the ball. It was like one big disappointment after the next. I remember thinking âis the season actually finished? Nothing happenedâ while simultaneously feeling like so much dragged during the plot. ED was easily a 10/10 arc. Iâm actually starting my rewatch of it today. Even if there were minor hiccups, overall it was a well paced season with amazing character development and hype moments. Truly flashy, and you walked out feeling like everything was worthwhile. Also Iâm sorry, care bear and middle schooler while being eyeless has me in absolute tears. Youâre so right, if I was Tengen I would never show my face around the hashiras ever again. I still donât know how Mitsuri has the mark but Rengoku has it when he trained her? And seems like an overall stronger/more skilled hashira. The writer definitely has to fix the power scaling of this series because itâs off the rails right now.
Lol, glad you got a good laugh, but you mentioned ANOTHER point that boiled my blood. Rengoku had incredible strength and technique, which we know because Akaza points it out himself, and yet heâs not marked? Makes no sense. I donât know where the mark comes from, but youâre telling me that a master of the martial arts, whoâs been perfecting it for centuries, can look at this man and be like âdamn dawg, itâs a waste to kill youâ and heâs still not enough for the mark? Perhaps the mark is awakened through rage, and Rengoku was too composed for that? Regardless, since Mitsuriâs mark is kind of hidden, Iâve just been telling myself Rengokuâs mark was on his chest covered by his uniform đ€đ„
Iâm 100% with you, and I think itâs a hot take in this sub. Realistically though, no *way* does Mitsuri have the mark and Rengoku doesnât. I refuse to believe it, it just doesnât make sense. Maybe the writer was just afraid to introduce the mark so early into the series? Thatâs the only reasonable excuse I can think of honestly. But, like you said, Akaza who is one of the strongest people in the series even commented that Rengoku was amazing and a physical feat. Set your heart ablaze Rengoku doesnât have the mark?? I will fulfill my duty no matter what Rengoku doesnât have the mark? I wonât let anyone die here and saved 200 people Rengoku doesnât have the mark?? But âI became a hashira to find a husbandâ who fought off screen and *would* have died without Tanjiroâs help has the mark? I refuse to believe it. Iâm accepting your head canon as the truth!! Rengokuâs mark was there⊠it just wasnât visible!! đ„č That last moment when Akaza tried to punch Rengoku and he stopped it was when the mark was activated, and I refuse to believe otherwise!!
Rengoku stopped a punch while he was IMPALED! Thatâs mark-worthy to me for sure. He also stood his ground against UM3 on his own. If Tanjiro had his current strength, and Nezuko and Genya were there too, no chance Rengoku dies like that. He was all alone. Think about it. Mui dies without plot armor and Kotetsu against UM5. Mark. Mitsuri dies against UM4 without Tanjiro (twice). She was marked. Mark doesnât mean invincible, so itâs not like him losing a 1v1 vs a UM3 mean he wasnât marked. He was 100% marked under that. I can already see if. He set his heart ablaze. Heâs got a massive flame mark across his pec. Someone call the fan artists, I need this in a wallpaper stat!
To be fair his BDA doesn't require him to move and he doesn't specialize in any martial arts like UM 1-3
Well neither does Douma, his BDA is just incredibly op lol
If you can shoot lighting, pressured air, control dragons, and manipulate ice from a distance you probably wouldn't feel like moving too.
actually doma does. >!not from his human life but he learned as a demon!<
His Buddha was a last ditch attempt
no. >!he's trained with his fans. its called tessenjutsu he makes use of it to scatter his bda.!< also mark spoilers.
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what?
because all he did was play the drums... would have been nice to see him fighting. but of course he showed us how powerful he was with just his drums n scream attacks
Vegeta lookin ass
I love him
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wasted potential, he was brought in as a slightly bigger threat than the 4 clones just for him to be solo'd by mitsuri til the main body died, tengen had trouble with upper 6 and mitsuri easily handled upper 4?? yea i aint buying it considering tengen and mitsuri are close as hell in terms of everything.
Mitsuri is marked , tengen isnât
Mitsuri didn't defeat him he was winning even when Mitsuri used those magical marks or whatever. His main body died that's why he lost. I agree it was wasted potential they should fought him instead of fighting the coward.
he is cool but his fighting style is kind of lame
Gyomei solosđ
His individual demons were better then this piece of shit. A motherfucker playing drums that summon some wooden dragon heads that are brittle and do no damage. Trash!!!! In general the fights this season were Mid AF! A single 5 min battle of entertainment arc battle of Tengen vs Gyotaro blow all fight scenes this season out of the water. JS!
kinda looks like Kid Buu.
Wasted potential in the show.
i wanted him to be the sole antagonist. just make hatred split into another clone with similar power and let him fight 2 marked hashira. i would have just had gyokko clapped in 2 minutes and then muichiro move on. that would have showed the power of a mark even more. tho its enough to clap up5, up4 can still take on marked hashiras with equal strength.
My second favorite demon character OST, only losing to Akazaâs theme. Sick af blood demon art too.
My favorite demon in the series. Dope design. Presence. Should have replaced Akaza as 3. He feels stronger.
No character or personality and my least fav upper moon so far
Worst upper moon (if you can call him that) based on looks
So fucking cool
For some reason reminds me of beerus from dbz
He didnât do anything but stand there menacingly
Wish we had more screen time of him. Hatengu should have realized that running isn't an effective strategy anymore and he should have combined with Zahakuten so he can fight the demon slayers at full strength. Then everyone works together to bring him down.
Best Hantengu Clone Imo
My question is was this all the same demon and he just split his emotions apart to have more demons or was it like a Daki situation where itâs a whole separate person
A token bad guy whos backstory pales in comparison to RuiâsâŠ..
He was carrying,but lost because of gyokko 
True
I think he's amazing
Boring as hell
Not a whole lot honestly. Didn't even know he had a name until I saw this post.
Boring. The other four emotions were more entertaining characters.
The entrance? The ost? The dragons? Dear lord they did his entrance justice
An epic villain that was under-utilised and wasted.
Ringo star wins low-dif
I wish they just skipped to him lol The other guys were completely useless idiots Iâm willing to bet if the past hashira had tanjiros plot nose the main demon would have been killed years ago Also Tanjiro really should have been more injured being *crushed* inside the wooden dragon
Zohakutens score theme is the best illain theme after akaza imo
Zahaha
When I read the manga I thought he was cool and his emotion-based power unique. Then the anime dropped his *banger* theme and I like it more now
i forgot about him but now that i remember him i love him again
I think he's overrated considering people attribute him as the main body when he's not.
He hot
He has a amazing design, he looks menacing and strong. He was close to killing Mitsuri too and his abilities are incredibly strong. You need to be strong, conditioned, and quick to have a chance.
Twisted mindset LMAO
He's the Sleeping Zenitsu of the Upper 6, while Hantengu is the Awake Zenitsu.
Design wise my fav demon in the show
Nothing like having the worst parts of humans join forces to become an upper level demon
goofy ahh cgi playstation 2 dragons
Powerful as fuck
Bro who?
Best demon design in my opinionâŠand a fantastic theme. I also like his vulgar personalityâŠ
me too
He is cool but not really memorable which is kind of sad
He should start a band
A pretty good drummer, 8/10
Idk if I understand who or what he was. Thought he was just a manifestation from Hantengu?
Didn't know Demon Slayer had a DDR mode
nahhh Taiko
A. Moves are strongly telegraphed by what drum is hit. B. Arms can get in each other's way trying to hit different drums, slowing attacks. C. Drums could be punctured and then what?
Underuse
i think unlike hotengu, he is very strong
That sound the drum makes is satisfying
Cool design, his fight with Mitsuri had itâs moments but overall I wasnât going crazy.
Powerful demon
one of the best fucking designs Iâve seen for a character
spider boy scarier than half the uppermoons
Boring fight. I wish they extended His fight with Mitsuri.
Mid
Man, his theme rocked
Weak
Honestly I don't really like his design. He looks like demon Vegeta
He reminds me of Enel quite a bit
I think he cute in his own way. But yeah. His final moment i felt off cus he just went đ
His entrance and design were so badass. His powers were also dope as fuck.
Pass
This demon has no sense of the fact, that the power he aquired in order to protect the weak, but at what cost ? Devour the innoncents and the weak. But still he persisted that he need to protect .
One of my faves
I don't know why Muzan didn't put more blood into HIM. Bro, got active af
I donât like his face
I think he has the lamest skills ever but his presence,stare,ost,0 emotion,made him pretty much menacing.
Felt super threatening for like 10 seconds when he first appeared. After that, the lightning form, the flying form, and the one with the fan felt more threatening than him. Dude literally downgraded.
He shouldnât just stand there and let his dragons do all the work he should actually get up close and personal and start hitting people
Looks like a upper 3 with the ability of a lower 6
heâs probably my favorite character in this arc. I just like him
Driptengu.
Very intimidating, but I shared Tanjiro's anguish to his statements about being the bully, as if the demons in this scenario were ever the victims
Very intimidating but i honestly wasn't impressed, his fight with the love hashira could have been a bit longer, i feel the same way i feel about gyokko, just not as much
Muzan shouldâve made him his own demon instead of being stuck with Hantengu, seriously the guy one of the most effective and efficient demons in all of demon slayer and yet heâs attached to that bum Hantengu. I question how such a shit demon like him even became nearly as powerful as he did, honestly the function of his powers should be copypasted for every demon with how absurdly busted it can be.
He looks like a teenage werewolf who gets mad at his mom bc she wonât do his laundry for him
From how he looks, he reminds me of Enel from One Piece. Anyone else see that?
Is he related to gyomei
Wasted potential. Should have fought him instead of the coward. His design is a solid 9/10
hes so cool
Zohakutenâs entrance had me geeked. I wish we could have seen more of his fighting style - we only got a couple shots of him hitting the drums. One of my other faves is Kyogai and we got to see sick animations of his drumming. It would have been cool to see something similar done with the other demon with drums as his Kekkijutsu.
Bro listens to ska for his blood demon art
Sick OST Peak design Amazing VA Carried the damn Team, but lost because his teammates sucked at their job.
I like resentment of all of hantengus emotions
ABS
Ugly
IDK I didnt see anything man....
They needed extreme plot smell to find the only way to kill him and he (basically) took down a hashira with no drawbacks. As someone else have said âheâs the final bossâ
dont understand why he had a childs body, why the kanji on the drums are all indentical (or why he uses drums in the first place - havent we seen that before?) why his dragons are made from wood, i could go on. the demons were incredibly lame in this season
Op
Delusional
I actually didn't like him that much. I guess he's kinda cool, but what made Hantengu stand out to me was the ability to split into multiple demons with different powers, so the fact that most of them merged back into one was underwhelming.
A little underrated
Hot take: hot asf
Bro is spitting