Too slow! Too slow!
Let's see some fire! I don't believe how slow you are!
It's going to get dark soon!
Swing those arms more! Throw your legs forward!
Yes, sir!
Come on, let's hear you shout!
EPISODE 3: FULLY RECOVERED TANJIRO JOINS THE HASHIRA TRAINING!!
Think of it this way! You can't move on to the next step without boosting your basic stamina!
It all starts with the basics! The basics!
You're so not going to make it...
through Shinazugawa and Kanroji's training after this!
You slacker.
I'm so sorry!
One! Two! One!
It's hell!
It's hell here, too!
There's only hell in store for us!
Come on! Keep it together, dammit!
Jeez!
Mr. Uzui!
Huh?
Hey!
Is that you, Kamado?
Hey there! Long time no see!
Yes!
It's been a long time!
I'm so glad to see you doing well, Mr. Uzui!
Hah! If you can call this "well"!
Look at what I've become!
I hear that you took on another Upper Rank!
You're a lucky guy to still be intact!
Yes, fortunately, I managed to survive somehow!
Right! Well, after all that rest, you can shatter the rust off your body here!
Right! I'm going to give it my all!
Oh, wow!
Long time no see!
Tanjiro!
You're finally here, huh?
You're all looking as well as ever!
Thank you for all you did for me!
Hey, why are you sounding so formal?
After all, you're the one who saved us.
Look at you now!
Yeah, you're looking manly!
You guys, you need to eat up more!
If you don't eat, the afternoon session will be even more grueling!
What?
If you don't finish your meal, I'm going to add more drills to the session.
We'll eat! We'll eat!
Okay, then me, too!
Here you go!
Have a lot, okay?
Okay!
Thanks for the meal!
If you don't empty this pot, Lord Tengen's going to tack on more drills!
Listen, you're on patrol tonight, right?
Yeah.
Could you switch with me?
Not a chance.
Because if you go on night patrol, you're excused from training in the morning.
Jeez...
We sure haven't been seeing any demons lately, huh?
Well, that in itself is pretty scary.
I hear it's because the demons are searching for a girl named Nezuko.
That's just speculation, isn't it?
It's not like anyone actually asked a demon in person.
Well, yeah, sure.
DESTROY.
But wouldn't it be great if they could just be gone forever?
That's probably not realistic.
I mean, demon slaying has been going on for a thousand years.
Hey!
Where are you?
Boo!
Who knows? One could pop up like this from the alley.
Don't be such a jerk!
Hey, my bad.
Enough's enough, okay?
We're going to take this seriously!
Sure.
FOUR
All right!
Let's move on to the next drill! Split up into pairs!
Here I go!
So fast!
Come on now!
You guys show me what you're made of, too!
So, there's no way you can fight an Upper Rank unless you have that kind of insane stamina?
Those Upper Ranks are crazy strong, right?
Sure, more than you can believe.
What's it like?
Well, let's see.
There's a "Pow!" And you've already been hit.
But the fact that you're not dead means you were able to respond, so then you turn around...
only to get slammed again!
Next, you feel a "Crunch!"
And if that cuts off the oxygen to your brain...
All right, gotcha! We've heard enough!
So, I guess there is a world that's beyond comprehension for us ordinary folks.
Yeah.
All right! Let's wrap things up for today!
Let's see!
Today you're hitting that mountain! Take a lap around its foot and come back!
Whaaat?
If you don't get a move on, no dinner for you!
Come on, guys, run!
Get going already!
If you can't even take this, you're not gonna cut it!
Lord Tengen has a way of giving them the rough side of his tongue.
Right! But he's actually a real softie!
Like, the other day, he refused to eat his own meal until the last Demon Slayer came back,
and in the end, he went all the way to the mountain to get him!
I can hear every word you say.
The Master put these Demon Slayers in my care, and I can't let them flame out on my watch.
Yes, of course not!
All right, I'll be heading out, too!
Right! Go take a quick spin!
Everyone with the potential to become a Hashira is kind deep down inside!
Hey, Mister!
Another tray, please!
You got it!
I can't take much more of this!
But I gotta win!
Or I won't be able to keep my promise to the Master!
I have to do all that I can...
So Mr. Giyu will join the rest of us!
Can I get another?
Huh?
You got it!
You say that I have to take part in the training if I lose this match...
but does that mean I don't have to if I win?
What?
Th-That's not...
Okay, here you go!
One for you, too!
Mister...
Bring him one more.
Gotcha!
I'm calling it quits after this tray.
In other words, if you eat that extra order...
you'll have defeated me.
If I then take part in the Hashira Training...
you'll be satisfied, right?
Yes! That would make me happy!
Then, finish every last noodle.
All right!
I'm sure...
Mr. Giyu can still go on eating!
Even so...
I'm bursting! I'm bursting!
I'm bursting!
I got here late.
I only just got here myself.
So?
How's your training going?
Never in a million years could I see them as becoming assets against an Upper Rank.
You could say the same about mine.
KILL.
However, training the Corps members is what the Master wants.
Yeah.
So, what did you want at this hour?
It's been bugging me all this time.
You mean what happened at that castle?
You and I drove the demons to the brink together.
But then...
they all vanished somewhere.
Right, that many of them...
disappearing without a trace in a flash.
Right.
I've been pondering myself ever since that day...
what could be behind that door.
That there might actually be a demon hideout we don't know about.
A hideout, huh?
Since that day, I've looked into that castle numerous times...
only to come up empty.
Right around that time, the demons all vanished from the cities at once.
So, they're after Kamado's little sister after all?
No doubt about that, I'm sure.
Something huge might be about to start.
Hah!
Whatever starts, I'll be happy to bring it all to an end!
Don't you think this might be a bad omen for the Demon Slayer Corps?
So long as I'm training the Corps members, it keeps me distracted.
But I look at the situation with a dispassionate eye...
and I can't help being aware of what's to come.
That this stillness...
might be the harbinger of a storm.
Going on and on about it now isn't going to get us anywhere.
I do have a proposal for you.
And I happen to have one for you, too.
Mind if I tell you mine first?
Take me on in a match!
What a coincidence.
That's just what I was going to propose.
I'm going to leave it right here, okay?
Oh, thank you, Tanjiro!
Here. Drink this.
That's high-quality gyokuro tea!
It's good for recovering from fatigue!
Oh, really?
Thank you, then!
It's delicious!
Tanjiro, we've been wanting to thank you again for what you did at the Entertainment District.
Thank you!
Huh?
We're really grateful to you!
Oh, but...
it wasn't just me, so...
You, your little sister, that boar kid, the young man with the yellow hair...
and Lord Tengen...
If even one of you hadn't been there...
I don't think we could've seen that sunrise that morning.
DESTROYER OF DEMONS.
For Lord Tengen and all three of us...
to have made it home alive together...
Really, what could it have been but a miracle?
Hinatsuru...
But...
the truth is, Lord Tengen still wants to fight.
He's always calling out in his sleep.
All this time, he's been blaming himself for leaving the Corps.
Tanjiro...
Please defeat Muzan Kibutsuji, all right?
Yes! I promise!
All right, you guys! Listen up!
I'm calling off the long-distance mountain run that we finish up with every day!
And I'm replacing it with a special drill that's close to actual combat!
Head to the mountain!
Battles with demons always happen at night.
That's why we have to hone our combat skills in the dark.
Strain to see in the dark, and what you can't see, you'll just have to sense!
Starting now, I'm a demon.
A demon that's going to devour you.
Let's see you try to survive somehow.
And Kamado...
your job is to bring me down while protecting the rest of these guys!
Hey! Here he comes! He's nearby!
I can't see a thing!
Mr. Uzui's a former shinobi, so no wonder!
I can't search for his presence by smell!
Where is he?
Where's Mr. Uzui?
Mr. Uzui!
Impossible!
A-Against a Hashira, we don't stand a chance!
Would you say the same thing to a demon?
Huh?
Mr. Uzui's a former Hashira, so if we hit him with any half-hearted attacks...
he'll see right through them all!
Stay together!
Everyone, come close to me...
stand back to back and don't leave yourselves open in any way!
Too slow! Too slow!
Way slow!
Hey, not bad, Kamado!
This strength with just one hand...
That's Mr. Uzui for you!
Come on now! Come at me again!
Yes, sir!
A-Amazing!
He's holding his own against a former Hashira!
This is...
an exchange of blows between two people...
who fought an Upper Rank and survived!
You sure took your skills to the next level...
Kamado!
You guys!
Hey, now you're starting to look good!
Come on!
You guys, how could you let a retired guy like me clobber you like this?
Jeez, can't you even show me some bravado?
We don't stand a chance.
Against a former Hashira!
You're asking too much!
Look, you! I didn't train you to make you freak out!
I know that!
The Hashira and Kamado might be...
able to defeat the Upper Ranks and Muzan Kibutsuji! This has given me that hope!
Me, too!
- M-Me, too! - Me, too!
So, we're all going to work hard...
so that one day, we can at least support you!
We're going to train and get stronger!
We're going to get stronger!
You guys...
One! Two! One! Two! One! Two!
You know what? Despite it all, they're making progress for sure.
There's nothing more for you to do here.
Move on to the next step.
Right.
We defeated an Upper Rank.
But...
Muzan Kibutsuji...
Until we defeat him...
it will never end.
I'm counting on you.
Right! I'll bring him down, no matter what!
Tanjiro...
Good luck at your next stop, too!
All right, everyone, I'll see you again at another training ground!
Kamado! We're counting on you!
We'll be heading your way later on!
I'll be going now!
Thank you so much!
Sure! You take care!
Good luck!
- Take care, all right? - See you!
We have arrived! We have arrived!
Work hard now.
I-I can't take this anymore!
THERE IS NO DIRT IN THE MIND EVEN IF IT IS CLEAR AND PASSABLE.
What are you talking about?
If you can't even handle this, you'll be devoured by a demon right away.
Hey, it's Tokito!
Hey, you...
If this were real, you'd have died three times by now.
PART 3.
Today, I'm going to talk about Mr. Uzui!
I've already retired from the Hashira...
but if you're going to do this, make it flashy!
Right!
All right, here's a Taisho-era secret!
His hobby is hunting for secret hot springs,
and he says he also healed his wounds at one after the Entertainment District battle!
How bland is that?
You need to at least add "along with his three amazing wives!"
Oh, I see! I learned something today!
I mean, I love those three more than anything else in the world!
Lord Tengen!
Okay, let's head to a hot spring!
What a wonderful husband and wives.
Next, Episode 4, "To Bring a Smile to One's Face"!
TO BE CONTINUED