Liveblogging Kimetsu no Yaiba

I liveblog Kimetsu no Yaiba

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End of chapter 11

Listen, Tengu-san’s methods continue to be not the best, but on this occasion... good job man.

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Don’t think I didn’t see that moment of hesitation in Tanjiro’s part when Nezuko made a beeline towards Kazumi-san and worried girl. ‘Cause Tanjiro can put his own life at risk for his sister all day, but if Nezuko attacked someone else? Well, he’d have to fight her and that would’ve been devastating.

Instead, Nezuko just... patted their heads and walked off. 

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Is...is that Heartless demon really dead? Because if they are, dang Nezuko, you’ve really gotten stronger after the coma!

Also, we don’t get internal monologue for Kazumi-san like we do Heartless demon, but I’m guessing it’s an interminable string of ‘?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!!??!!?!?’

He’s really had a shitty last 24+ last hours.

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I’m not even going to criticise Heartless demon, ‘cause Tanjiro and Nezuko are that unusual.

But also, look at how badass they both look.

I love them. 

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Welp, I guess the gore is finally escalating from just dark stains that are supposedly blood and severed limbs that don’t bleed over, so I’m putting the image under a cut. Only know that Nezuko is amazinly strong.

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NEVERMIND

I CAN COMMENT ON THIS!!!!

NEZUKOOOOOOOO!!!

MY DAUGHTEEEERR!!

FINALLY SHE’S FINISHED HER NAP!!!

YES, KICK THEM IN THE FACE!!!!

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I wish I could comment more on fights aside of ‘good job not getting killed Tanjiro’

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And suddenly Heartless demon nº3 goes in for the kill!

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!

THANK FUCK TANJIRO HAS GOOD REFLEXES!

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Oh, hey. Its Flashback time!

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Heartless demon nº 3 is also different, see?!

Yeah, that’s... about what I expected. Still, look at how many hairpins are there and how casual heartless demon is about it. Well, I guess I nailed that nickname...

I’m sorry Kazumi-san.

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Excuse me, what?

If I know monster stories and manga, the justification is probably gonna be sexist in some way, so maybe I’m better if Heartless demon doesn’t answer...

Oh, hey. The Kage bushin can all talk and can chat with one another.

Ok, various things:

1) these duplicates have different emotional and physical (one’s eaten up, the other hasn’t; different number of horns) states. So, do they honestly still count as the same person? Like, can they even return to being the same being? And, if they can’t, isn’t that directly a new different person?

2) Kazumi-san, darling, buddy...Now that we know the girls aren’t being turned into demons...yeah, Satoko is probably very dead already. I’m sorry.

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So, yeah. That’s the bane of escort missions, if you go too far from the people you’re supposed to protect, they’re gonna get killed. We understand the frustration Tanjiro.

Also, hey! Heartless demon can talk! I doubt they’re about to open a polite, civil dialogue, but baby steps.

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Good reflexes, but bad precision. It happens.

I love that Tanjiro actually does the full spinning motion for the attack? Idk, I just think it’s kind of funny.

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Meanwhile, back in the fight, Tanjiro fumbled the convo and didn’t do much damage, apparently.

Excuse me? What do you mean it’s only a demon that’s splitting into three? How many powers does Heartless demon have? Or did they just grow the other bodies from cut off pieces of themselves like I wondered way back in chapter 2??

Either way, Tanjiro is still in the middle of a rescue/escort mission. Tanjiro’s priorities right now are: 1)protect the civilians 2)possibly get some info on muzan? But given that their MO seems to be create new demons and then get out of dodge before the newbie rises so...I don’t know how much he’ll get through that method.

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So, first thing first, we take a step back to recap some juicy lore. And it is juicy, holy shit! Like, usually this type of monster problem just...kinda happens? But no, Kimetsu no Yaiba has a timeline of when demons were created + the name of the one responsible. That’s... way more than most shonen protag get, but also, given the info they have and that the Demon Slayer Corps exists, this Kibutsuji Muzan is really, really good at not being caught.

Still, the fact that only one demon exists that can turn more demons does beg the question: why? Are they lonely? Or are they just the ‘Fuck Humanity’ type of antagonist?

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Onto Chapter 11

NEZUKOOOO <3<3<3<3

I hope she’s getting out of the backpack soon so she can kick ass next to her bro.