Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Stuck the LandingFinale "The Hashira Unite" scored 9.7, one of its highest-rated episodes.
Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Big-budget spectacleBlockbuster-scale production values.This show: 9/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 9/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 7/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Natsuki HanaeZach AguilarAbby TrottAkari KitôYoshitsugu MatsuokaHiro Shimono
Starring
Natsuki HanaeZach AguilarAbby TrottAkari KitôYoshitsugu MatsuokaHiro Shimono
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Episode Ratings Heatmap
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| S1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.7 | |
| S2 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 8.8 | |||||||||
| S3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 9.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S4 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 9.7 |
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About
"Simple revenge story elevated by stunning visual craft"
After his family is slaughtered and his sister transformed into a demon, a young boy joins a secret order of swordsmen to hunt the creatures responsible and search for a cure. What follows is equal parts tragic origin story and monster-of-the-arc action series, but its real draw is presentation: fluid, painterly animation turns every duel into a spectacle, while sincere emotional beats keep the stakes feeling personal rather than just visual. It's straightforward in structure but executed with such craft and heart that the simplicity rarely feels like a flaw.
Watch it for
the breathtaking, fluid animation that turns every sword fight into a work of art.
Maybe skip if
you need morally complex villains or dislike a fairly repetitive demon-of-the-arc structure.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Unwavering Resolve Arc2019
8.4199K2610h 24m
It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.
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Mugen Train Arc2021
9.0185K187h 45m
Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku receives new orders: Travel to the Mugen Train, where over forty people have gone missing, and conduct an investigation. Leaving the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, he sets off on this new mission. Tanjiro's group, fresh from completing their training at the Butterfly Mansion, also head to their next mission, the Mugen Train. There they rendezvous with Rengoku, who arrived ahead of them. On this train running through the darkness, a new battle is about to begin.
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Entertainment District Arc2021
8.569K115h 8m
After visiting the Rengoku residence, Tanjirou and his comrades volunteer for a mission within the Entertainment District, a place where desires are sold and demons dwell. They journey alongside the flashy Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui, in search of a monstrous foe terrorizing the town. Sworn to slay creatures of the night, the hunt continues.
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Swordsmith Village Arc2023
8.563K83h 56m
Tanjiro’s journey leads him to the Swordsmith Village, where he reunites with two Hashira, members of the Demon Slayer Corps’ highest-ranking swordsmen - Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito and Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji. With the shadows of demons lurking near, a new battle begins for Tanjiro and his comrades.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Natsuki Hanae Tanjiro Kamado
Zach Aguilar Tanjiro Kamado
Abby Trott Nezuko Kamado, Chuntaro, Blue-Robed Courtesan
Akari Kitô Nezuko Kamado
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka Inosuke Hashibira
Hiro Shimono Zenitsu Agatsuma
Aleks Le Zenitsu Agatsuma, Additional Voices
Bryce Papenbrook Inosuke Hashibira
Gui Niang Shinobu Kochou
You-Wu-Yue-Shan Naho Takada, Tanjirou Kamado, Teruko
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