Final Selection

Final Selection is a selective process for individuals who seek to become a recognized Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Overview
Final Selection takes place on Mount Fujikasane, where Wisteria flowers bloom every season from the mountain's foot to its slope. The area around the mountaintop does not have any Wisteria flowers and is infested with demons, which were caught alive and placed on the mountain by existing Demon Slayers. Since Wisteria is poisonous to demons, they remain trapped inside the mountain and cannot leave. Most of the demons captured are relatively weak, and have only killed up to two or three people, presenting enough of a challenge for candidates to test their skills. However, there was one example of an abnormally strong demon that managed to kill and devour over fifty candidates for decades.

The candidate is asked to climb up the stairs to the top of the mountain at night and wait near the shrine for the start of the event. Every event is usually attended by nearly twenty young swordsmen. Kiriya Ubuyashiki and Kanata Ubuyashiki from the Ubuyashiki family will serve as curators who organize the event. They will arrive together and explain the rules to the candidates. The exam requires the candidate to survive seven nights on the mountaintop, without any outside aid. Candidates who successfully survive the seven nights are then permitted to become official members of the Demon Slayer Corps.

After seven days, the exam ends in the early morning and the survivors gather at the mountain's top again. The curators congratulate them and inform them that they will receive their own Demon Slayer Corps uniform. The Corps will also take their measurements and then engrave their rank. They all start at the bottom rank of Mizunoto. The new Demon Slayers also get to choose their own ore for their Nichirin Sword, and will receive the katana two weeks later after it is finished by the swordsmiths. Lastly, they assign the members a Kasugai Crow each, which are used for communication.

Usually only a handful of candidates survive. The Corps' leader Kagaya Ubuyashiki is satisfied with any number, as the amount of Demon Slayers would nevertheless increase with each Final Selection. The only exception is the edition that Giyu Tomioka and Murata partook in where almost all twenty candidates survived. Sabito single-handedly defeated every demon and saved all the other to-be slayers. Afterwards, he was killed by the Hand Demon and was the only candidate who died in that year's Final Selection.

Trivia

 * Most prospective Demon Slayers train for at least one year before going to the Final Selection.
 * Mitsuri Kanroji is the only known Demon Slayer to have entered Final Selection without training for at least one year, that being six months.

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