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Summary[]
Tanjiro spars with Muichiro.
After making a full recovery, Tanjiro partakes in Hashira Training, happier than the others to be able to participate. Tengen greets his former companion and is impressed to learn he had killed another Upper Rank, before ordering him to run, which Tanjiro gleefully does. Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma also extend their greetings to the Demon Slayer as they give out food. After ten days, Tanjiro passes the stamina training and has permission to move to the next stage. In Muichiro's mansion, he and Tanjiro spar at incredible speeds as Muichiro gives his lessons to attack quickly while sustaining strength. The other trainees are amazed to see someone match the Hashira.
After five days of training, Muichiro gives Tanjiro permission to proceed, his demeanour with him bright and cheery as Tanjiro is amazed at his own progress; when the other trainees ask for Muichiro's permission to proceed after two weeks, his previously aloof and unemotional face emerges, sternly criticizing them for their lack of progression. At Mitsuri's mansion, Tanjiro reunites with the Love Hashira, who is similarly ecstatic to see him. From the smell of her home, Tanjiro learns that she keeps bees to harvest honey, using it to top pancakes.
For her stage, participants must don skimpy attire and dance to music as part of her training, which is followed by flexibility exercises, involving Mitsuri using her potent strength to stretch the participants in painful positions. After completing flexibility training, Tanjiro arrives at Obanai's mansion, who has been ominously waiting for him. Tanjiro tries to proclaim his excitement but the Serpent Hashira silences him, angry at the happiness Mitsuri experienced during training with him, leaving the Demon Slayer anxious.
Obanai showing Tanjiro what his training stage looks like.
Inside his mansion, Obanai has numerous trainees tied to posts strewn in the training room. When asked if they were guilty of something to be treated so harshly, Obanai claims they are guilty of, "being weak, not learning, being a pain in the butt, and irritating me". Tanjiro spars with Obanai, using a wooden sword that would nonetheless hurt to be struck with. The Hashira uses his unusual fighting style to weave attacks between the tied victims and hit his opponent, all while Tanjiro must attack back without hitting anyone. Worsening his task is that he is able to hear the inner thoughts of the tied trainees, praying not to be hit.
Obanai's weaving strike hits Tanjiro.
Despite the difficult task, Tanjiro progresses and is able to attack more accurately than ever, even fending off Obanai. After four days, upon landing a strike on Obanai's clothing, the Serpent Hashira orders him to leave. On his way to Sanemi's mansion, Tanjiro is startled by Zenitsu suddenly grabbing at him, begging him to help his escape from the brutal stage. Sanemi himself then appears and grabs Zenitsu, angrily yelling at the trainee to choose between training or dying, before ordering Tanjiro to carry him and follow his lead.
As he remarks of his excitement to train, Sanemi tells him not to be carried away as he dislikes him. Tanjiro, remembering when Sanemi stabbed Nezuko multiple times in order to prove she was a danger, retorts that he doesn't like him either, earning the Hashira's ire. Sanemi's training involves participants sparring against him, a straightforward task that becomes immensely difficult due to Sanemi's brutality and refusal to relent, only stopping when they vomit blood or lose consciousness; Tanjiro remarks that even Obanai gave him more breaks. Sanemi is especially hard on Tanjiro, using any brief lapse in concentration to attack him, leaving his face covered in large bloody bruises.
Following his first day, Tanjiro slinks to his room, dismayed by his dismal training session, when he hears Genya's voice. Genya attempts to speak with his older brother but Sanemi claims he has does not have one, threatening to kill him if he speaks again, as Tanjiro watches the commotion.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Tanjiro Kamado
- Tengen Uzui
- Suma
- Makio
- Hinatsuru
- Muichiro Tokito
- Mitsuri Kanroji
- Obanai Iguro
- Zenitsu Agatsuma
- Sanemi Shinazugawa
- Genya Shinazugawa
Events[]
- Tanjiro partakes in Hashira Training and progresses quickly.
- Tanjiro enters training with Sanemi, though it ends with brutal treatment.
- Genya attempts to speak with Sanemi.