InuYasha

Overview: A half-demon named Inuyasha and a girl named Kagome (who is the reincarnation of a priestess named Kikyo) team up in feudal Japan to recover the shards of the Shikon Jewel.

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20210518:
Ada was watching InuYasha and I joined while she was watching S2E18. She said she watched two episodes before that (S2E16 and 2E17). The battery ran out. 10:14 PM

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20210521:
Ada watched up to S2E20. I'm going back to watch missed episodes (S2E04-S2E05).

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20210523:
Ada was watching an episode, but I wanted to sync up, so I had us go back to S2E20.

20210526:
Ada and I finished the second season today.

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20210809:
Today I went to investigate if I missed out on any episodes.

The first possible episode I didn't yet see was Episode 38 / S2E11. For the most part, I would say I don't recognize the episode. However, it feels like she's told her friends about Inuyasha before.

For Episode 39 / S2E12, I also didn't recognize the majority of it. I did recognize some of the later portion of the episode, but that is likely because it was recapped in the following episode.

Meanwhile, I recognized the plot summary of Episodes 40 to 41.

The last episode I watched for the night was Episode 42 / S2E15. At first I recognized clips from the first part and thought I saw the episode already. But upon skipping to the middle, I found that I didn't see the episode yet, so I went back to the beginning of the episode.

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20210411: S1E01-S1E06
20210412: S1E07
20210413: S1E08-S1E11
20210417: S1E12-S1E15
20210420: S1E16-S1E21
20210421: S1E22-S1E23
20210422: S1E24-S1E25
20210427: S1E26-S1E27

20210428: S2E01-S2E03 (28 to 30)
20210511: S2E06-S2E10 (33 to 37)*
20210514: S2E13-S2E14 (40 to 41)**
20210518: S2E18-S2E19 (45 to 46)***
20210521: S2E04-S2E05 (31 to 32)
20210523: S2E20-S2E23 (47 to 50)
20210526: S2E24-S2E27 (51 to 54)

20210809: S2E11-S2E12, S2E15 (38 to 39, 42)
20210910: started S2E16 (43)
20210913: finished S2E16, S2E17-S2E18 (43 to 45)

20230331: started S3E01 (55)
20230401: finished S3E01, S3E02 (55 to 56)
20230403: started S3E03 (57)
20230404: finished S3E03 (57)
unknown: S3E04 (58)
20230410: S3E05 (59)
20230421: started S3E06 (60)
20230422: finished S3E06, started S3E07 (60 to 61)
20230423: finished S3E07, S3E08-S3E09 (61 to 63)
20230428: S3E10 (64)
20230429: S3E11 (65)
20230430: S3E12 (66)
20230501: S3E13, started S3E14 (67 to 68)
20230504: finished S3E14, S3E15-S3E18 (68 to 72)
20230505: S3E19-S3E21 (73 to 75)
20230506: S3E22-S3E23 (76 to 77)
20230508: S3E24 (78)
20230510: S3E25-S3E26 (79 to 80)
20230523: S3E27-S3E28 (81 to 82)

*The note I sent and the Netflix history don't align. I've encountered situations where I type in the next episode number but didn't watch the episode yet. In this case I would just have to give the benefit of the doubt to the note. Ruling: S2E10 was seen on 20210511.
**The Netflix history for 20210514 records S2E11-S2E15 (38 to 42). But I later determined I only watched episodes 40 to 41 (with Ada watching episodes 38 to 39 without me).
***The Netflix history for 20210518 records S2E16-S2E19 (43 to 46). According to my notes, it's likely that I haven't seen episodes 43 and 44 (S2E16 and S2E17, respectively). In 202109, I confirmed not having seen episodes 43 and 44. I also confirmed that I already saw episode 45.

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Episode 31 / S2E04:
1: before they started talking, I thought about how Myoga is a wealth of information that we almost don't question. but in reality it's curious where he learns so much and often times conveniently divulges the info at the last minute.
1: haha scared of a worm but not of Jinenji... does seem peculiar.
1: hmm interesting ending with Inuyasha s feelings on being alone - it's not too far from how many of my foreign student colleagues felt or feel. I suppose even I felt like that at times. perhaps every person can feel alone in their own ways from time to time. for me, I often felt like different groups enjoyed hanging out with me, but seldom did I hang out with just one group compared to others and I had wondered if I was alone, this was at my first high school. but by the end of the second high school I definitely had more of a one group situation 5:05 PM
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Episode 33 / S2E06:
1: Outcome is that Naraku is a half-demon.
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Episode 35 / S2E08:
1: "you compelled me to save a human life today"
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Episode 38 / S2E11
1: Haha. "I can't tell ya, it's a man-to-man promise."
1: Chuckle. Sorry for breaking the alarm clock.
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Episode 42 / S2E15
1: "The arrow is made out of soul."
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Episode 43 / S2E16
1b: I don't remember why I didn't finish the episode. Probably fell asleep. Resumed before kids hiding in the haystack
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Episode 44 / S2E17
1: I don't understand. Inuyasha never had the Tetsusaiga before, but was fine. [JP: Tessaiga, EN: Tetsusaiga]
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Episode 45 / S2E18
A: Everytime I watch Kagura fly away spinning, I just can't help how ridiculous it looks.
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Episode 48 / S2E21
1: I thought they would both enter the well.
1: interesting story by her mom.
1: I wondered if her grandfather is through her mom or her dad. 10:20 PM
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S3E01
1a: Started but got sleepy
1b: Resumed today back where Shippo gets the three boys to leave the girl alone
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S3E02
1: he touched this girl's butt
1: hehe robbed
1: ha! everything was going great until he fondled her butt
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S3E03
1a: 100!?! She's gotta be dreaming
1b: Freaky. He turned to stone. [in the next episode preview, Kagome narrates and describes the enemy's power as "creepy"]
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S3E05
1: Hehe. So much stuff.
1: Why were they so impatient? Couldn't they have stuck around and learned about techniques?
1: I almost thought he learned his lesson about the butt touching.
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S3E06
1a: Watched the intro (~5 minutes)
1b: Smile. The one student who enjoys classes.
1b: Leave her textbooks behind!?!
1b: This is the same woman who tried to meddle with Kikyo and Inuyasha a long time ago? [yes]
1b: Oh that's right, Kikyo is still a separate entity now
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S3E07
1a: Hmm. But this situation is different. Kagome is visibly fighting control. Whereas in the other situation, Inuyasha was led to believe that Kikyo made the choice.
1a: "You didn't shoot that arrow. Don't worry about it." - Inuyasha
1a: Holy. She could do that? She just disappeared. "Heed my words, it is no idle threat."
1a: Speaking of which, Kikyo didn't ask further. Does she already know what the priestess did many years ago?
1a: Huh. The priestess isn't afraid of Kikyo's warning.
1b: Resume where Inuyasha has used the claw attack against the demon. The priestess repeats the warning for him not to use his sword. Though thinking about it, why does she care if he draws his sword and Kagome dies? To me, if Kagome dies, the priestess is suddenly defenseless against Inuyasha. Thus the preistess would really not want Kagome to die, only to force the handicap onto Inuyasha by holding Kagome hostage.
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S3E08
1: Why aren't Sango and Miroku fighting?
1: Huh. I don't remember this attack. "Blades of Blood"
1: Oh that was Shippo and Kaede
1: "This is a world of your making. Tell me who you are." [earlier she said, "Are you me?"]
1: LOL. Again!?! These priestess just didn't know when to quit.
1: Huh. She already had the shikon jewel and couldn't do much with it. What else does she expect to do with it? Speaking of which, earlier enemies have just had shards of it and seemed to have posed more trouble than this.
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S3E09
1: I don't always watch the openings. But this opening looks new.
1: Okay, nice. Kagura basically said to this priestess what I had commented in the last episode: the priestess already had the shikon jewel in her possession and failed to win (with that being said, technically the same can be said of Naraku)
1: Hehe. They were able to categorize the majority of them: demon, monk, demon slayer, and despite Kagome's modern clothing, they figure she's a priestess. But for some reason (perhaps just for laughs) they lumped Kaede in with the Inuyasha and Shippo as a demon.
1: Giant chibi Inuyasha and Kagome
1: More butt rubbing...
1: Why is it called the forbidden tower of many treasures if it contains a powerful demon?
1: English audio: "He broke through that barrier?" English subtitle: "He's so reckless."
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S3E10
1: so greedy. she had the power for eternal life and she decides she has to kill inuyasha and his group for who knows why
1: that backlash move is very powerful... what demon would be able to counter it? in theory, the more powerful demon would suffer more from backlash wave...
1: huh so they never learned the story of what happened so long ago...
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S3E11
1: hehe silly side story of myoga running from shoga. but its kind of ignored how shoga amazingly has power to possess people
1: in the extra it says that she is a flea demon and she can possess anything she sucks blood from
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S3E12
1: I had fallen asleep trying to watch this and rewatched from 9 min mark or so
1: hehe Inuyasha jealous and perhaps rightly as Kagome is kind of nice to Koga
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S3E13
1: hmm Sesshomaru isn't tempted
1: Kagura is upset at sesshomaru but... it truly is her own weakness and essentjally what Sesshomaru said isn't wrong
1: lol how could she with two shards go against nuraku with an almost full shard even though he may be temporarily weak
1: oh no Inuyasha revealed his weakness... possibly [oh there's some ambiguity][a scene later and Kagura figures it out]
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S3E14
1b: resume where they get Kirara trapped by catnip.
1b: lol Inuyasha figures three more hits will change back, and it works
1b: hehe Shippo and this girl are equally matched
1b: Kagome thinks Soten is a boy, but Soten clarifies and says she's a girl. for some reason Shippo decides to stop fighting due to this realization
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S3E15 S3E16 S3E17 S3E18
1: I had taken notes but must have taken them inside the browser and forgot to save them. In short, it seems like Inuyasha and Naraku are just about evenly matched with neither being able to defeat the other. But between the two, Naraku is the one to always gloat about his power. Various things I recall writing include the following:
- power creep. as Naraku gains power, Inuyasha gains power
- Kikiyo senses that Naraku was watching her, but how is he able to do that, and why doesn't he just do that with Muso?
- Naraku mocks Inuyasha for using his brain
- Inuyasha figures that Naraku got weaker without his having Muso as part of him
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S3E19
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S3E20
1: I liked this two-episode story with Shiori
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S3E21
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S3E22
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S3E23
1: So many barriers in the show now...
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S3E24
1: Ha! It looked like Miroku stood up because he was upset, but he went to ask a servant/maid to bear his child
1: Miroku is inspecting the marks. At first I'm thinking the lord would be a demon, but then it'd be unlikely that he'd hire Sango to eliminate himself.
1: Of course (Miroku places his hand on Sango's butt)
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S3E25
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S3E26
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S3E27
1: I figure, despite how it might seem to Inuyasha, I'm guessing Sesshomaru would use his healing blade.
1: Hmm... Naraku being able to escape without any sign better have a good explanation. Otherwise it just seems like a deus ex machina. Just when Inuyasha seems to have Naraku beat, he reveals a mysterious ability to vanish undetected by all. If he had this ability to be undetected, why didn't he do it before?
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S3E28
1: Inuyasha saves a little girl, brings Kagome lunch, and has a good night rest; mildly eventful, yet charming episode
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S4E01
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S4E02
Hehe. Fighting hair.
Hehe. Ayame identifies it: "could this be an unrequited love?"
what does he mean "freed from Naraku"?
huh are lunar rainbows possible? [yes]
hehe he remembers now
ha! "unlike some other guy he's not a two-timer"
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S4E03
hehe. Shippo just says everyone feels uneasy in a fact-of-the-matter kind of way
50% chance the princess is a demon or somehow tied to the events
hehe identified as an illusion
we are shown the princess gives them a look
why wouldn't they just go to meet the lord if that's already the source of the problem
hehe. predictable. well to be fair I only gave it a 50% chance.
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S4E04
smile. "After all I'm the stronger one."
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S4E05
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S4E06
Hehe. "Save us, Dog God."
Hehe. A second rock.
Hehe. Shippo's style matches that of the monkeys making for an equal fight
Seems like such a powerful spell. Why wouldn't more characters learn such spells that can't be broken...
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S4E07
hehe. she actually has a cold
gathered so much ingredients for Kagome
awww... "school seems like so much fun"
unlike many of the demon fighting episodes which feel like filler, this episode actually has substance and is interesting to watch
Kagome willing to drink it cause Inuyasha made it... even though it probably tasted super disgusting
aww... his mother. I guess... similar to me. whenever I or my wife get sick, I make remedies based on what my mom used to do for me
his mother again....
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S4E08
smile. Kagome sees Sota practicing say "I love you" to Inuyasha. her reaction
hehe. all four "Banzai!"
hehe. Kagome and Inuyasha look at each other.
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S4E09
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S4E10
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S4E11
hehe. "evil spirit begone with you"
why do the woman love him?
haha. "pick someone important"
hehe it is revealed why Hachi impersonating Miroku got the ladies: indifference
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S4E12
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S4E13
I'm guessing Izumo has something to do with this. he seems to know a lot and at times creepy about it (sacrificing four souls, one of each)
not sure I get it. He's already a human during the day during which time he gets the pleasure of holding birds...
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S4E14
1b: Resume at the 8 minute mark
1b: Wow. This A-Un creature is powerful
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Overview: Tanjiro Kamado's family is killed by demons except for his younger sister Nezuko who is cursed to become one - though somehow appears to retain aspects of her humaness which gives hope to Tanjiro to turn her back into a human. As part of this, Tanjiro trains with Sakonji Urokodaki to become a demon slayer.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Slayer:_Kimetsu_no_Yaiba

Tanjiro Kamado

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20210403 AM:
in the morning of today, like around 2am. I started watching the first five episodes of demon slayer. Ada recently finished the anime - it was introduced to her from her coworkers. 10:17 PM

episode 3. the end was like, hmm so why did he slice through the boulder when he thought he sliced through the mask. but they revealed the answer at the end of that episode.

episode 4. was cool because that seemed like a tough demon and the whole boulder thing seemed relevant. though I guess it makes the whole selection process somewhat random and unsafe. like compared to goblet of fire where a contestant could get killed but there were guardrails to prevent it where possible. basically, there should exist a tap out option.

Nezuko Kamado

regarding the randomness, like a candidate can get through without meeting a particular demon. also certain demons are just getting stronger, so probably those that are too strong should be eliminated. also he reached the end as if there was an end. I thought the thing was timed as a seven day survival, not a journey to reach some end...

anyways, the plot twist was that there were 5 finishers instead of 4. presumably one finished much earlier than the others. again, that's different than what seems to be set out as rules. oh, the whole scent thing becoming more useful is interesting. also basically that he appears to have a gift to interact with the dead? his brother rescued him awake to be conscious and the whole thing with his training... 10:28 PM

Zenitsu Agatsuma

episode 5 was interesting in that he smelled his ore and that his color turned black. though wasnt the sword handed to him by his teacher also a demon sword. did that change color? did he have an advantage there over other contestants? given the number that made it out, it would seem that the rigor of training of initials contestents is lacking. like is there a lack if standard when it comes to knowing what it takes. shouldn't these candidates be exposed to a single demon or two in the wild first... it seems like some sort of buddy or big brother big sister system would be more useful 10:33 PM

Tanjiro

20210404 AM:
hmm. if he has a wife how does he have time to travel so far to the middle of nowhere to feast. also I guess the vampiric idea of turning never made sense to me. that muzan can just swipe to turn someone is even more ridiculous. 1:14 AM

I was reading up and I guess the lore is potentially about adding good members... because... maybe you need to fight those that hunt you. like a gang. there's a need to grow and add members otherwise the police fbi etc would catch everybody. 1:25 AM

Inosuke Hashibira

hehe. second form improved. lateral water wheel. not sure how it got around the arrow business but sure, lol 2:08 AM

the beginning of the next episode somewhat explains how Tanjiro handled the arrows. he said he collected the arrows. he seems fine for a broken leg and ribs lol. ah, right, Nezuko viewed them like humans. 2:30 AM

Zenitsu

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Mugen Train Arc

Ep 1:
Whoa. Slashed off the hands.
Oh yeah. I forgot about this "Total Concentration Breathing"
Huh. Why is he limping? How come he couldn't just heal his leg.
Ha! "I win!" No contest
His father.
Smile. "Tasty!"
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Ep 2:
In the credits, the flame hashira's father looks over to someone lying in bed
Heh. The Flame Hashira has an interesting personality and way of speaking.
Huh. He said he hasn't seen a person with a black sword become a hashira. Well a hashira specializes deeply in one form. Perhaps being not the best at one but fairly good at all five is a different level of strength.
What's with this gloomy conductor. Is it him?
Ooo. Twist. Conductor disappears with people after the light flashs off.
Does the demon have something to gain from having them sleep? Why not just kill them? [She explains in Episode 4]
I guess the possibilities are the Hashira wakes because he's obviously strong, Tanjiro wakes because he is the protagonist with unknown power cap, and Nezuko wakes up because she was in a box and overlooked.
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Ep 3:
"What kind of survival instinct is this?"
Hehe. Puts on the woods and says "Nezuko, ready?"
Why are there these errors in the dream? Is it a strength of Tanjiro or weakness of the demon?
Interesting. Tanjiro tries to wake himself.
Can't smell. Maybe try the concentration breathing? [Tanjiro just then questions it, and then someone appears]
Holy moly. Slash his own neck. As he said, what if the effect inside the dream reflects the outside... Too risky. [though I guess that's the only interpretation of "within your reach"; my own thinking though would be to question the apparition]
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Ep 4:
Smile. "So I'm gonna kill you."
Hmm. So this girl seems to speak as if she's addicted to the dreams given to her
She explains what seems to be "roundabout." Essentially she gets off on it.
Her narration about Tanjuro's ability to wake up and his willpower is effective storytelling (whereas sometimes narration ruins the moment)
She's so cocky to have explained her plan. While she's fused with the train, she should still theoretically have a head somewhere.
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Ep 5:
Hehe. Zenitsu comes to protect Nezuko. He says someting very cool. Wha. He's still sleeping!?!
The Hashira is more experienced and informs Tanjiro to search for the head.
Ooo close one. Almost tricked into slicing his neck in the real world.
He was able to use a fire attack again.
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Ep 6:
Hehe. Her final words.
Whoa. Stop the bleeding with concentration bleeding. And for the Hashira to know the status along the entire process...
Hmm... is this a higher rank demon? [he is Upper Rank Three; on this note I went to review the rankings. What had happened at the end of the first season was that we learned there were Twelve Kizuki, which were composed of six Upper Ranks and six Lower ranks. We had met Rui who was Lower Rank Five, Tanjiro did somewhat well against him, but it took the Water Hashira to finish him off. Afterwards, Muzan destroyed the remaining Lower Rank except for Enmu, Lower Rank One. She was ordered to kill Tanjiro. She was the main antagonist of this Mugen Train Arc and that explains why she was happy that Tanjiro came to her]
Hehe. The trope of speed. Tanjiro can't track them. They look like flashing lights. This reminds me of Ichigo's progression in BLEACH.
What an intense fight. But apparently one-sided.
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Ep 7:
Hmm. Did the Flame Hashira ever introduce himself by name?
The demon ability to heal seems OP. Is there no such thing as an anti-heal?
"Ninth form, Rengoku."
Whoa. Into the chest, twisted, and back up through the head. Does that count as a head slice?
What a throw.
What emotion!!!
Wow. I thought they would have destroyed this Upper Rank Three. In particular, I thought he would destroy the forest top and expose the demon to the sun.
"Set your heart ablaze."
I guess the story is more impactful with his death, but it's unfortunate to lose such a cool character.
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Entertainment District Arc

Ep 1:
Oh shit. It's Muzan. For some reason I thought this was going to be like his backstory, but it's just him in disguise.
Lol. Brutal. And it seems that Muzan's blow was so powerful the Upper Rank Three didn't immediately heal. With that being said, there must be a reason Muzan does not just have Tanjiro killed, or kill Tanjiro himself
Sun Breathing.
Headbutt.
Does his new sword remain black?
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Ep 2:
Hehe they consider Inosuke's face to be more beautiful without makeup
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Ep 3:
So we learn this demon is Upper Rank Six [Daki] Huh. She just flat out dropped this woman.
I briefly read an article that distinguishes a "geisha" from an "oiran," and how these terms compare to "courtesan." The Wikipedia artilce further repeats this information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha
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Ep 4:
That is pretty cool. "Show me my current ranking" and it shows up on his hand
Ooo. He's going for the attack. Gutsy.
Hmm. He has resolve. "It's not a matter of if I can do it. I have to!"
Holy fuck. He dislocuated his shoulders and fit through the hole
Hehe. "Maybe you should stay asleep like this the whole time."
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Ep 5:
Hmm. His interpretation is that he has to be born with a mark... but it doesn't seem necesary.
Whoa. His speed.
I suppose it'd be nice for Tanjiro to defeat Daki but it's not the end of the season yet.
She says it must be Lord Muzan's memories.
If she gets stunned when a belt returns to her, seems like that would be her weakness. If in fact she does get stunned - that's what it seemed before.
Oh no. He cut the head but it's still hanging on by a belt.
"But for some reason they're moving so slowly."
So close. "Brother please, you have to breathe." He almost killed himself hehe. But that was amazing.
Whoa. Nezuko just leveled up. Fast regeneration, leaves, and a horn.
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Ep 6:
Hehe. She regenerated her limbs midway to complete the kick. Though why Daki couldn't just go straight for the neck seems like a plothole.
Hehe. Zenitsu still asleep
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Ep 7:
Hmm. That smile from Nezuko after crushing Daki's leg seemed sinister
Holy moly. She got her head chopped off but connected [from the coagulated blood]
Nezuko power level in this form is clearly greater tha Upper Rank Six.
Huh. He chopped her head off upon entering?
Ooo. Lightning reaction. The Hashira didn't stop to wait for anything, flashed in to attempt to deal a killing strike. But the demon reacted quickly in response.
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Ep 8:
He's holding one of the two blades by the tip to extend the reach
He has the spirit of the Flame Hachira. His voice sometimes sounds like the Flame Hashira.
Hehe. "Does it look like I care..."
"Fifteen for me, and seven for my sister."
That they haven't been poisoned yet (Zenitsu, Tanjiro, and Inosuke) seems to be quite a feat considering the Hashira has been poisoned
Huh. If stopping regeneration was as easy as this (lacing a weapon with Wisteria) then why isn't it more popular [I read various possible reasons which is enough to convince me why it isn't more commonly used][spoiler: in the next episode, such poison on this Upper Rank Six was not so effective]
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Ep 9:
Hmm. Fighting with a box on his back seems like extra weight.
Huh. He blended the two.
Holy moly. Has he done that before. Sixth form. Sawing it off
Hehe. Running away with the head. Is the head have any power?
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Ep 10:
Tanjiro blames himself for everything
Lol. Then you haven't met Upper Rank Three who ran away from a fight...
Holy Moly.
Godlike Speed (he explained his cap is twice, and he used it once to break out of the rubble)
Is he gonna use Flame Hashira's tip ("Set your heart abalaze")
Oh nice. Inosuke. I was thinking earlier he would miss out on destroying the Upper Rank Six.
Hmm. Wonder how they survived that self-destruction
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Ep 11:
Nice. Nezuko saves them.
Hehe. How cute, Nezuko gives Tanjiro a piggy back ride.
Sometimes the reactions in this show are too much. They can really tone it down a little.
A magical cat. Is this the first time we've seen such a cat as collecting the blood
How cruel of them two say these mean things to each other...
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Swordsmith Village Arc

Ep 1:
he mentions sole blemish on my family
Ada identifies the dessert being brought in: castella
I'm not sure based on the explanation that there is a method to hide the location in that way. the final person to arrive must know the way...
overall this episode opened with a lot of boring story drama on the villain side and some character stuff on Tanjiro... Tanjiro seeing the man from his dream at the end was mildly interesting. and I suppose the secret weapon was mildly interesting, but how would one even begin to find a secret weapon.
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Ep 2:
This man he recognized from his dream appears to be a puppet of some sort.
The puppet has his earrings.
New technique. Smell.
Wha... the secret sword
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Ep 3:
the sword is rusty (Ada commented this out loud, and I had thought it was blood)
aww... he braided her hair [oh like the hashira woman][Mitsuri Kanroji]
ah so that's the knowledge; the demons had learned of the location of the village
so cute the three of them pondering with head tilted
hmm the demon fearlessly approaches the demon slayers
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Ep 4:
huh memory loss... that's why he feels something familiar about Nezuko? but what
nice. I didn't write it but I figured the weaker split rule would apply (as opposed to the hydra type split)
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Ep 5:
huh... the demon who spawns these fish demon... the fish demon don't seem very strong/useful
hehe she was carrying him and now he is carrying her
Nezuko grabs hold of the blade
huh is there another reason Nezuko is holding on?
his scar
hmm this move didn't exhaust him?
he seems to explain it as being less straining because now he knows he can do it
lol Kanroji showing how she shealths her curly sword
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Ep 6:
interesting. couldn't slash it
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Ep 7:
can he really defeat an upper rank? this demon probably has some special ability
Tanjiro sees the demon with 5 symbols asking if its a sixth demon. Ada says they combined
smart kid (breathes his air into the water)
hmm shares his father's eyes... is that just a coincidence?
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Ep 8:
Funny that he speaks like his brother [he soon says he suspects he started doing so after his amnesia]
wow. what a backstory. killed a demon in his rage.
it stands for infinity
uh... that ending was confusing. is he saying he is not Muichiro. from the way he speaks it would align. but very confusing as he was telling the story the different way. maybe he doesn't know. maybe he has dissociative identity disorder or similar [perhaps I misheard and he said his brother's name or I misunderstood something][20231028: the Demon Slayer wiki page for Muichiro says that the death of his brother triggered the memory loss and he had begun acting more like his older brother Yuichiro. However, in this episode, he slowly regains his memory and original disposition]
Ada recognizes that the woman is the mother of the the two twin girls [in hindsight that's exactly what Muichiro said: that she was the wife of the master]
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Ep 9:
haha. critiques the vase
"So tell me. What made you think you were the only one not taking this seriously?"
wow. Muichiro made this defeat of an upper rank seem easy. so easy that I doubted it
hehe super sliced
the Flame Hashira's guard
in his seeing his family members, the brother said "Muichiro, you did great."
so graceful
Netflix informs 2 episodes to go
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Ep 10:
huh Tanjiro didn't get his new sword yet
how will he need/get it?
will we get her backstory?
"That's not the main body!"
after the backstory she's ready to fight but she doesn't know where is the main body [she directs the three of them to find the main body]
a tattoo like Tanjiro and Muichiro, did other hashira's have it to? [at this point in the show, it appears that these three are the first among their generation to have it, it is known as the "Demon Slayer Mark"]
what kind of powers does Genya have?
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Ep 11:
haha Genya throws a tree
hehe the thunder one [Zenitsu] makes an appearance via advice.
lol what a surprise. the demon grows in size
oh Genya is demon-like cause he ate demon flesh.
only honed to the first stage
Nezuko is pointing towards something else
I was wondering and asked Ada if he jumped off or if she pushed him off. Ada said Nezuko kicked him off. That would make sense given his reaction in the air
Tanjiro is sad but I figure the importance of Nezuko to the overall story would keep her from dying somehow
Ada says maybe Genya would rescue Nezuko, but I dont think so... Tanjiro had earlier observed Genya wouldn't have been able to make it down in time
Ada observes an object moving towards Tanjiro and figures it's her
interesting... human.
what an idiot, killing the doctor that was helping him
hmm. she sent the letter "won't be long before Miss Mezuko will conquer the sun"
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Hashira Training Arc

Ep 1:
Hehe. Easy to kill but large in number. Cockroaches is such a good word choice
Perhaps that demon that disappeared right in front of them would still get punished (i.e., killed) for letting them see it.
Hahaha. Her description of getting the mark. Not far from Tanjiro's description [after she concludes, she's labeled "Tanjiro type"]
Hehe. Self-aware of his exact heart beat and and temperature
Hehe. The one hashira's insult. "Imagine you have such a simple mind that you think this is easy"
What exactly about the mark. They didn't finish. It means they will die sooner than normal? Or like after some time limit?
Hehe. While the narrative makes sense. There is, as the crow stated, no reason to trust his words. She could just come to the HQ and be killed. Even though we know that the situation is safe, she would easily be in her right not to trust and come. At the same time though... the goal of defeating Muzan sounds tempting. She would need a way to confrm the crow's message. Say there was a third party interested in her defeat. They send a crow that claims to be from Ubuyashiki trying to convince her to go to the Demon Slayer Headquarters. She believes the message, goes, and they have no knowledge of the message, but proceed to kill her anyways cause she's a demon.
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Ep 3:
I feel like given the exercise, I would have immediately called everyone to get closer together.
Lol. After about half the squad is gone he finally calls them together.
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Ep 4:
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Ep 5:
Ha! Straight into splits
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Ep 6:
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Ep 7:
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Ep 8:
1: hehe. He tells Muzan if Muzan kills him it'll only make the Hashira more upset but Muzan doesn't care
1: Oh wow... Oh I thought Muzan blew up the entire place but apparently it was rigged
1: Hehe. Zenitsu actually one of the most calm upon falling into this demon world
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