Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 3 Episode 3
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 3 Episode 3 (Swordsmith Village Arc) titled “The Sword of Over 300 Years Ago” opens with Kotetsu and Tanjiro being surprised by the sword hidden in Yoriichi Type Zero. Kotetsu is excited for Tanjiro to use the sword, but is afraid and tries to convince each other of their ideas. However, they decide to unsheath the sword, only to see that it is rusty and are disappointed.
The newly sharpened Hotaru Haganezuka appears and tries to take the sword and both try to stop him as they wonder about his intentions. Kanamori comes and tickles Haganezuko until she dies. He says that Haganezuko was training to make a stronger sword for Tanjioro who was touched by it.
Haganezuko suddenly wakes up and declares that she will repair the sword for Tanjiro, and Kotetsu admonishes him for being so vague earlier. Haganezuko is angry and tries to beat him up, but Tanjiro and Kanamori stop him by tickling him. He ends up giving Tanjiro a temporary sword and promises to return in 3 days with a newly polished 300 year old sword.
At dinner time, Tanjiro worries about Haganezuko and expresses his concerns to Genya. However, the other slayer has no interest in befriending him since he broke his arm during their final selection. Tanjiro discovers unexpectedly that Genya fractured his teeth at the hot spring and that he intended to give it back. The other boy is weird and kicks Tanjiro.
However, Tanjiro is undeterred, and as he braids Nezuko’s hair, he comes up with a plan to befriend Genya and share a meal with him the next morning.
Meanwhile, the swordsman returns from the hot springs and sees the vase. He goes to check and it turns out to be a potted demon vase, Gyokko, who eats the swordsman but vomits it up. He hates the taste, but says he won’t mind destroying the village anyway, as it will weaken the assassins. As for Hanteng, he hides on the roof and goes through his plan to quickly kill everyone for standing up to Muzan.
At that time, Genya goes to the swordsman’s hut to check his sword and finds it empty. He sees the sword and remembers his brother Sanemi. Meanwhile, Muichiro Tokito wakes up Tanjiro and wants to know about Kanamori. He says that Kanamori is his new swordsman and Tanjiro offers to help him search.
Tokito thinks he’s curious, but Tanjiro says that favors are returned. Tokito is shocked by him and asks him to repeat his words. Nezuko interrupts them and he steps back. He wonders if he’s ever seen Nezuko before and both siblings are confused. Suddenly he hears something and sees Hantenga crying as he slowly enters. Tokito attacks but the demon is fast and dodges it.
Tanjiro warns Nezuko against using her demon form because it could make her situation worse despite her best efforts to assist. Tokito cuts off Hantengu’s head, but the demon splits into two more demons, Sekido and Karaku. Tokito is destroyed in a single motion while the other demon goes after Tanjiro. Genya appears with nichirin bullets and shoots the demons. He then cuts off their heads and this demon splits into two more demons.
Tanjiro realizes that every time Hantengu cuts him down, he creates a new clone of himself, and each clone has a different ability. As they try to find out Hantengu’s weak spot, the winged clone flies off with Tanjiro while another clone stabs Genyu. When Tanjiro orders Nezuko to assist Genya, the winged demon makes fun of him. Tanjiro cuts off the leg holding him, but the clone uses sound waves to attack and he falls into the forest.
Tokito, in the meantime, rushes back to the scene upon witnessing Kotetsu attempting to repel the demon. He argues that the child has the least skill and will be the least useful to him, so he should help those with the most skill, such as the master swordsman. But he remembers Tanjiro’s words and returns. Kotetsu is going to be devoured by the demon, but Tokito stops him.
In the epilogue, Kotetsu is upset that Haganezuko is busy working on a 300-year-old sword while they are attacked. Tanjiro reveals that Haganezuko has chimes on his hat because whenever he got angry as a child, his family would calm him down with chimes. Haganezuko appears and scolds them for thinking of him as a child. But they start playing the glockenspiel and he tries to run away.=
Episode review
Finally the event started. While the filler episodes of the slayers recovering and training were fun to watch, the action sequences of the demon slayers are on another level. And with this episode, we received a sneak peek at what’s coming in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 3.
Every season the demons and slayers up their game and we have some really exciting abilities this season. Sure, Hantengu may be a coward, but he’s a higher rank demon for some reason. Splitting into a clone every time he’s decapitated is a pretty great defense. As for Tokito, there’s definitely something going on with him that can change our perception of him as an apathetic killer who likes to avoid.
