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Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki is the 2nd episode of the Kimetsu no Yaiba TV anime series.At Giyu Tomioka’s urging, Tanjiro heads for Mt. Sagiri with his sister Nezuko, who’s been turned into a demon. During the night, Tanjiro catches the scent of blood from inside a temple. He enters, thinking that someone might be hurt, only to come upon a man-eating demon. When the demon attacks, Tanjiro manages to fight back with his axe, but the demon’s strength is overwhelming. Just as the demon is about to finish him off, Tanjiro is saved by none other than.
On the way to Mount Sagiri, Tanjiro asks a nearby farmer if he can take his basket, along with straw and bamboo to fix.Tanjiro finds Nezuko in a nearby dirt tunnel; she has also dug herself into the ground, showing her great reluctance of seeing sunlight.Tanjiro straps the basket on his back. Now able to carry her while protecting her from the sun.
Tanjiro makes his way to the mountain.Once night arrives, Tanjiro and Nezuko find a temple in the woods. As he approaches, he smells blood and runs inside.he freezes upon catching sight of a demon living inside, eating several corpses. The smell of blood causes Nezuko to salivate.
The demon lunges at Tanjiro, who slashes his neck with his hatchet.the demon showcases his powerful regeneration, healing the deep cut in seconds With incredible speed.the demon disappears momentarily and suddenly grabs Tanjiro.Despite the smell of blood, Nezuko fights the urges and runs to save her brother, kicking the demon’s head off.
Tanjiro makes his way to Nezuko. At a cliff’s edge, Nezuko grabs her brother before he could fall, while the body lands hard on the rocks below. The demon’s head gets knocked unconscious after feeling its body’s pain.Armed with a knife, Tanjiro finds the head unconscious but still alive and prepares to kill it. He rationalizes his decision by saying killing it could save others.
He grows more hesitant about killing the demon, taking long enough for a man to appear behind him. The man tells him he can’t kill it with a knife, motioning Tanjiro’s attention to a rock.The demon awakens and tries to grab mmTanjiro; at that moment, the sun rises and the light burns the demon away into ash. He realizes the demon is now dead from even little sunlight and runs to find Nezuko. He is relieved to see her inside the basket in the temple, safe from the sunlight.
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After burying the dead of the temple, the man introduces himself as Sakonji Urokodaki, and he surmises Tanjiro is the boy Giyu had sent for him.Urokodaki warns him it must never happen, to which Tanjiro now acknowledges the threat. He tests him to see if he is fit to join the Demon Slayer Corps; by carrying Nezuko and following him.As the sun set, an exhausted Tanjiro has reached Urokodaki’s house at the foot of the mountain. Struggling to catch his breath, he asks if he had passed the test; to this, Urokodaki only tells him the test will now begin and they will climb the mountain, causing Tanjiro to scream in shock.
Tanjiro make their way up the mountain,latter continuing to feel the exhaustion of his run and now feeling dizzy.Urokodaki stops and instructs the boy to make his way down the mountain before dawn before vanishing.he realizes he won’t make it down if he continues to get hit, and his problem is worsened by the mountain’s thin air causing him difficulty in breathing.
Before embarking on his descent down Mount Sagiri, Tanjiro takes a deep breath to compose himself and isolate the scents of the mountain.As day breaks, Urokodaki sees a battered and bloodied Tanjiro at his doorstep, who only mutters, “I…have…returned” before losing consciousness.Urokodaki recalls the letter he was sent by Giyu. Giyu apologizes for his abrupt request to ask him train someone but tells him that Tanjiro wants to become a Demon Slayer, since he was brave enough to attack him.
Asking Urokodaki to train him to be a swordsman, Giyu apologizes for this self serving request, before wishing him good will in his endeavours. Urokodaki sees the exhausted and injured Tanjiro and accepts him as his student.
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