They understand each other more than Tanjiro ever would have expected. Giyu's backstory began with a family tragedy. He had an older sister named Tsutako, and she was once happily engaged to marry.

The fight also revealed Akaza’s heartbreaking backstory. Even after Tanjiro severed his head, Akaza kept on fighting and was about to launch a devastating attack. However, he stopped midway and ...

While he and Daki’s backstory revealed Gyutaro to just be protecting his sister as a brother should, Gyutaro still deserved the death Tanjiro gave him. While Akaza does technically kill himself ...

Giyu is also an exceptional swordsman, but Tanjiro looks up to Giyu as an elder brother. Giyu has suffered a lot and has a tragic backstory. His sister sacrificed her life to save him from a demon.

Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc Episode 2 sees Tanjiro reaching out to Giyu, and it’s soon explained that Giyu doesn’t actually feel like he’s the Water Hashira. It’s because he doesn ...

Demon Slayer has a tendency to empathize with its villains, giving them some semblance of a backstory before they ... considering how they parallel Tanjiro and Nezuko. After arguing and saying ...

Tanjiro is still recovering ... However, we learn to love Zenitsu in this episode once we see his backstory, which involves an old man who will never give up on him. This is one of the episodes ...

Tanjiro is safe because he’s the series protagonist. So is Nezuko, because not only is she Tanjiro’s little sister, she’s the entire reason he became a demon slayer in the first place.