Kimetsu no Yaiba Episode 2 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki

Tanjiro repairs a farmer's basket so Nezuko can ride inside it on the way to Mount Sagiri, and a nearby woman warns him that people have gone missing. At night he finds a temple where a demon is eating corpses; the fight ends with the demon burned to ash by sunrise. Sakonji Urokodaki then tests Tanjiro by having him carry Nezuko on a run and climb the mountain, and Tanjiro barely returns by dawn. Sakonji accepts him as a student after recalling Giyu Tomioka's letter.

• Basket repair on the road

  Tanjiro gets a worn basket, straw and bamboo from a farmer and repairs it himself so Nezuko can travel hidden inside, away from the sun.

• Temple fight with the demon

  At the temple, a demon eating corpses fights Tanjiro and Nezuko, and Nezuko kicks the demon's head off to save her brother. The demon is later burned to ash by sunrise.

• Sakonji's test

  Sakonji questions Tanjiro's resolve to kill demons, then sets him a test of running with Nezuko and climbing the mountain at night.

• Descent and acceptance

  Tanjiro makes it down the trapped mountain before dawn and collapses at Sakonji's doorstep, and Sakonji accepts him as his student.

Recent Timeline

• Family massacre discovered (Episode 1)

  Returning from Saburo's home at dawn, Tanjiro finds his mother and family dead and Nezuko bloodied in the front yard, with Rokuta in her arms. Nezuko is the only one still warm, and he carries her toward town for help before she turns into a demon and attacks him.

• Nezuko spared by Demon Slayer (Episode 1)

  Giyu Tomioka attacks the transformed Nezuko but, seeing her protect Tanjiro while wounded and resisting hunger, decides to spare her and knocks her unconscious. He then tells Tanjiro to seek Sakonji Urokodaki at the foot of Mount Sagiri.

• Temple demon killed at dawn (Episode 2)

  Tanjiro and Nezuko fought a demon eating corpses in a forest temple. Nezuko kicked its head off and Tanjiro threw its body off a cliff, but when Sakonji, appearing behind him, told him to finish the head with a rock, Tanjiro froze; the demon burned to ash when the sun rose.

• Sakonji's mountain test (Episode 2)

  Sakonji tested Tanjiro by having him carry Nezuko on a run and then descend the trap-filled mountain before dawn. Tanjiro reached Sakonji's doorstep battered at sunrise, and Sakonji accepted him as his student, prompted by Giyu's letter.

Character Graph

Giyu Tomioka

Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer who finds Tanjiro and Nezuko, believes Nezuko is different and spares her. He sends Tanjiro to find Sakonji Urokodaki.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Other, Mixed)

  Attacks Tanjiro at first, then spares him and sends him toward Urokodaki.

• Nezuko (Other, Mixed)

  Restrains Nezuko, then spares her after seeing she is different from other demons.

Nezuko

demon

Younger sister of Tanjiro. Her wounds were exposed to a demon's blood and she became a demon, but she protects her brother and does not eat humans. She travels hidden in a basket on Tanjiro's back to avoid sunlight and saves him from the temple demon.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Family, Affinity)

  Older brother, whom she protects even after her transformation.

• Giyu Tomioka (Other, Mixed)

  Demon Slayer who restrains her and then spares her after seeing she is different.

Saburo

Elderly neighbour who has lost his family to demons. He warns Tanjiro not to enter the mountain at night and explains to him what demons are like.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Other, Affinity)

  Elderly neighbour who shelters Tanjiro for the night and explains the danger of demons to him.

Tanjiro Kamado

Eldest son of the Kamado family, who sells charcoal to support his family. After his family is murdered by a demon, he finds his sister Nezuko transformed into a demon and vows to save her.

• Nezuko (Family, Affinity)

  Younger sister. Transformed into a demon, and Tanjiro refuses to abandon her.

• Giyu Tomioka (Other, Mixed)

  Demon Slayer who first attacks Tanjiro and Nezuko, then spares Nezuko and sends Tanjiro to Sakonji Urokodaki.

• Saburo (Other, Affinity)

  Elderly neighbour who shelters Tanjiro for the night and explains the danger of demons.

Sakonji Urokodaki (Sakonji)

A man living at the foot of Mount Sagiri who trains swordsmen and introduces himself to Tanjiro after the demon fight.

• Tanjiro Kamado (Mentor, Affinity)

  Sakonji accepts Tanjiro as his student after the mountain test, having been asked by Giyu to train him.

World Memo

• Demons devour humans

  Demons devour humans and are nocturnal, so crossing the mountain at night is perilous and demons roam about at night.

• Demons can enter houses

  Demons can enter human houses, which is why Demon Slayers are present to protect people.

• Demon Slayers protect people

  Demon Slayers exist to protect people, and their job is to kill demons.

• Transformation by demon blood

  A human whose wounds are exposed to a demon's blood turns into a demon. Giyu claims this cannot be undone, though he admits demons might know a way to reverse it.

• Mount Sagiri foot

  Sakonji Urokodaki, an old man, lives at the foot of Mount Sagiri.

• Sunlight harms transformed demon

  A transformed demon must not be exposed to sunlight.

• Mount Sagiri traps and thin air

  Mount Sagiri contains numerous traps along its paths, and its air is thin, making breathing difficult while climbing. Some traps are made of bamboo.

Clue Board

• Second scent at the house (Episode 1)

  Tanjiro recalls that another scent was present at the house during the murders and suspects it belongs to the true culprit, not Nezuko.

• Cause of transformation (Episode 1)

  Giyu explains that Nezuko's exposed wounds came into contact with the demon's blood, which caused her change into a demon.

• Possible reversal of transformation (Episode 1)

  Giyu says a transformation is irreversible, yet also suggests demons may know how to reverse it, though he doubts they would help.

• Nezuko's restraint (Episode 1)

  Nezuko spends energy healing her wounds and fighting while resisting the urge to kill Tanjiro for food, and Giyu notices she is different from other demons.

• Missing people near the mountain (Episode 2)

  A woman near the mountain warns Tanjiro that people have gone missing lately and urges him to be careful; who or what is behind it is not shown.

Deduction Board

Facts

• Avoids sunlight

  Nezuko dug herself into the ground, showing strong reluctance to see sunlight.

• Salivates at blood

  The smell of blood at the temple causes Nezuko to salivate.

• Accepts Tanjiro as student

  Sakonji accepts the exhausted and injured Tanjiro as his student.

• Recipient of Giyu's request

  Giyu had sent Tanjiro to Sakonji to be trained as a swordsman.

Evidence

• Resists urge to eat

  Despite the smell of blood, Nezuko fought her urges and kicked the demon's head off to save Tanjiro.

• Believed harmless to humans

  Giyu told Sakonji that Nezuko would not harm humans.

• Giyu's letter

  Giyu wrote that Tanjiro wants to become a Demon Slayer after being brave enough to attack him, and that Sakonji, like Tanjiro, has a keen sense of smell.

Inferences

• Nezuko not the killer

  Tanjiro does not believe Nezuko was responsible for killing the family because of the other scent.

• Different from ordinary demons

  The swordsman judged that she was different and chose to spare her rather than kill her.

Suspicions

• Possible true culprit

  Tanjiro suspects that the owner of the other scent may be the real culprit behind the family's deaths.

• May devour a human

  Sakonji warned that Nezuko might devour someone and said the proper response would be to kill her and then take his own life.

• Tests fitness through travel

  Sakonji tested whether Tanjiro was fit for the Demon Slayer Corps by making him carry Nezuko and follow him.

Battle Record

At a forest temple, Tanjiro and Nezuko fight a corpse-eating demon; Nezuko kicks its head off, and the demon burns to ash at sunrise after Tanjiro hesitates to finish it.

Clash with the Demon Slayer

Snowbound mountain path · Episode 1

Location: Mountain path above the cliff near Tanjiro's house

Trigger: Nezuko's transformation into a demon after her wounds were exposed to demon blood

Sides

• Tanjiro's side — Fighters: Tanjiro Kamado, Nezuko
• Demon Slayer — Fighters: Giyu Tomioka

Outcome: Giyu spares Nezuko and knocks her unconscious; Tanjiro is knocked unconscious earlier and then wakes.

Aftermath

• Tanjiro buries his family in the front yard of their house
• Giyu tells Tanjiro to seek Sakonji Urokodaki at the foot of Mount Sagiri and warns him to keep Nezuko out of sunlight
• Tanjiro and Nezuko leave their home for the mountain

Temple demon fight

Forest temple at night · Episode 2

Location: Forest temple on the way to Mount Sagiri

Trigger: A demon eating corpses in a forest temple attacks Tanjiro on the way to Mount Sagiri

Sides

• Tanjiro's side — Fighters: Tanjiro Kamado, Nezuko
• Demon — Demon: Temple demon

Outcome: Nezuko kicks the demon's head off and Tanjiro throws its body off a cliff; Tanjiro cannot bring himself to crush the head, and the demon burns to ash at sunrise.

Aftermath

• Tanjiro buries the demon's victims at the temple
• Sakonji Urokodaki, who watched Tanjiro hesitate, introduces himself and asks what he will do if Nezuko devours someone

Ability Table

Season Summary

Season 1 — Season 1

Episodes 1–2

After his family is slain and his sister Nezuko is turned into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado sets out with her for Mount Sagiri, where Giyu Tomioka has directed him to Sakonji Urokodaki. Along the way he has Nezuko ride hidden in a repaired basket to shield her from sunlight, and at a temple he fights a corpse-eating demon, with Nezuko kicking its head off to save him before it burns to ash at dawn. Sakonji tests him by making him run after him carrying Nezuko and then descend a trap-filled mountain at night, and after Tanjiro barely returns by dawn, Sakonji accepts him as a student.

Music Releases

• Gurenge (OP)
• from the edge (ED)