Demon Slayer - Reaction - S3E11 - A Connected Bond: Daybreak and First Light 

The toughest part is where tanjiro couldn't decide what to do whether to protect his sister or the swordsmiths. And Nezuko giving him an option to help others shows how deep their bond as siblings cuz she knows that his brother is kind. That scene really got me crying. the heavy breathing and the panic attack really cut through me 😭😭the cgi, the music, the sound effect, coloring, design- literally everything was so on point.

One thing I liked about Hantengu's design is the symbolism. At the heart of Resentment is fear. Because of Fear, Anger turns into Hatred and eats away at all other emotions. Hatred can even eat away at love (Mitsuri), however, the only way to fight hatred is through love.

They were about to have a heart attack when they thought Nezuko was a goner. 💀

Remember Rengoku's last words. He recognized Nezuko as a member of the Demon Slayer Corps. That's why Nezuko gave priority to the lives of the swordsmiths over her own. At that time, she put her hand on her chest and told Tanjiro to "Set your heart ablaze." Then Tanjiro gritted his teeth, faced forward and cut off the demon's head.

This episode was the embodiment of “They had us in the first half, I’m not gonna lie”

The animation of tanjiro's angry eyes was insane , they were shaking with anger , a very detailed animation ,perfection. 11/10 animation .

About the Genya jumping off the cliff, he didn’t have his demon powers anymore. If u look closely his hair changed back to normal and he lost his fangs

42:43 “He’s always been just a miserable, bitter person.” FYI, “miserable” is one of the meanings of “Muzan” 無惨. It can also mean cruel, deplorable, or horrifying. I doubt that was his human name, but it is certainly fitting for this king of demons.

Fairly certain the villagers were in the field hiding from the chaos in the village.

Muzan’s backstory being black and white with only his red hues and blood being coloured looks so good. Was super creative approach, I really dig it. It also goes really well with the character too.

29:06 We knew Muzan was the first demon and that he has lived for at least a thousand years. Urokodaki told Tanjiro about Muzan after the final selection.

Demon slayer really knows how to play with your emotions

13:38 Fun fact, Tanjiro mixed Thunder clap and Halo Dance .... Aka, Thunder breathing and Sun Breathing, when he went *FULL METEOR* against Hantengu.

We can't blame Tanjiro. In extreme conditions, It was dreadful to see Tanjiro battling the moral predicament. Given the conflicting choices, I entirely comprehend his inability to decide. Do you remember the themes of this arc? "Whatever you do for others you do for me" "Don't run away from your responsibillties!" The characters of DemonSlayer are the symbol of conflicting choices "selfishness (demon) or altruism (demonslayer corp)" that the author makes so important. Asked that huge question, Tanjiro could not make his own decision until the end. He is not a bastard. He is not selfish. He was confronted with the ultimate "selfish or altruistic" question and panicked. And Nezuko kicked him. It was all a cycle. Nezuko sacrificed her own life to save her brother. Tanjiro took his sister's feelings into consideration and slashed the demon. In doing so, Mitsuri was saved from being killed by Zohakuten and prevented the demons from killing people and escaping to remain a threat. And Hantengu (Upper 4), who had lied and run away before he was born, remembered his own crimes in his dying moments and was held accountable by Tanjirou. All of this is an ending that is deeply connected to the theme. It was all a cycle. "Whatever you do for others you do for me" "Don't run away from your responsibillties!"

The flashback for Nezuko is very emotional. Seeing through Tanjiro's thoughts of memories from the beginning to now. Can't see what it like without her. And the clip of Nezuko when she was human, shows Tanjiro will never heard Nezuko speak, see her smile, and see her in her human size form adds more emotion. But seeing her walking in sunlight, speaking for the first time and smile, made me leave the room in tears. Because it's been so long that Tanjiro haven't heard is his sister voice for so long.😢

Even though I read the manga, I still cried while watching the episode. The voice actor did so good in conveying emotions, the helplessness in tanjiro's voice is so heartbreaking. He is torn, he wants to save both but I think he would still stay with nezuko if nezuko didn't kicked him. Nezuko is the only family he have left, and he still have dreams to achieve for her, like buying her new yukata, do the things he haven't done for his siblings and he will do it everything to her instead.

I think they gave us the flashback montage for Nezuko because that's Tanjiro's perspective. He believes she's dying, so he thinks of their past and everything they've been through.

It absolutely killed me when Nezuko kicked Tanjiro toward the demon and gave him that salute :(

Urokodaki tells Tanjiro in the first few episodes that Muzan is the first demon and has been alive a thousand years and that he's the only Demon who can make more Demons.

That panic attack scene was so well done. It's only a few seconds but it seems to last forever

1) Tanjirou getting so angry at Hantengu he hit him with the ‘chase you to the depths of hell’ was cold 2) the music this episode went above and beyond, from the organ at the beginning to the chanting during dancing flame to the insert song 3) seasons like this where I have Witch from Mercury, World Dai Star and Demon Slayer episodes like these are not good for my heart omg lol

Theres a moment where tanjiro is watching nezuko walking to her and it shows the reflection of her in his eye. It's very reminiscent of Rengoku and Tanjiro talking to each other one last time and showing each others reflections in the other's eye. Seeing the images side by side hits HARD

never been this early! woohoo! why are the swordsmiths there? please remember that their village was attacked by Gyokko's fishes. they escaped from that probably saving as many swords they can hold. it's just Tanjiro and Hantengu's fighting area got extended because Hantengu kept on running and escaping too. also, Tanjiro's dilemma isn't just saving Nezuko vs saving 3 stranger swordsmith, it's more like saving Nezuko vs letting Hantengu consume human and regain his strength to escape and letting him live and kill more people in the future. Nezuko can't let that happen because she's also a part of the demon slayer corps that's why Nezuko decided for his brother instead.

Nezuko's flames can't heal. Last season she burned the poison inside of their bodies because the poison was from a demon

this ep was such a tearjerker for it's own reasons & there's no good way to end a anime season, all endings are sad, but at least this ep made s3 go out with such a bang. i so cannot wait for s4, jan 2024 i heard, that's too far away but will be waiting

The whole montage (memories) was played because Tanjiro thought Nezuko was going to die since demons perished by the sun, logically.

They portrayed what a panic attack would look like and this whole episode was so well done for the season finale. Also, I shouldn't have laughed but that caught me so off guard at the end with how Muzan slaughters the two women and walks out like nothing happened.

Yea this ep had me punching air. That montage really made it feel like Nezuko was going to die.

What do you mean why were they there ? The village was attacked by fish demons so the once that escaped hid there. And a plain field is the best place to hide from a demon since they won't be able to sneak up on you.

39:40 Takes off Tanjiro's blindfold and Akaza sitting in the cart with him, holding an umbrella

They talked about muzan being the first demon in the first season within the first 10 episodes. He is the first and the only one that can create demons with his blood so every demon we've seen is made and controlled by him

I remember Chachamaru being outside the window of the house where Tanjiro and others are recovering before going to the swordsmiths' village. That was the message Chachamaru was gonna deliver?

I think the reason that Tanjiro got the special send-off is that he was willing to sacrifice his sister to save the villagers. Everyone appreciated how much he was willing to give up for their safety. Of course, it's really Nezuko who sacrificed herself (assuming she did not know that she would be able to survive the sun) but the sentiment is the same -the Kamado siblings were willing to give up everything to protect the people and the villagers wanted to show their appreciation. Beyond that, Tanjiro was likely the only one of the defenders of the village left at that point - Tokito, Mitsuri and Genya had all left - so maybe he (and Nezuko) was the last to get the big send-off.

Okay this season is calm before the strom 💀

'why did they all run together?' It's a herd mentality and we are a pack species that works that way, when danger appears we will see a person running away from it and our instincts will scream at us 'RUN THAT WAY!' they're not really to blame for being there either, a wide open space with hidden hillocks is a good hiding spot to crouch from attack, you see everywhere around you and you can bolt in any direction you can if you see a threat.

Nezuko learned that the Angry Sun from Mario should be avoided.

Nezuko focused on her ultimate goal rather than self-developing or rather aging. Her goal was survival against the sun and as soon as she does it she can speak. So now that she has conquered the sun, she will be aging or at least acting her age and talking. Hopefully we will get to see more of her as a powerful demon.

The point of the montage is that it really sells the death. You are supposed to be devastated and then shocked, it wouldn't have the proper impact if they didn't go all out making it seem like it was really happening. Then the emotional roller coaster you just got off leaves you unsteady enough to think for a split second that maybe they really killed off Mitsuri that way after letting Nezuko live.

“Is Muzan the first demon?” 🤦🏽‍♂️ they 100% said that before, and said how he’s the only one who can make demons lol

I cried while reading the manga, I cried watching it animated even without subtitles, I cried again when it already has subtitles, and I'm crying on every reaction video I watch 😭

Love watching you ladies react and was waiting for my notification when y’all’s video came up! One sick ass finale, here’s to waiting 2 years-ish for s.4 or a possible movie. 🎉

The amount of people who were ready to drop KnY if Nezuko died 😭 definitely the most beloved character in the whole show since Season 1, probably with Rengoku right behind her. Regarding Hantengu's backstory, I think he had some kind of multiple personality disorder as a human, which is why his main personality kept feigning innocence despite killing and stealing (other personalities embodied the other emotions as a demon). His other personalities probably took over when he committed crimes.

Theres a theory going around that tanjiro’s former mentor - cant rmmbr his name - inadvertantly helped nezuko survive the sun, in a way. He hypnotized her so that she would look at humans as family, so as to not harm them. That means she has never tasted human blood (let alone human meat) since she became a demon. This definitely did something to the demon cells in her body. That, on top of the fact that shes always sleeping. Rmmbr that she only wakes up when there something happening outside her box. Or else, she just sleeps. This wouldve also affected the demon cells in a way. She was in a state of hibernation most of the time, means her human cells and the demon cells had reduced activity. Somthing happened to her on a cellular level thats never happened to any demon before this. And this went on for two years… nobody knew the full extent of nezuko’s unique changes until she was challenged (either diliberate or accident). Maybe she already had the ability to withstand the sun a while back, who know? N obviously nobody would dare test that theory.

I just know am gonna cry again with u guys

29:04 uh yes Urokodaki back in season 1 mentioned that Muzan was the first demon, the one who killed Tanjiros family, the one who turned Nezuko into a demon. Season 1 feels like so long ago that it can be hard to remember huh?😅

They made this episode 50 mins long because people would have rioted the streets if they ended with the most disrespectful cliffhanger where Nezuko burns in the sunlight.

Tanjiro protected the blacksmiths, and Nezuko overcame the sun. "What I do for others goes round and round and comes back to me."

“Why are they there” idk maybe cause their entire village is a battle ground

17:29 Uh…to hide from the demon attack? They weren’t there bc they *wanted* to get in the way .-.

70 percent of the fan base would have abandoned the show if she died so good call by them 😅

It's strange that Muzan's flashback didn't mention when he was in the Jackson 5

From here on out everything is going to be INSANE. The story, fights etc get ready ladies!!

the little one burns while the other two soak in tears.

I have my own theory with Nezuko blood how it transmuting and adapting, that the Muzan cells aka his blood was converted into Nezuko cells, and reproduced. Since Nezuko didn't drink blood when she became a demon and went into a sleep cycle for 2 years I think, all that time Muzan cells weakened and she converted them, and start creating her own. That my theory anyway that how in the entertainment district she was able to reach upper rank regeneration so quick, that she doesn't need Muzan blood to get stronger or human blood to empower Muzan cells since they're her own now. So bloodlust pure demon (Muzan) vs kindhearted pure demon (Nezuko) resulting in different capabilities. Nezuko producing her own type of demonic cells, instead of using Muzans. If that make sense, that my theory anyway. That would explain why he doesn't have control/power over her either.

Something interesting about this episode is that in Muzan’s case, right before he was going to die, he committed a selfish, horrible act in killing his doctor, someone who was seemingly trying to help him, but Nezuko, despite the risk of death, sacrifices herself to save others. I’ve heard of theories that these could be results of something like karma. Muzan kills and becomes a demon, and Nezuko is rewarded by evolving or adapting, which she seems to have been doing pretty much since the start.

"Thank Goodness" should be the title of this ep finale

To be fair, while everyone did plenty of work, Tanjiro led the battle. He figured out the gimmick of Hantengu first, he talked genya, nez, and mitsuri through the fight, tracked down the main body, and even saved them all in multiple occasions.

That was one of the spoilers my roommate blurted out to me after season 1 ended! Nezuko being a Daywalker..even knowing she would live it still hit hard...the writer did a good job with the emotional parts I think she deserves award for that...Tanjiro's panic attack!.. having lost people in my life I felt that....that demon slayer sword offer is nice😎..15%

If I didn't have found the movie reaction yesterday I would have certainly found it today

09:56 Nezuko Blood Demon Art 🩸 doesn’t heal. It burns at anything Demon yet does not hurt Human. The reason why Tanjiro, Inosuke and Tengen felt better after she burn them is because her blood burns away Gyutaro Poison. In this instance, Genya is 🔥 because he ate Demon Flesh and his body is now exhibiting Demon properties. Thus Nezuko Blood burns him.

To add to the conversation at the start, half Japanese kids get bullied and judged all the time if they have basically any hair colour other than black or dark brown

Muzan was the first Demon and all the others were created from him (and possibly the Upper Moons, that's unclear) Good job dead doctor, unleashing this on the world

I’m so happy for Tanjiro and Nezuko, truly! After all the horrible things that they’ve been through all these years they deserved that happy moment. Now they’re one step closer to making Nezuko completely human again!

I love the fact that Nezuko was the one that made the choice to save the Swordsmiths and not Tanjiro. As nice of a guy as Tanjiro is, I don't think he would ever willingly sacrifice Nezuko. But Nezuko, like Tanjiro, is a Demon Slayer. She's willing to put her own life on the line to save innocents.

The fact that Muzan avoided not to step on books but intentionally step on that woman .

The fact that the Hashira wasn’t even close to beat Zohakuten (Hantengu)

This just shows how the Kamado siblings are as heroes. Tanjiro is torn between saving others and being selfish. If he's selfish enough he wouldn't be that indecisive but he still thought of how he could save both the villagers and Nezuko. And Nezuko who chose to save the villagers over herself. And also to spare Tanjiro from that predicament of having both her and the villagers die if she didn't push him.

They literally played with everyone's emotions this episode 😂. I already knew that Nezuko will conquer the sun this season but yet couldn't hold myself tearing up a bit for that scene. Very amazing animation ny the artists 👏

Those swordsmiths came first which Nezuko realised thats why she kicked Tanjiro away. Remember Tanjiro is part of the demon slayer corp whos mainpurpose is to kill demons and to protect humans.

This episode made many reactor cry. I don't know how the reactors gonna do when the infinity castle and sunrise countdown arc were to be animated, no hashiras are safe

They did mention in the first season that Muzan is the first demon

15:41 best blooper before the storm 18:07 I think most of us were just like that at that moment. The silence was so brutal. Awesome reaction ❤ I was so looking forward to this. The best is yet to come.

Hhaha it's funny how everyone thinks muzan must be pissed but instead he's the happiest of all🤣🤣🤣

I'm getting so much invested to your reactions. I hope we get to see you watch the show, Summertime Render. The protagonist VA is the same as Tanjiro. It has action, mystery, horror, etc. A genre for almost everyone. Very suspenseful and the plot twists are good. A nice mixture of mystery and action.

I love Morgan's reactions, "I dont care about his backstory!!!"😂 And can we get a count on how many times Sam said 'montage' on this episode😂

Just a reminder, Nezuko's flames have never healed, they burn demons and their techniques. In season 2 what Nezuko did was just burn the poison that they all have

47:32 Nezuko was prioritizing becoming human again that’s why her brain is still that of the child. Her conquering the sun is one of the steps to achieve that goal

my theory is that the doctor isn't dead he's like muzan and he was experimenting on him. That sword to the head isn't enough to kill him. Muzan isn't the last boss.

I love the Montage lol. I think its completely a justified moment of character development for Nezuko and its badass. The whole show Tanjiro has been attempting find a cure for his sister, but this is a moment she EARNS. In season 1 Nezuko is transformed and manages to achieve some sentience by her familial bonds with not only her older brother but also her mothers spirit. Her agency towards her journey is taken from her slightly when she is hypnotized to see all humans as members of her family, but slowly overtime we see that this wears off because she able to recognize not only Zenitsu and Inosuke but also Sanemi (Cause she really doesn't like him LOL). By the second season we see her grapple with her demon side more. She tastes power, enjoys it and wipes the damn floor with Daki. She relishes in her anger and cruelty and she nearly devours humans! Its not until she is reminded of her mother, and finally is able to process the death of her family, that she is able to return to normal. Afterwards she obtains the power to burn away demon-poison (a metaphor for processing grief and absolving yourself from all that pent up anger that's hurting you?? lol maybe that's too deep) Regardless, we get to the third season and more specifically this moment. Nezuko is able to reclaim part of her life back (being in the sun) directly after she makes the choice to act selflessly in the preservation of humans. Even when she is at her weakest and her most vulnerable she acts decisively and morally for both those civilians and her brother (By making an impossible choice for him). Just as Nezuko teaches us in the first season when she sees Tamayo and Yushiro as humans...Humanity isn't a state of being. It is choice and one we must make constantly

Did you know that early on season 1 the soup that tanjiro’s mom made was blue spider lily, and its only bloom on the sunrise thts why muzan never find it. Nezuko overcome the sun theoritical because she already consumed the flower back then.

Muzan has just always been a straight up menace lmao. I was kind of scared if Nezuko at first because she gave off a little bit of a creepy vibe lol

Lady Tamayo broke Muzan's curse long before she met Tanjiro and that's why she didn't need Muzan's permission to turn Yushiro.

Every demon seems to change and mutate in reaction to their personalities and actions. The coward creates other to protect himself and the artist makes art demons and has been a superiority and inferiority complex. Even Gyutoro "saved" his sister by absorbing her into his body. Nezuko has always refused to eat humans and even fought to protect them but I think it was the moment she chose to sacrifice herself that removed the last of the negative demon traits. Eating humans, muzan's pseudo mind control of other demons and a vulnerability to the sun. I would argue those all come from muzan himself, his evil personality created those evil traits. The rest, the ability to mutate in the first place, would be the actual effects of the original medicine. The medicine by itself isn't "evil".

Its a small detail that they throw in at 30:30, but this is a callback to the lady Muzan killed in the back alley all the way back in Season 1 Episode 7. When he overflows her with blood.

Yall made me cry like i did when i first saw it 😅 Morgan was always so excited for the demon backstories. but she couldn't care less right now! Same dude... same.

When she made a fist it was actually to show Tanjiro that they have to be strong and that she was strong.....strong enough to resist the sun. I don't think she would have thrown him if she wasn't at least a little bit sure she could resist the sun.

I feel like they could have pushed it a little more to make it even more extreme since its such a big moment for nezuko. It feels pretty anticlimatic (the part where she just casually walks towards tanjiro) but it is already very emotional. Maybe if they show the whole process of nezuko conquering the sun it wouldve been even better.

Literally every reactor had that same "Fu*k off, I don't care about your backstory." Only to realise that he was as shitty as human as he is as a demon. Make me wonder how bad Gyokko was Considering they didn't even bother with his back story. One of the only two non emotional back stories of UMs

I love how Zenitsu always mentioned Grandpa, instead of Master showing he really lives his Grandpa so much which in manga big hit for Zenitsu. (spoiler)

tanjiro couldn't pick over his sister and the villagers because at the moment he became a demon slayer he also engraved within himself that those in need of help always come first, even if he didn't have a sister he would've gotten scolded or even kicked from the corpse or by other members for choosing a demon over a person.

Me noticing the 3 headset warnings: Aww they are so considerate to put those headset warnings. I love them so-- *still didnt remove the headsets in time, eardrums bleeding like Tanjiro being hit but the "joy's demon soundwave scream" .. joke haha got my volume down always when in headset but thank you for warnings for the rest of the audience who didnt put the volume down. haha Love to see people scream at parts where I scream as well. --- Last episode for season 3 demon slayer staff meeting: Boss: Okay guys, we know at this scene, that Nezuko wont die and will just conquer the sun, but our viewers wont know that yet when Nezuko kicks tanjiro away so taht he could save the villagers. What do you suggest we add to this scene for further increase emotional damage? Loki, the God of mischief, present in the staff meeting, disguised as that lazy employee that looks like he is only half listening: Why wont we add a past scene montage where Tanjiro and Nezuko are focused and a last shot where Nezuko is smiling as a human. Boss: You just got promoted. Also I feel like hantengue can never get a therapist because no one wants to listen to his back story hahhahaah 19:51

I’m a manga-reader and the Nezuko scene still had me a total mess. I remember in the manga, my heart just sunk… it also took me a little while to read beyond that because I didn’t want Nezuko to be gone; it hit hard. Hell, I’ve watched this episode a few times now (2nd time was with the wife and kids and this was the 3rd) and I was still a mess during that scene.

This really shows just how strong upper 4 really was ffs😭…love hashira almost died AND plot really saved nezuko❤️🥹

The part where Tanjiro couldn't decided whom to save, remind me to the question in the first stage of the hunter x hunter exam, when after Kurapika and Leorio realize there´s is not a good answer, the camara focus on Gon, and he said "But someday i wil have to face this dilema, what should i do??"

I liked the AOT salute that Nezuko gave dont know if thats the Demon Slayer Salute or just a call out to AOT but it was cool nonetheless

There Family is practicing sun breathing for generation now it's in there blood immunity from Sunlight originally Kamado Family hair was black but after practicing sun breathing techniques for generation they are red.

Why Nezuko can stand the sunlight even she still a demon it bcoz of Blue Spider Lily flower. That's why Muzan searching for that flower over 1000 years but still can't find it. Only Nezuko late mother who knows the location of that flower. Before she died, She always make the flower into a dish so Nezuko and other siblings can eat it. 😁

One of the last few doing real honest reactions. Thank you

Whew are you guys in for a whirlwind in the infinity castle arc 😮

Funny fact: the anime censor It but when Tanjiro, Nejuko and the scum demon fall off, Tanjiro fall in a branch of that tree getting him impaled.