Demon Slayer Guide: All 63 Episodes, Cast and Where to Stream

Season 1 · 26 episodes · 26 aired · Apr 6, 2019 to Sep 28, 2019

1. E1Apr 6
2. E2Apr 13
3. E3Apr 20
4. E4Apr 27
5. E5May 4
6. E6May 11
7. E7May 18
8. E8May 25
9. E9Jun 1
10. E10Jun 8
11. E11Jun 15
12. E12Jun 22
13. E13Jun 29
14. E14Jul 6
15. E15Jul 13
16. E16Jul 20
17. E17Jul 27
18. E18Aug 3
19. E19Aug 10
20. E20Aug 17
21. E21Aug 24
22. E22Aug 31
23. E23Sep 7
24. E24Sep 14
25. E25Sep 21
26. E26Sep 28

1. S1.E1 · Sat, Apr 6, 2019

   Cruelty

   Tanjiro comes home from selling charcoal to find his family killed and his sister Nezuko changed. Everything the series is about starts here.

   Directed by Haruo Sotozaki

2. S1.E2 · Sat, Apr 13, 2019

   Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki

   On the road to Mt Sagiri, Tanjiro meets a demon he cannot bring himself to kill, and the retired swordsman who tells him why that is a problem.

   Directed by Haruo Sotozaki

3. S1.E3 · Sat, Apr 20, 2019

   Sabito and Makomo

   A year of brutal Water Breathing training, and a final task Urokodaki sets precisely because he does not believe it can be done.

   Directed by Shin'ya Shimomura

4. S1.E4 · Sat, Apr 27, 2019

   Final Selection

   Seven nights on a mountain full of demons alongside a handful of other hopefuls. This is the only exam the Demon Slayer Corps runs.

   Directed by Shin'ya Shimomura

5. S1.E5 · Sat, May 4, 2019

   My Own Steel

   Tanjiro comes out the other side, is given his rank and his blade, and is handed his first real assignment.

   Directed by Takashi Suhara

6. S1.E6 · Sat, May 11, 2019

   Swordsman Accompanying a Demon

   Girls are vanishing from a village at night, and the demon taking them can do something Tanjiro has never had to fight before.

   Directed by Jun'ichi Minamino

7. S1.E7 · Sat, May 18, 2019

   Muzan Kibutsuji

   Tanjiro finally asks a demon the only question that matters, and learns what the name Muzan Kibutsuji does to the ones who serve him.

   Directed by Takahiro Majima &Masashi Takeuchi

8. S1.E8 · Sat, May 25, 2019

   The Smell of Enchanting Blood

   Muzan puts two demons on Tanjiro's trail, and two very different demons step in on his side.

   Directed by Hideki Hosokawa

9. S1.E9 · Sat, Jun 1, 2019

   Temari Demon and Arrow Demon

   A handball and an arrow, in the hands of opponents who can bend the direction of anything in the room. Nothing Tanjiro has cuts them.

   Directed by Shin'ya Shimomura

10. S1.E10 · Sat, Jun 8, 2019

    Together Forever

    Tamayo's Blood Demon Art and Nezuko's strength turn the fight, and what comes out about the Twelve Kizuki reframes the whole job.

    Directed by Yūki Itō

11. S1.E11 · Sat, Jun 15, 2019

    Tsuzumi Mansion

    A mansion whose rooms rearrange themselves, a missing boy, and the introduction of Zenitsu Agatsuma, who would rather be anywhere else.

    Directed by Shūji Miyahara

12. S1.E12 · Sat, Jun 22, 2019

    The Boar Bares its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps

    Drumbeats cut the air and the house keeps moving. Cornered and terrified, Zenitsu finally does the one thing he is good at.

    Directed by Susumu Takeuchi

13. S1.E13 · Sat, Jun 29, 2019

    Something More Important Than Life

    Tanjiro holds his Water Breathing together long enough to reach Kyogai, and finds out what the demon was before he was one.

    Directed by Yūsuke Shibata

14. S1.E14 · Sat, Jul 6, 2019

    The House with the Wisteria Family Crest

    The boar-headed swordsman gets a name, the three of them get somewhere to recover, and the next mission arrives by crow.

    Directed by Haruo Sotozaki& Shūji Miyahara

15. S1.E15 · Sat, Jul 13, 2019

    Mount Natagumo

    A mountain covered in webs, Demon Slayers who went in and never came out, and Zenitsu deciding to wait at the bottom.

    Directed by Yūki Itō &Shinsuke Gomi

16. S1.E16 · Sat, Jul 20, 2019

    Letting Someone Else Go First

    Tanjiro and Inosuke find the missing Slayers strung up as puppets, and whoever is holding the strings is being pushed by someone else.

    Directed by Ken Takahashi

17. S1.E17 · Sat, Jul 27, 2019

    You Must Master a Single Thing

    Bitten and certain he is dying, Zenitsu remembers the training he refused and the master who kept teaching him anyway.

    Directed by Shūji Miyahara &Takuya Nonaka

18. S1.E18 · Sat, Aug 3, 2019

    A Forged Bond

    Two Hashira arrive on the mountain, Inosuke is left alone with Father, and Tanjiro lands somewhere he very much should not have.

    Directed by Akihiko Uda

19. S1.E19 · Sat, Aug 10, 2019

    Hinokami

    Overpowered by Rui, Tanjiro reaches for something he only ever saw his own father do. This is the episode people put the show on for.

    Directed by Toshiyuki Shirai

20. S1.E20 · Sat, Aug 17, 2019

    Pretend Family

    Rui is not finished, and it takes a Hashira to show the gap between him and the boy who has been fighting him all night.

    Directed by Takashi Suhara

21. S1.E21 · Sat, Aug 24, 2019

    Against Corps Rules

    Rui's life before Muzan found him, and what his parents did about it. Tanjiro's response is what makes him different from other Slayers.

    Directed by Takuya Nonaka

22. S1.E22 · Sat, Aug 31, 2019

    Master of the Mansion

    The Hashira assemble to decide whether Tanjiro and Nezuko should be executed, and one of them declines to wait for the verdict.

    Directed by Yūki Itō

23. S1.E23 · Sat, Sep 7, 2019

    Hashira Meeting

    Nezuko is tested in front of everyone, and the head of the Corps makes a ruling the Hashira are obliged to live with.

    Directed by Ken Takahashi

24. S1.E24 · Sat, Sep 14, 2019

    Rehabilitation Training

    Recovery at the Butterfly Mansion turns out to mean three humiliating exercises and a breathing technique Tanjiro has never heard of.

    Directed by Shūji Miyahara& Akihiko Uda

25. S1.E25 · Sat, Sep 21, 2019

    Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri

    Zenitsu and Inosuke join the training, and Kanao's coin, and the reason she carries it, finally get explained.

    Directed by Shin'ya Shimomura

26. S1.E26 · Sat, Sep 28, 2019

    New Mission

    Muzan summons the Lower Ranks to account for themselves, while the trio are assigned to a Hashira and a train.

    Directed by Haruo Sotozaki& Yūichi Terao

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Season 2 · 18 episodes · 18 aired · Oct 10, 2021 to Feb 13, 2022

1. E1Oct 10
2. E2Oct 17
3. E3Oct 24
4. E4Nov 7
5. E5Nov 14
6. E6Nov 21
7. E7Nov 28
8. E8Dec 5
9. E9Dec 12
10. E10Dec 19
11. E11Dec 26
12. E12Jan 2
13. E13Jan 9
14. E14Jan 16
15. E15Jan 23
16. E16Jan 30
17. E17Feb 6
18. E18Feb 13

1. S2.E1 · Sun, Oct 10, 2021

   Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku

   Before the train: Rengoku on his own, a town with a demon problem, two bento vendors, and the report that points him at the Mugen Train.

   Directed by Shin'ya Shimomura

2. S2.E2 · Sun, Oct 17, 2021

   Deep Sleep

   The trio meet Rengoku aboard, watch a Hashira work for the first time, and then everybody on the train falls asleep.

   Directed by Toshiyuki Shirai

3. S2.E3 · Sun, Oct 24, 2021

   Should Have Been

   Enmu's recruited passengers have one job: get inside the sleeping Slayers' dreams and find the thing they are told to destroy.

   Directed by Masashi Takeuchi

4. S2.E4 · Sun, Nov 7, 2021

   Insult

   Tanjiro wakes among the sleepers and has to work out how to get the others out before the intruders finish what they came for.

   Directed by Masashi Takeuchi

5. S2.E5 · Sun, Nov 14, 2021

   Move Forward!

   The fight moves onto the outside of a moving train, with Rengoku dividing the carriages and the passengers between four Slayers.

   Directed by Toshiyuki Shirai

6. S2.E6 · Sun, Nov 21, 2021

   Akaza

   The train is done. What walks out of the treeline afterwards is Upper Rank Three, and he has an offer for Rengoku.

   Directed by Hideki Hosokawa

7. S2.E7 · Sun, Nov 28, 2021

   Set Your Heart Ablaze

   Rengoku against Akaza until daybreak, with the arc's whole argument about what strength is laid out in the open.

   Directed by Haruo Sotozaki

8. S2.E8 · Sun, Dec 5, 2021

   Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui

   Tanjiro carries a message to Rengoku's family, and a very loud Hashira turns up at the Butterfly Mansion looking for volunteers.

   Directed by Shin'ya Shimomura& Kei Tsunematsu

9. S2.E9 · Sun, Dec 12, 2021

   Infiltrating the Entertainment District

   Tengen's three wives went into Yoshiwara and stopped reporting back. His plan for finding them involves putting the boys in kimono.

   Directed by Takashi Suhara

10. S2.E10 · Sun, Dec 19, 2021

    What Are You?

    Three houses, three undercover Slayers, and something moving through the ceilings. Zenitsu recognises an oiran for what she is.

    Directed by Akihiko Uda

11. S2.E11 · Sun, Dec 26, 2021

    Tonight

    Tengen tries to send Tanjiro and Inosuke home and they refuse. The demon running the district stops hiding.

    Directed by Hideki Hosokawa

12. S2.E12 · Sun, Jan 2, 2022

    Things Are Gonna Get Real Flashy!!

    Tengen finds one of his wives, Inosuke finds a tunnel, and Tanjiro discovers what the Hinokami Kagura actually costs his body.

    Directed by Takuya Nonaka

13. S2.E13 · Sun, Jan 9, 2022

    Layered Memories

    Daki fights back and the district pays for it. Tanjiro's speed climbs, and she starts seeing a face she has no business remembering.

    Directed by Jun'ichi Minamino

14. S2.E14 · Sun, Jan 16, 2022

    Transformation

    Nezuko's regeneration outpaces Daki, which brings its own problem, and then Tengen takes a head and it changes nothing.

    Directed by Seiji Harada

15. S2.E15 · Sun, Jan 23, 2022

    Gathering

    The four Slayers plan two simultaneous beheadings, which requires everybody to be in exactly the right place at the same moment.

    Directed by Ken Takahashi

16. S2.E16 · Sun, Jan 30, 2022

    Defeating an Upper Rank Demon

    Gyutaro's poison goes everywhere and the plan starts coming apart. Tanjiro combines two breathing styles to buy a single second.

    Directed by Jun'ichi Minamino

17. S2.E17 · Sun, Feb 6, 2022

    Never Give Up

    Separated and outmatched, Tanjiro takes the worst fight on the field alone while Zenitsu and Inosuke reach Daki.

    Directed by Toshiyuki Shirai

18. S2.E18 · Sun, Feb 13, 2022

    No Matter How Many Lives

    The last of the fight, and then the part the arc is really about: who Daki and Gyutaro were before Muzan found them.

    Directed by Hideki Hosokawa

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Season 3 · 11 episodes · 11 aired · Apr 9, 2023 to Jun 18, 2023

1. E1Apr 9
2. E2Apr 16
3. E3Apr 23
4. E4Apr 30
5. E5May 7
6. E6May 14
7. E7May 21
8. E8May 28
9. E9Jun 4
10. E10Jun 11
11. E11Jun 18

1. S3.E1 · Sun, Apr 9, 2023

   Someone's Dream

   Muzan calls the surviving Upper Ranks to account, and Tanjiro is sent to the hidden village where the Corps' swords are made.

   Directed by Shin'ya Shimomura & Takashi Suhara

2. S3.E2 · Sun, Apr 16, 2023

   Yoriichi Type Zero

   A boy in the village is guarding a training doll built in the Sengoku period, and a Hashira with no memory wants nothing to do with either.

   Directed by Akihiko Uda

3. S3.E3 · Sun, Apr 23, 2023

   A Sword from Over 300 Years Ago

   The blade inside the doll has rusted, a polisher arrives to save it, and two Upper Ranks find their way into the village.

   Directed by Ken Nakazawa

4. S3.E4 · Sun, Apr 30, 2023

   Thank You, Tokito

   Muichiro has to choose between the village and its swordsmiths, and Tanjiro works out what the four demons in front of him actually are.

   Directed by Hideki Hosokawa

5. S3.E5 · Sun, May 7, 2023

   Bright Red Sword

   Mitsuri's Love Breathing meets Gyokko's fish demons, and Nezuko does something to Tanjiro's blade nobody saw coming.

   Directed by Takuya Nonaka

6. S3.E6 · Sun, May 14, 2023

   Aren't You Going to Become a Hashira?

   Killing four of them is not enough, because there is a fifth. Genya decides he is going to take an Upper Rank himself.

   Directed by Seiji Harada

7. S3.E7 · Sun, May 21, 2023

   Awful Villain

   Hantengu's hatred takes a shape of its own and starts summoning wooden dragons, while Gyokko corners the sword polisher.

   Directed by Hideki Hosokawa

8. S3.E8 · Sun, May 28, 2023

   The Mu in Muichiro

   Why the Mist Hashira cannot remember anything: his parents, his twin brother, and the night the Corps found him.

   Directed by Jun'ichi Minamino

9. S3.E9 · Sun, Jun 4, 2023

   Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito

   Gyokko abandons the pot and shows what he really is, and Muichiro fights the way he trained himself to as a boy.

   Directed by Akihiko Uda

10. S3.E10 · Sun, Jun 11, 2023

    Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji

    Knocked down by Zohakuten, Mitsuri remembers the strength she spent years of her life apologising for.

    Directed by Yūji Shimizu

11. S3.E11 · Sun, Jun 18, 2023

    A Connected Bond: Daybreak and First Light

    Tanjiro reaches Hantengu with a borrowed technique and a 300-year-old sword, and the arc's last problem turns out to be the sunrise.

    Directed by Ken Nakazawa, Seiji Harada,Takashi Suhara & Jun'ichi Minamino

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Season 4 · 8 episodes · 8 aired · May 12, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024

1. E1May 12
2. E2May 19
3. E3May 26
4. E4Jun 2
5. E5Jun 9
6. E6Jun 16
7. E7Jun 23
8. E8Jun 30

1. S4.E1 · Sun, May 12, 2024

   To Defeat Muzan Kibutsuji

   An Infinity Castle door opens and closes in front of two Hashira, and the Corps meets to discuss the marks and what they cost.

   Directed by Shin'ya Shimomura& Takashi Suhara

2. S4.E2 · Sun, May 19, 2024

   Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka's Pain

   Giyu refuses to take part in Hashira Training and Tanjiro will not let it go, which finally gets an explanation out of him.

   Directed by Yūji Shimizu

3. S4.E3 · Sun, May 26, 2024

   Fully Recovered Tanjiro Joins the Hashira Training!!

   Training starts with Tengen's stamina stage, and out in the dark something with a single eye begins following Slayers on patrol.

   Directed by Takashi Mamekuza

4. S4.E4 · Sun, Jun 2, 2024

   To Bring a Smile to One's Face

   Muichiro's speed stage is deliberately harsh, and he explains why he has no intention of making it any easier.

   Directed by Seiji Harada

5. S4.E5 · Sun, Jun 9, 2024

   I Even Ate Demons

   Mitsuri's flexibility stage and Obanai's swordsmanship stage, both exactly as unpleasant as they sound.

   Directed by Hideki Hosokawa

6. S4.E6 · Sun, Jun 16, 2024

   The Strongest of the Demon Slayer Corps

   A waterfall, three heavy logs and a boulder. Gyomei's stage is the one that stops most trainees where they stand.

   Directed by Ken Nakazawa

7. S4.E7 · Sun, Jun 23, 2024

   Stone Hashira Gyomei Himejima

   Gyomei's past as a monk caring for orphans, and the night that turned him into the man the Corps calls its strongest.

   Directed by Akihiko Uda

8. S4.E8 · Sun, Jun 30, 2024

   The Hashira Unite

   Kagaya tells Muzan exactly what their two families have to do with each other, and the series changes gear for good.

   Directed by Yūji Shimizu, Seiji Harada& Haruo Sotozaki

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