Even the Original Author Was Moved! The Breathtaking "Hinokami Kagura" in "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba " Episode 19

"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba," now a national favorite anime, has an episode particularly known as a "god-tier episode"—Episode 19 of the "Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc." In this deeply moving scene, the protagonist Tanjiro Kamado (voiced by Natsuki Hanae) unveils the "Hinokami Kagura" for the first time, leaving not only viewers but also the original author, Koyoharu Gotoge, in tears.

In Episode 19 of the "Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc," Tanjiro engages in an intense battle against the demon boy Rui (voiced by Koki Uchiyama). In a moment of desperation, an image of his late father performing the "Hinokami Kagura," a dance passed down through generations of the Kamado family, flashes in Tanjiro's mind. Inspired by this memory, Tanjiro masters a new breathing technique, the "Hinokami Kagura," and confronts Rui once more.

The episode's beautiful animation and direction, coupled with the insert song "Kamado Tanjiro no Uta" by Go Shiina featuring Nami Nakagawa, sparked a huge reaction online, with comments like "This is just too amazing," "The flame effects are super cool!!" and "What is this animation... (tears)."