Episode 1 of Pillar Training Edition retrospective scene cut released Tomioka, Mitsuri, Tokitoru and others participating in the meeting

A retrospective scene cut from the first episode of the new TV anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Pillar Training Edition” has been released.

In the first episode, “To Defeat Muzan Kibutsuji,” Hashira no Miya and Iguro go on a mission to an abandoned castle built on top of a mountain.

Meanwhile, Tanjiro is healing the wounds he received in the swordsmith's village at the butterfly mansion. Meanwhile, the pillars gather at the Ubuyashiki residence and a meeting of pillars is held. Muichiro tells us how birthmarks appear… The story unfolds as pillar training begins to raise the level of the Demon Slayer Corps as a whole.

What was released was a cut scene of Tomioka, Tokito, and Mitsuri participating in the Hashiraai meeting.

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Pillar Training Edition” is an episode that takes place between volumes 15 and 16 of the original comic, and tells the story of Tanjiro and his friends receiving training from the highest-ranking swordsmen and pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps in order to become even stronger. Ru.

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” is based on the manga of the same name that was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from February 2016 to May 2020, and is a popular work that has sold over 150 million copies in total.

The story is set in a world inhabited by man-eating demons during the Taisho era. Tanjiro Kamado, a boy whose family was killed by demons, sets out to return his sister Nezuko, who has become a demon, to a human, and to avenge the demon that killed his family. A story about joining the Demon Slayer Corps and going on a journey.

The first season of the TV anime was broadcast from April to September 2019, and it gained popularity and became a social phenomenon. The movie “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train'', which connects to the final episode of the anime, was released in October 2020 and became a huge hit with domestic box office revenue exceeding 40 billion yen, and the movie will continue from December 2021. The second season of the TV anime “Yukaku Edition'' depicting the world is broadcast. The third season, “Swordsmith's Village'', which is a continuation of the second season, was broadcast from April 2023.