Demon Slayer’s Season 2 remained very faithful to its manga counterpart but it’s still not perfect. With the conclusion of Season 2, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba has completed its adaptation of the manga’s “Entertainment District” storyline. The 11-episode anime covered all 30 chapters of the manga with almost no changes to the source material.
Demon Slayer’s second season, like any other anime, took some liberties with the story, small in some situations and huge in others, but the presentation of the “Entertainment District” arc was everything manga fans could dream for. However, this does not imply that the popular anime’s second season was an exact adaptation from the book to the screen. Here are the significant differences between the anime and manga for the “Entertainment District” arc for anime lovers alone.
The anime omitted a key detail regarding Tengen’s swords
Tengen Uzui’s preferred weapon is a chained set of two Nichirin cleavers that he holds like nunchaku. Tengen’s swords have explosive force that had never been seen before Gyutaro and Daki, according to a dialogue box used for narration in the manga. Because the anime lacks a narrator, this information was most likely left out because it couldn’t be conveyed realistically. This explosive strength, however, explains why the ultimate fight between Tengen and Gyutaro was defined by constant enormous explosions As Tengen wielded his blades to their maximum potential. Surprisingly, this detail concerning Sound Hashira’s weapons is the manga’s worst omission throughout the entire storyline.
Season 2 contained several anime-only scenes
Despite the fact that the chapters of Demon Slayer are short, Season 2 chose to add content to the story rather than remove it to save time. When Tanjiro returns from a mission at the Butterfly Mansion to find Tengen, the kidnapper of Aoi and Naho, the “Entertainment District” chapter begins in the manga and anime. However, this mission – a struggle against a spider demon alongside Nezuko – occurs totally off-page in the manga, with no indication that Tanjiro is returning from a “mission“.
The assignment itself has no bearing on the plot, but who doesn’t adore the Kamado siblings? When Tengen and the lads arrive at Yoshiwara, where the recreation district is located, they proceed straight to the Wisteria house. In the anime, we first see Inosuke and Zenitsu’s antics, with Hashira reduced to an annoyed babysitter attempting to tame the boys while they explore (or, in the case of Inosuke, escape) the city. Another minor addition to the plot, the fact that Tengen is forced to hunt down his badly behaved new underlings is a good laugh and helps set up the dynamic between the boys and this new Hashira.
engen and his wives’ flashback to the Uzui family grave is the final new scene in the “Entertainment District” arc. This anime-only flashback helps viewers understand Hashira a little more and demonstrates how much he and his wife adore each other. Tengen Uzui gets his chance to shine in the Entertainment District arc, so an additional flashback helps flesh out his character and fuel the erroneous rumour that Tengen will be the second Hashira to die fighting. an important demon.
The anime seriously amped up the final fight against Gyutaro
The ultimate battle between Tengen and Gyutaro in Demon Slayer was the most magnificent yet. The manga’s last battle, on the other hand, was much more low-key. Tengen and Gyutaro only have a brief, small combat in the manga once Tengen has perfected his Musical Score skill before Tanjiro leaps up to decapitate the demon. Meanwhile, the anime transforms this brawl into a DBZ-style brawl complete with explosions, high-speed action, and destruction. The first High-Rank defeat in 100 years deserved to be more dramatic than it was in the manga and anime.
In the manga, when Gyutaro’s corpse set off a flurry of wisps of blood, the explosion was nowhere near as large as the one in the anime, which flattened most of the city – they would all be dead if Nezuko hadn’t come out of her box and used her Blood Demon Art to neutralize some of the blood wicks. In the manga, it was a lot less dramatic, as the Blood Sickles were much smaller and just…didn’t hit anyone. Another understandable change for the sake of drama, this change to the manga also allowed Nezuko to do more than sleep during the final battle.