Tanjiro & Giyu vs Akaza is a fight that takes place in Infinity Castle, between Demon Slayer Tanjiro Kamado and Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka against Rank Three Superior Akaza .
Prologue Tanjiro & Giyu vs Akaza
Tanjiro and Giyu run around the castle, trying to find Muzan Kibutsuji and Tamayo. They just learned of Shinobu Kocho’s death from the hands of Doma, Rank Two Superior. Suddenly, a tremor appears, causing the two Demon Slayers to tremble. Tanjiro recognizes a familiar smell and the roof above them shatters, revealing Higher Rank 3 Akaza. return. The fight between the three begins, a way for Tanjiro to avenge the death of the Hashira of the Flame, Kyojuro Rengoku, a man Tanjiro admired with all his heart, died at the hands of High Rank.
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Battle Giyu & Tanjiro vs Akaza
Improved performance
As Akaza steps forward, Tanjiro dodges his punch and uses the Hinokami Kagura: Fire Wheel on Akaza and, with considerable effort, severs the High Rank’s arm. As Tanjiro tries to recover, Akaza tries to decapitate Tanjiro with a return punch which Tanjiro dodges and counters with the Hinokami Kagura: Fake Rainbow managing to create a long cut on Akaza’s face. Watching this fight, Giyu is quite amazed and surprised by Tanjiro’s sudden and rapid improvement, comparing his abilities to those of a Hashira. Akaza remembers Kyojuro’s words about Tanjiro not being weak and accepts it as a fact, deciding to acknowledge it by activating his development technique, Destructive Death: Compass Needle and indicating the beginning of the real fight.
water and fire
Giyu enters the fight, immediately using Water Breathing, Third Form: Fluid Dance. Akaza is immediately impressed as it had been 50 years since he had met someone as good as Giyu. He uses his Destroying Death: Disorder, a flurry of punches that produce giant shockwaves, which Giyu cancels out using his own creation, Water Breathing, Eleventh Form: Dead Calm. Akaza remarks that he had never seen this technique used by the previous Water Hashira he fought last time. As Tanjiro attempts to attack from behind using the Hinokami Kagura: Raging Sun, Akaza appears from behind and attempts a backhand but Giyu cuts off his attacking hand with Water Breath, second form: Water Wheel . As Giyu attacks the High Rank,
Even though Tanjiro is able to block the technique, he is hit hard enough to cough up blood. Akaza continues to fight Giyu and is impressed with Hashira’s swordsmanship, asking him his name. Giyu refuses and Akaza replies that he would ask again and again and kicks him with his Destructive Death: Leg Type, Explosive Burst, knocking him through several walls to another side of the castle.
The strong must help and protect the weak
Akaza finds out the name of the Water Hashira after Tanjiro calls out to him while shouting, as he was blown away by Akaza’s previous attack. Tanjiro and Akaza attack each other with the Hinokami Kagura: Burning Bones, Summer Sun, and Destructive Death: Eight-Layered Demon Core, respectively.
Akaza praises Tanjiro’s improvement and claims that Kyojuro did a wonderful job, happy with his death. This angers Tanjiro and prompts Akaza to give away his philosophy saying he hates the weak and wishes they were eliminated. Tanjiro retorts by saying that even Akaza was a child and someone helped him. He goes on to state that the strong must help and protect the weak and that he will no longer let Akaza have his way.
flickering memories
Tanjiro’s words shake Akaza who feels restless and memories of Keizo appear, telling him the same words. Akaza shakes it off and realizes it was just a hallucination. Angry, he pretends that Tanjiro is unpleasant and uses his Destructive Death: Crushing Type, Ten Thousand Leaf Bursting Willow and gets much faster as Tanjiro tries to dodge. The demon surprises Tanjiro and kicks him with his Destructive Death: Leg Type, Thousand Wheel Flying Planet, causing him to cough up more blood. He compares Akaza’s accuracy to that of a magnetic compass and begins to think and deduce using the demon’s movements and words.
Tanjiro dodges another kick from Akaza and attacks it with the Hinokami Kagura: Solar Heat Haze, with Akaza managing to avoid the technique. However, a considerable portion of his neck is severed and he expresses his amazement, asking Tanjiro how he swung his blade. Tanjiro attempts to use the Hinokami Kagura: Dance, but the sword is clutched in Akaza’s hand, who attempts to break it.
The mark appears
Tanjiro uses headbutts and kicks, trying to loosen Akaza’s grip despite the demon not moving. Luckily, his hands are cut off by Giyu, angry at the death kick Akaza gave him earlier. Giyu’s senses awaken and a mark appears on her face. He easily dodges a shockwave punch and lands a quick jab to his side. Akaza dodges, but the attack slices off a small part of his neck. The demon recognizes his increased speed when Giyu surprises him with a sudden water blast, Fourth Form: Striking Tide, vertically slicing Akaza’s right arm.
Tanjiro notices that Akaza has matched Giyu’s speed and wonders how Akaza’s attacks are so precise. He suddenly remembers words from Akaza and Inosuke Hashibira, the latter explaining how he is able to sense the intent to kill and how he cannot detect the people behind him if they have no intent to kill. kill.
Meanwhile, Giyu and Akaza appear to be evenly matched. Tanjiro attempts to use the Hinokami Kagura: Dance, but is stopped by Akaza who attempts to use a back punch which is dodged by Tanjiro. Using this opportunity, Giyu attacks the High Rank. Tanjiro understands the truth behind Akaza’s techniques.
The Transparent World
As the fight between Giyu and Akaza continues, Tanjiro recalls the time his father, Tanjuro Kamado, explained to him the correct breaths and movements and the ability to see the “Transparent World” (透すき通とおる世せ界かい Sukitōru Sekai?), which can be reached if the spirit becomes invisible. He demonstrates this by killing a bear while showing no intent to kill. Tanjiro manages to achieve this state for a short time when Akaza attacks him, shutting down his other senses and focusing on dodging.
Akaza and Giyu fight fiercely, exchanging blows. The Water Hashira used all of his forms during the fight and Akaza proclaims that this will be the end of the Hashira, amazed at how long his fight lasted. As Giyu is about to attack the Demon’s Fist, Akaza breaks Giyu’s sword using the Bell-Splitter Technique and attempts to stab him, but his arm is severed by Tanjiro who had managed to enter the World. Transparent. The demon notices the changes and tries to kill the young slayer. Giyu uses this moment to attack him, but Akaza uses his most powerful technique, Developing Techniques: Final Form, Chaotic Blue Silver Afterglow. Giyu attempts to reduce it with his Water Breathing, Eleventh Form: Dead Calm,
Meanwhile, Tanjiro is able to see everything moving slowly in the Transparent World. Akaza is unable to notice that Tanjiro was behind him and Giyu hopes that he will punch him in the neck at that instant. However, Tanjiro calls out the demon and Akaza turns to strike, but Tanjiro dodges. Akaza was unable to detect his fighting spirit via the compass and Tanjiro manages to decapitate Akaza with the Hinokami Kagura: Setting Sun Transformation.
“Hakuji, enough is enough! »
Akaza is bewildered, wondering how Tanjiro lacks fighting spirit, comparing the feeling to fighting against a plant. He recognizes that Tanjiro has surpassed his speed. He realizes that the “Domain of Supremacy” is nothing but the Transparent World and a disinterested State. He tries to reattach his head, but Giyu throws his broken sword, piercing the head, separating it from the body. His head disintegrates but his body continues to fight, using his Development Technique, Destructive Death: Compass Needle while his head part regenerates.
Tanjiro dodges his punches but is knocked aside by the demon kick. Tanjiro tries to get up and fight, but the stress and exhaustion of the fight knocks him unconscious. Giyu shields Tanjiro with Water Breath, Fourth Form: Striking Tide, slicing the Headless Body into several regions, but the demon regenerates faster. The two begin to exchange blows, and although Giyu is badly injured, he still decides to protect Tanjiro, giving Akaza vague memories of Keizo. As he moves forward, he is stopped by the tearful spirit of his human self’s deceased fiancée, Koyuki, who tells him to stop.
Thank you
Giyu continues to rise, though he is overwhelmed with desire and purpose not to let his friends or family die in front of him (like his sister and Sabito). Akaza is held by Koyuki’s hand as his head continues to regenerate. Akaza begins to remember why he wanted to become strong and thinks back to when he was the “demon child” Hakuji, from his father’s death to his encounter with Keizo and Koyuki. He remembers trying to find a purpose and a reason in life, to find someone to protect. Memories of his past suddenly come flooding back to him.
Meanwhile, Tanjiro manages to wake up and Akaza’s head is half recovered. The demon tries to kill Giyu with his Destructive Death: Annihilation Type and Tanjiro rushes to stop him, but his sword slips and he hits Akaza, causing him to question his current actions and begins to regret having sullied his master’s precious style. As he prepares his technique, Tanjiro tries to pull Giyu away but, with a smile of gratitude on his face, Akaza uses the technique on himself, mauling and pulverizing him and reducing him from many parts of his body made of bone.
Akaza admits defeat, stating that Tanjiro’s technique was magnificent and that he wants to go to hell like a man. He imagines his father and Keizo, but when he remembers Muzan asking him if he wanted to get stronger, he begins to regenerate. He is stopped by Koyuki, grateful to Hakuji for regaining his memories and thanking him for what he had done. Finally finding peace, Akaza disintegrates, dying like Hakuji: a loyal son, a protective student, and a loyal lover.
Continuation of the fight
Hakuji reunites with his father, Keizo, and Koyuki in Hell. Tanjiro is happy the battle is over and wants to join Tamayo, but he passes out again. Giyu also loses consciousness and slumps on his sword out of fatigue. Akaza’s death is broadcast by a Kasugaigarasu and was heard by the other High Ranks. Kokushibo complains that he couldn’t get stronger and calls him “weak”. Doma proceeds to openly cry and mourn his “best friend”, although it is later revealed that his actions are just window dressing.
Shortly after Kanao and Inosuke’s fight against Doma, Tanjiro wakes up with Giyu cauterizing his wounds and learning of Upper-Rank Two’s death.