The BEST episodes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 1

Every episode of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 1!

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.

Last Updated: 11/2/2024Network: Fuji TVStatus: Ended
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Hinokami
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9.16
995 votes

#1 - Hinokami

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/10/2019

Swordsmen in the Demon Slayer Corps known as Hashiras have arrived on Mt. Natagumo. Giyu Tomioka, the Water Hashira, slays the Father Spider Demon with a single strike. Inosuke, thrilled to see such a display of swordsmanship by someone in a totally different league from himself, challenges Giyu to a duel. Meanwhile, Zenitsu lies near death as the poison circulates throughout his body. Just then, the Insect Hashira, Shinobu Kocho appears before him.

Writer: ufotable
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A Forged Bond
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8.36
753 votes

#2 - A Forged Bond

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/3/2019

Tanjiro and Inosuke face off against the Father Spider Demon of Mt. Natagumo. Tanjiro unleashes an attack, only to get hurled away by the demon's overwhelming power. Landing near a river, he comes upon the young demon Rui torturing the Sister Spider Demon. When Rui calls their bond of terror and hatred "a family's bond," Tanjiro is enraged. So begins the battle between Rui and Tanjiro.

Writer: ufotable
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Final Selection
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8.27
932 votes

#3 - Final Selection

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2019

To pass Final Selection, one must survive for seven days on Mt. Fujikasane where demons captured by the Demon Slayers have been imprisoned. So begins the battle for survival between the young swordsmen and the demons. Armed with the breathing techniques and stances he'd learned from Sakonji Urokodaki, Tanjiro slashes demon after demon. His two years of training have not gone to waste. But just then, a morphed demon appears out of nowhere.

Writer: ufotable
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New Mission
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8.25
761 votes

#4 - New Mission

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/28/2019

As Tanjiro and the others are devoted to their rehabilitation training, the absolute master of the demons, Muzan Kibutsuji, gathers the Lower Ranks of the Twelve Kizuki. The demons, too, are preparing to make their next move. As training draws to a close, Tanjiro has improved to the point where he can fight on equal terms with Kanao. Just then, he receives word of a new mission from his Kasugai Crow.

Writer: ufotable
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Pretend Family
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8.18
757 votes

#5 - Pretend Family

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/17/2019

When Rui assaults him with his Blood Demon Art, Tanjiro braces himself for certain death. As his life flashes before his eyes, he suddenly remembers his father's dance, the kagura, and unleashes a new, non-Water Breathing attack. Hinokami Kagura Dance. Knowing that he’ll be receiving a simultaneous blow from the demon, he uses his new move to slice off Rui’s head. As Tanjiro crawls towards Nezuko, who lies on the ground, riddled with wounds, someone appears before him.

Writer: ufotable
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Letting Someone Else Go First
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8.16
744 votes

#6 - Letting Someone Else Go First

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/20/2019

Tanjiro and Inosuke battle the Demon Slayers trapped by spider webs. After slashing the threads and destroying the webs, they head deeper into the mountain. The farther they advance through the forest, the thicker the threads become, and those under their control start moving in ways impossible for a human being. Stopping the Demon Slayers without hurting them isn't going to be easy, but then Tanjiro makes a certain move...

Writer: ufotable
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You Must Master a Single Thing
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8.13
764 votes

#7 - You Must Master a Single Thing

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/27/2019

One of the Twelve Kizuki, a direct subordinate of Muzan Kibutsuji, is here somewhere. When Tanjiro slays the Mother Spider Demon of Mt. Natagumo, he learns that a demon who might hold the key to turning Nezuko back into a human is somewhere in this very forest. With the battered Inosuke in tow, he heads deeper into the forest. Meanwhile, Zenitsu trudges forlornly through the woods only to encounter a spider with a human face.

Writer: ufotable
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Temari Demon and Arrow Demon
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8.09
830 votes

#8 - Temari Demon and Arrow Demon

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2019

It was two demons named Tamayo and Yushiro who came to Tanjiro’s rescue. Using the “Eyeblind” spell, Tamayo guides Tanjiro and Nezuko to her house. There, through his conversation with Tamayo, Tanjiro learns that there is a way to return demons to human form. Just then, two demons in pursuit of Tanjiro locate the house and unleash a furious assault...

Writer: ufotable
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Together Forever
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8.08
810 votes

#9 - Together Forever

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2019

Tanjiro’s crisis continues. He uses multiple forms of the Water Breathing technique to hold out against Yahaba’s final Blood Demon Art, the "Kouketsu Arrow." Meanwhile, Nezuko and Susamaru are still battling it out. Worried about the outcome, Tamayo unleashes her own Blood Demon Art.

Writer: ufotable
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Muzan Kibutsuji
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8.07
881 votes

#10 - Muzan Kibutsuji

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2019

Now split into three, the demons have driven Tanjiro into a corner. It is then that Nezuko attacks. Now that she’s become a demon herself, she’s no longer so weak that she needs protection. His mind made up, Tanjiro follows one of the demons into the swamp now spreading across the ground. Waiting for him there is...

Writer: ufotable
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Master of the Mansion
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7.99
724 votes

#11 - Master of the Mansion

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/31/2019

After the battle is over, Tanjiro and Nezuko are taken to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters. This is where the Hashira Meeting between the Corps leader, Ubuyashiki, and the Hashiras, the most powerful swordsmen in the Corps, is to be held. The Hashiras censure Tanjiro for violating the Demon Slayer Corps by protecting a demon. And then, the Wind Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa, raises his sword against Nezuko...

Writer: ufotable
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Against Corps Rules
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7.98
745 votes

#12 - Against Corps Rules

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/24/2019

Seeing Tanjiro try to protect Nezuko even as he collapses triggers memories of Rui’s own past. Once a sickly boy, he became a demon after meeting Muzan Kibutsuji who gave him a share of his blood. But after he turns into a demon, his own parents try to kill him. Ever since then, he has been searching for a family. Seeking a bond that he can never hope to acquire...

Writer: ufotable
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Sabito and Makomo
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7.97
949 votes

#13 - Sabito and Makomo

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2019

The Demon Slayer Corps... An organization that's been hunting down demons since ancient times. Sakonji Urokodaki starts training Tanjiro for Final Selection, the test for joining the unit.

Writer: ufotable
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My Own Steel
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7.97
901 votes

#14 - My Own Steel

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2019

When day breaks, there are only four swordsmen left standing after the seven-day battle. The guides who greet Tanjiro and the other survivors explain the Demon Slayer Corps system. All four are issued uniforms and Kasugai Crows as messengers, after which they must select the ore for their own Nichirin swords. After gazing hard at each lump of ore, and using his keen sense of smell, the one Tanjiro chooses is...

Writer: ufotable
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The Smell of Enchanting Blood
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7.91
840 votes

#15 - The Smell of Enchanting Blood

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/2019

The next mission is in Asakusa, Tokyo. Tanjiro is taken aback by the opulent Taisho Era cityscape, but soon picks up the demon’s scent there. His pursuit of the scent leads him to Muzan Kibutsuji. Tanjiro attempts to strike him down. But Kibutsuji transforms a passerby into demon, triggering a commotion. As Tanjiro desperately tries to get things under control, someone appears before him...

Writer: ufotable
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Something More Important Than Life
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7.88
772 votes

#16 - Something More Important Than Life

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/2019

Every time Kyogai, the master of house, plays his tsuzumi, the room spins and Tanjiro struggles. Debilitated by the fractured bones he sustained in his previous battle, Tanjiro tries to fire himself up as he desperately fights on, but he is overwhelmed by Kyogai's Blood Demon Art. Will he find a way to slice off Kyogai's head?

Writer: ufotable
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Swordsman Accompanying a Demon
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7.88
888 votes

#17 - Swordsman Accompanying a Demon

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2019

Tanjiro is now clad in the uniform of the Demon Slayer Corps. His Nichirin Sword on his hip, and Nezuko, now awake, in a special box made by Urokodaki on his back, he heads out for his first assignment. A town to the northwest where girls have been vanishing nightly. There, Tanjiro meets Kazumi, haggard with worry after his girlfriend's been abducted. Though he does catch the scent of a demon nearby, there's just no demon in sight. Tanjiro is sure that a demon is behind this sinister incident...

Writer: ufotable
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Cruelty
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7.83
1088 votes

#18 - Cruelty

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2019

It is the Taisho Period (i.e. 1912-1926). Tanjiro Kamado is living a modest but blissful life in the mountains with his family. One day, when he returns from selling charcoal in town, he finds the remains of his slaughtered family in pools of blood after a demon attack. Tanjiro rushes down the snowy mountain with the sole survivor, his sister Nezuko, on his back. But on the way, Nezuko suddenly snarls, turning on Tanjiro.

Directors: Haruo Sotozaki
Writer: ufotable
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The Boar Bares Its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps
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7.81
794 votes

#19 - The Boar Bares Its Fangs, Zenitsu Sleeps

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/2019

Inside the house, where the rooms spin each time the tsuzumi is played, Tanjiro gets separated from Zenitsu Agatsuma. Without Tanjiro by his side, Zenitsu is overcome by fear and despair as he takes Shoichi through the house. Meanwhile, Tanjiro meets the master of the house, the tsuzumi-playing demon, and an odd-looking man wearing a boar’s head mask.

Writer: ufotable
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Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri
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7.74
720 votes

#20 - Tsuguko, Kanao Tsuyuri

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/21/2019

Tanjiro, who’s undergoing rehabilitation training at the Butterfly Mansion, works hard to keep up his Total Concentration Breathing techniques all day long. Though at first, he’s helpless against Kanao, a swordswoman in his class who’s training him, he slowly but surely begins to make some headway. Seeing Tanjiro devote himself to training every single day, Zenitsu and Inosuke resume training as well, but...

Writer: ufotable
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Mount Natagumo
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7.72
753 votes

#21 - Mount Natagumo

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2019

Their next destination is to the north-northwest. Tanjiro and Nezuko head towards Mount Natagumo with Zenitsu and Inosuke. This mountain is covered with spider webs and is swarming with innumerable spiders. Leaving the cowering Zenitsu behind, Tanjiro and Inosuke head up the mountain where they run into fellow Demon Slayers entangled in spider webs.

Writer: ufotable
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Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki
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7.67
969 votes

#22 - Trainer Sakonji Urokodaki

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2019

At Giyu Tomioka's urging, Tanjiro heads for Mt. Sagiri with his sister Nezuko who's been turned into a demon. During the night, Tanjiro catches the smell of blood from inside a temple. He enters, thinking that someone might be hurt, only to come upon a man-eating demon. When the demon attacks, Tanjiro manages to fight back with his hatchet, but the demon's strength is overwhelming. Just as the demon is about to finish him off, Tanjiro is saved by none other than...

Directors: Haruo Sotozaki
Writer: ufotable
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Hashira Meeting
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7.62
725 votes

#23 - Hashira Meeting

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/7/2019

Ubuyashiki, the leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, finally appears before Tanjiro. He tells him that he will allow Tanjiro and Nezuko to join the Corps. But the Hashiras are unable to accept this decision right away. The Wind Hashira, Sanemi Shinazugawa, slashes his own arm and taunts Nezuko with his blood, trying to get her to show her true colors as a demon.

Writer: ufotable
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Rehabilitation Training
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7.58
717 votes

#24 - Rehabilitation Training

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/14/2019

The injured Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke are sent to the home of the Insect Hashira, Shinobu Kocho, for treatment. Two weeks later, Tanjiro and Inosuke start rehabilitation training. But the drills are brutal, and they find themselves broken in spirit. Unaware of the grueling regimen, Zenitsu joins them late and is visibly enthusiastic in front of girls, but...

Writer: ufotable
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The House With the Wisteria Family Crest
star
7.53
782 votes

#25 - The House With the Wisteria Family Crest

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/6/2019

After a desperate fight to the death, Tanjiro prevails over Kyogai. He exits the house to find Zenitsu who had escaped earlier. But it is then that he sees the strange circumstances before him... The battered Zenitsu holding the box containing Nezuko in his arms while the man in the boar's head mask stands in the way with two Nichirin Swords drawn.

Writer: ufotable
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