The 11th (final) episode of the third season of the popular anime "Demon Slayer: The Village of the Swordsmith" (Fuji Television Network, every Sunday from 23:15) will be aired today, the 18th. Episode 11 (the final episode) will be aired in a 70-minute extended edition, and scene cuts have been released ahead of the broadcast.

　In the previous episode, Tanjiro, Nezuko, and Genya chase after the main body of the Hantengu while Mitsuri is holding off Zouhakuten. They find the wooden ball in which the hantengu hides. The three work together to open the ball. When they break open the ball, they find that the Hantengu is gone and that the inside is empty. Tanjiro and the others chase after the Hantengu, who runs away again. Genya, frustrated by the fleeing Hantengu, throws a tree at the Hantengu. Then, Nezuko jumps onto the Hantengu.

　"Demon Slayer" is based on the manga of the same title that was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, and is a series that has sold more than 150 million copies in total. Set in the Taisho era (1912-1926) in a world inhabited by cannibalistic demons, the story is about a boy, Tanjiro Kamakado, whose family was killed by demons, who joins the "Kisatsutai" and sets out on a journey to avenge the demons that killed his family in order to return his sister Nezuko, who turned into a demon, to human.

　The first season of the TV anime aired from April to September 2019, igniting its popularity and making it a social phenomenon. The movie "Demon Slayer the Movie: Infinity Train", which is connected to the final episode of the anime, was released in October 2020 and became a blockbuster hit, grossing over 40 billion yen at the domestic box office, and the second TV anime season "Yugaku-hen", which follows the movie, aired from December 2021.

　The third season, "The Village of the Swordsmith," which follows the second season, is based on the story from the 12th volume of the original comics. For the first time in 113 years, the Jogen-no-oni-squad is missing a demon, and an angry Muzan gives further orders to the remaining Jogen-no-oni-squad demons. Meanwhile, Haganezuka is furious with Tanjiro for spilling his sword in a fight with Gyuutaro, and in search of a new sword, Tanjiro visits The Village of the Swordsmith, where Haganezuka works.

　The main characters in the story are the highest ranking kenshi of Kisatsutai, the pillar Kasumi pillar Tokitoru Muichiro (CV: Kengo Kawanishi) and the love pillar Mitsuri Amarudera (CV: Kana Hanazawa).

Source : ORICON NEWS