The illustration for Episode 2, "The Pain of Water Hashira Giyu Tomioka," of the new anime "Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc" has been released on ufotable's official site.

The released illustration features the character Tamayo.

"Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc" covers the episodes from volumes 15 to 16 of the original manga, where Tanjiro and his friends undergo training with the highest-ranking swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps, the Hashiras, to become stronger. "Demon Slayer" is a popular series that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" from February 2016 to May 2020, with the manga having surpassed 150 million copies in circulation.

Set in the Taisho era, in a world inhabited by man-eating demons, the story follows a young boy named Tanjiro Kamado, whose family is slaughtered by demons. To avenge his family and turn his demonized sister Nezuko back into a human, he joins the Demon Slayer Corps and embarks on a journey. The first season of the anime aired from April to September 2019, sparking widespread popularity and becoming a social phenomenon. The final episode of the anime led directly into the film "Demon Slayer: Mugen Train," released in October 2020, which grossed over 40 billion yen in Japan. The second season, "Entertainment District Arc," aired from December 2021, followed by the third season, "Swordsmith Village Arc," which began airing in April 2023.

Source : ORICON NEWS