The first episode of season two of Kimetsu No Yaiba ( Demon Slayer) has once again left us all at a cliffhanger with the fantastic discovery that Tanjiro’s technique was not actually fire breathing but sun breathing. The brief discussion between Tanjiro and the former flame Hashira, Shinjuro Rengoku, the father of Kyojuro Rengoku, has left demon slayer fans wondering what the future holds for Young Kamado.
In the short encounter between Tanjiro and Shinjuro, the anger and disgust for Tanjiro were noticeable on the face of the former hashira. While having a demon slayer in his compound annoyed him for a reason we are yet to know about, Tanjiro’s earrings seemed to attract his attention. Then, realization the realization if the previous owner of the earrings struck him. They had once been worn by Tanjiro’s father, who we found out to have been a demon slayer.
Luckily, that was not all he had to say about the technique but went on to explain to Tanjiro how the sun breathing was the first breathing that was developed. As we got to relish the feeling of having our very own Tanjiro being a user of this marvelous breathing form, Shinjuro goes on to say that the flame breathing is a copy of the sun breathing.
With the scenes from Rengoku’s fiery display of power against Akaza still fresh in our memories, how strange it was to hear that it was a copy of the technique that Tanjiro effortlessly used against Rui, one of the lower-six demons. You will agree that Rengoku was not weak, and he fought pretty admirably against the upper-three demon, Akaza. However, hearing that his technique was weak compared to the original sun breathing gives the best goosebumps.
Although Tanjiro does not use this technique much or instead has not gained mastery of it, however, we are certainly going to see more of it. How strong he will get or how many breathing forms he will master is still a mystery to us – maybe not for manga readers, though.
Nonetheless, one thing we know is that Tanjiro is most likely going to be the one to defeat Musan Kibutsuji, and I am almost sure that sun breathing will be crucial to his victory.
While we still revel in the realization of sun breathing, we are all expectant of how much Tanjiro will grow and how his encounter with Shinjuro will define his journey as a demon slayer corp. Well, I guess we’ll have to wait for the next episode to find out.
