- Director: Haruo Sotozaki
- Year: 2021
Overview
Tanjiro Kamado and his companion Zenitsu Agatsuma are sent to a mysterious house in the woods. They encounter two children whose older brother was dragged into the mansion. Inside, Tanjiro discovers Kyogai, a drum-playing demon who manipulates the mansion's spatial layout by striking the drums on his body. The interior spaces rotate and shift with every beat, separating the intruders. In the chaos, Tanjiro meets Inosuke Hashibira, a wild swordsman wearing a boar head mask who fights indiscriminately. Tanjiro has to adapt to the shifting terrain to defeat Kyogai, protect the children, and bring Zenitsu and Inosuke into his operational orbit.
Takeaways
The shifting rooms in the mansion make it incredibly hard for the slayers to navigate. Kyogai controls the entire layout of the house with the drums on his body. Zenitsu survives because he fights on instinct when he passes out from fear, bypassing his usual cowardice. Inosuke just charges in blindly, showing he hasn't learned how to work as a team yet. Tanjiro defeats Kyogai by paying close attention to the drum beats and figuring out where the rooms will turn. By learning the house's tricks, he finds a way to win.