Spoilers ahead! <\/p>
Warning: This episode contains major spoilers for Demon Slayer season 3 episode 5<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n The third season of Demon Slayer<\/a> has been going all guns blazing as soon as protagonist Tanjiro reached the Swordsmith Village<\/a> \u2014 a hidden community where the swords of demon slayers are made \u2014 and the pace doesn\u2019t let up in episode five<\/a>. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Picking up immediately where episode four left off, \u2018Bright Red Sword\u2019 sees both dozens of giant frogs, and a pair of powerful Upper Rank Demons<\/a> laying waste to the Swordsmith Village; Tanjiro is locked in battle with the four aspects of Hantengu (a demon who clones himself whenever he\u2019s decapitated), while Tokito encounters the sadistic, artistic Gyokko. And even though both of these fights showcase some of the most compelling things about Demon Slayer, they also shine a light on some of the problems that this latest season might end up running into. <\/span><\/p>\n Before fighting Gyokko, Tokito saves two swordsmiths from a frog demon, and it\u2019s clear that his icy emotional exterior is slowly beginning to thaw. When Kanamori \u2014 who\u2019s been making a new sword for the haughty Hashira \u2014reveals to Tokito that not only was it Tanjiro who asked him to begin making a new sword, but that he should \u201cbe understanding towards you,\u201d Tokito is, for just a second, stunned into silence. <\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s these moments in between the elaborate swordplay, where the show and the characters are able to breathe, that are some of Demon Slayer\u2019s greatest, as it offers stark, simple illustrations of how its cast can grow and change.<\/span><\/p>