Demon Slayer’s fourth season, an adaptation of the Hashira Training arc from Koyoharu Gotouge’s all-conquering manga, is here. As anime series go, it’s undoubtedly one of the biggest and most hotly anticipated of the year – but does it live up to the hype?
Things start promisingly enough for the extra-long 48-minute premiere. The Wind and Serpent Hashiras undertake a rescue mission that soon morphs into an intriguing tease of what’s to come as they come oh-so-close to uncovering the entrance to Big Bad Muzan Kibutsuji’s Infinity Castle. However, their chase of a lowly threat ultimately proves fruitless as the door to the demon headquarters quite literally slams shut in their face.
