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Sword of the Demon Hunter (鬼人幻燈抄)
Overview
Jinta journeys through a century-spanning epic, all while questioning why he wields a sword.
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Season 0 (2025)
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2 episodes
Season 1 (2025)
Jinta, a bodyguard to a priestess in a remote mountain village, lives during Japan's Edo period. While Jinta is an outsider to the town, he is still tasked with seeking out a demon in the forest on a quest to vanquish it. But upon meeting the demon, it instead tells Jinta of a puzzling and mysterious future. The novels' story spans 170 years from the Edo period to the Heisei period, with the protagonists traveling through space and time while seeking a meaning for why they wield the blade.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Demons and Humans
2025-03-31It is 1840, year 1 of Japan's Tenpo era. There lies a small village known as Kadono that is home to the siblings Jinta and Suzune. Jinta is quickly dispatched to slay demons.
Runtime: 54 minEpisode 2: The Demon's Daughter
2025-04-08Jinta changes his name to Jinya and departs Kadono. Ten years pass and he is now a ronin living in Edo, well-known by the locals as "the demon slayer."
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 3: The Devourer (1)
2025-04-15Three years have passed from the Nihonbashi incident. Jinya hears talk of street killings occurring near a soba shop. The number of dead don't match the number of missing.
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 4: The Devourer (2)
2025-04-22Jinya and Natsu get attacked by the slasher thought to be a demon. After Mosuke arrives to help and Jinya brandishes his blade, the demon quickly vanishes into the darkness.
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 5: The Garden of Happiness (1)
2025-04-29In the fall of 1853, a samurai by the name of Naotsugu Miura grows concerned about his missing brother. However, everyone insists that he doesn't have a brother.
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 6: The Garden of Happiness (2)
2025-05-06Jinya and Naotsugu witness a young girl losing her parents in a fire, which brings the unexpected truth of the mystery to light.
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 7: The Cursed Night of Kudanzaka
2025-05-13In the winter of 1853, Jinya is hired by Jyuuzou to investigate a demonic painting known as "the Ukiyo-e of Kudanzaka" that's said to be cursed.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 8: Blossoming Dreams of the Kanzashi (1)
2025-05-20In the spring of 1854, rumors spread of a demon woman who kills men in the Yoshiwara redlight district. Jinya investigates.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 9: Blossoming Dreams of the Kanzashi (2)
2025-05-27A man named Somegorou Akitsu gifts Natsu a hairpin then crosses paths with Jinya. Somegorou's spirit dogs attack Jinya and he must use his demon powers to defend himself.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 10: Harlot in the Rain
2025-06-03In May of 1855, Naotsugu and a woman in a kimono catch sight of a man in the distance who looks different to both. Naotsugu sees his brother and the woman sees an old flame.
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 11: Drunken Dreams of Lingering Snow (1)
2025-06-10In winter of 1856, Zenji brings a liquor to the soba shop and it becomes immensely popular. However, Jinya finds something unsavory about it.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 12: Drunken Dreams of Lingering Snow (2)
2025-06-17A series of violent incidents occur across Edo, all related to Yuki-no-Nagori. Worse yet, rumors of a woman with blonde hair send chills down Jinya's spine.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 13: Drunken Dreams of Lingering Snow (3)
2025-06-24It turns out Yuki-no-Nagori is an evil drink. Jinya finds a demon calling out the name "Jinta". As they face off, Jinya suffers from the weakness of his own heart.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 14: Episode 14
2025-07-15Episode 15: Episode 15
2025-07-22Episode 16: Episode 16
2025-07-29Episode 17: Episode 17
2025-08-05Episode 18: Episode 18
2025-08-12Episode 19: Episode 19
2025-08-19Episode 20: Episode 20
2025-08-26Episode 21: Episode 21
2025-09-02Episode 22: Episode 22
2025-09-09Episode 23: Episode 23
2025-09-16Episode 24: Episode 24
2025-09-23Videos
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