Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle ENDING EXPLAINED + What's Next

[00:00] Hey, welcome back to Screen Crush. I'm

[00:01] Ryan Ary and this is The Demon Slayer:

[00:03] The Infinity Castle Broken Down and

[00:05] explained. Now, we're not going to go

[00:06] into too much on the manga after this

[00:08] movie's events, but spoilers for

[00:10] Infinity Castle are ahead. So, let's

[00:12] dive in. First of all, this movie is

[00:14] officially titled Demon Slayer Kametsu

[00:16] Noa: The Movie Infinity Castle Part One,

[00:19] Akaza Returns. So, it's only the first

[00:21] part in a trilogy that serves as a

[00:23] finale to the series. Technically, the

[00:25] Infinity Castle arc is the pen ultimate

[00:27] arc in the series. The final being the

[00:29] Sunrise Countdown arc, although we're

[00:31] still unsure. Most likely, this trilogy

[00:33] released in theaters will encompass both

[00:35] arcs and fully conclude the Demon Slayer

[00:37] series. Now, Infinity Castle continues

[00:39] many plot lines that were sprinkled

[00:41] throughout the show since season 1. In

[00:43] the anime, these plot lines were either

[00:45] really vague or barely touched upon, so

[00:47] honestly, it could be pretty confusing

[00:49] going into the movie full throttle. So,

[00:51] let's start with the Ubayashiki family.

[00:53] The movie begins with the Demon Slayers

[00:55] falling through the Infinity Castle. all

[00:57] the hashira more and Kaiga Ubayashiki,

[00:59] the previous master of the core. The

[01:01] master finally came face tof face with

[01:03] man at the end of the last arc, which by

[01:05] the way we covered completely in our

[01:06] recap video. You should watch it. It's

[01:08] very good. He explains the Ubayashiki

[01:10] curse that arose from having a demon

[01:12] born from the family.

[01:13] >> A demon has recently emerged from your

[01:15] family's bloodline. Commit yourselves

[01:18] from here on out to eliminating that

[01:20] manifestation. Even after centuries of

[01:22] marrying the daughters of priests,

[01:24] anybody with the name Ubayashiki doesn't

[01:26] live past age 30. The only thing that

[01:28] will save them is defeating Muzan.

[01:30] Finally turning the tide in this fight,

[01:32] the Ubayashiki family makes a drastic

[01:34] move.

[01:37] Kagaya, his wife Ammane, and two of

[01:40] their daughters agree to sacrifice

[01:41] themselves in order to trap man for the

[01:43] demon slayers. Now, this leaves us

[01:45] thinking the Ubayashiki family is no

[01:47] more. But as we see in Infinity Castle,

[01:50] there are three still living children,

[01:52] Kira, Kuina, and Kaneta. The three kids

[01:55] map out the Infinity Castle, aiding the

[01:57] rest of the Demon Slayers and trying to

[01:58] predict where man is hiding. At the

[02:00] forefront is Kira. He's one of five kids

[02:03] and the only son of Kagaya and Amane.

[02:05] With Kagaya's passing, he is the next

[02:07] master of the Demon Slayer Corps. Now,

[02:09] we've actually seen Kira before back in

[02:11] season 1 during Final Selection.

[02:13] >> You've come to enter the Demon Slayer

[02:15] Cor's final selection. At that time, he

[02:18] dressed more feminine. Now, this is most

[02:20] likely because dressing as a girl would

[02:21] have helped disguise his identity as the

[02:23] potential next heir of the core and lead

[02:25] to fewer demon attacks on the Ubayashiki

[02:28] family. Teaming up with the benevolent

[02:29] demons, the Ubayashiki siblings use

[02:31] Yushiro's blood art on the communication

[02:33] crows to locate all the slayers and

[02:35] remaining demons. So, this leads us

[02:37] straight into the fight with Doma.

[02:39] >> I see.

[02:40] >> Back in the Entertainment District arc,

[02:41] we saw Doma as the previous upper rank

[02:44] six, giving blood to Guutaro and Daky.

[02:46] Maybe you'll be a 12 kizaki like me.

[02:49] >> Rising to upper rank two, Doma has shown

[02:51] his prowess at killing.

[02:52] >> Has there ever been a time I didn't meet

[02:54] your expectations, my lord?

[02:56] >> And an airy tieress much to the chagrin

[02:58] of the rest of the upper ranks.

[03:02] >> And man himself,

[03:03] >> keep your wretched eyeballs. I have no

[03:06] need for them.

[03:07] >> His status as a cult leader was also

[03:08] nodded to at the beginning of the

[03:10] swordsmith village arc.

[03:11] >> Your disciples have just arrived. But we

[03:13] dive deeper into his backstory in the

[03:15] Infinity Castle. Born to leaders of the

[03:17] Eternal Paradise faith, baby Doma was

[03:19] made into the cult's figurehead.

[03:21] Disciples would ask the child leader for

[03:23] advice and blessings on money, love, and

[03:25] other life struggles. Due to his apathy

[03:27] and confusion for human emotions, Doma

[03:29] found these pleasor and delusional. When

[03:31] he turned 20, man offered him blood, and

[03:33] Doma became a little freak who liked

[03:35] eating people. His new mission in the

[03:37] cult was to eat his disciples, convinced

[03:39] that it would help them end their

[03:40] suffering and enter paradise. Now, this

[03:43] is what he tells Shaneobu before killing

[03:44] her and absorbing her into his body.

[03:51] >> No, I'm still sad. It didn't work.

[03:53] >> Shobu's apprentice, Kana, makes it just

[03:55] in time before seeing her mentor give a

[03:57] final signal and perish, leaving Kana to

[04:00] face off against Doma. Now, this is an

[04:02] interesting matchup for several reasons.

[04:04] Not only is it because of the symbolism

[04:05] of a girl avenging her adopted sisters

[04:08] against a demon who primarily feeds on

[04:10] women, but it's also their experience

[04:11] with emotion or lack thereof. Both Doma

[04:14] and Kau have lived apathetic lifestyles.

[04:17] Like we saw in season 1, Kana grew up in

[04:19] an abusive household and repressed her

[04:21] emotions to the point of dissociating as

[04:23] a defensive mechanism.

[04:25] >> But then one day,

[04:27] I heard a snapping sound and I never

[04:30] knew pain again. She was unable to make

[04:32] decisions by herself until she met the

[04:34] Coocho sisters.

[04:36] >> Next time you're on your own, flip this

[04:38] coin to help you make a choice.

[04:39] >> Similar to the Comedo siblings, Kana

[04:42] could have become a demon just like Doma

[04:44] if things had worked out just a little

[04:45] differently. The key difference leading

[04:46] to their diverging paths are, like the

[04:48] previous master said, the sense of

[04:50] entitlement and human will. Even as a

[04:52] kid, Doma had the world at his feet and

[04:54] believed everyone to be dim-witted

[04:56] because of their hope for a better life.

[04:58] Aside from man, he always had a

[05:00] condescending heir when speaking to

[05:02] anyone. Conal, on the other hand, came

[05:04] from nothing, not even a name.

[05:06] >> She doesn't have a name. All right. She

[05:08] never got one.

[05:09] >> It was through her time with the Coach

[05:11] siblings, the butterfly girls, and

[05:12] Toniro, that she slowly began to gain

[05:15] back her will and passion.

[05:18] >> Tonerro is asleep, so please be quiet.

[05:21] You need to hang on tight. A lot of what

[05:23] makes up these upper ranked demons are a

[05:24] sense of entitlement or the idea of

[05:27] unearned power without consequences.

[05:29] This is especially true to the next

[05:31] demon we see, Kaaku, the new upper Moon

[05:33] 6. Now, we first saw Kaaku in season 1

[05:36] during Zenitzu's backstory.

[05:38] >> Any effort spent on you is an absolute

[05:40] waste of time.

[05:41] >> Ever so brash and cruel, Kyaku would

[05:43] admonish Zenitsu for being so outwardly

[05:46] cowardly and resent the fact that their

[05:47] thunderbreathing master deemed them both

[05:49] to be his successors. Despite Zenitu not

[05:52] being able to complete all the breathing

[05:54] techniques, but as much as he boasted

[05:56] about his strength, Kagaku was

[05:57] internally extremely spineless and

[05:59] selfish. In the letter from the Hashira

[06:01] training arc, Zenitzu finds out that

[06:03] their thunderb breathing master

[06:04] committed sepeku due to his students

[06:06] choice to become a demon. When offered

[06:07] blood from Upper Mood 1, Kaiaku

[06:09] immediately bowed to his strength,

[06:11] turning back on humanity to save his own

[06:13] skin. Now, this shouldn't be news to us

[06:15] because we have seen him act in this

[06:17] self-s serving way before. In the

[06:18] Hashira training arc, during Guiome's

[06:20] backstory, we actually see Kyaku as one

[06:22] of the children in his orphanage. After

[06:24] being caught stealing from the temple,

[06:26] Kyaku runs into a demon and surprise

[06:28] surprise, offers up the other orphans

[06:30] and Guiome to save his own skin. So,

[06:32] this leads to a massacre at the temple

[06:34] and Guiam, falsely imprisoned for

[06:36] murder.

[06:36] >> But these are children we're talking

[06:38] about. All they can do is think of

[06:40] themselves.

[06:41] >> Zenitsu and Kyaku's face off really

[06:43] demonstrates the inverse nature of these

[06:45] two characters. Kyaku's outward

[06:47] arrogance and audacity masks his frail

[06:50] principles and timid heart. While

[06:51] Zenitsu's notable cowardice doesn't

[06:53] overpower his perseverance and loyalty

[06:55] to his loved ones, until he became a

[06:57] demon, Zenitzu always regarded Kigaku as

[07:00] an older brother, no matter how cruel he

[07:02] was to him.

[07:03] >> Good for nothing. Any effort spent on

[07:05] you is an absolute waste of time.

[07:07] >> Zenitzu defeats Upper Moon 6 with a new

[07:09] thunder breathing technique, bringing

[07:11] pride to his teacher. Yiro administers

[07:13] first aid to Zenitu. Now, you'll notice

[07:15] that he's now dawning a demon slayer

[07:17] uniform. Yhiro is still the only demon

[07:20] to be created by Lady Tamio and has no

[07:22] ill intention. To maintain his safety,

[07:24] he now blends in with the rest of the

[07:26] core, hiding his demon status and

[07:28] prioritizing healing the rest of the

[07:29] core members. So, this leads to the next

[07:31] major upper rank fight. Now, like the

[07:34] title suggests, this movie mainly

[07:35] focuses on the return of Aza and his

[07:37] rivalry with Tano. For a quick

[07:39] refresher, Aaza was the upper ranked

[07:41] demon who showed up at the end of the

[07:42] Mugan Train arc. His last fight with

[07:44] Reng Goku was when the other flame

[07:46] Hashira denied his offer to be a demon

[07:48] and made his final stand. This urges

[07:50] Tano to call out his fear of the sun and

[07:53] demon slayers. After being bered by

[07:55] Muzan, Akaza pummel the sword Tano shot

[07:58] at his neck and vows to make him pay.

[08:00] >> I'm going to save her tearing you limb

[08:02] from limb.

[08:02] >> While reuniting with Taniro and beating

[08:04] Guillu, the water hashira, Akaza

[08:06] suggests Guillu to become a demon.

[08:08] Making the same offer that he did to Ren

[08:10] Goku. Obviously denying this offer, the

[08:12] three prepare for a showdown. Now, while

[08:14] fighting, we can see just how much of

[08:16] Ring Goku's spirit is reflected in Tano,

[08:18] becoming a mirror of Akaz's previous

[08:20] fight with the flame Hashira.

[08:22] >> It is the duty of those born strong to

[08:24] help those who may be less fortunate.

[08:27] >> Tano also uses Rangoku's flame guard on

[08:29] his new sword, keeping his spirit alive.

[08:32] During the fight, Tano has to reach the

[08:34] transparent world. To gain access, Tano

[08:36] remembered his father's Hinami Kagura

[08:38] dance. The Kagura was revealed to be the

[08:40] sun breathing technique in disguise.

[08:42] >> Not only is it the first one ever to be

[08:44] created, it's the most powerful one as

[08:47] well.

[08:48] >> It was demonstrated by Tonerro's father

[08:49] to be like any other breathing

[08:51] technique, having to do it thousands of

[08:53] times to get the movement down before

[08:54] doing it with ease forever. Later, we

[08:57] see Aaza's backstory. A's past is really

[08:59] notable because it shows just how much

[09:01] his perceptions were twisted after

[09:03] becoming a demon. Like many pairings in

[09:05] Demon Slayer, Ring Goku and Akaza can be

[09:08] considered as foils. One is honorable

[09:10] and believes the strong should protect

[09:12] the weak, while the other believes the

[09:13] weak should suffer for their

[09:14] inferiority. But by looking at his

[09:16] backstory, you can see how Akaza was

[09:18] once similar to Ren Goku. His incredible

[09:21] resolve to protect the ones he loves,

[09:23] even if it means getting hurt, parallels

[09:25] both Tano and the former flame Hashira's

[09:27] motives. His obsession with growing

[09:29] stronger stemmed from not being able to

[09:30] protect his loved ones and despising the

[09:33] humans who disgracefully wronged him.

[09:35] But even as a demon, he still has

[09:37] remnants of his past life, whether or

[09:39] not it was willing. You can see that his

[09:41] fiance's hair pin influenced the shape

[09:43] and designs of his compass needle

[09:44] technique, and the martial arts fighting

[09:46] style was influenced by his dojo master.

[09:49] The fight ends when Akaza realizes he

[09:51] wants an honorable death to hell and

[09:52] mutilates himself. The rest of the upper

[09:54] ranks sense his demise. Upper Moon One

[09:57] teases Aaza's last words to him, which

[09:59] we saw at the beginning of the

[10:00] Swordsmith Village arc.

[10:02] >> I understand. I'm going to kill you if

[10:04] it's the last thing I do.

[10:06] >> With the main fight of the movie wrapped

[10:07] up, we're still left with many battles

[10:09] and character matchups for the rest of

[10:11] the trilogy. The next movie will be

[10:13] focusing on Kau's battle with Doma to

[10:15] avenge her sisters and all the victims

[10:17] that he left in his wake. Enoske is

[10:19] running through the changing halls

[10:20] similar to how he did at the Susami

[10:22] mansion.

[10:23] >> Coming through. Now, we still have yet

[10:26] to see who Tokito and Guiome will go up

[10:28] against. Based on Tokito's heritage of

[10:30] sunbreathing users, a probable matchup

[10:32] would be against Upper Moon One. Given

[10:34] that he looks identical to the renowned

[10:36] swordsman, apart from the six creepy

[10:37] eyes on his face, it is very likely that

[10:39] we'll explore more of their backstory

[10:41] and family connection. We also have yet

[10:43] to see Obana and Mitsuri's battle. Given

[10:45] that we know about Obana's feelings for

[10:47] her,

[10:48] >> if they get ripped, then I'll give you a

[10:50] new pair.

[10:53] We can expect a flashy fight with them

[10:55] professing their love or you know a

[10:57] horrible death in a typical Demon Slayer

[10:59] fashion. The movie ends with the rest of

[11:01] the Demon Slayer scattered across the

[11:03] layer trying to stay alive and find

[11:04] Muzan. All of these plot lines will be

[11:06] explored next year in the second part of

[11:08] the Infinity Castle arc. So guys, that's

[11:10] the ending explained for you. Huge shout

[11:12] out to Shinity who wrote this video. You

[11:14] can find her social links below. And of

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