Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Quotes

"Set your heart ablaze!"

Kyojuro Rengoku's dying words to Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke at the end of the Mugen Train arc, after his fight with Akaza. It became the defining line of the film.

"Growing old and dying is what gives meaning and beauty to the fleeting span of a human life."

Rengoku's rejection of Akaza's offer to become a demon during the Mugen Train arc, defending mortality as what gives human life its meaning.

"Mother, did I do well? Was I able to fulfill my duty?"

Rengoku's last thoughts as he dies after his fight with Akaza, seeing a vision of his mother, who taught him that the strong are born to protect the weak. She tells him he did splendidly.

"The bond between Nezuko and me can't be severed by anyone!"

Tanjiro to Rui on Mount Natagumo, rejecting the spider demon's fake family bonds. The line leads directly into the Hinokami Kagura scene that made episode 19 famous.

"No matter how many people you may lose, you have no choice but to go on living. No matter how devastating the blows may be."

Tanjiro's hard-won outlook after losing his family to Muzan. It captures the resolve he carries into every mission as a Demon Slayer.

"Feel the rage. The powerful, pure rage of not being able to forgive will become your unswerving drive to take action."

Giyu's speech to Tanjiro in the first episode, explaining that a weakling who only begs cannot protect anyone. It is the push that sends Tanjiro to Urokodaki and the Demon Slayer Corps.

"No matter how weak or unworthy you feel, keep your heart burning, grit your teeth and move forward!"

Inosuke, crying behind his boar mask, shouting at Tanjiro after Rengoku's death at the end of the Mugen Train arc. He is repeating Rengoku's final lesson back to himself as much as to Tanjiro.

"Don't cry. Don't despair. Now's not the time for that."

Giyu to Tanjiro in the snow in the first episode, after Tanjiro begs him not to kill Nezuko. He is hard on the boy because pity will not keep his sister alive.

"The weak have no rights or choices. Their only fate is to be relentlessly crushed by the strong!"

Akaza's worldview during his fight with Rengoku in the Mugen Train arc, offered as an argument for why Rengoku should become a demon.

"Don't ever give up. Even if it's painful, even if it's agonizing, don't try to take the easy way out."

Tanjiro's resolve during the Final Selection, facing the Hand Demon that killed Urokodaki's other students. He refuses to let fear decide the fight.

"I'll protect this box, even if it costs me my life!"

Zenitsu, bloodied and terrified, refusing to let Inosuke smash the box that holds Nezuko during the Tsuzumi Mansion arc. It is the first time the cowardly Zenitsu stands his ground.

"If you can only do one thing, hone it to perfection."

The advice Zenitsu's master gave him, recalled while Zenitsu fights the spider demon on Mount Natagumo. Zenitsu only ever mastered the first form of Thunder Breathing, and it is enough.

"Are you saying that I'm wrong? Correct me if I'm wrong."

Muzan interrogating the Lower Ranks of the Twelve Kizuki before killing them one by one, after Rui's death. The scene establishes that no demon is allowed to contradict him.

"Kanao, you should listen to your heart."

Tanjiro to Kanao Tsuyuri as he leaves the Butterfly Mansion, after learning she flips a coin to make every decision. He wins the toss and tells her to start choosing for herself.

"I will never give up! I will become the greatest Demon Slayer!"

Zenitsu's rare burst of resolve. Despite his constant fear, he vows to grow stronger to protect Nezuko and his friends.

"Pig assault!"

Inosuke's signature battle cry, shouted as he charges into a fight. It captures the boar-headed swordsman who was raised in the mountains and treats everything as a contest.