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Demon Slayer 4x5: https://thenormies.com/demon-slayer-29/

Kaiju No. 8 1x9: https://thenormies.com/kaiju-no-8-early-access/

Note: Reactions will be posted on YouTube when ready.

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Benjamin Donahue

As far as I know "maru" is just a suffix used to designate a word as a name, with no actual direct meaning i.e.: Orochi (serpent) maru Shika (deer) maru Zabi (combination of "saru" (monkey) + "hebi" (snake) maru Mecha (exactly what it sounds like in both languages) maru Other common suffixes you may have noticed include suke, jin, and ko. I don't know if there are specific rules behind each, but on pure observation/assumption: suke: male specific ko: female specific jin: seems to imply personification to the point that it could be translated as god or the embodiment of a concept i.e. Ryujin (dagon god), Fuujin (wind god), Raijin (Thunder God). Anyone can feel free to correct me as I am not nearly fluent, just an extreme weeb. I welcome the actual learning

Ginzo

One of the big strengths of Demon Slayer is it doesn't fall into your typical shounen trap where the protagonists and villains become exponentially stronger. As someone stated in the Youtube comments, the hashira training is about the fundamentals and conditioning. It's closer to real life training than your typical anime training arc. Unlike Naruto, Midoriya, Ichigo, and many other shounen protagonists, Tanjiro doesn't train and unlock some overpowered technique to defeat an even more overpowered enemy. His progression has been mostly gradual so it's hard to notice. Tanjiro is essentially doing the same techniques he did back when fought Rui in Season One. Except now he's faster, stronger, and his technique is better. Also, the current generation of hashiras are some of the best of all time. In a different time period, Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke would likely be hashiras already.

Michael Jefferson

I believe Maru is a suffix for Boy ie. Orochimaru= Snake Boy and Konohamaru= Hidden Leaf Boy